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Bill, I am in the position where I am paying for these type of services, for 1on1 consultation. Probably similar to the CCN which you spoke of in a way. My thing I want to avoid is "paralysis by analysis" or becoming over-taught/over-learned, if you will. I used to not think that was possible, I now do, depending on what your goals are. Sometimes you just have to pick an approach and go with it on faith. I'm analytical enough that if I joined another group creating plans, models, etc......it would make me question what I was learning in my other Program, and the veracity of it. I'll say this: everything I've been working on so far would be exactly in-line with what you've described of your original group---you get "out of the bucket", so to speak. I wish you guys a lot of success and think this is imperitve to achievement. Things slow up this winter Bill, I may harangue you with a phone call some day if you don't mind to bounce some thoughts. jf

...I'm in line to guest lecture on "Fire-Fueling/Flaming". That will be followed by "Killing With Kindness" by Newlook, and "Professional Internet Fighting Skills" taught by Mike Williamson. Should be a little for everyone, :) j/k Bill/ken: We never got far with our "discussion", heh? Truth is, I'd rather point out know that there just isn't enough time in the day than to bail later. I cannot even sit at my desk and get work done during the day without being pulled under by Time Bandits like these bbs's. While I wish I had the time and would love to have a group with some of you guys to discuss these things, I already have one group for this purpose and to add another would be to add time to something that is "fun" for me but not necessarily as productive as other things I could be doing. Good luck to "a" group---anyone with sense that wants to grow their biz should join these guys,

I won't reserve judgment---that's the prettiest Ipe job I think I've seen yet!! I love it!! It looks a little more opaque to me, so you don't get as much board variety, but that color is great. Looks like a typical acrylic stain to me, but the end result is no doubt attractive. Hopefully no giant pterodactyls will fly over and take a big white dump on it, LOL :)

I bet she is the canditate. Seacrest Out.

...Take your time Jarrod, we've got 2-6 more years to hash this stuff out and convert Jeff to the Dark Side:) You'll love this Jeff---here is my prediction for coming years (say, next 2-6): You are getting ready to see the Republicans start swooning and beefing up the base in a serious way. The Hardcore 30% is getting ready to activate, and will be calling the shots from here on out. If McCain plans on running for President, or Guliani/Swarzt (I already have issues when I cannot spell their names:)), it will be as Independants. NewtG will be our next Prez. I'd encourage you guys to start getting involved at a grassroots level, as i am doing. This will sound stupidly-obvious, but what the Dems have beat us on recently (even going back to close Repub. win elections) is GETTING MORE VOTES than us. I know, obviously. But they bus people in to vote, etc.....ON ELECTION DAY, THEY HAVE PEOPLE PULLING LEVERS. Think about this--if you had a candidate whose only platform as President was that he wanted to do everything in his power to overthrow Roevs.wade.....his popularity at polling would probably be in the low 40's. BUT HE COULD COUNT ON 30% OF THOSE PEOPLE TO BE AT THE POLLS, BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR HOTBUTTON! Add that to a decent conservative agenda, and he's a blowout winner. And the "anti's" cannot get out the vote like the Repubs can.....ask any Pollster (or at least that is what I've always heard....Liberals still aren't as likely to actually show up to vote. My guess is due to the fact they are younger in general, single)

Roger, my understanding of Pelicans is that you need to take a dump on the deck to kind of mark your territory, so to speak. Seriously.

LOL, nice one Jeff:) Your liberalism knows no bounds:) His name is "RyanH".....I've always wondered what the "H" stood for, LOL:) I don't think he was implying people should be perfect, just that ignorant morons shouldn't be setting policy for our country. Oh yeah, but we voted on Tuesday and that's going to be happening anyways, so who really cares:)

AB---you've got the coolest little daughter in the world!! Looks like you guys are due for some rain out there, LOL:)

Thanks for the enlightening discussion Jay,

...I must just have an altered sense of appropriateness or sensitivity, because as far as I was concerned except for post #42 about Puffdaddy which was just a goofy post, I felt it was professional and low-key, nothing flaring. I'm certainly sorry if anything I've said would be considered inappropriate. Thought the initial post was interesting, and the turn it made with Jay's POV took it to a new level of stimulation. But hey, whatever, this ain't my barbeque. We can just return to the enlightening threads like "should I xjet or downstream" or something else fresh. I'm not upset, it's just aggravating that any time a thread starts to get interesting somebody gets offended. People are too sensitive.

