Knuckledragger Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Two Brosco exterior doors ($550 each new), got the pair for $400 27 lag bolts + washers 3 12' sprice 2x6s 880 lbs of concrete 30 feet of rebar a bunch of other small items too trivial to list 70+ man-hours of labor (so far) -- why I won't be spending any money on audio in the foreseeable future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 there are plenty of good LCDs for reasonable prices. I've been shopping around online since buying my new quad core dell. There are some 24" for ~$400-600, but when I got right down to it I decided this CRT would probably be just as pleasing to look at, if not far better. Plus it was still cheaper, even with the ridiculous shipping charges. And CRTs last a long time. And since its in my bedroom, I'll be typing with the lights out fairly often, and will appreciate the better black levels CRTs offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Two Brosco exterior doors ($550 each new), got the pair for $400 27 lag bolts + washers 3 12' sprice 2x6s 880 lbs of concrete 30 feet of rebar a bunch of other small items too trivial to list 70+ man-hours of labor (so far) -- why I won't be spending any money on audio in the foreseeable future What are you building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 What are you building? I'm replacing both doors on my house, and repairing the mud sill on the south side. The problem is that there is a concrete patio in front of it, which is the roof to a bomb shelter (yay cold war era houses!) The patio is not graded properly, and water collects between it and the house. In order to fix this, we have to jack up the house a couple inches. The concrete is for footers, and the lag bolts are to attach huge steel beams to the side of the house. This job keeps expanding in scope as we find out more about how the house was built. I just learned that the original front door is framed incorrectly, and there isn't room for the new one to be hung correctly without serious modifications to the entryway. I also have to clear off a 20 foot section of wall space in the basement. All of my lighting equipment happens to be in that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 My only advice, not knowing anything about the situation, would be to caution you against using lags in a load bearing environment unless you know exactly what you're doing and have gotten some professional advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 My only advice, not knowing anything about the situation, would be to caution you against using lags in a load bearing environment unless you know exactly what you're doing and have gotten some professional advice. x2 from the son of a bricklayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 The people doing the work are professionals. I just write the checks. I will mention this to them, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 The people doing the work are professionals. I just write the checks. I will mention this to them, however. If they're professional home movers (the types of folks that would jack up a house) then you're probably fine. I'd have to know a lot more about the situation to comment more and neither of us probably has the time for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I finally bought a laptop computer though it's a budget model. It has vista on it now but I'm going to try and remedy that tonight or tomorrow. See in the computer help hotline forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I dont know that I buy into the 'Vista blows' hype anymore. At least in comparison to XP. I think people just dont like having to look in new places to find things. Anyway, nice computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I think you're right aardvark. I used it for quite a while today and warmed up to it considerably. The only thing that I don't like about it is that there still are some programs, mostly freeware, that aren't yet compatible. Peerguardian 2 being the main one. I'm going to keep in on there for a month or two and I'll see how I cotton to it in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 The only thing that I don't like about it is that there still are some programs, mostly freeware, that aren't yet compatible. A lot of scientific software is incompatible as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 It came on my new Dell, and I'm going to poke around on it before (if) I give it a clean install. If I have a reinstall disc, I may reinstall Vista itself just to get rid of any bloatware. I have vista on my mini laptop, but want to see how it handles quad core, which is a slight bump up from a Via single core processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I've certainly had more problems with 64bit Vista (what I run on my laptop at home) compared with both my work and home desktops which run 32bit XP Pro. There's still a decent amount of software that I can't load on my laptop, the first of which is most versions of Autocad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I bought 25 years subscription to the "General Mayhem" section on [H] earlier today. $15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I dont recognize the name, but I've not browsed it for more than 20 minutes today, all told. Looks like they have a 'funny pic' thread. And I have a flickr account. Interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I dont know that I buy into the 'Vista blows' hype anymore. At least in comparison to XP. I think people just dont like having to look in new places to find things. Anyway, nice computer. I agree, with computers that already have Vista installed, 32 bit Vista is actually better (IMO) than 32 bit XP. 64 Bit Vista still has more incompatibility issues compared with 32 bit Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I agree, with computers that already have Vista installed, 32 bit Vista is actually better (IMO) than 32 bit XP. 64 Bit Vista still has more incompatibility issues compared with 32 bit Vista. I'm curious. Why do you feel that the 32 bit version of vista is better than the 32 bit version of xp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 i genmay still around? i haven't been to that forum in a long time... That's because GenMay is a cesspool of the most retarded people on the internet. General [M]ayhem says they haven't been sunk by their own stupidity...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 i was referring to genmay.com. i'm user 1601. haven't logged in there in a long, long time. I think I had a 9k UID. My account is probably deactivated by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I'm curious. Why do you feel that the 32 bit version of vista is better than the 32 bit version of xp? For me Vista has been more stable and seems to "leak" memory less than XP so rebooting is not necessary as often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 i was referring to genmay.com. i'm user 1601. haven't logged in there in a long, long time. I thought you meant someone named genmay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 For me Vista has been more stable and seems to "leak" memory less than XP so rebooting is not necessary as often. Ah, that's good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 How often is not as often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 How often is not as often? Still more often than the need to reboot a *nix system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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