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Old 05-30-2010, 01:15 PM   #3
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Re: Finally got it in

Nice work!

I have a friend who estimates the cost of projects using "John's rule of twos". First do a hard estimate of expected cost. Then multiply by two. Then do it again. He seems to almost always be prepared for what his projects really cost.

But then his rule would not get you from $20 to $450....

I almost bought a rear disk conversion at a swap meet a while back. It was only $100 and I'm thinking this should be a no-brainer. But then I thought about all the likely unexpected additional costs and walked away.

In retrospect its still tempting but I guess a little late to do anything about it...
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