CougTek
Hairy Aussie
It's Evolution at work and she's the part of the species that shouldn't succeed. Helping her is cheating Evolution. 70 hours of work without a backup ; in my opinion, she's already failed your class.
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- Thread starter ddrueding
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paugie
Storage is cool
If it were up to me, I'd help.
Of course, if it would take too much time...
Of course, if it would take too much time...
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I have three co-workers and they're all approximately the same age as my mother.
fb
Storage is cool
Maybe she has an attractive daughter? If yes - how much does she value the lost information?
ddrueding
Fixture
You should work at a larger company with more opportunities. Typically it is acceptable to screw employees in other departments, depending on the reporting structures of course. :farao:
Stereodude
Not really a
That stuff looks like it will work well for a frame on a DIY HT screen. :scratch:
Why don't you hire a professional firm that knows what they are doing? Ever hear of an interior designer? :flower:
ddrueding
Fixture
Indeed. I even have a couple of them as clients, and they have been advising me. Of course doing it yourself, particularly solving a problem in a way no one else has, can be quite fun. Besides, I can't afford their solutions.
ddrueding
Fixture
A bit? 
The demolition that has started, and needs to happen before we can move in, requires the destruction of the current kitchen. The final kitchen isn't in the cards for quite some time.
The demolition that has started, and needs to happen before we can move in, requires the destruction of the current kitchen. The final kitchen isn't in the cards for quite some time.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Ok, so you have money for a completely useless interior elevator, but not for a decent kitchen? I know very few people who could afford an elevator in their house, but most people can replace their kitchen when they need to.
Besides, the idea that YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT is utterly ridiculous. You have a boat, a 50K$ car and probably another cheaper one that's still worth some 30K$, a house most likely to be worth half a million dollars, computer rigs that dwarf those of almost any other forum members except maybe for Mercutio.
But you can't afford a decent kitchen. Go figure.
ddrueding
Fixture
Coug,
I can't afford an elevator. The Audi is worth $25k (with 55k miles), the GTI (with 230k miles) is perhaps $2k. The house was $260k. We aren't poor ($6k/mo combined?) but a new kitchen is >$50k. We will get one, at some point, but putting something together for the next ~5 years will allow us to save and get what we want.
I can't afford an elevator. The Audi is worth $25k (with 55k miles), the GTI (with 230k miles) is perhaps $2k. The house was $260k. We aren't poor ($6k/mo combined?) but a new kitchen is >$50k. We will get one, at some point, but putting something together for the next ~5 years will allow us to save and get what we want.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
If you sell the Audi then you could get that elevator. I don't know how you'll get around though. Are there buses around you?
ddrueding
Fixture
The city does have buses, but they don't go anywhere you would want to go, and they don't get there in any reasonable amount of time. I could sell the boat ($6k) and all the camera gear ($8k?) and my gaming rig ($6k?) AND sell the car and get a designer kitchen...or not.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Perhaps the built-in wi-fi is broken?I am receiving almost no signal strength by the toilet.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
I am receiving almost no signal strength by the toilet.
Radioactive waste?? :dunno:
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I don't have much of an investment in SSDs. I have three i7s and two machines with high-end graphics cards. The only thing I really do have is an excessive number of really big hard drives.
And kitchens really are expensive. He is not lying about that. But I don't think cabinets are hard to make and everything in a kitchen is something a motivated person could do for themselves.
My father's hobby was home improvement. He'd come home from work every night and go to work on whatever room he happened to have torn apart. That was his idea of relaxation. The funny thing about it was, he'd never quite finish any of his projects, because there would be "one last step" that depended on getting some other project done, so the whole time I was growing up, our house was always torn up. A few months before my parents moved, my father finished all the projects, and their house was transformed. It had always gotten progressively better over time, but the net effect of finishing everything was an improvement by an order of magnitude.
My dad didn't actually know how to do any of these things before he started. He bought a bunch of "Time-Life" Home Repair books about 25 years ago and spent days or weeks planning each project. He did all the work himself so costs for more or less everything were pretty reasonable.
Anyway, ddrueding could be starting down that same path. In which case his wife has my sympathies.
ddrueding
Fixture
Merc,
My grandfather was exactly like that, and I do look forward to learning all the required skills. However, my wife has been warned by my mother already that every meal when she was growing up tasted like sawdust or plaster. I'm also trying to keep her involved in the process; she knows drywall, electrical, and insulation already, plus the characteristics of good windows and drawer hardware.
My grandfather was exactly like that, and I do look forward to learning all the required skills. However, my wife has been warned by my mother already that every meal when she was growing up tasted like sawdust or plaster. I'm also trying to keep her involved in the process; she knows drywall, electrical, and insulation already, plus the characteristics of good windows and drawer hardware.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Stereodude
Not really a
Stereodude
Not really a
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
The link may not be safe for work...
Stereodude
Not really a
Perhaps, it's a bit abstract though. Having been to work in almost 2 months that wasn't the first thing on my mind.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
You lost me at "bought."
Amazon.com gives me download store credit all the damned time. I've used that a few times. I like their technology, but it's virtually impossible for me to find licensed downloadable music I actually want.
There's a solid community of classical music traders on a torrent site I visit. Commercial downloads are practically useless in comparison.
Don't most businesses block mp3 files?
Maybe I should get one of these systems? It is rather large for the counter. Could I put one in each of two bathrooms?
Stereodude
Not really a
I'm guessing you didn't click the link. The cover the album was why timwhit mentioned it might be NSFW.
Stereodude
Not really a
You spend enough time in the bathroom that you need audio in it?
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