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  1. Jethro3898

    Building collapse on east coast of florida

    The building was completed in 1981….so it had been there a long while. Been through a lot of storms, etc. I’d wager that the deep foundations were compromised by sub-surface water…..essentially washing away the soil. There is a metric-ass load of dead load on those foundations. If water...
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    Lumber prices falling... a lot

    I think Choid is exactly right. End suppliers will not lower prices in the immediate timeframe due to stock on hand and/or material already on order that they may have paid the higher prices for. I deal with the same thing in my line of work with warehouses and service centers for steel. These...
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    Any F1 racing fans?

    I'm glad to see that it has been competitive this season. I do, however, think that Mercedes will make some kind of adjustment and get their feet back underneath them. They've made some very "un-Mercedes-like" mistakes in the last few races with strategy and whatever. Max is doing really well...
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    Oh Atlanta

    Yeah….Atlanta sucks balls. Shame, because their are some really beautiful places on the outskirts of Atlanta. The problem is, the dang place is just out of control population-wise. Sad to say, but Georgia is getting dragged down by ATL just like every other wonderful state is by their lone...
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    Iran's Largest Warship Sank

    Wait.....that's Iran's "largest warship"?
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    Any F1 racing fans?

    Monaco is the one race on the calendar I cannot bring myself to watch. I forced myself to the last few years......just couldn't do it this year. As long as pole sitter doesn't crash or is crew flub the pit stop, he is virtually guaranteed a win.
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    Sheetrock Hole Repair Question

    Thanks guys for all of the help. I have a game plan with the picture wire. I will get it handled. I freaking HATE making mistakes on stuff like this. Irritating as crap!
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    Sheetrock Hole Repair Question

    Guys, I’ve found myself in a little bit of a pickle. My wife and I just moved into our new house we built and I was hanging a mirror she purchased for the powder bath. The mirror has those metal “keymod” looking mounting tabs on the back of it. In fact the frame for the mirror is steel and...
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    SNL some cast members won't appear alongside Musk

    I’m so unplugged from society at this point that I have no idea what is “controversial” about Elon Musk.....other than he named his kid some type of code word and said it wouldn’t have a gender or something. He is a rich dude that builds electric cars and space rockets. I must be missing something.
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    Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

    It is interesting how people can see different things. For example, I thought (as a general statement) the weapons handling was very bad. I wanted “Sicario”. I got the Charlie Sheen “Navy SEALs” movie.
  11. Jethro3898

    Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

    The thing that cracks me up about Hollywood’s interpretation of Special Forces, etc. is that the characters fall into two categories: robots and surfers. The robots possess virtually no emotion and who have forced facial reactions that are akin to telling a 5 year old “Give me your scared face...
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    Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

    Without Remorse was horrible. Such a fantastic book. Such a horrible movie. I was actually really excited when I heard it was coming out. I enjoyed the Jack Ryan series Amazon did. However, my excitement was completely squelched in the first 5 minutes. Complete train wreck that I found myself...
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    It's official kameltoe can suck a golf ball through a garden hose...

    Funny story: I know (or better stated: knew) Nathan Dahm. I haven’t seen him in years. His parents are/were missionaries to Romania that my church still support. They have been living over there for a long time. Once or twice a year his entire family would come over to the states and visit the...
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    Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

    Tell me about it! My wife posted some pics over on Facebook or something and one of her friends said something like “do you think your husband would build me some railings? I will gladly pay him.” I told my wife: “She says that now. The material is bad enough, but the labor would kill her.” I...
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    Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

    When we were in the framing stage, I installed some 2x10 blocking between the studs for me to anchor the wallrail brackets to. Like an idiot, I didn't take a photo of where I put them, so I grabbed a stud finder and located the studs and the 2x10s. Once I knew where the blocking was I could...
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    Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

    I've been an office rat for years, but I did get my start in the shop. Truthfully, many days, I miss working in the shop. I enjoy what I do, but I miss the simplicity (best way to describe it) of working in the shop. Anyways, I had to dust off some of the old fab skills to fabricate some custom...
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    Hate to see this happen to an old War Bird

    Difference between a pilot and an aviator. That dude is an aviator. I watched a guy perform an emergency landing on either an F-86 or a MiG-17 (I can’t remember which) at Maxwell AFB back in 2006. One of his main landing gear didn’t come down, so he flew around burning off fuel while the rest...
  18. Jethro3898

    School Shooting - Knoxville, TN

    Dang, sounds like the kids at that school have some issues. 3 or 4 of them shot just this year in separate incidences.
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    Employee discount coupon pricing for Whirlpool/Kitchenaid/Jenn-Air/Maytag...etc appliances

    Nice! Joined 15 minutes ago. Screenname is "Dealfinder2020". First post.....looking for deals. Classy. Welcome to the Hide. May your time here be educational.
  20. Jethro3898

    Inflation.......... ?

    Just got word that tubing will be going up another $100 to $125 per ton soon. The part that made me sick was the representative told me that "we believe prices will go up for the remainder of 2021". The problem is that I don't understand how the market can bear these increases. Much of what...
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