It’s been quite a while since I’ve looked into Breaktime. I’m happy to see it’s still going strong. I notice the topics look the same with the same answers still being given by the same cast of characters.
I’m not sure how long I’ll hang out, I just hope the time spent will be fun.
blue
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Blue, You ole devil.
How have you been? Are you still doing the Ins. gig?
Dave
Yes Dave, I'm and inactive Director.If you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
BLUE !!!!!!
Where ya been you old goat ?
:)
You have been sorely missed around here !
Just don't go into the tavern until after ploitical season is over.
Good to see you again !!!
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
-- Jack London
Luka, good to see you again.
Actually, the main reason I looked in was to talk to carpenters (I consider all tradesmen to be "real" people) about the election!
Are you still on the mountain?
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Blue,
Good to see you back!
"Boogerin' with Blue" is the most missed thread hands down. It seems no one has a copy and it was lost in the WebX to Prospero move.
Are you in FL?
Jon Blakemore
John, thank you for that most eloquent comment. I almost feel compelled to do another "Boogerin thread"!
I'm still in Michigan. All my stuff is/was up for sale for the move to Florida, to chase my grandkids. I was really looking forward to the move and drooling at the prospect of moving into an area that sported the demographix that produced 10 to 20% appreciation on real property and the hurricanes hit.
My daughter, her husband and two kids got caught in a viscious catch 22. They never unpacked their stuff from their move down there and had to evacuate twice.
Long story short, they are selling out and heading to the desert...somewhere.
Like a puppy dog...I'll be following...my grandkids are too important to me to be separated. Because of the uncertainty, I'll probably have to spend another winter here, but I was considering a few months down there doing rebuilds.
blue
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blue , you devil.... you missed RhodeFest... hah !
just got back from NC.. checking out our soon -to-be grandchild's new digsMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
conragrats Mike, is this your first gk?
I'm sure Rhode fest was quite a show and I'm positive I'd have enjoyed myself in your company.
If i behaved...
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Welcome back.
I agree, gotta follow those grandkids.
Sonny the GKS are the nutz!
Are you still in Florida? Naples?
My daughter rode out Jeanne in Naples.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Dadgum , its good to see ya , and I hope you will stick a while. Weve brought you up numerous times and of course Boogerin always gets listed as one of the all time favorites. Really surprized to see ya hear and sure glad as well. Would like to hear some more from ya as I have always wondered how ya fared? Looks like ya was watchin yur topnot.
Tim Mooney
welcome back dude.. yea ya need to start another burgerin thread...
Darkworksite4:
El americano pasado hacia fuera ase la bandera
Hye RonT...ya never know...I might get a hankerin to do some boogerin again. Then again...I might not have the energy for that....it's not easy Boogerin' ya know!
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blue, good to see you around again, will be michigans loss if you leave. You know you were missed here. make sure to come back a bit more often.Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Calvin, thanks for the kind words. Don't worry Michigan will be fine. I've left a legacy of boogerers all over the state....
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Michigan will be fine
You can understand my concern, being so close. If enough people leave, sob might tip over...........Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Hey Tim, I'm not sure I know what a topnot is...but if it's worth watchin...then I was watchin it....unless I was watchin some....other stuff.
Thanks for the Boogerin compliment...maybe I should ask Joe about his opinion of that thread...just to keep me grounded!
BlueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Good to see you back, Blue.
AndyArguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value. --Robert M. Pirsig
Thanks Andy
Im surprised that you welcome me back...I wasn't so nice as I was exiting....short memories are wonderful things.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
In truth Blue, I sometimes had to act in ways when I was a moderator that didn't reflect my personal views. I'm a lot more comfortable on a job site than in an office. Leaving FHB put the kibosh to a regular paycheck, but it made me a free man.
AndyArguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value. --Robert M. Pirsig
It's hard to put a quantifying value on freedom, Andy, but that is the choice I made also, and I have never regretted it.Hope things are well for you and yours.What the HECK was I thinking?
I was just starting to show up when you were fading out......
I'd rather have somene's opinions than my own suspicions....If you opine with conviction, I'm more inclined to listen.
