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deanwebb

March 08, 2017, 01:01:57 PM
... bathroom remodeling. We've lived in this house now for 24 years and, since I'm in IT again and getting way more than when I was teaching, my wife said It. Is. Time.

Got a tax refund and a nice performance bonus, so that translates into new fixtures and an expanded shower. Workmen started demolition today, made for some interesting background noise during my 10AM meeting...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
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icecream-guy

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March 09, 2017, 06:15:09 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on March 08, 2017, 01:01:57 PM
... bathroom remodeling. We've lived in this house now for 24 years and, since I'm in IT again and getting way more than when I was teaching, my wife said It. Is. Time.

Got a tax refund and a nice performance bonus, so that translates into new fixtures and an expanded shower. Workmen started demolition today, made for some interesting background noise during my 10AM meeting...

Workmen ????  Workmen ????  Workmen ???? 

you should be doing this yourself...  except for the wax seal when replacing the toilet, that's a PITA.. (tip  have a spare or two, save a trip to to home improvement big box store)
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

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March 09, 2017, 08:42:39 AM
I make more money doing my regular job than I would save if I took personal days and did the work myself and then had to go on short-term disability when my back went out and then had to hire guys to finish the job.

Also, this one involved knocking out a wall. I prefer to have experienced guys knock out my walls. I'd look more like this guy, doing that kind of work:

:oracle:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#4
March 16, 2017, 03:17:04 PM
Nooooo don't scare me with that! :)
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

LynK

#5
March 17, 2017, 02:43:25 PM
luckily for me I have a lot of experience in construction, my father was a carpenter/contractor for most of his life. I have build 3-4 hours and a few churches with him. Very thankful for the experience he has given me.

He showed me how much I wanted a desk job. haha
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deanwebb

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March 17, 2017, 04:09:43 PM
Meanwhile, my wife is out of town right now and flinging texts at me like a contractor PM that just realized the project is one day from going red.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

SimonV

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June 28, 2017, 06:05:15 AM
INE All Access Pass - was discounted to 780$ per year and it's end of fiscal year so I finally took the plunge :)
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