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True story. My brother went to the bank to speak to a financial advisor about his investments there.
He was told much of the staff works from home now, if he needed arrange an office visit, he would have to make an appointment. "Good" he said and asked who he should talk to in order to make the appointment. The response was, the person who schedules appointments also works from home and only visits the office on appointment.

So... his comeback to that was "Are you telling me I need to make an appointment with the person who makes appointments?"

He's thinking about changing banks now.

Tagged : manifesto chp.2 x temp. Free speech..

As in, very temporary...with diminished value....
Does the ripping of the "Terrific speech" ...pose any kind of clue to the Foxes of the World who R now trapped in the paradox position:....explaining F word [ fema... logistics ...while clinging to the illusion that Trump was ever more than a S A G card actor.
Only a Quadrillion more $yllables and per Adventure, team Amerika will find a cure for the Crowning Mass Ejection....
Relationship of Command / at the drive inn
Food & Liquor / Fiasco
Hypnotize / system of a down
Get behind me, $atan / white stripes
The E N D / black eYed peas
Black holes & revelations / muse
.. total: . Neon Bible / arcade fire

Part of my business is remodeling old cabinets to look like new cabinets. It's the part I wish I didn't have to do. The process requires removing old doors and hinges, re-laminating the face and edges with new material (that's where the name relam comes from) and installing new doors.
For years, I've seen reviews in the newspaper home section that you can do a kitchen relam for a fraction of the price for new cabinets. Very deceiving as the estimates I've been working with are nearly 80% of the cost of new cabinets. I suppose it's a fraction, but not the fraction people are expecting.

This type of work is very labor intensive for the installer, lots of detail for the salesman who is usually the person taking measurements of the existing doors and ordering all new ones.
Door size, hand of swing, location of hinge holes. All these details are critical.

Usually the main reason for doing a relam is to keep the existing countertop and backsplash. If I can get around it I'll sell new upper cabinets and only relam the base cabinets. That make for less work on the installer and less custom parts to order.

Last week I saw a client to measure for a relam. He wanted to know a 'ball park' price for the work. I counted doors, panels & miscellaneous parts and guesstimated a range of $18,000 to $20,000. He queried me and I said, approximate, don't hold me to it until I actually work out the materials and labor.
He came in yesterday and I was at $19,000 with a basic 'shaker style' door and he selected a raised panel door bringing the price to $21,000. He will make a decision over the weekend. Actually, there is a third option... have a finisher come and paint the entire kitchen. While that's out of my scope, I'd be okay if he goes though way.

Some of my clients ask why I dislike doing relams and my response is like asking your dentist to crown and cap a mouth full of rotten teeth. Are you sure you want a relam?

10 years ago I was tipping my hairstylist about 1/3 the price of a haircut.
4 bucks for a 12 dollar cut that usually took her 20 minutes.
I went to her last week and haircuts now are 24 dollars so the tip was $8

Same style haircut, same time to do it, double the price in 10 years.

For years I've been using an ad blocker while I surf YouTube.
Recently, I've seen a pop-up message stating:

Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube
-It looks like you may be using an ad blocker.
-Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide.
-You can go ad-free with YouTube Premium, and creators can still get paid from your subscription.

For now, I'm clicking the X in the top right, closing the warning/message and watching the video.

I realize supporting ads means money changes hands and ultimately someone benefits.
I suppose there will be a time when YouTube will refuse to play videos without membership... hopefully not anytime soon.

In May, CNN televised a Town Hall meeting and invited Donald. J. Trump who stated he was allowed to take classified documents when leaving the White House.
A few days later, his lawyer Tim Parlatore, announced he was leaving the team.

Yesterday, Donald J. Trump was indicted on 7 criminal counts in the case involving his possession of classified documents.
Today, two lawyers Jim Trusty and John Rowley defending Donald Trump on federal charges quit the case.

Is there a lawyer in the house?
We've got a guy who badly needs one. Or is that needs one badly?

Maybe it's time to contact 1-800-LAW-YERS it's a toll free call!
Have your credit card ready.

'bout PepsiCo....



A 'heart warming ' [ warning!
Amerikan Adventure.

Tag. } uniform code of military justice.
10 | 899. Article 99. [ Mys- behavior before the Enemy.
.. any member of the Armed Forces who before or in the presence of the Enemy--
a.) Runs away....b.) shamefully abandons , surrenders, or delivers up any Command, unit , place or Military property which is his duty to defend..
.c.) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangering the safety of said Command...
4. ) Casts away his arms or ammunition
e. ) ..is guilty of cowardly conduct.
6. ) Quits his place of duty to plunder...
.g. ) causes false Alarms in any Command...
H. ) Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy any Enemy troops, combatants, vessels..etc.
9. Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels
Or aircraft ... belonging to the U S of A or their allies when engaged in battle.;
Shall be punished by Death or such other punishment as A Court- Martial may direct.
...back to the Future phonix of record...
Heathens / 21 pilots*
..the Timing / jets Overhead
NY NY / Adams..{ to show blood.
..A R ] singing in the Wreckage / blk box recorder.
* 19 w/ boxcutters..2 w/ chrome.

The illegal we do immediately. The Unconstitutional takes Time. - Heinz Kissinger [ dbl. Agent.

The Dollar Store announced they will be upping their prices to $1.25 starting in the first quarter of 2022.

It's been a few months since Kanye West made a fool of himself and lost the Adidas account, costing himself millions and millions in lost sales to Adidas. Kanye, who renamed himself Ye, had his model sneaker called Yeezy. This all happened before Christmas 2022 and sales dropped sharply. Currently, Yeezys are being unloaded to places like factory outlets, eBay StockX, etc. where they sell a prices equal to what they are actually worth... without the hype from Kanye.

It goes to show, people (read: kids) didn't buy them because of any advanced design or technology, they bought them (at any price) because of the influence Kanye had over them.