Woohoo! Just found a dollar in my pants pocket!

You're halfway to winning powerball

SK790 wrote:This is a huge shed. I'd say its 10 ft tall. Hard to tell the lxw, though.

He started at 630 today. :/

TenuredVulture wrote:If he's framing it out himself, and he's one guy, and he's not a professional, it could easily take a lot longer than that, particularly if he gives a shit. I mean, it took me two days to slap some plywood and cover it with tar paper on top of my shed, and I didn't give a shit about anything that keeping the inside of the shed sort of dry.

I know a little bit about construction. The most time consuming parts should be setting up/leveling whatever method of foundation he's using and possibly framing the roof if he doesn't have access to drywall stilts or a decent ladder. Anything longer is due to a lack of skill or equipment, in which case he shouldn't be undertaking the job alone.

that's awful judgmental of you

i take on solo projects all the time where when i begin I don't have the proper skills and/or equipment

by the time I'm complete, sometimes i do, sometimes i don't

takes a while

I'm fine with that attitude for fixing something up around the house or remodeling a room. It's how people learn after all. Building anything bigger than a garden shed is too much for one person without the tools or experience. Got two or three buddies willing to work through the weekend for the promise of pizza and beer, awesome. But if you don't, or if none of you know the difference between a speed square and a framing square, then the job is too big for you right now. Especially if you're building something outside in an area where your neighbors are close enough that the regular use of hammers and power tools will be a legitimate complaint.

P. pumped to go see ISBELL at World Cafe next Weds

jerseyhoya wrote:In a related story, mpmcgraw's avatar dramatically outkicks its poster's coverage

OK lurch

Just saw a bumper sticker, "If you're looking for sympathy, it's between shit and syphilis in the dictionary."

Eem wrote:P. pumped to go see ISBELL at World Cafe next Weds

say hi to HAL for me.

why are there two accents in résumé. wouldn't that be ray-zu-may

Houshphandzadeh wrote:why are there two accents in résumé. wouldn't that be ray-zu-may

I know you pronounce the "t" in Moët if that helps.

just one of the many things I've learned from rap music

swishnicholson wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:why are there two accents in résumé. wouldn't that be ray-zu-may

I know you pronounce the "t" in Moët if that helps.

Ah, but what about Noilly-Prat?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:why are there two accents in résumé. wouldn't that be ray-zu-may

It's pronounced as you suggest in French.

Didn't eat dinner last night and ended up just drinking like 10 beers instead. Decided to play catch up by eating a pound of ground beef, 1/2 cup of rice and bag of frozen corn for dinner tonight.

Should feel real good in an hour or so.

SK790 wrote:

WheelsFellOff wrote:

Bucky wrote:there's a huge difference in buying a knock-down shed and assembling it and stick building one. if you've never tried to build something from scratch, trust me that it's a LOT harder than it looks.

It shouldn't take longer than three days.

This is a huge shed. I'd say its 10 ft tall. Hard to tell the lxw, though.

So, more like a small garage... or a meth lab.

Deitch went on a twitter rampage about the PPA allowing people to park in left turn lanes on S. Broad and Oregon. How is that real

The Dude wrote:you live in a weird area considering all that

Morning train with a weird dude mumbling loudly through some sorta free style rap this morning for 30 minutes to an uninterested audience. I guess I admire his energy levels.

Youseff wrote:

The Dude wrote:you live in a weird area considering all that

Morning train with a weird dude mumbling loudly through some sorta free style rap this morning for 30 minutes to an uninterested audience. I guess I admire his energy levels.

used to have a dude around here that was a little person that would always rap gangsta rap up and down the street to himself and everyone at the top of his lungs. he must've moved, a sad day for all involved.

phatj wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:why are there two accents in résumé. wouldn't that be ray-zu-may

I know you pronounce the "t" in Moët if that helps.

Ah, but what about Noilly-Prat?

That was a good question, I had to look it up to be sure. You pronounce the "t" there as well,even though French pronunciation would seem to indicate not to.

The reasoning is the same as in Moët: it's a proper name, and not a French one, so it gets pronounced as in its original language.

As Steve Martin once said, French is a difficult language. They have a different word for everything.