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  1. No names mentioned, but there's a Shagger whose wife is driving me absolutely insane re: gutters - can't make up her mind on colors, half round vs. K, mix of half round here... K there... LeaFree all over, no let's trim the cost & only do LeaFree in these areas, not those areas... oh, wait, I don't like how they look from the street, so can you get me different colors?

    Now I don't want the LeaFree at all, oh... we are crazy with Oaks, so I guess I we do need them but what about this & then maybe different downspouts (round vs. 2"x3").

     

    I'm on my 5th sketch & 4th estimate & want to add $ 50 to $ 75 for every revision sent out.

     

     

    PS:  If you show this to her, I'll add $ 1,000.00 to your contract (& still be lower than the estimate you received from those other companies).

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  2. Pretty much everything noted in this thread is occurring to me:
    https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=94748

     

    Calc crashed 6-7 times and displayed the following error message - "OpenOffice 4.1.5 - Fatal Error ! Bad Allocation"


    Any thoughts to correct this situation?

     

    It happens to me repeatedly & while it's resolvable by simply remembering to do a "save" every 4 or 5 moves so that I don't permanently lose work & have to recreate it, this is an aggravation.  That thread is from 2015 & "Dave" was operating on Windows 7 or some such; my version is Win10 Pro, Version 1803.  My DeLL Latitude is around 1.5 years old & I don't think that listed thread from Open Office is current to my issues.

     

    Thoughts?  Ideas?  Specifics as to why this isn't Bob Stoops fault?

    U of o Sucks.

  3. 15 minutes ago, markstanco said:

    Then come to east texas and build one.

    Yes I know I could build one cheaper. Both of us in the purchase know this as well. But our time during the week is more important. Your point is invalid. I want to know from people in the know if there is haggle room like at a car dealership or if this is like buying from best buy. Nothing more.

    No, no,  no... I don't mean "if I came over to a neighbor's & brought my personal efforts, compressor & speed square while they provided the parts", I meant "me & my crew".

    The problem is East Texas vs. Central Texas.

    & What's their asking price?

  4. Started this thread a week ago & the site Borked out on me.  Finishing it up now.

     

    Got back around 1530 a week ago today from an excursion to Camp Eagle out W of Rocksprings.  1,400 acres & we had a grand time.

     

    19 Scouts, 5 of them were 1st Class & above, 4 Webelos & 10 within 6 months of crossing over.  Arrived around 1030 Friday night, heavy downpour.  We managed to get started right as the rain settled out & used my Milwaukee M18 Rocket Tower Light so everyone was able to get set up with a decent amount of visibility.  Everything was extremely muddy & it's always fun getting your tent going right on top of an ant hill you can't see (not me, but 2 other Scouts had this calamity).

    Swimming, has a "blob" (I didn't take this pic; it was on the web but is the same as what they have @ this facility)
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    also has a water slide.  Water was quite cold, but not Barton Springs /Blue Hole cold.  The rain certainly didn't help the temperatures.  Also  has a water slide made of the same kind of material as the blob, but it didn't have a steep enough angle & people kept getting stuck even though it was hosed down.

     

    They also have this insane "mine" area & it's where they dug out Caliche to make roads for the facility.  The mine area is where the kids did their Nerf battle & inside  it, there's a ropes course & the Scouts had a great time with that as well.

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    It was raining quite heavily & around 2230 when we got there; the last 30 minutes is a ragged Caliche road that's around 10 miles long.  Slow driving, lots of potholes.  By the time we got our paperwork handed in, the rain was a drizzle... a headache, but not as bad as it could be.  I had brought my Milwaukee M18 Rocket Tower light & with 3,000 lumens, everyone was able to get tents set up without as much hassle if using a flashlight in your teeth or a  headlamp.

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    The Scouts did some orienteering intros & got versed in taking a bearing & following that; the terrain made it quite difficult to zig & zag & then catch up to your exact original point to point line.  If the kids in our group of 5 were older, we might have been able to do leapfrogging but only 5 Scouts were over the age of 15.  The breakdown of the other 13 were 4 Webelos (2 AOL, 2 Webelos 1's) & 9 were within 6 months  of crossing over from Webelos & of that 9, 4 hadn't ever been in Scouts before.  BTW, of these 4 with zero experience, I see great promise in 2 of them - I'm anticipating an Eagle from those 2 as they are very interested in the program & already have 2 merit badges each.

