Good morning!!!!

RedNeckGeek · Mar 8, 2017

Good Morning! 48F @ 7:45AM. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 62F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Hoping for a quick recovery of your arm, Drew.

Looks like more than one tree in the silo, Rip. But maybe they're small enough to just buck 'em from the bottom up? Fer sure do it before the leaves come out though, so you'll at least be able to see what yer doin'! :laughing:

I'm afraid that like some of you, I have a lack of tolerance for incompetence, and it has me a bit reluctant to start the shop project. This time 'round I think checking references will be more important than ever.

Should get through the "M"s on the DVD conversion today, marking the halfway point in that project. Really enjoying "finding" movies and TV series I'd totally forgotten about!

I don't have a lot of room for a house battery, Ron, and figure if I can cram 100 Amp hours in I'll be lucky. Isotherm makes a refrigerator/freezer that only draws .7 Amps, vs. the Truckfridge at 2. Of course the Isotherm is almost twice the price, more than a K buck... The good news is I can probably get away with a microwave from K-mart in the $50 range, but I think it'll only work when the van is plugged into AC. I will put an inverter in the system, but I think the microwave will be too hard on the battery. The little Propex heater I'm considering is sold by the same fella that carries Truckfrige up in Bend, Oregon, so I'll give him a call today and see what he thinks. Likely he'll be all for the Truckfridge; he doesn't make any money off the Isotherm:laughing:

daugen · Mar 8, 2017

I have a lack of tolerance for incompetence

understandable...and I bet the suffers fools poorly also applies...

got the finish mower back on the Massey and the chipper in the shed.
decided to cool it and chill out today, will mow the roadsides tomorrow.
want them to look nice for our first snow...winter whiplash for sure.

smallest microwaves are 700 watts I believe, should be fine with a 1000 watt inverter

sodamo · Mar 8, 2017

65°F and.08 inches rain last 24 hours. Apparently we missed the worst hitting other parts of the islands.

Be safe have a great day

toppop52 · Mar 8, 2017

PJSprog said:
36ｰF and clear skies this morning, going up to 66ｰ today.

A new customer (Blount/Woods) is coming for a tour of our facility today at work. Everyone has been in clean-up mode for the last day or so. Sure wish we could keep the place this organized every day.

The local Lowe's people have offered a solution to the kitchen dilemma. Their regional manager is supposed to be there today to investigate what happened, and presumably sign off on the action plan. We'll see ...

Rabbit ... knights ... cave ... England ... I can't believe someone hasn't gone there yet. :laughing:

OK then

Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall

PJSprog · Mar 8, 2017

lennyzx11 said:
You've got me nervous now. Wife has contracted Home Depot to do near 9k of windows replacement while I'm gone working here in Texas next couple of weeks.
I hope the situation goes better for us but it doesn't look good at first the start as the wrong stuff and wrong measurements showed up in her first precheck with them.

That's exactly what happened to us. We started to notice questionable stuff based on what we were seeing on the drawings. We started asking questions in January, and the guy in charge of the project simple never responded to our queries. When material started showing up, all of the unanswered questions turned into real-world problems. Their measurements were wrong, and consequently so are the products.

My advice to you; stay on them, and force communication if you have to. If you're not getting timely resolutions, move up the ladder of command until you do. Don't wait for them to do what's right.

... and I hope you have a better experience than we are having.

RedNeckGeek · Mar 8, 2017

daugen said:
understandable...and I bet the suffers fools poorly also applies...

I've actually been told that.:laughing:

daugen said:
smallest microwaves are 700 watts I believe, should be fine with a 1000 watt inverter

It's not so much that the inverter wouldn't put out enough for the microwave, it's that a 100 AH battery wouldn't last very long:

Microwave @ 6.3 Amp (700W) - 17 hours
Frig @ .7 Amp - 142 hours
Propane heater @ 2 Amp - 50 hours
Audio system @ 5 Amp - 20 hours
Lighting @ 6 Amp - 16.6 hours

Probably be OK for a weekend, maybe a week in the summer, but anything more might mean dragging out the generator for a recharge.

So just the heater can use up the battery in a couple days of cold weather.
BTW, here's a pretty good article on lead acid batteries and what all the numbers mean.

RedNeckGeek · Mar 8, 2017

PJSprog said:
That's exactly what happened to us. We started to notice questionable stuff based on what we were seeing on the drawings. We started asking questions in January, and the guy in charge of the project simple never responded to our queries. When material started showing up, all of the unanswered questions turned into real-world problems. Their measurements were wrong, and consequently so are the products.

ullinghair:

Classic contractor cheap trick: Underestimate the job to hand in a low bid, then soak it to the customer when materials and labor run short. Wonder if there's anything about that in the HD contract?

Looking4new · Mar 8, 2017

RedNeckGeek said:
ullinghair:

Classic contractor cheap trick: Underestimate the job to hand in a low bid, then soak it to the customer when materials and labor run short. Wonder if there's anything about that in the HD contract?

That is what happened to me. My $11,000.oo bathroom ended up costing $18,000.oo

mostly_gas · Mar 8, 2017

Good evening all. 39F and clear and near calm wind. temp soared to 76F skies remained mostly clear, but wind were frisky until about 4PM. Men's mtg this morning, then ride then lunch. Worked on organizing expense info this afternoon which will save some 1099 money from being taxed.