Home Depot sells crappy wood to home owners and contractors that just need a little framing material right away to finish something and can take the time to root through the rocking chair parts they sell as framing lumber.
Real contractors order stud bundles from real building supply houses that don't cater to the home owner DIY crowd.
A few helpers have remarked, "This is an actual 2x4. Wow, you don't see that every day -- how about that!"
You see it if you work on old houses. I've worked with 2x4s, 2x3 1/2s and 1 1/2 x 3 1/2s over the years. Anyone who complains about modern 2x4s is a moron.
I'd absolutely take that bet if there any way to collect. I've built and remodeled homes on and off for 40 years.
I've worked on homes that spanned the entire age range under discussion.
I've worked on homes that had the original 2x4s. They used lath and plaster to correct the worst of the wall variances. Later on the mills started planing the front and back to allow uniform wall depth and then later planing the sides to make the studs MUCH easier to use. That 4 sided planing allows studs to be attached to each other in consistent ways, i.e., sides to fronts and produce uniform results.
The need to maintain existing inventory alone will keep the standard, well, standard.
A house that is built correctly, e.g., with a sound foundation, and maintained will last almost forever.
However, stop maintenance and the structure immediately begins to succumb to entropy.
Here is a rather touching tale of that process. There will come soft rains
I was a building and remodeling contractor prior to getting into I.T. I worked on 100+ year old houses many times.
I seem to remember a recently elected Congressman from the Midwest pleading guilty to bodyslamming a reporter. Or by "recent" do you mean only within the last few days?
Body slam a reporter vs shoot as many baseball players as possible.
By God, you're right! It's the exact same thing. Damned homicidal Republicans!!
"We can't allow there to be areas that are practically outside the law," interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters in the eastern town of Dresden.
Or as Mussolini said "Everything in the State, nothing outside the State".
You are so correct about this. I'm constantly amused at the folks screaming and rioting while waving signs that say "Love Trumps Hate". Where's the love?
"The majority including myself do not give a shit about this LGBT issue. [...]"
This is self-evidently false. If nobody cares, why is so much effort put into fighting LGBT equality? If nobody cared, when we asked for marriage equality, the response would have been, "yeah sure, whatever, we don't care".
But this exactly the response of a lot of people I know, i.e., I really don't care. I'm not going to oppose same sex marriage and I'm not going to go to rally's to support same sex marriage. There are literally so many issues in the world that are important to someone that one can't be passionate about them all.
Yes, people subverting the course of democracy for personal profit should be respected.
Democracy is messy. Far better that some people add noise to the signal than all the corporate controlled media giants cramming their indoctrination down our throats unopposed.
And yet, people from all over the world immigrate here as hard as they can.
About half the friends I spend time with are legal immigrants from England, France, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Cuba, etc., etc.
Gosh, what a bunch of dumb asses not to be able see this country as clearly as you!
It's something a lot of Tea Partiers, etc., believed due to Obama being President.
No, it's something a lot of Americans believe by just looking up from the tv once in a while.
No one I know who despised Obama gave a rats ass that he was black. They hated his politics and arrogance. The most rabid tea party people I know would leap at the chance to vote for a black transgender lesbian (to invoke a stereotype) if they believed s/he would work to reduce, not eliminate, just reduce the massive role of government in their lives and the lives of their children.
They already don't check ID at the gate. They just scan the boarding pass (NOT "plane ticket") like you would scan a bar code in a supermarket. How would getting your face scanned be any faster than this?
What airports do you use? Until I bought ClearMe, I've always had to present ID.
When I worry about the deep state knowing what I do, I just remember my Amazon purchase history. Any search of that and every detail of my life can be modeled:(.
"How about give us more space on the planes... ?" Blame capitalism and efficient markets. If people buy airplane tickets by choosing the cheapest prices, the airlines will provide the cheapest prices. If that means standing-room only, you're getting exactly what you paid for.
And that's all I ask of any retail transaction. I fly to Europe from the Midwest 2-3 times a year. My last flight from Paris was in a microscopic seat with a video screen only slightly larger than my phone.
But I paid less that $500 for the round trip. I looked at that $500 in 1980 dollars and it came to about $158. It's gotten cheaper over the years as it's gotten more crowded.
If you want cheap, you get cheap. If you are willing to pay more, you get more room. I like having options.
