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Same here. I decided I was better off working alone April '05 and have worked solo ever since, except on occasion I get one of my sons to help out. Either because I need another person or just to help them out when they need work.

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The good thing about working alone and if you have the house to yourself is that if you do groan no one hears it. So my question is, did you really groan?:lol:
I think its the same as snoring or when a tree falls in the forest.
I mentioned in another thread that someone told me that the average age of a carpet installer is 55.
Back in the early 90s I was doing some apartment work, on the side in Lawrence Ks. There were a couple of other crews and one of the crews were two females. I never looked at their work. I saw them just the one day, mostly because I was doing my thing. That’s the only time I’ve ever seen that. My brother would call them unicorns. I’ve never heard anyone else that knew female installers.

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My wife and I have been laughing at each other lately. If we sit for more than a few minutes, we start groaning when we get up.

If no one heard it , you didn't groan until you put it on the internet, so now you have it on the WWW, so we know It is true.

There is a female here that worked for the fire department and set tile on the side. She is retired from the fire department now, but is still a tile setter.

I have no windows in my shop for a couple of reasons. It's harder to break into and easier to heat and cool. I come in here a lot, pull my truck in and lock the doors. Nobody can prove I groan.

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[so now you have it on the WWW, so we know It is true.]

Word!

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I stopped snoring as soon as my wife left, but she still complains about it :rolleyes:

Like I said, I'm fine when I'm moving. So usually don't moan or groan at work. But I do wince and sigh some :lol:

I tell you what. I hired a gal back around '89 as a siding cutter. She was the most reliable, loyal, steady help I ever hired. I figured she saw it as an opportunity to make a man's wage in the blue color world and the guys take such jobs for granted... gotta do something. She cut for two experienced hangers and bent up all the trim. She was a little thing, too. Cute as a button. She was on a woman's softball team. I went to a game once. Some looked right dyky (like the one that rode the Harley). Others... if they were that way it was a cryin' shame. I wanted to put together a crew of them. Wouldn't that be a sight, an all women siding crew? Talk about advertisement! I'd be well known and people wouldn't even know my company's name. "Hey John, Do you have the number of that all woman siding company that did your house?" Ring. Ring. "Hello?". "Is this that siding company with an all woman crew?" :lol:

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Sounds good Tim, - for ten years ago. Sadly in today's world some women's organization would bust you for exploiting women for your own advancement. Never mind you'd be paying them well, treating them with the upmost respect, and teaching them skills. Now, if you were a woman heading up that crew, you'd be touted as being a wonderful progressive outfit!
Go figure!

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I see "A Woman Owned Company" on some company's vehicles and I think, "So what? We're all equal, right? I just need to know if you do a good job, no matter who you are".

I had a thing to say about discrimination, but nah! We're looking at fair weather all week. No storms, about to freezing nights and 45* days. I wish it was hunting season. How's the winter been for the rest of you so far?

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It was 80º here last Friday. Clear as a bell.

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Eh, not too bad over here. 30s and 50s. Rain about every 3 days. Beats the hard cold I tell ya.

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I forgot to get pics, but the remodel is coming along. The tile is done, the hardwood guys will finish today, the shower and bath guy and painter are scheduled for Monday. The cabinet people will be the hold up. I hope they start building them next week. With any luck we will be done in month.

What got me thinking about this was a mention of cardio in another thread. There are 31 step risers from the basement where we are living, to the upstairs where we sleep. We will be in better shape when this is done.

I have learned to plan before I go up to bed or come down in the morning.

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Spinners of course.

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Yep, spinners. Boy those things are hard to drive in traffic with one outside mirror.

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Yeah

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sill question, factory 64 pmd spinners of course..

take good care of it for me :lol:

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I remember when passenger side mirrors only came on expensive cars or were an option. Back then passing on the right was illegal. I kinda liked that better. Of course, I never drove a car without dual mirrors. If it didn't have one I'd find one and put it on.

That car is the essence of the A-body GM. White is perfect for it. It don't need no color to stand out. It's a 100% stand out car! Those are some of the few good looking wheel covers ever put on cars. The cast bolt-on turbine with 2-bar spinners that were on my '63 Riviera are one (another 100% stand out car) and the chrome wheel look that came on the Mercury Comet Caliente are the others. I think '61-'67 were the best years for cars, modern styling (relative) with all the good old motors

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I guess everyone shops differently :lol:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/lee9pknp8v1...pping.jpg?dl=0

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It takes a fathers influence. :lol::lol:

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Don't you hate being in public and your kids give away how they get treated at home? :lol:

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Killer , does this ballgame suit you so far?

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80* here yesterday.Dug out the back yard for a 20' shipping container to store my new truck.Today we're supposed to get over 9" of snow. I finished just in time to walk in the house as they were kicking off the game. Although I fell asleep during halftime and missed the third quarter.

