Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1
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Back in the day we'd have said: Los Vatos Locos! 
But hereabouts it was Los Dorados. I used to see them at a dive called The Bomb Shelter.
We had a number of Hells Angels in Fresno, but I seldom saw them on the same side of town.
This is a cheap hotel in Baker . . . or Barstow. It was so hot I forget.
I'd just drug my wife across the Mojave Desert, from some casino at the mouth of Hell's Canyon, in July, 2006, on a motorcycle.
We rented the first room with A/C.
That's me, in front of it, posing on Baggins, the next AM.
Anyhow, those two cacti had been growing long enough that they were breaking through the soffit.
Somewhere up on Kitt Carson Pass, summer 2007 . . .
Hawaiian wedding party at my Boss's house. That's his new son-in-law on the right.
I'm retired now, but I still get invited to the parties.
But hereabouts it was Los Dorados. I used to see them at a dive called The Bomb Shelter.
We had a number of Hells Angels in Fresno, but I seldom saw them on the same side of town.
This is a cheap hotel in Baker . . . or Barstow. It was so hot I forget.
I'd just drug my wife across the Mojave Desert, from some casino at the mouth of Hell's Canyon, in July, 2006, on a motorcycle.
We rented the first room with A/C.
That's me, in front of it, posing on Baggins, the next AM.
Anyhow, those two cacti had been growing long enough that they were breaking through the soffit.
Somewhere up on Kitt Carson Pass, summer 2007 . . .
Hawaiian wedding party at my Boss's house. That's his new son-in-law on the right.
I'm retired now, but I still get invited to the parties.
I think we're going off the TOS map a bit here into the human jungle. This could go Fortnite.
Meanwhile, pix of the defects on our new cabinets. I had over 50 things they had to repair and replace.
It was like frakkin amateur hour during the install.
Meanwhile, pix of the defects on our new cabinets. I had over 50 things they had to repair and replace.
It was like frakkin amateur hour during the install.
Even I could build better than that... Thin dovetails on plywood sounds like a recipe for disaster.
The whole thing was a complete nightmare. The detailer screwed up the dimensions, the drawers were routed incorrectly, and when the drawer fronts didn't fit right in the field, they screwed them down so hard it pulled the dovetails apart. Most of the handles were crooked.
They fixed all the trim issues reasonably well, but when it came to the drawers, I realized I could fix them myself in two days, wait for weeks as I let them screw them up completely at their shop, attempting to fix them, then sue them, hire someone else, and wait forever for new ones.
I decided to just kick them off the job and fix it all myself and not delay the rest of the work.
Like they say "if you want it done right then do it yourself" I've had similar issues since we've moved. Any fool with a hammer thinks they are a master tradesman. I caught one guy who came to give us a quote on some tiling going through my neighbours bin on the way out. Not sure what he was looking for in there but I immediately crossed him off the list of people I want working in my house unsupervised!
I eventually saddled them with some hefty legal fees.
This job was too big for small claims court.
This job was too big for small claims court.
