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04-17-2020, 06:47 AM
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How about the Estwing I drove through the plumbers TOO freaken loud boom box... god that felt good... LOL
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04-17-2020, 11:41 AM
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The stories we could tell, I feel your pain you guys
no shortage of ignorance and incompetence
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1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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04-17-2020, 11:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guppy
How about the Estwing I drove through the plumbers TOO freaken loud boom box... god that felt good... LOL
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I did something similar once. A sales guy wasn't paying attention so I changed the font size on one of his PowerPoint slides. BAM! That's never going to happen again  |
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04-18-2020, 03:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guppy
How about the Estwing I drove through the plumbers TOO freaken loud boom box... god that felt good... LOL
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Yeah Ray....music too loud is one thing....I can tolerate most of it...
it's the white boys playing ghetto rap music...like the one with the lyric "mutha fucan nica whatchu want" repeated over and over....that kind of garbage upsets me. Some of it with much worse language....wish you had been there with your estwing. LOL |
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04-22-2020, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
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Got more dividers installed at another large dental practice. (actually remembered to take pics) Two counters. Amazing how out of plumb some commercial construction is...
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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04-23-2020, 03:49 AM
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Nice work Ross! The receptionists there must be relieved to have some protection. The cashier girls working at the gas stations were very pleased with the shields that i built...say they want them to stay permanently.....which seems appropriate now.
Another project that will keep me working alone in my shop for a little while.... I have a sign to build, which will be an exact replica of one that i did six or seven years ago. All pvc construction....cutting out the lettering from 1/2" sheet stock was easy......i will do all the painting as I did on the original which is a little faded but still looks good. Hard to tell....but the sign is 7' wide and 4' tall.
Last edited by Rmarsh; 08-26-2023 at 05:55 AM..
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04-26-2020, 05:54 AM
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painting all the lettering first...before gluing them down. Colors were off a bit off...my fault for trying to match the colors by eye......only the first coat...so going back to the paint store for a better match to the original. The lettering will have a contrasting color around the edges...i'll use the dividers to follow around the outside edges a half inch in...then paint to that line by hand...after the interior color is done.
Last edited by Rmarsh; 08-26-2023 at 06:06 AM..
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05-03-2020, 06:27 PM
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So, you will love this one, Bob.
We are cleaning up outside and the 3" round lamp post has been push over more than just a few degrees by the roses of Sharon, planted by my better half. I was elated to see the whole trunk of the bush come out in her hand today, as it had rotted at the root from too much mulch!
I tell her about this thread and that I can have the basic materials list in a jiffy. Well before I could put pencil to paper, she has a Made in the USA blown PVC unit, with the 3" galvy pipe, for $120 shipped! We will see how it looks, but cant buy material and build it for that price! (she found it on Bed Bath and beyond site cheaper than manufacturer's site (Mayne))
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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05-04-2020, 05:15 AM
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Apples & oranges I think Ross. My experience is you get what you pay for......a 10" square by 7' tall pvc lampost is going to cost a lot more than $120. I dont get involved in the costs of things very much these days... I build whatever I'm asked to without negotiating price and i like it that way. Spent way too many years sharpening my pencil to bid jobs I wouldn't get. Even had customers tell me my price was too high...then call me when they've been shafted by the lowballer.
Finished building and painting this sign job....no idea what it costs....and I enjoyed doing it.
Last edited by Rmarsh; 08-26-2023 at 06:06 AM..
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