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    Swinging in the wind is why I always preferred to clean glass and PW off my bosuns chair....;) "Stages are for wimps!" JK, Jeff. I'have been on a 40' stage and been blown 10' or 15' out from the building, talk about a scare coming back in!!

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    Jeff, lots of ATV's have little trailers you can haul over golf course grass, or ask the maint. guys what they use. Instead of fighting the wear from the golf carts on the bridges, I would recommend something that can be reapplied very easy by you or the maint guys, that wouln't look bad as multiple coats are done. For my money, I still would recommend Readyseal for this app. The more you apply, the longer it seems to last, and you wouldn't have anyone screwing up a bridge with lap marks. Russell may also have something to throw in about WTW, I don't know how his abrasion test work, or come out, but its the main thing I would consider...

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    :) He won't tell us Ron, suppose he doesn't trust us:) I thought everyone knows, you are supposed to "trust" people you meet on the internet:)

    ....I think he had to sign lots of 'confidentiality stuff', so I doubt our begging will help:)

    Hey, you know what they say about begging and flattery,

    "it will get you nowhere, but don't stop."

    I did sign a lot of confidentiality stuff, mostly to prevent people from trying to swing by and see the prgect un announced, I think.

    I can say this, the name would mean nothing to you, but you could find almost an exact style log home on this website, http://www.loghomescanada.com/gallery.php, look down on the right at "the Blue Ridge".

    Now picture 6-8 of those together in one project.

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    First, estimate the actual sqft. Half of a mile is 2500 + feet long, x the height. Is the height standard all the way down, or does it vary?

    Then, figure your price per sqft for concrete walls up to 8 ft or so. Figure your price per sqft fro above 8 ft, ie ladder work, pole work, or lift work.

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    I have a big roof job to do this spring for some office buildings. I am upping my GL to meet the requirements of the PM, but they also require I have WC insurance. So I looked into it and my state dosen't require I have it if I have no employees, which I don't. I have to fill out an application for a certificate of clearance that would make me exempt from having to carry it. My question is will this fly with the PM as long as I'm within the law? I am allowed to hire a temp helper and still be within the law. I don't want to spend extra money if I don't need to but I don't want to **** the PM off if they say I need it. This is my first commercial job so I don't want any set backs, but if I don't need WC then I don't need it, right?

    Ask the PM company if they have a standard exemption form their lawyer has put together, or if they would accept that. If not, then tell them no problem, I'll get it right away. I've had big const companies bend over backwards to help me work with them, when they really needed me to....

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    I was there also, my first "roundtable" meeting, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I too was late, I apologize, I tried to squeeze some work in before driving down, duh. I had the dark brown baseball hat on with "Bear Creek Restoration on it. I guess next time we should all meet each other before we break up at the end. Phillip and Cujo, I enjoyed meeting you both, hope we can do it again some time. And thanks Russell, the mad chemist, and Pete for providing the concrete floor to stand on, thanks, Pete, you know you're the greatest!!!

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    Certifications can be good and bad. I think certifications from product manufacturers can be great because they show a certain competency level. HOWEVER, this has to be made known to the consumer, so that they can see what knowledge is required to gain certification. Some are obvously a joke, just an open book test anyone could pass if they read the website. Others are just to certify that you attended a "class". WHeather you learned anything or not is besides the point, its an "attendance" certificate! I really think they are worthless to me from a training perspective, unless I get some real hands on with a pro from the company. From a marketing perspective, well one of my local competitors advertises certification from three major co"s, only one of which actually has an "attencance" certification program, the other don't even have one. I've been distancing myself from certs for that reason recently.

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    Or get a gas powered pressure pump that has viton seals and will put out 2-4 gpm of any liquid you want, only thing is you have to have a mixing barrel. This allows you precision chem application and mixing, and lots of power for getting the chems where, and only where you want them. Best part for me, no math....:)

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    Easiest place for me to lose money? Labor. Keeping a grip on extra hours spent having someone with me just driving while getting supplies, balanced with not driving out of my way to drop someone off and get them working. Between labor and materials as far as COGS, labor gets me much more than materials. On to overhead...I try to keep office overhead down to 12% or so, checking monthly. Equipment repair and purchases, small ones, less than 5% of gross.

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    Jon, I respectfully disagree about (monetary) incentives. I think people are self motivated from within, and then only expect to be rewarded for waht they are already motivated to do oon their own. Are we saying the same thing? The reason I bring this up is that I've tried to motivate with money and it just cost me money. On the other hand, I've hired some at very low wages, they stayed motivated, but thru my own stupidity or rigidity, I let them get away instead of not rewarding them properly. Sorry for the thread hijack, Wesley. I would not take on a partner to grow geographically, I think I would franchise out or lease the business, to limit my exposure in the branch that I was not present at.

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    3-4 movies a week @ 3-4$ =12-16 a week, or 48-60 a month. For that amount, you could get two of the 7 at a time plans, have them keeping you with 14 movies at a time, and pay less than $45 buck a month. Just a thought, I've noticed that many many people seem to hate the idea of having the movies sent to them, and I guess a lot of others love it. Isn't it weird how different people view convenience? I hate going to the video store with a passion, and yet many seem to love it....

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    Come on guys, get with the program, Netflix.comI run thru 12-15 discs a month for 19 bucks. Recently, we've seen Lost season 1, 24 season 4, Alias seasons 2-5, house MD season 1, etc. Never get discs out of order, and usually always have at least one at the house, one being sent back, and one on the way.

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    Come on guys, get with the program, Netflix.comI run thru 12-15 discs a month for 19 bucks. Recently, we've seen Lost season 1, 24 season 4, Alias seasons 2-5, house MD season 1, etc. Never get discs out of order, and usually always have at least one at the house, one being sent back, a nd one on the way.

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    Sorry, Mike. Guess my answer was ambiguous. I'm not charging the customers up front, just making the point that they get charged one way or another, and most seem to feel its an affront to charge them up front. Now one way to give away your time is to NOT track and average how much time you spend a month or week and remember to figure that into you ovehead....all part of the sales/marketing line of my overhead. It goes in with business cards, marketing materials, etc, just like I was paying a salesman.

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