Good to see you back Jay, hadn't heard from you since your move. Still in biz?

....Perhaps an exaggeration.....but at least every other day?? I am 30 and single, they could have done mailings on limiting factors like that.....singles are more likely to vote Dem. Can't believe you never got those!! LOL, actually in the eye of a service biz owner, quite an impressive campaign. Nice, consistant campaign of pictures of Bush with goofy faces.....headline, "Are you ready for a change??" Didn't even mention Jim Talent!!LOL

...If they'd have done their jobs well in the mind of a sound Republican, all they'd be able to carry is the true 25-30% base. Iraq would be a wasteland, but we'd have saved troops. Snipers would patrol the border. The economy would be scary it would be so powerful because we wouldn't have Special Interest Liberals to hold us back, and there'd be bounties on the heads of abortion doctors. But instead, they have to walk this pandering line because of spineless moderates and socialist dems.

Jaycam, I am truly interested to know what has offended you. Man, I really hope none of this gets deleted because this is of unbelievable genuine interest to me. I went back a re-read everything twice, through my eyes, and then tried to imagine what it would be like to be one of a few black guys on here and reading these comments. I guess I kind of understand where you are coming from, since it is kind of like 1 against 100. If there were 100 members, 50 black and 50 white, would you have been okay with us whiteys making this post?? My guess is "yes" and it would have turned into a fun black vs. white thing....no hurt feelings. I gather that intel from this: in college my frat had one black guy. We'd joke with him and tell him the only reason we let him in was to keep the ACLU off our backs, etc.....and it was all in fun, we loved the guy. What was interesting though, was that if it was just him around, he'd get bothered by it. But if he had a bunch of his black friends around, we could joke with him about such matters and all was in good fun, no feelings hurt. Reading back I see some stereotypes, nothing mean-spirited, just general black stereotypes: escalade, velour interior, etc. While I could never ask you to not be offended as I am not you and don't know what affects you, I would ask that you give us crackers a second chance and don't write us off as racists, etc. What would have been funny is if you'd have listed all the reasons you think it is time for a black Bond, and the improvements it would make (I, for one, voted that way:)) Really, you've been around for awhile, hate to see you offended.

...So true about Repubs losing....I'm in MO which was a hotly contested state.....every day would get these huge fold-out mailers in the mail from the Democratic Party. EVERY ONE would have a huge picture of Bush on it and say something like, "had enough?" or "ready for a change?". That's sad when a Party's entire platform is basically, "hey, you've heard everyone gripe about Bush.....No, we don't necessarily have anything to offer, but at least it will be a change." But alas, America--and my State of Missouri--have said their word. I wonder how any moron could support these Democrat candidates like Claire McCaskill (MO).....here ads said things like, "I'll work to improve the illegal immigration problem." Huh?? Who'd be ignorant enough to vote for someone like that?? Oh yeah, all the folks in the ghettos and homeless shelters, etc. The uneducated. Had people calling my house all day yesterday leaving messages, "this is Dem party....wanted to make sure you had a ride to get out and vote Dem today." And now a MAJORITY of our country are cool with all of this. Wow. ...So let's give Socialism a shot!!:)

I've been using Stihl's largest handheld since 96'......BG85 I believe they call it. First got stolen and got another. Spent many a night in back of truck in rain, snow, etc. I'd equate Stihl with Honda......it'll get stolen or you'll get tired of looking at it and sell it, otherwise get used to it because it isn't going anywhere. My #1 chainsaw we still use for most of our heavy-duty apps (not terribly often, only on rot jobs) is only a couple of years younger than I am. A Stihl O28V.......my grandpa bought three in 1980 for my dad and two uncles. My dad's got stolen, my one uncle still uses his, I bought my other uncle's saw in about 98'. It's a beast. Blowers, saws, weedeaters, etc. I don't even shop around.

What I didn't realize until reading today is that this new "Bond" is a prequel---we learn where he got the Aston Martin, how he was Licensed to Kill, etc. This character is supposed to be more in line with the original book(s).

