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Is that tool posting on EVERY post by Iron Pony in the last year? What a fucking crybaby! Hey jackhole, I pay your salary so stfu! With all due respect and shit...sir

Since being ratified the first ten amendments commonly known as the bill of rights have remained intact but there is no mechanism in place that I am aware of that protects them from being repealed. Amendments have been ratified and repealed in our history so don't rely on an amendment to be there to serve you if you don't protect it. The people we elect to office in any capacity have meaning; the right to vote for representatives that will serve to protect our established bill of rights should be our vigilance. Amendments are not natural or inalienable rights they are laws of the land and subject to review. I could foresee a time when given the right set of circumstances that several amendments could fall under review. I highly doubt that this will occur in my lifetime but I have lived through enough change that I don’t understand or never could have predicted that all bets are off.

Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Steve's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?' 'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.' As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare.. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.' I was impressed. I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?' 'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%. I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?' 'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'

Seriously, some soft music, bathtub full of strawberry jello, candle light.......That's a recipe for some fine Californication. You know she will let you put it in the dirty place.

This is why we need to keep gheys out of the military.

Military people are ghey!

Truth! I've met a good number of people on here that you would never know served or are serving. They get the respect and credit they deserve.

I went to Iron Pony today and they would not give me a Black Friday discount. I will tell all my friends that there are no Black Friday discounts on any Saturdays in January. Period.

I remember when people in the military didn't talk about it. They served proudly with humility. It seems an awful lot of people these days wear it like a chip on their shoulder. JMO..

Jack and kool aid are a good mix too

its not a straw---its a penrose drain. we use them all the time for complex lacerations. we have a saying in medicine----you can't make chicken soup with chicken shit. it means if someone has poor healing capabilities/poor hygiene, you can't hold yourself responsible for any ensuing complications when the initial care was appropriate (which i'm sure it likely was). when any complications arise, sure, you treat them appropriately. you had an accepted complication which happens---

Oddly enough, Apple juice and captian morgan aren't bad.

every 6 months or so, we get someone who joins the site exactly like the o.p.. young, immature, and talks smack to anyone and everyone about how fast his car (is going to be) once he's done working on it. they call anyone and everyone out, and spout off tons of stupid shit. they start all kinds of threads just like this one that reveal just what tools they truly are. we get ridiculous tales of beatings, child support, stolen property, crazy physical feats, outrageous threads regarding money, jobs, mansions, etc etc. then we get comments about how they are waiting to sell something, or for their tax return to finish their car. sometimes they end up with a reasonably fast car. usually, they just fade away once everyone realizes that the car will never be finished. or maybe it gets finished but only runs 12's, or blows up and they have to sell it, etc. original poster---please reference the last person just like you http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89992 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98726 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93665 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94013 he actually had a reasonably fast car but delivered hours and hours of pure fail-----just like you!!

Sounds like I should sell 90% of what's in my safe or near my bed. This is a load of crap. The worst part is the fact that all four guns I am authorized to carry at work to assist me in protecting the Constitution will be banned for the citizens of this country. Total crap I can in no way support or enforce this.

Those long dead slave owning founders continue to find a way to repress our greatest hope for utopia, a great son of Africa, even now. Damn them.

Ohio Bureau of Commerce Minimum wage complaint form This might work: http://www.com.ohio.gov/laws/docs/dico_MINIMUM_WAGE_COMPLAINT.pdf Instructions: http://www.com.ohio.gov/laws/docs/laws_MINIMUM_WAGE_COMPLAINT_Instructions.pdf or call them and ask: Ohio Bureau of Commerce http://www.com.ohio.gov/Contact.aspx?DivID= Ohio Revised Code: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4113.15 http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4111.10 This is where Isaac's Papa is referring to "only have to pay minimum wage". The law appears to only force a minimum wage payment in the worst case. But the Ohio Bureau of Commerce is where to contact for help and information. edit: checking Department of Labor... Federal has a Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division, (drill down to local office) Ohio has a Commerce Bureau of Wage & Hour Administration. That's at the Ohio Bureau of Commerce. Federal Department of Labor - Cincinnati local office: Cincinnati Area Office US Dept. of Labor Wage & Hour Division 550 Main Street Room 10-409 Cincinnati, OH 45202-5208 Phone: (513) 684-2908 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243) Donald W. Harrison Asst. District Director

HEY! Give the kid a fucking break... he said he's DONE with killing. you guys are big jerks.

