Decorating: latex paint over stain grade hardwood?

[2manyrocks]

Had a friend who was over maintenance who retired because he was of that age and wanted to be with his daughter who had moved out of state. After he retired, his employer contracted with an outside company to handle maintenance. Their contract cost is at least 5x what the employer was paying my friend.

His coworker is retiring soon. Wondering what the employer will cough up to replace him.

 

[EddieWalker]

...

A very profitable Oakland steel mill with a very long history relocated to Tyler Tx and civic leaders celebrated…

I didn't hear about that in the local news. Seems like Tyler just keeps growing and growing!!!

 

[ultrarunner]

I didn't hear about that in the local news. Seems like Tyler just keeps growing and growing!!!

AB&I Foundry in East Oakland announces permanent closure

The century-old company, which employs 200 workers, many who live in East Oakland, is moving to Texas.

oaklandside.org

 

[EddieWalker]

I get it now. It used to be called Tyler Pipe, but I just looked it up and they were bought by AB&I in 2006. I knew somebody bought them out, but everyone still calls it Tyler Pipe. It's were you go to get a job when you get out of jail. They hire anybody, and most people only last a year or two there.

 

[ultrarunner]

I get it now. It used to be called Tyler Pipe, but I just looked it up and they were bought by AB&I in 2006. I knew somebody bought them out, but everyone still calls it Tyler Pipe. It's were you go to get a job when you get out of jail. They hire anybody, and most people only last a year or two there.

My guess is the list of company relocations from California is a very long list.

 

[2manyrocks]

I don’t think Jed Clampett would move to Calif today.

 

[EddieWalker]

We're getting a lot of people here, that's for sure. I think that I read that the places people are moving to are the ones with no State Income Tax. Texas, Florida and Tennessee are the top three.

Before Covid, there was a steady increase in the cost of houses and land, but it was slow and even. When Covid hit, the price for land went crazy. Everyone wanted 5 acres to raise some chickens and grow a garden. I had clients put their houses on the market so they could move onto some land and then realize that the price of land had gone up too much for them to afford it.

Since then, the price per acre of land has just about tripled from what I'm seeing. My neighbor just listed his 200 acres with a 2 bedroom house for $2.7 million dollars. I think that's crazy, but with what some other places have sold for, he might get it.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm preparing a house for sale in the silicon valley. It has toffee colored oak cabinets which was all the rage 30-40 years ago but out of fashion now. They need to be refinished (which I'm planning to do). Everyone I talk to says to paint them grey, but I'd rather cut my boy parts off and drop them in a blender. The next owner will have to do it if that's what they want.

Ouch!!! You didn't have to be quite so graphic!!!!

 

[Jstpssng]

our wife's employer's new policy seems more than generous to me. I don't think any company I've ever worked for has even allowed employees to carry them over from one year to the next...use 'em or lose 'em

When I worked for the state as a forest technician after graduating in 1980 we were able to accumulate them, one day for every month of service. They were strictly for being sick though. I worked there for 43 months, and when I got done left 43 sick days behind.
That didn't bother me. What did was that we had worked a year and a half without a contract, which was finally settled along with the first ever round of layoffs. Everybody else got a retroactive paycheck. I wasn't eligible because I no longer worked there after somebody else bumped into my position.

 

[2manyrocks]

I guess it depends on expectations of whether the sick days are there only to be used as sick days or if the employer is actually going to compensate the employee for not using them at the end of their employment. If the new employer only purchased the assets of the hospital, generally the new employer may be able to avoid liability for accumulated sick days unless there's some state law to the contrary. If the new employer merged the old corporation into their company, they may still be on the hook for accumulated sick leave. I would think their lawyers structured the deal to avoid the liability, but mistakes can happen.

I get the impression you are working a heck of a lot of hours. Hope you are compensated accordingly.