I must dissagree with you - and state categorically that whether the laws are good or not is not a relevant consideration,
The single greatest risk to peace, freedom, democracy and human life in the world today is corporations flagrantly ignoring the rule of law.
You're wrong. The greatest risk to peace, freedom, democracy and human life in the world today is the will of corporations flagrantly becoming the rule of law.
Of course it is. After all, African Americans can't be expected to be able to figure out how get an ID in 2017 America!
Oh, wait, perhaps THAT is the actual racist viewpoint:
Voter ID is racist!
My oldest son is a trailer editor in Hollywood. It drives him crazy when the studios force him to promote the movies in certain ways. They'll often take his work and combine it with other trailer houses work to produce frankentrailers.
What I hear is that most, if not all, trailer editors are serious film geeks and would love to be able to do good work but the client always wins.
Here is a version of a trailer my son made on his own time and showed the client just to try and do something he could be proud of. The client loved it but then the client's marketing department made him tone it way back. It's not what he first wanted, but it's still pretty fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
By shilling for Hillary.
He screwed up big time originally by unilaterally declaring her innocent because she didn't "intend" to do wrong.
Not his job. When an FBI investigation is ordered, the agents make report to the grand jury who then determines whether to proceed with an indictment or not.
Comey took an almost unprecedented action by stopping that and declaring that there was "nothing to see here, move along".
According to my retired FBI friend that was shocking. In his and his network of retired agent friends, opinion, enough agents had the balls to confront Comey about this outrageous behavior and force him re-look at the charges. He still screwed that up. If he had simply let the machinery run, Hillary would have been vindicated by the grand jury if she was innocent. I believe this was a frantic effort by the justice department to prevent just that.
Comey and the AG had a long working history including her dropping investigations of companies on which he served as a board member before being appointed FBI director.
Uttering or posting "hate speech" - whatever that may be - is illegal; but calmly, unemotionally dropping bombs on civilians or launching missiles to kill them is just fine.
Priorities just a little off-kilter, I think.
Them what has the bombs and missiles make the rules.
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Clint Eastwood take over the directing. Han would be a lot cooler with a squint and he'd ALWAYS fire first,
Real contractors order stud bundles from real building supply houses that don't cater to the home owner DIY crowd.
A few helpers have remarked, "This is an actual 2x4. Wow, you don't see that every day -- how about that!"
You see it if you work on old houses. I've worked with 2x4s, 2x3 1/2s and 1 1/2 x 3 1/2s over the years. Anyone who complains about modern 2x4s is a moron.
I've worked on homes that spanned the entire age range under discussion.
I've worked on homes that had the original 2x4s. They used lath and plaster to correct the worst of the wall variances. Later on the mills started planing the front and back to allow uniform wall depth and then later planing the sides to make the studs MUCH easier to use. That 4 sided planing allows studs to be attached to each other in consistent ways, i.e., sides to fronts and produce uniform results.
The need to maintain existing inventory alone will keep the standard, well, standard.
I was a building and remodeling contractor prior to getting into I.T. I worked on 100+ year old houses many times.
I seem to remember a recently elected Congressman from the Midwest pleading guilty to bodyslamming a reporter. Or by "recent" do you mean only within the last few days?
Body slam a reporter vs shoot as many baseball players as possible.
By God, you're right! It's the exact same thing. Damned homicidal Republicans!!
"We can't allow there to be areas that are practically outside the law," interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters in the eastern town of Dresden.
Or as Mussolini said "Everything in the State, nothing outside the State".
You are so correct about this. I'm constantly amused at the folks screaming and rioting while waving signs that say "Love Trumps Hate". Where's the love?
"The majority including myself do not give a shit about this LGBT issue. [...]"
This is self-evidently false. If nobody cares, why is so much effort put into fighting LGBT equality? If nobody cared, when we asked for marriage equality, the response would have been, "yeah sure, whatever, we don't care".
But this exactly the response of a lot of people I know, i.e., I really don't care. I'm not going to oppose same sex marriage and I'm not going to go to rally's to support same sex marriage. There are literally so many issues in the world that are important to someone that one can't be passionate about them all.
Yes, people subverting the course of democracy for personal profit should be respected.
Democracy is messy. Far better that some people add noise to the signal than all the corporate controlled media giants cramming their indoctrination down our throats unopposed.
