I'm currently reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. It explores the role industrial agriculture plays in our lives - I was an agronomy major in college so maybe I find it more...

Dave,

If you weren't going to air seal from the exterior, what sort of things would you be looking to air seal from the interior of a finished home?

We're getting a new furnace in a couple of...

We have a Kohler that is just fine - I haven't experienced any nastiness coming out of the jets after we haven't used it for awhile. I second the idea that you should get an inline heater, the water...

It took me awhile to get a Fein, but once you have one, you'll wonder how you lived without it...especially if you do remodeling.

Maybe I'm naive, but I've never worried about it too much. I don't send sensitive info/account info/credit card numbers over email so I don't think there's anything too interesting. "Oooh, so and...

I agree with Aaron - I think the syncing is mostly seamless if you try to use Google products for everything. I did just find a great task management app/widget in Gtask. I never really had a...

I guess I never thought that they didn't jive, but I see what you're getting at. It's not like I have a Budweiser budget. :)

We've had the Delta for a few years now and I don't have anything negative to say about it. I wouldn't call it portable, but you can move it around if need be.

Adam

My wife and I budget $600/month for grocery/toiletry expenses. We buy some meat (chicken or fish) but I hunt deer, so we usually have enough red meat to last us for the year. The $600 doesn't...

Maybe a little late, but you'll definitely want to prime at a minimum. When we do lightweight over Advantech, we also staple lathe down...cheap insurance against a possible nightmare scenario (if...

We had a client complain because of a wait a little over a minute. I can only imagine a client's wrath with a 4-minute wait. Even with the dismissed suggestion of a recirc in the back of their...

Though we're still in the dark ages with a top load washer, my vote is for side-by-side. This is our laundry room, which isn't fancy by any means, but I really like to be able to stand in front of...

I'd much prefer to lose the bidding process altogether, but it seems to be a necessary evil unless you can have 5 architects who think you're the best thing ever.

I just met with some clients on...

We do a little thinking about schedule in terms of a general length of time while at the bidding stage in order to determine if our fee is appropriate for the length of the job. Maybe we'll ask a...

Everybody else is making EZ money!

Sort of kidding...selling like that is not a skill set I currently possess.

Adam

I think the worst I've done to myself is run my ring finger into a belt sander.

I was scribing an end panel to a wall and had the panel sitting on a set of horses. Some dust had accumulated on...

I love it when manufacturers keep pricing the same at all stores. I hate shopping and I want item X to cost Y. Stihl does it and so does Patagonia, but you can get closeouts and sales from time to...

My wife sells pre-employment background screening services for a large company. They serve as a consumer reporting agency for credit checks, criminal history and driving histories as well as...

That would be fair only if the same methods of valuation were used when an appraisal was being done! "Oh, that looks nice. That cost what, $200K extra? Well, I guess I need to put that figure in...

That's what I always thought, too. I've NEVER had an engineered rim be the same height as an engineered joist and we've used both TJI and BC.

I do have to say I like the way BC chamfers the...

How I wish I could be as delusional as you are. I'm reconsidering you posting this on another forum because it makes me smile that you can convince yourself that the people with whom you agree are...

I don't normally get involved in this BS, but do you really believe that these "shenanigans" are limited to liberals? I vote more a more conservative ticket than I do liberal, but, man, you gotta...

Dan,

How did you coordinate with subs on Fridays? Would your subs work 4-day weeks or would you make sure the job was open and then do what you needed to do? We have typically always wanted to...

We could definitely walk that through both of the jurisdictions in which we usually we work. Six weeks is ridiculous for that scope. I know a guy working up in Vail and he is claiming that the...

My wife and I have an HSA. Our deductible is $2400 each...so we have to hit $4800 in expenses in order to get the insurance to kick in. But we have no co-insurance at that point, so insurance pays...