A Couple Hours' in the Driveway.....yeah right! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**El Jay** · 04-01-2008, 10:07 AM

Looks good.

Here's a little "rule of thumb" I use when figuring out how long I have to work on something.
I look at the project and mentally figure out in my head how long it will take. Then I double the number and go to the next larger time period.
For example: I look at a job and figure "15 minutes."
Going by my above calculator, I double the number to 30, and go to the next larger time period, hour.

And voila, 30 hours.
If things go really well, I can get it done in that time frame.

Brad · 04-01-2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by El Jay

Looks good.

Here's a little "rule of thumb" I use when figuring out how long I have to work on something.
I look at the project and mentally figure out in my head how long it will take. Then I double the number and go to the next larger time period.
For example: I look at a job and figure "15 minutes."
Going by my above calculator, I double the number to 30, and go to the next larger time period, hour.

And voila, 30 hours.
If things go really well, I can get it done in that time frame.

That's similar to what I expect nowdays with my fiasco...I mean project. I usually figure out how long a project should take then I multiply it by 10.

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

new truck???

I bought a 'new' truck about 2 months ago. It's still being built. It's my Camaro's fraternal twin.

04-01-2008, 10:07 AM	#1
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: A Couple Hours' in the Driveway.....yeah right! Looks good. Here's a little "rule of thumb" I use when figuring out how long I have to work on something. I look at the project and mentally figure out in my head how long it will take. Then I double the number and go to the next larger time period. For example: I look at a job and figure "15 minutes." Going by my above calculator, I double the number to 30, and go to the next larger time period, hour. And voila, 30 hours. If things go really well, I can get it done in that time frame. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck



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