In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
Unrelated to your rant, but to people named Mookie go into any sports other than baseball?
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
Unrelated to your rant, but to people named Mookie go into any sports other than baseball?
You have my company's TIN, you have a W9, and you have a COI. If that's not good enough, call someone else.
No, I'm not giving you my SS number.
Thanks.
With employment they say you don't leave a company, you only leave a bad manager.
I'm at this point with my new manager. Whoo hoo!
I'm amazed at how many so-called contractors can't draw their way out of a paper bag. One comes in the other day with a fairly simple thing to be built. But the contractor is a rapid-fire speaker. My co-worker makes a drawing on the spot, and the contractor signs off on it. We make the item exactly per plans and it's wrong because the drawing was wrong. I ask the customer to split the cost of the remake with me and he goes ballistic. "I signed it because I assumed that you had it figured out". I explained that since he literally signed off on the drawing he shared responsibility for the accuracy of its contents. More ballistics ensue. Finally I agree to do it for free to keep the peace. Later, I send him a revised drawing for his approval. "Now I've got to go back and measure that thing!" yet more ballistics even though I've agreed to bend over backwards for the guy.
So my question is: The dude is a 60-something general contractor and neither he, nor his cohorts can produce a simple dimensioned 2d drawing? I could do that after my tenth-grade mechanical drawing class.
This is the first year my kids don't want to trick or treat, it makes me kind of sad, I loved taking them trick or treating.
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
There are customers who deserve to be fired. I'm a firm believer in telling them to call someone else.
Apexcarver said:In reply to Antihero :
I think those might have been caught up in some issues with the fuel pump cap. Plastic mismolding/material degradation. Might pull the back seat to take a peek and see if it's cracked/leaking.
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely do that too
Sure, random shiny happy person, go ahead and turn around in my driveway. Yeah, the one that's 1.2 cars long and has an RS6 and an SS within crashing distance. berkeley off and die while you're at it.
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:Sure, random shiny happy person, go ahead and turn around in my driveway. Yeah, the one that's 1.2 cars long and has an RS6 and an SS within crashing distance. berkeley off and die while you're at it.
I feel this. I don't have a front yard. My entire property line on the street side is driveway. Although there are a TON of cars in it people still turn around IN my driveway. Not even on the sidewalk area but IN my driveway. berkeley off, bros!
When we bought this motorhome, we paid a little more for it because it seemed like it wasn't a project at all and that it was absolutely ready to go camping. We tested things, but we should have been working off a list. So far, the leveling jacks need work - they will come down, but they won't actually level the coach - and the furnace is not working. I'm kicking myself for forgetting to test those things. I guess it's a good thing we have a lot of blankets on board....
In reply to wae :
With an RV, there's always something that needs attention...
I am the Game Master (GM) for a Role Playing Game (RPG) group. (I run a game of Dungeons and Dragons - but it's not actually D&D.) I expect my players to COMMUNICATE. I need to know availability. I need them to help try to problem solve and coordinate, not leave everything up to me.
I am about ready to end this campaign, drop 2 of my 5 players, recruit new ones who WILL communicate and start something up. This is getting frustrating. As the GM, I have a lot more work and responsibility. I don't expect anyone to put in as much as me, but I expect a minimum level of effort.
Beer Baron 🍺 said:I am the Game Master (GM) for a Role Playing Game (RPG) group. (I run a game of Dungeons and Dragons - but it's not actually D&D.) I expect my players to COMMUNICATE. I need to know availability. I need them to help try to problem solve and coordinate, not leave everything up to me.
I am about ready to end this campaign, drop 2 of my 5 players, recruit new ones who WILL communicate and start something up. This is getting frustrating. As the GM, I have a lot more work and responsibility. I don't expect anyone to put in as much as me, but I expect a minimum level of effort.
So, then, this is supposed to be fun, somehow? Sounds like an unpaid part time job. I prefer my leisure to be, you know, leisurely.
