#garfield Logs

Nov 22 2018

08:29 AM rue_mohr2 is now known as rue_bed
06:41 PM Tom_L: you know about the squeaker on your disk brakes. well it's a year old car on the rear and i swear the squeaker was going off already. so i pulled the wheel off to find a leaf wedged in there just right to make the same sound!
06:41 PM Tom_L: she was freaking out thinking she broke it already
07:28 PM rue_mohr: hahahah
07:28 PM rue_mohr: nice
07:31 PM Tom_L: had to take the caliper off to get to it though
09:45 PM zhanx: food coma complete
09:49 PM rue_mohr: hmmm
09:49 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, you do panduit raceway?
09:49 PM zhanx: yes but i hate it
09:50 PM rue_mohr: do you havea feet/hr you use for installation etimates?
09:50 PM rue_mohr: for cat5, I use 77'/hr
09:50 PM zhanx: normally for that is 45
09:50 PM rue_mohr: with the terminating and everything, its a pretty good average
09:50 PM rue_mohr: 45'/hr?
09:50 PM zhanx: anymore than that and it looks like crap
09:51 PM rue_mohr: so, 2 of us, 170'... yesterday we had...
09:52 PM rue_mohr: 11.5hrs over 2 days... so 23 hours....
09:52 PM rue_mohr: ugh 7'/hr
09:52 PM zhanx: but it was more than panduit
09:52 PM rue_mohr: well that was just panduit
09:53 PM zhanx: wow
09:53 PM rue_mohr: but we had to work our way thru headers, (big ones) and make bridges over halls...
09:53 PM zhanx: you are gonna have to eat some of that
09:53 PM zhanx: oh
09:53 PM zhanx: then bill it
09:53 PM zhanx: I have 40' of it for monday and 200 feet of cable to due
09:53 PM rue_mohr: they have these stupid , like 5' sections where the building is really two buildings joined
09:54 PM rue_mohr: size 10
09:54 PM zhanx: do
09:54 PM rue_mohr: never used size 10 before, its no less flimsy than 3
09:54 PM zhanx: it all sucks
09:55 PM rue_mohr: my partner hasn't got much experience with it, he was having problems with measurements not working out
09:55 PM rue_mohr: AND THEN it turns out that there is blocking in the walls I need to drop down
09:56 PM rue_mohr: so, we have to go back another day and I need to take a big-ass template and drywall router and vacuum with me
09:56 PM zhanx: sounds like fun
09:56 PM zhanx: wait why is the vac not in the truck?
09:57 PM rue_mohr: dont often need one
09:57 PM rue_mohr: usually make an 'envelope' to catch for regular holes
09:57 PM zhanx: I have a medium / smaller one that stays with me
09:57 PM rue_mohr: yup
09:58 PM rue_mohr: I had a dustbuster for a while
09:58 PM zhanx: no excuse to leave a mess, normally you need to make up 5-10 minutes of billing time
09:59 PM zhanx: heck that is why dunkin dougnuts called me to install more stuff for them
09:59 PM rue_mohr: were pretty good
09:59 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:59 PM zhanx: I might be small for the business but I am starting to get calls now out of the blue
10:00 PM rue_mohr: you have a lot of big companies making you "their guy" tho, yes?
10:00 PM zhanx: yes
10:00 PM zhanx: that helps ALOT
10:01 PM zhanx: picked up the wife's suv 730 for head gaskets, oil change and a wire repair
10:02 PM rue_mohr: mmm I need to get the new valve cover gasket put in
10:02 PM zhanx: I was like wtf you always change the oil with head gaskets, and what wire. oh the one that broke
10:02 PM zhanx: paid 690 after getting mad
10:03 PM rue_mohr: they weren't just packing the job do you think?
10:04 PM zhanx: no the thing runs great and its a v6 in sideways, I took it to a shop so i would not have to fuck with it
10:04 PM zhanx: no room etc
10:04 PM zhanx: plus the head was decked
10:04 PM rue_mohr: k
10:05 PM rue_mohr: its one of those ' drop the power train out ' ones?
10:05 PM zhanx: yep
10:05 PM rue_mohr: ugh
10:05 PM rue_mohr: why did you buy it????
10:05 PM rue_mohr: :)
10:05 PM zhanx: i knew it would be over 500 for labor, wife liked it, she bought it
10:08 PM rue_mohr: oh hey, you have access to the 'arpa network'
10:08 PM rue_mohr: I'd like to not have to type out the example in this book
10:08 PM rue_mohr: its 1989, things might have changed
10:08 PM zhanx: not anymore
10:08 PM rue_mohr: ok
10:09 PM zhanx: 2 years ago that was up
10:09 PM rue_mohr: I got to create my own damn gui objects to make the damn things work right
10:09 PM rue_mohr: typedef stru
10:09 PM rue_mohr: damnit
10:09 PM Tom_itx: coding is fun ehh?
10:10 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L