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How has your life
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been different than you imagined?  better
Rare but rather nice to hear someone say their life turned out better then they expected. 
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WTH!!!!!!!!
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I like this thread, reminds me of one i read the other day:
as a man, i must admit i always thought women were the ones with the drama and the baggage but as i near my second week on here i see there are alot of men with drama and baggage and alot of women with common sense...be seeing you Lol. It's nice to see someone acknowledging this. I too have noticed the same thing. Thank you.  you're welcome...be seeing you
Taken from you other post. Unusual approach i must say, side with the females against males to obtain a female. Not a bad move but be warned, you run the risk of falling into the "friends" catagory very quickly this way. Someone that can relate to them, but they would never date- due to friendship of course. As far as that topic goes.. there are many people that carry baggage on this site (as in real life). I guess the romantic thing to say is, " Perhaps they can help each other with those bags.  "
I had this guy on IM's, I wasn't even 5 minutes into the conversation...and he wanted to know if I had a cam. How STUPID did he think I was???? IDIOT!!!!! who???? the OP??? Edit: seems the unusual approach just got played out! Busted. My father always told me whatever you do in the darkness will be brought to the light. He was religious, i'm just blunt.
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Ok what the heck
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Why can't people just let a thread die? Just try to keep it going just because? DIE, DIE. 
Because they know the one that replaces it will be the 47,880,923rd "nice guy" thread..... The man has a point. Pick your posion, i'll take the never-ending stupid threads. oh yeah speaking of which.. /bump |
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Popularity contests...
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I post on whatever topic catches my eye... sadly that isn't many, since most are just people butt slapping each other internet style.
Sad to see some people are as petty on the internet as they are in their real lives. But hey i'm new here.. so bite me
For the most part has been "interesting" so far. |
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I ran out of coffee!
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I don't run out of coffee.. but then again i never make my own coffee.
Gotta love life in Seattle. |
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Oh look...another that lives across the world. Welcome~
Says the one that lives across the world. Welcome to the site. |
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hello everyone
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Joke and Funny Stories forum that you might look into. Not saying the jokes are good!
Welcome to the site.
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snow queen
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Snow has it moments like everything else. Well that being said we mostly get rain in Seattle all year long...
 so a little snow this year was nice.
Welcome to the site.
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Howdy-do or something
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Welcome to the site.
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Most of my ex's are Leo's and I'm a Cancer. Opposite signs....fire & water. That might explain why I'm still single. So......yeah. Leo- What's wrong with fire? Noone ever said you should try and hold us
But..but, that's half the fun! 
Many things "can" be fun... just comes down to risk vs gain.
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newcomer here
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Caught us during the slow hours..
But Welcome to the site. |
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a quick calculation Ive used is this materials = x + the cost again + 1/2 ie 100+100+50= 250 if your doing an 8hr job in 2 hours...your making some money ,but if it takes you 3 days to do the same job....its time too look elsewhere. LOVE FLAT BIDS! Electrical panel / Service change- $3,500 underground/$4,500 overhead... both can be done in a day by one guy. So much butter.. if you don't die doing it. |
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Thanks Joe, we are in Mississippi, what do you think the differences would be from what you put up there? Given your area i would say lower end of the scale, but call around.. enough shops need work right now. They would jump at giving you rates/bids, which you can then turn into a base number for your friend to start at. |
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Well finding out standard hourly rate in your area is actually pretty simple.
Dependent on his trade carpenter, electrician, plumber.. you can call shops from the phone book and give them a "made up job" ask what hourly rate is for them to come out. Given my location i charge $100 dollars to show up and $75 every hour after. On a bid job we charge 65 dollars an hour per guy. |
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Edited by
JoeW99
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Mon 01/19/09 01:59 AM
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I am trying to find out the best way to come up with a way to figure what to charge for remodeling as far as time, labor cost, materials, overhead, etc. Is there a formula that makes this easier? I have a friend that is new to the business and was wanting a way to decide what to put on a bid. Can anyone help or know of anyone who can? Down and dirty is easy enough- General calulation: $35-45 dollars an hour for non-skilled labor $55-75 dollars an hour for skilled labor This amount covers overhead of 2 per worker. But is highly dependent on location. Why the big gap in the numbers. i.e. people in midwest usally charge lower end, while we in Seattle go $75 dollars and up. Materials is much easier- 10% is standard mark up. Also standard mark up for an subs working under the general contractor. For example - sub one charges $1,000 dollars- general contractor will tack on 100 in overhead fees. 25% mark up on an custom ( hand made )or hard to get items. Mostly overseas items. So small job figure hours x type of labor. Add in materials x 10% mark up. Larger job figure in hours x type of labor. 10% of subs bid 10% of all standard materials 25% of all custom materials ------------------------------------------------- We use this profit margin and relay on a 15-25% take home after everything is paid out. so 25 cents on the dollar in take home, after labor and materials are accounted for. Hope this helps some, btw there are some programs you can plug in varibles like labor / materials and it will do the math for you. Fair warning bids can go bad, so make sure there is some fluff in the final number. ( just a suggestion ) Really it's simple.. i just probley made it sound harder then it is. |
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Dear god man!!
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idk, do this: 
But do it naked. |
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People who have cheated
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Do you think that people who have cheated once or more in their past will always cheat?
People grow and people change.. that being said: NEVER BEEN ONE AND NEVER WILL TRUST ONE. Hey it's just an opinion. |
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WHO is still Active from WA?
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Define "Active" - Bothell You have logged in or posted in the last month. So yes you are active. Whats the count to now? Who was keeping track? |
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love sick
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What do you think being lovesick means?Has it ever happened to you? Can't eat, don't sleep, start calling off work for no damn reason... no never happened to me... 
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Animals
Edited by
JoeW99
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Mon 01/19/09 12:56 AM
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10/30/1988 your true animal totem is a snake. meaning you may have chosen to mask your ability to change look at the idea that you may fear changing your present state of affairs because this may entail a short passage into discomfort. does this discomfort keep you from assuming the viewpoint of the magician within. is the old pattern safe, reiable, and a rut. in order to glide beyong that place which has become safe but not nonproductive, become snake. release the outer skin of your present idenity. move through the dreamlike illusion that has insisted on static continuity and find a new rhythm as your body guides aross the sands of consciousness, like a river winding its way toward the great waters of the sea, immerse yourself in that water and know that the single droplet which you represent is being accepted by the whole feel snakes rhythm and you will dance freely incorporating those transmuting forces of the universe as a part of your sensual dance of power Damn bat to the face! He was just starting to like being a tiger 
It's ok we all have a little tiger in us. Don't worry Yin/Yang is a pain anyway for those of us still searching for balance. |
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