Welcome back,....now.... where's A.J.?If it is to be.... 'twil be done by me.
Yep, still here. Tell your daughter if we get hit again before she moves, and loses her "juice", to call me. I have a 5250 watt generator and two window air conditioners she can use..
Thats a very generous offer Sonny...thanks.
My daughter is actually suffering from hurricane fatigue. She is back home now in Jupiter and forced to mop up... The hotel experice has been draining to them, both financially and emotionally, as well as physically. It's not easy to find an affordable hotel that takes two kids, and two dogs (one is a large Golden Retrievor). Her baby is 5 months old and it was impossible to get decent food (resturants had 3 hour lines). She was forced to sleep in the same room as her mother in law, husband and two kids, and the M-I-L snored loudly all nite due to consumption of sleeping pills and alcohol.
In the midst of the exodus, their new used truck was involved in two separate accidents (minor, but annoying fender benders). They've experienced insurance problems, needed medicnes that were unavailable due to the move (slow paperwork), and in the midst of all the misery...someone from the UK managed to steal their credit card, the main one that they use for all day to day purchases. So, that got cancelled.
After I listened to her for about an hour, I felt like crying too.
I really don't think they are staying in Florida...she was always quite paranoid when tornado warnings sounded around here...she actually would go to the basement like a good citizen!
blue
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now I remember - i kneew somebody from here was connected to Jupiter Is.
probably third of my clients spend winters there.
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Piffin, there was another poster that had Jupiter Island ties. He posted as Bnovak or something like that. His real name was Barry Novak of Banco Construction. We eventually connected here in MI and we did all his framing. Typically he was doing high end remod in and around Birmingham and Bloomfield area of Michigan.
I don't know if hes been posting or lurking, but I do know he was burning out of the remod biz even though he was running a pretty good operation.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
It can be easy to burn out in this game
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
Hey, good to see ya around. Can we get a "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" just for the fun of it? No one did 'em like you, and we're badly in need of a few.
Thats funny Cloud...I almost forgot about my blahs....
Blah blah blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Didn't you have a "Yadda, Yadda" or two around someplace too?
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
Come back here with some political smokescreen... Yeah, well, I know why you're really back, you heard how there wuz real framers here talking about putting in blocking for the trim wienies. HA HA HA!
Hey, it's nice to see your opinionated azz back. So, how 'bout them Libertarians<G> or are you runnin' again? Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Hey BB, one of our crews put some window (curtain) blocking in on one house. It was a dinky little ranch and the old guy and his two kids hand pounded it and set the trusses by hand.
We didn't bid anymore of that builders work...
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Blue your absence came up at a round table discussion we had at the JLC show in Columbus. Glad to see you are still alive. We missed your charm.
Rob, I thought my ears were burning about the same time that round table thing was going on....
Hope you put in a good word for me.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Looks like I picked a good time to check in.......
Hadn't read you in a long time, blue....good to 'see' you here.....
yeah, Heck...what the heck was you thinkin?! You can't read when I don't post!
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hey dude ..
how's the sales life?
U doing that FT?
Jeff
Buck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
Hey Jeff, yes I'm still selling....aren't we all.
Lets see, what do we sell? We sell ourselves to the builder...to our employees..to the homebuyer....to the other tradesmen....to our wives...
The list goes on and on.
I posted at the top that I'm an inactive director in the MLM. I did pull some very valuable training out of that....none that would match this Woodshed however!
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Welcome back, you legend you!"No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. " ~Leo Dworken
Gosh Thee.....
I'm blushing!
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
so did ya ditch the framing?
I know you were getting burned out a bit ...
what's the work day like for ya nowadays ...
btw ... share any and all new sales stuff you picked up ...
every little bit helps ...
different ... and new ... perspectives help too.
like an old boos used to say ... same story ... 2 diferent tellers ...
two different morals ... sometimes 2 different stories in the end.
JeffBuck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
Actually Jeff, I never really relinquished the framing company. I did move out of the day to day operations for the last two years or so. I was occassionally filling in for vacationers, or whatever for a few days or so. I vaguely remember framing one house last year, but I don't think I took it from start to finish.