I don't do it for the "attaboy" attention, I share so people know there are still good ones left in this world.

The waitresses probably paid it so you would leave and they wouldn't have to hear anymore of the horseshit that was spewing from your mouth.

you cant take a joke can you.

Disclaimer: I designed and built my own house--using a GC--back 1999. It's a royal pain-in-the-ass!!! If you're married, you will likely be divorced by the time you build. If you're single, you will have tried to kill yourself several times by the end of the process. That bein' said.... 1) There will some fun and 'excitement' along the way. Even if you use a GC, be as involved as you possibly can and visit your build site at least once every other day. Shit can go wrong real fast. 2) It is a rewarding experience....when you're done. And you'll have lots of stories to tell your friends....like the time I caught one of the drywallers shitting down the floor vent. And he wasn't Mexican. 3) Single stories aren't cheaper to build per sq ft than two stories, nor are they as energy efficient. 4) Never build a house with less than 3 BDRMs unless you plan on living there until you die. Resale sucks for anything less than that. 5) Basements are worth the investment IF THEY'RE ENGINEERED AND BUILT CORRECTLY!!! The key to this is drainage-drainage-drainage. I have a strong preference for sloped lots with walk-out potential. And to be honest, there are some areas of the country that are not suitable for basements. Floor plan should keep kitchen/LR/master BDRM/bathroom/laundry on the main floor. Bump the side of the house opposite the master suite to situate additional BDRMs on the second story. I'm not a big fan of huge master suites; you'll spend nearly 99% of your time there asleep with your eyes closed. Put a lot of thought into the areas you'll be in most of the time--kitchen, great room (or LR/family room) and throw a bit of extra money at the master bath. Ground level entry, walk-in showers, minimum of 36" interior doorways should take you into old age; you can always change out your fixtures later to accommodate mobility issues. In areas with snow/ice, I recommend a minimum roof pitch of 6:12 with membrane barrier at he eaves to eliminate ice damming. If I was doing my house over, I would have tried to use either steel or engineered wall studs and pre-engineered floor trusses/laminated beams to minimize quality issues. Over-insulate walls/ceilings/above-grade basement areas. Put in as high a quality window as you can afford. My windows ran $18,000 and they're worth it everyday. Garage space is fairly inexpensive compared to finished space; go as big as you can with available money/lot siting. I put in a 36Wx28Dx10H and it was too small by the time I moved in. You will have be the deeded owner of the land you plan to build on. Unless you're paying cash up front, no one will give you a construction loan to build on property belonging to someone else, even if it's Mom 'n' Dad. You will be able to use the equity value of the property as a down payment on the loan amount. Good luck and be sure to share your experience as you go.

I'm in the middle of building a rather large house right now. Actually, we are trying to finalize the floor plans and starting to work on picking out the flooring, etc. What a long process. This will be the second that we've built but the first was a Fisher home so it was a bit cookie cutter with limited options etc. This one will be 100% custom. For the past few years, we've been keeping a list of things that we wanted in the new house from features down to floor plan wants (i.e. first floor master). Start making a list of all of these little things so you don't lose sight of them. Keep resale value items in mind when designing even if you think this is the home you'll die in. Find a reputable builder who has been around awhile and do your homework. If I think of anything else I'll chime in. Here is a rendering of how the house will look...