It kinda looks like CWF-UV Clear to me, probably over-applied and obviously never cured, as it couldn't penetrate. Stayed at the surface and turned cloudy. Just a wild guess, but that ugly whitish opaque color reminds me of what clear CWF looks like. IMO you guys are way to leary of these expensive strippers and should put them in the arsenal rather than pass on this type of thing. Tom, do a search on my name or Rick Petry in relation to stripping acrylics......lots of info on these expensive strippers. The last time we used it this summer, we removed about 10 stacked coats of shellac off of a T&G exterior porch roof. My guys had never used it before, and I wasn't there to show them how, and achieved 100% results in two passes. Done right, it would have been one pass. All I know is that if I were restoring decks, I'd want one crew tasked for nothing but "nightmare" work, i.e. heavy duty stripping, etc. at a premium price. With the finishes that have become popular the last 3-4 yrs, this work is going to soar and you may as well be ready for the boom.

Man, I'm just thankful this information got exposed a few days before the election......I mean, I was still reeling from John Kerry's "dumb troop" remark.....Thank God (no pun intended) the Dems were able to pull this rabbit out of the hat and take the heat off of Kerry. Too bad Kerry's character flaw is one that has reared it's head multiple times now....and is at the EXPENSE of others. Haggard, though his actions immoral, sinned against himself. Foley---he's a guy with a dark side that wrote dirty emails to boys in their late teens. Again, hardly comparable to a guy disparaging the military. Jeff--your rhetoric is getting to the point of disgust. You can blab all day long about "ask my wife I'm nice to everyone and love people blah blah" but your written actions are speaking otherwise. Argue policy--fine. You can HATE conservative policy, etc. but you are at the point of smearing and denegrating peoples names because they have made mistakes, mostly moral and against themselves. I doubt any of us want to pull out the magnifying glass when it comes to that sort of thing...do you?? How'd you like if every moral mistake you'd ever made dating back to when you were 18 became known?? BTW, I am not a follower of Eves, never heard of this guy until this event, but hopefully like any normal American can see that this was meant to be a diversion to the John Kerry incident.

DMX and 50 were both surprisingly "decent" actors IMO. All pale in comparison to the honkey the all wanna be like, Eminem. I'd go so far to say he's a "pretty dang good" actor for someone that obviously hasn't ever trained or been schooled, etc. What's more impressive to me about Eminem, is how he doesn't "wear out" his popularity...you always want more. He doesn't do any more acting after rave reviews. Rediculous record sales....now he just produces, etc. Most probably think this is crazy, but I think he is one, if not the most talented artist, for all of those reasons, of my generation of music. Obviously don't always agree with things he may say on a moral/political level, but on a talent level, he's at the top.

LMAO, ....someone beat me to it:) Sorry we can't take this special moment for you seriously John, it's just more fun to bust your chops:)

BINGO!! That's EXACTLY how I feel (though after hearing KenF's estimate on the value of DVD, I'm not feeling as bad:))

....It makes me cringe. I don't like it. But I've got one coming up in January...only reason I did it was because the house was 3 miles from mine and new the weather could be questionable at times. It is a professional videographer that is going to do a video for us----haven't decided yet if it is going to be a customer DVD or a training DVD. But the camarapeople will have to follow us to about 4 different jobs over a few months to accumulate all the footage, etc. I just don't like it. It will account for about 30% of the job total (the barter) so there is still profit, just not a lot. Oh well, it's a small job and close so can use it to fill in time I suppose.

I doubt there were any true purist sports fans out there that enjoyed seeing Detroit "lose" the World Series. Rags to Riches, etc. Playing any team other than STL, I'd have been pulling for them as well. But STL earned it. We were a better team in 68' when we got beat by Detroit. I think we had better teams than both KC and Minnesota in 85' and 87' when we lost, and I definitely think we were a better all-around team than the Bosox in 04'......but none of those went our way. We had some good Karma coming as well. And we've been the underdogs......49 out of 50 states picked Detroit to win the WS (guess which one state didn't:)), and gee, think anyone actually wanted the Cardinals to beat Boston?????? ...And people have made a lot of excuses that Detroit "lost" a lot of the games as opposed to STL winning them.....the way I see it, that may have sent some games to extra innings, but Detroit sure wasn't scoring any runs off of our pitching. ....So we are #2 on the list with 10 WS rings!! That puts us, what, 20 rings behind NY???:) If we catch them in my lifetime, I'll die a happy man:) I'm just so happy that the Cards could win another series in my Grandfather's lifetime....I was starting to worry. I'm sure today there are a lot of elderly cardinal fans smiling smiles of contentment and happiness......one more for the road:)

I've heard the guy at hoodcleaningschool buys some trailers in bulk that are made in China and slaps a 'Haulmark' logo on them and sells them to unsuspecting customers---only for them to have rivets, etc. popping out and sheets of aluminum flying off a year or two later:)LOL