I did spend the spring/summer finishing the resort project on Lake Huron. It's hard to stay motivated when the Lake is hypnotizing you. We've managed to start our bookings ($2500 per week), but I've decided to opt out and we're cashing it in for easier (passive) income.
I did hook up with some incredible sales trainings. The best value was a guy named Buck Reid doing 6/7 hour days of incredible sales pyschological stuff. I managed to get in three weekend sessions at $20 per day. Fantastic value! Unfortunatly, he left the system and now operates inside another MLM at substantially more for each training. It's still great value at $300 per pop but I prefer the twenty spot. We (my partner Frank, and I) are using every possible sales idea that we can remember to close deals at higher margins. Unfortunatly, I don't think the framing operation will survive. The margins are simply not good enough to invest so much time into it. We are shifting out of subbing into Building.
Frank, under my watchful eye, gave the big time framing a good old fashioned try this past year. We ( especially he, because he's young with a lot of energy) really tried focusing on the bottom line, as well as expanding in hopes of creating additional income streams from framing. We (actually I mean he) managed to get up to 24 guys, framing production townhouses but ultimatlly decided that we want to hang up our tools forever. We now simply funding our grocery accounts doing customs with the last remaing remnants of Frank's Carpentry dream.
Basically, he had to find out that framing is no longer a viable business. It's sad, but true.
I'll promise to dispense the sales stuff in the appropriate threads as they come to my subconscious.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Hey welcome back! Now don't leave agaim, you've been missed buddy.
p.s. How's the backhoe?
Who Dares Wins.
Edited 9/29/2004 9:22 pm ET by Gunner
Hehehe, that made me laugh Gunner....I haven't thought about how much damage I did with that old hunk of iron. Some guys using it out on his bike site now.
Actually, I've moved away from the lake, leaving my Barn behind. I'm currently in a Condo, enjoying a maintenance free life. I've got one tool chest, that I rarely look into and even more rarely take anything out. In fact, the key was lost for a year, and I couldn't even remember what was in it!
I've graduated to an even more dangerous hunk of iron.....a skytrak...haven't tipped it yet but Ive seen the guys eyes bug out. I'm relatively dangerous with that, but you should see the guys run when I start swinging the crane around. I openly admit...i'm f'in scary! I'd be a little nicer if the guys actually signaled intelligently, but thats as rare as a $3 bill!
blue
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Glad to see you stop back in and visit.
I tried a "Boggerin' with Boss" thread once. But it kinda died out when the project I was boogerin' got scrapped.
Guess I could try one again. But I never know how things will turn out. And what I do just isn't as exciting without pictures. (-:Memory is a child walking on a seashore. You can never tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.
Boss, doing that boogerin thing aint easy!
Is the thread called boogerin with Boss? Maybe I'll check it out.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
"Is the thread called boogerin with Boss?"
I think it was. But it's been several months back, and I'm not 100% sure.
I tried the advanced search, but couldn't come up with anything.All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. [Mark Twain ]
Well, well......Welcome back, Blue.......
Hi Pi,
I'm here to finish our discussioin about education.
Have you read any Forbes lately?
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
I have missed our discussions.....real discussions.....
I retired this July 1 and have tried to read only fiction.....<G>
Come on, Blue, show some how to discuss education.......
Congrats on retirement PI...are you trying to stay productive yet...or just vegging?
I'm going to go study that article in forbes about how the dude is raising the academic bar using small schools and treating every kid like an adult....
I think he is running the kind of school I envisioned.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
Welcome back Blue!!
Your posts are something of legend here.
I was just a neophyte when you took your leave.
Now I' a full fledged Smartazz!!
Type something funny, will ya?
Mr T
I can't afford to be affordable anymore
Mr t, yer funny enough without me.
When the time comes....i'll be funny...no sooner...no later.
blueIf you want to read a fancy personal signature... go read someone else's post.
I think T was writing up a change order...caaaaching! Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Thanks.......
I'll check out the article.....The small school concept is catching on, especially in the high schools.....