I used to work with a small company building houses. Imho, hiring a GC is not necessary but I am looking at it thru the eyes of someone experienced at this sort of thing. It might be best to hire one if you feel totally lost meeting building codes and keeping the subs (sub contractors) all working in coordination. I for sure would go with a basement. Make sure everything is insulated above code requirements. If you are located north of I-70 I would go Geo-thermal with my heating and maybe even 2x6 outer walls. I would build a 'safe room' within. Utilize as much low voltage lighting as possible. Also I would go with a hard wired automatic generator system. Whatever fuel source you use for this and the heating system will be determined by what is prevalent in the area where you are building. If you go with a GC to oversee the build, do some checking for those that are into 'green' builds. There are some really trick techniques anymore, much more enhanced that when I was building back in the 80's. Best of luck!

I've also been looking at building a place of my own after I find some land up here in NEO (or out west in the PNW but I haven't decided). Instead of building it the traditional way, I've been looking at using some of the well engineered and designed pre-fab kits out there. Heck, I'm even considering going totally non-traditional and building a permanent yurt style home. I know a lot of good GC's up here but I can't use them for any of the work so I'm trying to simplify the process somewhat on my end. Good luck in whatever you choose to do!

Definitely get a reputable GC if you are not used to running construction sites. Sometimes their markup is not as bad as dealing with all the BS that you will be put through. Not too mention their timeline will be much quicker than if you tried to run it yourself. For the cost difference (not as much as you would think), go with a basement. It just makes sense. Good luck!

I would use a GC to help you keep things in order, oversee that the build is to code, and less to phuck up doing it all yourself and having rework or any missed steps. Basements now are typically poured, and able to outlast any block and morter build, although block may still be offered? I like the underground safety a basement offers too, not to mention the additional living space or storage possibilities. Good luck and as always, start a build thread

If you want tips, like just advice and tips, PM me your email address. We've been working on plans and stuff for our future home, along with all the things I learned from when my parents built theirs. Be warned, this list will be long, but will have a WEALTH of info. Also will have tips coming from my wife who uses practical thinking such as if you want to retire to the house, use the house with a wheel chair, worst case scenario's etc. Also my aunt/uncle just rebuilt their house and some of their ideas I liked and we stole too, things like stacked closests on 3 levels so that it can actually be an elevator as their lot did not allow for a ranch. Or having their office on the main level set up to become a bedroom next to a full bath that can become a master sweet if they can't even use the elevator. Tons of stuff... Just PM me your email. And no you can't just "build" on their land, you still have to have it inspected, permits, etc. or it would technically be illegal and could be made to destroy it.

Laundry room close to bedrooms and shower. Or possibly a room for dressing, clothes, and washing. Larger doorways. I would contract anything that needs inspection. Building inspectors will get real picky with you. You don't wsnt to have something wrong and tear a bunch of shit out. Not to mention if there is a one year inspection and they see something they don't like. I think it leaves you with drywall and flooring.

My parents built and they always regretted not having a bigger basement for two reasons; space is always a premium in a house and its nice to have extra room that is easily accessible (ie. not an attic), and two was that there is a very noticeable temperature difference between where the basement ends and the slab begins in the winter time. I can't help with basement vs no basement, but if you are doing one then do the whole house. People also frequently run out of breaker openings in their panel, so make sure your electric is set up right from the start; it would be cheaper to have a sub panel, backup genny etc. installed during building then instead of later. I think the biggest thing is to visit your house being put up frequently. There will inevitably be people trying to skimp out or do things against code/without a permit/against your wishes and it is better to catch those things earlier. Some builders have an option where you can get a discount if you don't visit during the process, I would not recommend doing that.

I would probably flip the hell out after 2 non paychecks. I would confront the owner for payment now or I'd beat him pretty damn bad to make my point that I better have it within the next week. If he was a bitch and told on me I'd just counter with my own suit against the non payment for labor. It'd be no biggie to throw him a whoopin' until I got him to mercifully say he will pay me asap. This is my lively-hood, and I need the money I worked for. My anger would not think twice about doing what I said. Don't fuck with my family's well being and give me my damn money! Seriously, I would do exactly that. Take it as you want it.

I'm sure your brilliant fool proof plan that is posted on a public site for all to see for all time will sound great when read to jurors by Morgan Freeman.

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