Yes, but how much of that is overcharged by contractors who don't do that sort of work much and are trying to work to spec that they don't understand?
I wonder if, as the demand for small studios increases, there might not come into being carpenters who do it because they love it, and aren't as expensive as the ones who are working to specs they don't comprehend?
I'm a small time carpenter and I'd love to do work like that. It's not anywhere near as complicated as building codes tend to be;(
On the plus side, also, we might be able to get the Black Hills renamed to something that might cut down on all those friccin' rich west coasters coming out here building million dollar homes and pricing the rest of us out of existence...
*grins*
Welcome, neighbor. I'm an "immigrant" (from MN), but I love this state, and especially this area.
As a SD resident (Black Hills) I second that, on one condition;
The Black Hills must be renamed to something repugnant enough that all those west coasters coming out here building million dollar homes and driving the price of real estate into the stratosphere will think twice...;-)
I was biking thru an alleyway on the way home from work a couple of days ago, and I found a bunch of what looked like bill statements scattered all over from, I'd guess, the garbage cans. Since this sort of thing concerns me, I gathered them up and tried to find the recipient ( he turned out to be a block down from there)
I only looked at them long enough to find an address on them, then gathered them up and dropped them in the mailbox of the owner with a quick note as to how I found them. But even that quick look was enough to see that there were both the account number and the SSN of the recipient printed on them.
Until that sort of foolishness stops, there isn't much point in securing databases or email, is there? I see it quite often.
SB
(who hasn't had a credit card in 16 years thru my own choice)
Still nothing more than ad hom and irrelevant analogy, so this really isn't worth my time.
Thought you might have something better to say than that.
Just FYI, I have more than a half dozen friends over there. I'm helping pull the duty that two of them left behind to go over there and serve. So why don't you just STFU.
"Armchair". Fuck You. Tell me something - if this website of yours is so important, why don't you link to it in your slashdot persona? Scared you might get slashdotted?
Do you honestly - I mean really, honestly - think that the insurgents are going to get more sensitive information from videos posted days or weeks later on the internet than they will get from their people on the ground, at the site, survivors from our operations or civilian sympathizers from across the street, using cell phones or email/sms/im or face to face conversations to pass on information?
That's just plain ridiculous. You haven't thought it thru.
Y'know, maybe if more people around the world get some upfront video of just how vicious war can be, maybe there would be less... Perhaps especially among young would-be terrorists.
air and water are cleaner than they were 50 years ago
What information are you basing that statement on? Everything I've read and observed shows exactly the opposite.
BTW, one can cook meat thoroughly enough to kill parasites without making it "crunchy" (as any hunter knows). Sustained temperatures above ~160F for a certain period of time will kill nearly all parasites or disease organisms, extremely high temperatures or overcooking is not required.
The new crosslinked poly pipe (pex) being used more and more for plumbing in the US should be able to survive most anything provided it's not too acidic, plus it last virtually forever.
I'd love to correspond with you on this - it's an interest of mine as well. Don't live somewhere where it's used currently, but hopefully in the next couple years I'll get a start;-) meanwhile I do correspond with other people trying to be self-sufficient.
Munged addy: snarkthster.nonsensecrap@gmail.com
remove the dot nonsense
Cheers SB
ps sorry for the short reply, carpal acting up again
Excellent post, but I'd like to point out that not all of us spend like that, nor vote like that, but still are penalized by the backlashes in the system.... and yes, some of us are considering leaving. I live simply and way "under the radar" yet the increasing regulation is going to force me out sooner or later no matter what my worth. Sorry, but there is entirely too much bullshit.
While I'm not one of the best or brightest, there are many who are among the best and brightest who simply don't want to deal with it.
A good friend of mine who is a brilliant engineer, worked for Lockheed Martin for two decades and had his own consulting company since '97, decided last winter that it's not worth living here anymore and that he'd have better fortunes elsewhere.
He's thriving in the Phillipines right now, doing productive work that, in his own words, "isn't constricted by the viewpoints of the many and narrow combined." Half a dozen (out of twenty) of his employees went with him. Can't say I blame them.
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Yes, but how much of that is overcharged by contractors who don't do that sort of work much and are trying to work to spec that they don't understand?
I wonder if, as the demand for small studios increases, there might not come into being carpenters who do it because they love it, and aren't as expensive as the ones who are working to specs they don't comprehend?
I'm a small time carpenter and I'd love to do work like that. It's not anywhere near as complicated as building codes tend to be
Agreed with everything else you said.
SB
I first read that as "gigging on his way to the bank" and wondered where the third prong was going...
SB
Apparently there's not enough coffee being served to the MS developers, then.
SB
On the plus side, also, we might be able to get the Black Hills renamed to something that might cut down on all those friccin' rich west coasters coming out here building million dollar homes and pricing the rest of us out of existence...
*grins*
Welcome, neighbor. I'm an "immigrant" (from MN), but I love this state, and especially this area.
