Random Thought Thread

Blues said:
So I'm looking at just north of $14K all in for a new roof, new gutters and guards.

Or, roughly one HDFK.
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Nothing to be sad about, fellas. I've been in the house 20 years. The roof is probably 23-24 years old. It's getting to be that time...

On the bright side, the guy I'm dealing with is a good, honest guy with a good crew...and has a strong reputation in our community.

In fact, when he came yesterday before giving me a proposal, he actually helped temporarily patch (caulk) a leak that has become a small issue in the recent heavy rains this week. (Worn shingle and rotten board above the window where the leak is slowly dripping.) Didn't ask him to do it, he just asked me to run to the truck while he was up on the roof and bring him the caulking gun with Lexel.
 
Blues said:
Nothing to be sad about, fellas. I've been in the house 20 years. The roof is probably 23-24 years old. It's getting to be that time...

On the bright side, the guy I'm dealing with is a good, honest guy with a good crew...and has a strong reputation in our community.

In fact, when he came yesterday before giving me a proposal, he actually helped temporarily patch (caulk) a leak that has become a small issue in the recent heavy rains this week. (Worn shingle and rotten board above the window where the leak is slowly dripping.) Didn't ask him to do it, he just asked me to run to the truck while he was up on the roof and bring him the caulking gun with Lexel.
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I just replaced a sump pump. It was there when I bought the house so it’s at least 15 years old. No complaints here either (except about the 6” of water in my basement I had to pump out).
 
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"He said CoCKzilla!"
 
Burke said:
I just replaced a sump pump. It was there when I bought the house so it’s at least 15 years old. No complaints here either (except about the 6” of water in my basement I had to pump out).
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I would recommend having a back-up too. We have 2 pumps (one in each back corner of the basement), and 2 back-ups. Things have been good for several years now (takes a lot for the pumps to come on so they don't run a lot), but a ways back we had a couple failures.
 
Random musings: The other day, I was having a conversation with my wife. I was trying to make a point and she wasn't understanding me. After trying to reword my thought 4-5 times, I realized that it really wasn't worth the effort and it wasn't of any importance anyway; I simply failed to convey my point in the slim window where it would have been relevant (to be clear - MY failure, not hers).

I feel like I get in those kinds of situations here on the forums sometimes. I am getting better at preemptively detecting where one might get stuck in a game of "round and round" but sometimes I get caught.


 
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