It’s part of a balanced breakfast–as long as you can see where it comes from. Besides, H.C. will have to assume a new identity to get near my Cheerios since his account is locked. [8D]
No hangover…the only hanging I was doing last night was cabinets, which ranks right up there in fun with doing drywall and trying to kill myslef with household wiring…the best part of doing remodeling work is that not only do you have the project you’re working on, but you get to uncover 30 years of half-*** prior work, band aid patches, and a complete disregard for common sense and building codes…
…but why waste perfectly good V-8 and drink it without vodka…
Dan - why are you remodeling, when you are moving to Nebraska in a couple of years?
Bring the wife and the house. We have lots of room! And we can even do a sort of drawl for you! Like - Howdy! Except we keep putting the Doody with it!
Let’s see…umm California real estate is beyond crazy…so since we were going to end up with too small of a house anyway, we got an older one that had a yard, and a little, little space between neighbors…not Nebraska space, but space by CA standards, so at least when I stretch my arms in the morning I don’t break the neighbors window. The house was not in great shape, which is why we could afford it, and aside from cosmetics…paint, trim, carpet and tile that had to go in, I had to replace every electrical fixture and all but one water fixture (and that one will be gone soon). Then my wife wanted to expand the patio a bit and enclose the front porch/stoop whatever it is to make an entry way thingy with a security gate…then we just a had sunroom addition put on to increase the space a bit off the kitchen which required removal of two sliders and two windows, plus drywall work and refininshing old stucco so it doesn’t rip the skin off. She wanted cabinets put in, and once that is done tile goes in and then there new countertops…
why am I remodelling…because sex on a semi-regular basis is good. Sleeping on a futon in the family room is bad.
Help me out here…Not too long ago I could go to restaurant and when I got Pancakes I got a stack 5 high…Today I got 2…In the Old Days I got aplate full of Greasy Home fries with a Dish Of Butter… These days a small saucer and those portion packs of butter. Whats wrong here is that Americans are so obssesed with Lite and Dieting that those of us who like to smke cigars in bars and eat at real Greasy Spoon are left Outside. Take the Oasis Diner in Burlington VT for Instance. Now that Diners are chic what once was the chapest place in town will set you back 20.00 for breakfast.[:)]
I have been in California (Southern) and if you did that much work on a house, it must be at least 4 stories high. That is the only place you can go there!
Okay …there will be 13 when the USS George H.W. Bush is completed.
They cost about $4.5 billion each new.
Nimitz Class (nuclear powered):
USS Nimitz (CVN 68), San Diego, Calif.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Newport News, Va.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Norfolk, Va.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
USS George Washington (CVN 73), Norfolk, Va.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Norfolk, Va.
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), San Diego, Calif.
George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) (keel laying 6 Sept 2003)
Enterprise Class (nuclear powered):
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), Norfolk, Va.
Kennedy Class (conventional powered):
USS John F. Kennedy
Kitty Hawk Class (conventional powered):
USS Kitty Hawk
They also cost about a million dollars a day, fully loaded and manned to run underway. Are you sure Canada really has the need for deployed power projection to support it’s national interests? They seem to be able to use submarines effectively to scare fishermen…
I just got great news this morning–Nora’s coming to visit! I hope to spend Saturday morning with her (and Rick, if things work out right). No kids this trip. We’ll probably hit LaGrange and Elmhurst, so heads up, folks, and introduce yourselves if you can!
And speaking of Kevin, has anyone seen our friend Kevin who lives up in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada?!?! Have not seen anything from him on the
forums for awhile.
If JF wants to buy a couple three of those suckers for Canada, let’s deal. We’ll keep you on the payroll, but the rest of the cash can go to Amtrak, except we can set Mookie up for a nice refund.