What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

[Solitary Man]

I have that in my rotation! Never saw the video, thanks so much bro☮️

Yeah... Love that song! If you like Cracker, check out their song, Sweet thistle pie.

 

[Alan46]

Yeah... Love that song! If you like Cracker, check out their song, Sweet thistle pie.

Will do! ️

 

[goeduck]

Straighten the horns, kill the bull.

 

[dnw64]

"Penny wide, pound foolish."

I was reminded of this when I went to a job yesterday. New construction on top of a mountain. The 3/4 mile driveway cost $250k. Not super huge, probably 4000 SF or so. Lots of stone inside and out, 10' high all-glass kitchen/dining area. Reclaimed wood doors, built-ins, etc.

We had supplied 11-15" wide clear red oak flooring, and full 2" thick walnut for an oversized island (I think it was 66" x 105"). I was delivering more 2" thick walnut shelves for the "kitchenette" and measuring for more 2" thick walnut tops for the "pantry".

I "needed" 4WD to get up there - I'm sure I could have made it in 2WD but would have tore the road up even more. They have a 3-bay garage at the bottom to house a sno-cat and who knows what else to get up there in winter. Totally off-grid - large solar tracker and a genset.

So what kind of cabinets are they putting in the kitchenette and pantry? Not nice custom ones by the company 5 miles away, but IKEA(!!!). OK, IKEA isn't "junk", but it's for people who want something halfway or so decent at a price they can afford because they are the ones assembling on their own time. BUT THIS GUY is paying his contractor $50/hr to put them together. Would the custom ones have cost more? Maybe. A bit. But not much. And they would be waaaaay better!

 

[Solitary Man]

"Penny wide, pound foolish."

I was reminded of this when I went to a job yesterday. New construction on top of a mountain. The 3/4 mile driveway cost $250k. Not super huge, probably 4000 SF or so. Lots of stone inside and out, 10' high all-glass kitchen/dining area. Reclaimed wood doors, built-ins, etc.

We had supplied 11-15" wide clear red oak flooring, and full 2" thick walnut for an oversized island (I think it was 66" x 105"). I was delivering more 2" thick walnut shelves for the "kitchenette" and measuring for more 2" thick walnut tops for the "pantry".

I "needed" 4WD to get up there - I'm sure I could have made it in 2WD but would have tore the road up even more. They have a 3-bay garage at the bottom to house a sno-cat and who knows what else to get up there in winter. Totally off-grid - large solar tracker and a genset.

So what kind of cabinets are they putting in the kitchenette and pantry? Not nice custom ones by the company 5 miles away, but IKEA(!!!). OK, IKEA isn't "junk", but it's for people who want something halfway or so decent at a price they can afford because they are the ones assembling on their own time. BUT THIS GUY is paying his contractor $50/hr to put them together. Would the custom ones have cost more? Maybe. A bit. But not much. And they would be waaaaay better!

I did some work for an NBA player once that didn't know what $5 x 5,000 sq ft came to; I replied, two days salary. (this was 1995)

 

[Alan46]

“There’s nothing sadder than an old hipster.” – John Bartlett☮️

 

[BravoXray]

There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots.

 

[goeduck]

Rome wasn't built in a day.

 

[goeduck]

Not my circus, not my monkeys.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Better is the enemy of good

i always heard that when applied to design engineers

A little better is the enemy of good enough

again, it depends on who's paying the bills.