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I was losing my mind :lol:

but had about 20 over to enjoy the great food.. something like 16lbs of meat, plus beans, extra sauce and Mrs. Bee made mom's recipe for mac n cheese!!

not sure if anyone got any pictures but it was quite a spread in our humble little house.. I was too busy making drinks :D

kids played in the jumper and my buddy's oldest daughter took them all to the park for a mega nerf gun fight..

my boy's gun collection takes after mine ;)

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/br91tw429rg...ction.jpg?dl=0

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We used to have a nerf weapon stash like that, too. My older son and his friend one day got into my building supplies... dowels for closet rods, foam sill sealer, and duct tape... and made an assortment of 'soft' midevel weaponry and armor so they could beat the crap out of each other :lol:. I was very impressed

No frozen ground there, ey? I think we have had two spells cold enough to freeze the ground up. We got the warm day today. I went all day in a t-shirt. We seem to get these freak warm days every year now. Tomorrow it goes back to mild winter weather again, like mid to upper 40s, and rain every day this week. What a mess. I'd rather get snow. I think Saturday will be dry and close to as warm as today

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Still no deep freeze yet ,but tonight might be a different story . We've had freezing rain-turned to snow today.

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I went to the tv station's website to check weather and this breaking news I found very interesting. I wonder what's going on here? I think someone set these cars on fire, don't you?
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/cars-f...enter/30750212
When I read it was a dealership in Annapolis I immediately wondered if it was the one where we found a short bed '95 Chevy for my older son years ago listed, called and said we were on our way to buy it, left right away and drove the hour or more down there, and didn't see it anywhere. Talked to our salesman and he said another salesman just sold it. I'll tell you I was mad enough to burn the place down that day!. Well guess what? As I watched the video I realized it is the same place. I swear it wasn't me! :lol:

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I've been thinking about a container shop for a long time. I think two long ones on the side with a short one turned across the back, then roof truss the whole thing. Instant storage and thermal barrier all around.

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I don't have enough room in the back for a big shop.:whine: My little town doesn't let me put it out front or I could use a bigger container or more to build a shop out of.:waah:

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Good idea. I've seen two placed with trusses spanning between. Those things are handy. I used to keep a 20 footer on townhouse jobs to stock siding for the guys. I cut a door into the side near the front to store smaller stuff in front of the siding. I'd hire a rollback to move it. Worked out really well.

With your arrangement, I don't see why you couldn't frame it out for garage doors

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So it was 65* yesterday when I started an 850 sf lvp job. All of it up stairs.
It was 32* this morning on my way to work when I hit not one but two bridges in a row with both of them being iced over going 70 mph. I’m fortunate that no one else was on the road and I was not hurt. The second bridge I crossed backwards until I hit the end of concrete barrier which spun me around and I ended up on my side.

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:ack: Holy Smokes! Glad you weren't hurt!

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Oh damn. Sorry to hear this. This fickle weather/abrupt major changes is the pits. So, you came out unhurt? How did the van fare?

We're a day behind you. Today was our second 70* day. T-shirt weather. Tomorrow's high will be upper-40s to 50, and that will be the overnight temp. Through the day it will drop to low-30s with freezing rain tomorrow night

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yeah buddy. You can count your lucky stars. That could have turned out so much different.

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^^ also glad you weren't hurt!

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oh please do this.... then swing up my way and build me one :D

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So glad you came out ok. Ice is a b@#$%.

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Glad you are OK. Ice is the worst! The steering wheel and pedals become worthless the instant that ride starts.

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It was the weirdest thing. Deputy sheriff told me that the ice was just in that area.. a narrow swath. No ice to the north and no indication from the south where I came from. I had my cruise control on. I felt like a hockey puck. On the other side of the highway someone hit the metal guardrail on one side of the highway, bounce off and hit the other side of the concrete bridge but kept on going.
I crawled out through the passenger door. All my tools were strewn about. I was fortunate that my tools didn’t get me.
My van didn’t fair so well. Something else that’s weird is that the linkage in the shifter is jammed. I drove it home after the tow truck righted the van. Had a hard time getting it in to drive.

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I hope it doesn't take much to get it right. Am I right in thinking the material wasn't damaged?

I had a sweet '95 K3500 work truck I custom built. I flipped it on it's lid when I hit antifreeze on a curve going into a river valley. It was just like ice. There had literally just been an accident cleared there. I mean the county police and VFD Suburban were the first vehicles to come upon me heading back up from turning around at the river (county line). The truck had a utility bed that I had a custom tonneau cover made for out of truck tarp material. Table saw, compressor, radial arm saw, and a whole assortment of tools in cases. That tarp held them all and no tears. Tools and me survived, but the truck not so much.

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I had the majority of the materials in the house climatizing. There were a few boxes in the van and less than a dozen planks edges damaged.
Tim recall reading your story awhile back. It’s not awesome riding a vehicle out upside down or sideways.
You had more to lose than me... I’ve never thought of my E-250 as sweet but, it got the job done and my van is my most important tool. Fortunately the place I’m subbing out is loaning me the use their van for as long as I need it. They told me I can use it for the other places I work out of too. Thats pretty cool.

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Man that’s so true. Goofiest ride is going backwards at 70 mph.