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ducpainter

#132780
August 23, 2013, 06:00:45 AM Last Edit: August 23, 2013, 06:03:28 AM by ducpainter
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 23, 2013, 05:09:11 AM
got any greased piggy pics on flickr?




Not yet...

I have a few on the camera of the siding and porch roof that need to be uploaded.

I'll do it all at once.

edit...

time for round 3...

I'll see you all later.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ungeheuer

#132781
August 23, 2013, 06:06:45 AM
later Ducthater  [thumbsup]
Ducati 1100S Monster + Ducati 1260S Multistrada + Moto Guzzi Griso 1200SE

Previously: Ducati1200SMultistradaDucatiMonster696DucatiSD900MotoMorini31/2

LMT

#132782
August 23, 2013, 06:10:14 AM
Ning. Is Tini taking a trip? Packing for where and why?

Final day here in Kingston. Time to shower and then go out for coffee.

ducpainter

#132783
August 23, 2013, 06:22:09 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 23, 2013, 06:06:45 AM
later Ducthater  [thumbsup]
It isn't the ducts so much as the location.

If this was being done in a house with a basement, and before the plumbers took every square inch of the places I needed to go, it would be much simpler.

Crawling around in a ~4' high attic really....really sucks.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ungeheuer

#132784
August 23, 2013, 06:40:41 AM
I gave up entering roof spaces because of the suckitide of which you speak.  make the beast with two backs that for a game of soldiers.
Ducati 1100S Monster + Ducati 1260S Multistrada + Moto Guzzi Griso 1200SE

Previously: Ducati1200SMultistradaDucatiMonster696DucatiSD900MotoMorini31/2

Bick

#132785
August 23, 2013, 06:43:39 AM
More Ning to all! [coffee] [coffee] [coffee]

And, Because the official pom pom's have not been presented...  Happy 2nd Thursday to EveryBody!
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

Statler

#132786
August 23, 2013, 07:31:37 AM
little update:

So after a year of working on the RFP (that had 27 amendments), I ranked third with my technical proposal and was awarded a 6 million dollar contract.  Much celebrating and I was to hire three more attorneys.  This news was in early July. (15 firms put in bids)

Until Wednesday at the Board of Public Works meeting where the comptroller believed that the big nonprofit company that does this work (and still has over half the cases in the state) was treated unfairly so they should have all the cases (my firm was created in 1994 to do just this work... but no matter).

So the contract was defunded.  Now it will be a different RFP in 2015 instead, with terms that make only the nonprofit qualified.  Oh... forgot to mention... that nonprofit is 55% more expensive than the next most expensive office...  And only incumbents got awards so everyone has been doing this for 15 years or more.

Not-so-easy come/easy go.

I like ramen noodles luckily.

:)

It's still buy a flounder a drink month

zooom

#132787
August 23, 2013, 07:46:34 AM
wow.....that is fooooked up!
99 Cagiva Gran Canyon-"FOR SALE", PM for details.
98 Monster 900(trackpregnant dog-soon to be made my Fiancee's upgrade streetbike)
2010 KTM 990 SM-T

Stella

#132788
August 23, 2013, 09:04:01 AM
Punch. In. The. Gut. 

Sorry to read that Mr Statler.   [thumbsdown]
"To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites." ~ Robert Heinlein

ducpainter

#132789
August 23, 2013, 09:53:10 AM
Quote from: Statler on August 23, 2013, 07:31:37 AM
little update:

So after a year of working on the RFP (that had 27 amendments), I ranked third with my technical proposal and was awarded a 6 million dollar contract.  Much celebrating and I was to hire three more attorneys.  This news was in early July. (15 firms put in bids)

Until Wednesday at the Board of Public Works meeting where the comptroller believed that the big nonprofit company that does this work (and still has over half the cases in the state) was treated unfairly so they should have all the cases (my firm was created in 1994 to do just this work... but no matter).

So the contract was defunded.  Now it will be a different RFP in 2015 instead, with terms that make only the nonprofit qualified.  Oh... forgot to mention... that nonprofit is 55% more expensive than the next most expensive office...  And only incumbents got awards so everyone has been doing this for 15 years or more.

Not-so-easy come/easy go.

I like ramen noodles luckily.

:)


I'd get a good attorney... ;D

Sounds like the reason the non-profit is so expensive is the amount of 'grease' they use.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


MendoDave

#132790
August 23, 2013, 11:37:24 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 23, 2013, 04:30:28 AM
Out?

Out where?

Outside?

Out West?



Out to sell Tamales and candy.

People be wantin non GMO and free range chicken. Good luck with that.

DesmoDiva

#132791
August 23, 2013, 12:19:06 PM
That blows, Chris.  Sorry to hear.

I shall not comment further for fear of a forced vacation.

I'm ready to get out from behind my desk.   [bang]
'01 ST4 Yellow
'02 ST4s Yellow

brimo

#132792
August 23, 2013, 03:48:08 PM
(begin rant) Just back from a call out, how many times do we have to tell these pricks that the instruments get verified every week, what you see on the screen is what is out there, I'm sure it'll be a different thought process with the new contractor who is going to charge them a motza for every call out. (rant over)..

Lovely day out in the bush anyway just me and the boids; those boids what are on the wing, for spring is nearly sprung.
"The make the beast with two backsin monkey started it..."

From a story by RAT900
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=54722.msg1015917#msg1015917

ducpainter

#132793
August 23, 2013, 03:57:24 PM
evening

I'm officially toast.

I'm gettin' too old for this HVAC shit.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Stella

#132794
August 23, 2013, 04:00:40 PM
Sitting out front with a Coors Banquet, a work report and TWO pups. Hella mo betta than last Friday's dying dog and flogging incidents.  

I hope everyone has a good weekend!

[beer]
"To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites." ~ Robert Heinlein
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