SB
As a SD resident (Black Hills) I second that, on one condition;
;-)
The Black Hills must be renamed to something repugnant enough that all those west coasters coming out here building million dollar homes and driving the price of real estate into the stratosphere will think twice...
SB
Great post... yup, you are definitely a Fucking Obvious Badass (tm)
SB
I'll second that.
Even those of us who were around well before the GP was love the nostalgia.
SB
Reminds me:
I was biking thru an alleyway on the way home from work a couple of days ago, and I found a bunch of what looked like bill statements scattered all over from, I'd guess, the garbage cans. Since this sort of thing concerns me, I gathered them up and tried to find the recipient ( he turned out to be a block down from there)
I only looked at them long enough to find an address on them, then gathered them up and dropped them in the mailbox of the owner with a quick note as to how I found them. But even that quick look was enough to see that there were both the account number and the SSN of the recipient printed on them.
Until that sort of foolishness stops, there isn't much point in securing databases or email, is there? I see it quite often.
SB
(who hasn't had a credit card in 16 years thru my own choice)
Just about as batty as many of the things happening in the US.
SB
What would be the point? We'd just use nukes. Much cheaper and already at hand.
SB
Miles of scenery trumps miles of strip malls IMHO.
SB
Abuse your equipment, and it'll eventually stop functioning. It's a universal truth.
SB
I can take a framing hammer to my laptop, and it'll install Ubuntu in response?
SB
Bog forbid that those responsible for our nation's nuclear armament be forced to drive too far.
Guess the price of gasoline is hitting everyone.
SB
But who are we to question the wisdom of the beancunters?
SB
Gotta love this. Not one shred of evidence, not one link, yet gets an informative mod.
Hey mods, wake the fuck up.
SB
Still nothing more than ad hom and irrelevant analogy, so this really isn't worth my time.
Thought you might have something better to say than that.
Just FYI, I have more than a half dozen friends over there. I'm helping pull the duty that two of them left behind to go over there and serve. So why don't you just STFU.
"Armchair". Fuck You. Tell me something - if this website of yours is so important, why don't you link to it in your slashdot persona? Scared you might get slashdotted?
That's the end of this.
SB
So tell me, just how would you know? You have no idea whatsoever what I "do for a living" nor anything else about me. You are just blowing hot air.
If you'd like to respond intelligently to my comments, feel free.
SB
Do you honestly - I mean really, honestly - think that the insurgents are going to get more sensitive information from videos posted days or weeks later on the internet than they will get from their people on the ground, at the site, survivors from our operations or civilian sympathizers from across the street, using cell phones or email/sms/im or face to face conversations to pass on information?
That's just plain ridiculous. You haven't thought it thru.
Y'know, maybe if more people around the world get some upfront video of just how vicious war can be, maybe there would be less... Perhaps especially among young would-be terrorists.
SB
But in other portions of the world, it's much worse. China, to give one example.
Somehow I doubt that it's overall cleaner. Remember, this is a discussion about global effects.
SB
air and water are cleaner than they were 50 years ago
What information are you basing that statement on? Everything I've read and observed shows exactly the opposite.
BTW, one can cook meat thoroughly enough to kill parasites without making it "crunchy" (as any hunter knows). Sustained temperatures above ~160F for a certain period of time will kill nearly all parasites or disease organisms, extremely high temperatures or overcooking is not required.
SB
I wonder if someone forgot to put fresh batteries in the remote? *g*
SB
Arguments about whether it will work or not aside - and they claim to have built working prototypes, so the market will decide;
well, that's easily the best use of flash animation I've ever seen. nice and nicely done
SB
The new crosslinked poly pipe (pex) being used more and more for plumbing in the US should be able to survive most anything provided it's not too acidic, plus it last virtually forever.
;-) meanwhile I do correspond with other people trying to be self-sufficient.
I'd love to correspond with you on this - it's an interest of mine as well. Don't live somewhere where it's used currently, but hopefully in the next couple years I'll get a start
Munged addy: snarkthster.nonsensecrap@gmail.com
remove the dot nonsense
Cheers
SB
ps sorry for the short reply, carpal acting up again
Excellent post, but I'd like to point out that not all of us spend like that, nor vote like that, but still are penalized by the backlashes in the system. ... and yes, some of us are considering leaving. I live simply and way "under the radar" yet the increasing regulation is going to force me out sooner or later no matter what my worth. Sorry, but there is entirely too much bullshit.
While I'm not one of the best or brightest, there are many who are among the best and brightest who simply don't want to deal with it.
A good friend of mine who is a brilliant engineer, worked for Lockheed Martin for two decades and had his own consulting company since '97, decided last winter that it's not worth living here anymore and that he'd have better fortunes elsewhere.
He's thriving in the Phillipines right now, doing productive work that, in his own words, "isn't constricted by the viewpoints of the many and narrow combined." Half a dozen (out of twenty) of his employees went with him. Can't say I blame them.
SB