Random Rants
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Builders finishing work on my house today. Got a text from him last night saying that he would appreciate 2k over the fixed price quote of 25000 for losses he has incurred on the job due to things going wrong, which we've already paid 2.5k extra for. He has explained that he hasn't been able to pay himself a wage for part of the job. My partner and I are cleaning toward no but it's a tough one.
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Told him that we had agreed the fixed quote and already paid extra and couldn't afford any more. He was upset, but we managed to end it on ok terms. There was some argument and difficulty, so I am pleased it is over.
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That’s good news and I’m glad you held your ground. The only way I would have paid is if:
1). My indecisiveness put the project on hold for a period of time
2). I changed the specs of the project which altered the scope of work.Now, I’m really interested in seeing how @Giles text went for the boat…
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2). I changed the specs of the project which altered the scope of work.
TBF, if that were to happen, you'd want to specify the changes and their impact to the charges in an amendment or else you're effectively giving the person carte blanche to charge whatever they want.
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I mostly approve of Jared Polis, Colorado’s centrist Democrat governor. But the utility oversight panel that he appointed just rubber-stamps rate hikes by our for-profit utility company, who is at record profits right now and just raised rates significantly, and also drags their feet on adding solar power to the grid.
The perverse economics at play for something so essential being run by a for-profit organization is supposed to be regulated by this board. Having become complicit in an immoral rate hike that is forcing families to choose between freezing and stable finances is an unconscionable act. Gas prices, for the record, have gone down.
Fuck this shit. Sick of being a mark all the time, and being a natural monopoly, a mark without options.
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Money always wins.
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I'm into it!
I actually have been thinking about a bugout compound off as many grids as possible. I know some folks who have one in WY that is fricken nuts, pallets and pallets of ammunition, food, etc on a gigantic ranch. And for some reason, pallets and pallets of toilet paper… like, wouldn't it be smarter to have a bidet and make more room for food?
/idle McLain thoughts
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When the storage of electricity becomes more efficient, I plan to switch to solar and possibly wind. The current issue with that system is the batteries (maintenance and longevity). Ontario hydro (electricity) is brutally expensive and our current bills are 50-53% delivery and admin charges and the rest is usage.
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Stayed at airport last night for early flight this morning. Got to the ticket agent and no tickets…
We booked the vacation as a package (stay and flights). The agent reserved the flights but never paid the airline, and the airline cancelled the tickets. We were charged for the flights by the agent…
After an hour in phone call discussions, the agent admitted oops…our bad. Tickets booked tonight for JFK, connecting to TCI tomorrow morning. Extra night stay at the resort to make up for the loss of a day due to mistakes and mishaps.
Hopefully not an omen…and trying to stay positive.
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I mostly approve of Jared Polis, Colorado’s centrist Democrat governor. But the utility oversight panel that he appointed just rubber-stamps rate hikes by our for-profit utility company, who is at record profits right now and just raised rates significantly, and also drags their feet on adding solar power to the grid.
The perverse economics at play for something so essential being run by a for-profit organization is supposed to be regulated by this board. Having become complicit in an immoral rate hike that is forcing families to choose between freezing and stable finances is an unconscionable act. Gas prices, for the record, have gone down.
Fuck this shit. Sick of being a mark all the time, and being a natural monopoly, a mark without options.
Thank Bonzo Ronnies' crew for deregulation of everything As David Stockman said in the '80's the hogs are really feeding at the trough. Little did he know.
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I'm into it!
I actually have been thinking about a bugout compound off as many grids as possible. I know some folks who have one in WY that is fricken nuts, pallets and pallets of ammunition, food, etc on a gigantic ranch. And for some reason, pallets and pallets of toilet paper… like, wouldn't it be smarter to have a bidet and make more room for food?
/idle McLain thoughts
People love tp man. It’s always the first thing to go in a crisis. Probably cuz everyone is shitting themselves.
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Stayed at airport last night for early flight this morning. Got to the ticket agent and no tickets…
We booked the vacation as a package (stay and flights). The agent reserved the flights but never paid the airline, and the airline cancelled the tickets. We were charged for the flights by the agent…
After an hour in phone call discussions, the agent admitted oops…our bad. Tickets booked tonight for JFK, connecting to TCI tomorrow morning. Extra night stay at the resort to make up for the loss of a day due to mistakes and mishaps.
Hopefully not an omen…and trying to stay positive.
I'd have a hard time staying positive. I'd probably be in full rampage mode by now…
On the other hand, I had a travel related mishap way back in my youth days.
My whole family planned a 4 week vacation in NY.
At the airport in Frankfurt, I was told that my passport would expire during my stay in the US - nobody had checked that before. Went back home alone, applied for a temporary passport, and flew to the states a week late, quite an adventure at the age of seventeen!