    Back to the orienteering... that has me interested in a high end compass & I kinda like this spiffy model right here:
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    The rain made things muddy, but dry air came in on Saturday (again, 1 week ago) & it wasn't too bad packing up Sunday AM.  I did open up & hang out the tents & sleeping bags, they got a full 6 days of air time.  Surprisingly, I was able to pack both tents up without much hassle (had a friend assist) & everything went back into their proper bags fairly easy.  The tent I used is a Kelty Camp Cabin 4; great space for only me, however I didn't bring a chair in my rush to pack (again, car camping), so I missed out on having an easier time dressing / changing, etc.  It's got a front  height of 6'2", so  plenty  of room to stand & it was fairly easy to get going as a one man operation.  Due to the tapered height, no gear loft but there are pockets in the front upper corners to place a flashlight.

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    They had showers fairly close by & I was able to get a hot one for Saturday night - that felt good after being soaked Friday night & having to air out my canvas Scout pants all day Saturday.

    Moving on, we should have some organized Packs now & if you've got a new Scout, what's going on with your Cubs?

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  5. I'm always looking for someone who is interested in learning the roofing & general home repair business.

     

    I've had some Shaggers send their kids & other people they know, but this work isn't for everyone.  Outdoors activity all day long, must be confident on ladders & recognize that the work is somewhat irregular.

     

    I'm based in Dripping Springs but we work where the jobs take us; 90% are South Austin out to Drip, however we'll take on local jobs up to a 2 hour drive from here if the project is right.

  6. Like many of you, I was astounded when the doc said I had  the 'Beetus.  I'm not skinny, but I'm far from fat.  Probably 10 to 15 or so lbs. from what might be considered skinny & I have a moderate amount of muscle tone.  I always had a mental picture of the fat, overweight, smoking types as the ones who had the Beetus & certainly not folks like me.

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    Anyway.

    My sugars are a problem & I was "on a program" from an MD for around 1, 1.5 years.  That & some sort of statin.  Family Hx.  My relatives hate me, apparently. 

    I'm in Drip & I guess instead of going to a general MD (this guy is a D.O.), maybe I should go to an Endo instead?

    Also, I've seen a commercial for a "new" glucose monitor that doesn't actually require a finger stick; I'm interested & intrigued by your modern medicine & would like to know more about how it can help a simple unfrozen caveman roofing contractor like me.

    Talk to me about your Beetus experiences & maybe where I should be going in the SW Austin  / Drip area.  I'll cross reference any doc names with our insurance to see where I can go.

    I  promised my kids I'd do better & have found myself trying to live up to that... & then I see a bottle of Coca~Cola with that buttery smooth sweetness gliding up through a straw.

    Help me,  Obi-Wan Surl-nobi... you're my only help.

  7. Mom told me 2 days ago that she "has been saving up for probably 1/2 a year & finally paid off a $ 675 traffic ticket, so  you should be happy about that."

    Never mind that around 1 week earlier I gave her $ 500.00 ca$h.

    & For the life of me, I cannot figure out how a single woman* in her mid 70's can accumulate so much recyclable material.  I have a family of 4 & she fills up her recycling toter in 1/2 the time it takes us (well, it's actually me doing the hauling to the street).

  8. Yeah, we have a Scout Dad who likes to do the Quartermaster gig & we're responsible for our own plates, etc.  I ordered this one:

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    & Found what I think is a killer deal on a Kelty Camp Cabin 4 person / 3 season.

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    Has a front "bump" peak height of 77" (6'  5" for the maths challenged) & with a 4 person, I could probably fit a chair inside for changing clothes / sitting up comfortably, etc.  All car camping, so not too worried on weight, etc. & I'll be using it for Woodbadge in 1 month.

     

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    I'll probably use a simple tarp for a footprint; get a quality silver one.  Floor dimensions are 96" x 105".

  9. Today I went to the elementary school that the Pack draws from for the "official in school" Join Scouting Night & put stickers on all the kids (ALL... even the girls). 

     

    Went to Round Table tonight & picked up my 2nd knot; this one for the Scouter's Training Award.


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    I wasn't able to assist the Pack with JSN, but I think the sticker activity helped - my 3rd time doing this & of course Monster is a Boy Scout now.

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