I desperately want to see one these things trying to deliver stuff.
About half the friends I spend time with are legal immigrants from England, France, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Cuba, etc., etc.
Gosh, what a bunch of dumb asses not to be able see this country as clearly as you!
It's something a lot of Tea Partiers, etc., believed due to Obama being President.
No, it's something a lot of Americans believe by just looking up from the tv once in a while.
No one I know who despised Obama gave a rats ass that he was black. They hated his politics and arrogance. The most rabid tea party people I know would leap at the chance to vote for a black transgender lesbian (to invoke a stereotype) if they believed s/he would work to reduce, not eliminate, just reduce the massive role of government in their lives and the lives of their children.
They already don't check ID at the gate. They just scan the boarding pass (NOT "plane ticket") like you would scan a bar code in a supermarket. How would getting your face scanned be any faster than this?
What airports do you use? Until I bought ClearMe, I've always had to present ID.
When I worry about the deep state knowing what I do, I just remember my Amazon purchase history. Any search of that and every detail of my life can be modeled:(.
"How about give us more space on the planes ... ?" Blame capitalism and efficient markets. If people buy airplane tickets by choosing the cheapest prices, the airlines will provide the cheapest prices. If that means standing-room only, you're getting exactly what you paid for.
And that's all I ask of any retail transaction. I fly to Europe from the Midwest 2-3 times a year. My last flight from Paris was in a microscopic seat with a video screen only slightly larger than my phone.
But I paid less that $500 for the round trip. I looked at that $500 in 1980 dollars and it came to about $158. It's gotten cheaper over the years as it's gotten more crowded.
If you want cheap, you get cheap. If you are willing to pay more, you get more room. I like having options.
I would add the Economist to the WSJ. Ignore the totalitarian stateist editorials and the reporting is quite useful.
No, that can be fixed by putting leather helmets back in the game. Bet those defensive players won't be putting their heads down then!
Or no helmets or pads. Does anyone know the relative concussion rate for rugby?
The ACA gave gig workers access to healthcare, this is unnecessary as long as it's in place.
The ACA crammed a POS insurance tax down the throats of gig workers.
I must dissagree with you - and state categorically that whether the laws are good or not is not a relevant consideration, The single greatest risk to peace, freedom, democracy and human life in the world today is corporations flagrantly ignoring the rule of law.
You're wrong. The greatest risk to peace, freedom, democracy and human life in the world today is the will of corporations flagrantly becoming the rule of law.
See ObamaCare for an implemented example of this.
Of course it is. After all, African Americans can't be expected to be able to figure out how get an ID in 2017 America! Oh, wait, perhaps THAT is the actual racist viewpoint: Voter ID is racist!
What I hear is that most, if not all, trailer editors are serious film geeks and would love to be able to do good work but the client always wins.
Here is a version of a trailer my son made on his own time and showed the client just to try and do something he could be proud of. The client loved it but then the client's marketing department made him tone it way back. It's not what he first wanted, but it's still pretty fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
One sick person can run up millions in public expenses.
Why? That's the part I've never understood. Why should *your* illness cost *me* anything?
After all it was Comey who got him elected.
By shilling for Hillary. He screwed up big time originally by unilaterally declaring her innocent because she didn't "intend" to do wrong. Not his job. When an FBI investigation is ordered, the agents make report to the grand jury who then determines whether to proceed with an indictment or not.
Comey took an almost unprecedented action by stopping that and declaring that there was "nothing to see here, move along". According to my retired FBI friend that was shocking. In his and his network of retired agent friends, opinion, enough agents had the balls to confront Comey about this outrageous behavior and force him re-look at the charges. He still screwed that up. If he had simply let the machinery run, Hillary would have been vindicated by the grand jury if she was innocent. I believe this was a frantic effort by the justice department to prevent just that.
Comey and the AG had a long working history including her dropping investigations of companies on which he served as a board member before being appointed FBI director.
After all it was Racist-Misoginists who got him elected.
Wrong. Here is an astute analysis of the racism factor from someone who can't stand Trump but can still reason: You are still crying wolf
Uttering or posting "hate speech" - whatever that may be - is illegal; but calmly, unemotionally dropping bombs on civilians or launching missiles to kill them is just fine.
Priorities just a little off-kilter, I think.
Them what has the bombs and missiles make the rules.