Streetwiseguy said:So, then, this is supposed to be fun, somehow? Sounds like an unpaid part time job. I prefer my leisure to be, you know, leisurely.
Yup. Just like being part of a community sports team, playing music with a band, or doing amateur racing. It requires work, but it can be fun and rewarding.
Right now, this group has gotten frustrating and it's largely down to two people who don't communicate. I think replacing them and starting something fresh will allow this game to be what it should be.
It's not the putting in work that I resent. It's putting in work, and then it all being for naught because too many people backed out at the last moment.
Edit/Update: Will be meeting today with my two most reliable players to determine what the plan is going forward.
Toyman! said:In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
There are customers who deserve to be fired. I'm a firm believer in telling them to call someone else.
100%. I've told many new business owners remember golden rule #1 "The customer is always right"
Live by golden rule #2
They don't need to be your customers.....
Went to Summit to pick up a Milwaukee heated vest.
They didn't have one in my size.
They did, however, have a seat slider rail that looks very adaptable.
And a 3" cone insert.
And a universal brake light switch.
And a '77 Ford RS1800 Hot Wheels in full rally trim that I will park next to my Audi RS2.
$137 later and still no heated vest.
I had to sit down a minute and chill.
Whilst cleaning the EGR passages, I blew coffee colored TB cleaner, what amounts to brown indelible ink, all over the fire wall and under side of the hood. Just finished getting it off. Note to self: Hold the rag better.
In reply to Rodan :
And boats 
Rodan said:In reply to wae :
With an RV, there's always something that needs attention...
A house always needs attention.
A car always needs attention.
An RV sounds like the nightmare combination of the two.
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
RVs have always seemed to me to be the worst of both worlds.
A house that's much less durable and doesn't retain any value. A car that's worse at transportation, much more expensive, and much harder to work on...
In reply to budget_bandit :
On the flip side, an RV is a portable hotel that you can put places that normal hotels may not go.
In reply to Duke :
In reply to budget_bandit :
RVs are most definitely a PITA, but being able to take your house and two car garage on the road is priceless...
I've gotten hooked on the kid's Halloween candy. I'm having a hell of a Monday in withdrawal. I just want a Reese Cup, dammit.
In reply to Rodan :
Truth!
There is something totally sublime about waking up from a comfortable warm bed, having a nice hot shower, brewing a pot of coffee, and then stepping out into the morning dew across the field where your rallycross competitors have slept on the ground or in their back seats in the chill of a fall evening. Or going inside the air conditioning for lunch, having a hot meal and cold drinks, then taking a quick shower before heading back out into the dust to chase cones.
It's also a really comfortable way for 5 adult-sized people to travel along with a couple dog-sized dogs. We never have to pay an extra fee or look for a different place because pets, and they don't have to get left behind. Plus I have my own king-sized bed I can take with me. Once it's sorted, it's also really nice to be able to decide that we want to take a trip and just get in and go. All we have to do is throw our clothes on board and stop at the grocery store on the way out of town. Or on our way into town!
The good news is that the furnace is an easy diagnosis and repair. It's either the fan motor itself or whatever control mechanism they use to command the fan - it's unclear if mine is a fan control board or just a relay. Either way, it's probably not the fan itself, and a Dinosaur board is around a hundo. I just have to do the work of pulling the stupid thing out because for some reason, after all this time, they can't just mount all that stuff in the front where you can get to it.
The jacks are going to be more difficult. I am fairly certain that the problem is hydraulic and not command & control, but I don't know how to determine if the problem is the hydraulic ram - and if so, which one - or if the problem is one of the valves - and again, which one. The valves are apparently fairly cheap and easy to get to and the company that built the rams is down in Winchester, KY - so not very far from me - and rebuilds them for around $400 each. But if I'm going to fire the parts cannon at it, I'd rather bite the bullet and spend the money to put a Bigfoot system on.
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