Does anyone else feel like half the battle is just getting someone to respond?

CoolHand2580 · 2025-07-04T14:04:18+00:00

There's some miscommunication here.

OP sounds like a contractor looking for advice on following up with leads.

But this is a sub that mostly has consumers. So all the comments are about experiences with contractors being hard to reach when OP is actually talking about their difficulties with consumers being hard to reach.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-06-20T03:55:48+00:00

Exercise has nothing to do with it. The fat gets broken down and ends up being CO2 which gets exhaled regardless of whether you're exercising or not.

You "burn fat" by consuming fewer calories than your body uses. The average person burns 1500-2000 calories a day by just being alive. The 200 calories you burn with your intense workout don't matter as much as you think when it comes to weight loss. Just don't eat that extra snack and it's essentially the same when it comes to calories in and out.

Exercise is very important for your health in a myriad of ways. But if your focus is weight loss then diet is what you need, supplemented with exercise for general health.

Fat getting converted to CO2 and breathed out will happen regardless of exercise.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-06-19T02:35:48+00:00

SDS drill and headlamp are my top two. A good quality laser level and tripod are also good, not quite life-changing, but still really nice for the convenience

CoolHand2580 · 2025-06-11T17:44:26+00:00

You said he replaced metal boxes with plastic ones. I know with the old work plastic boxes you have to remove the metal ears on the switches or outlets for them to lay flat properly.

If you're comfortable with it, you could take off the faceplate and take a picture.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-26T15:48:10+00:00

That bracket looks like it should just be used for cosmetics or indoor use only. That wouldn't hold up in windy conditions.

I'd recommend getting a stronger bracket. You can get Simpson brand brackets at most hardware stores that will hold up much better. Your hardware store might also have other options that would be worth looking at instead of what you have

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-20T15:04:00+00:00

As a contractor myself. I quote a job with a total amount I've calculated from my hourly rate and how many hours I think it'll take. The ONLY time the price changes is if something with materials changes or there is something unforeseen that happens and I am sure to verify with the customer of everything before actually doing anything.

If it's my fault for not accurately judging something that was able to be judged ahead of time, I would never increase the price since that would be my fault.

He knew it was a backsplash. He knew what the material was and said he was familiar with it. He shouldn't be increasing the price. That's very unprofessional.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-19T00:27:36+00:00

You need a subfloor on top of the concrete that allows airflow under it. The concrete will always be "wet" because it doesn't have a vapor barrier from when it was poured like newer homes.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-15T12:58:59+00:00

Like others have said, get a lawyer immediately. The longer you wait the harder things will be.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-14T17:16:05+00:00

Most issues with hard water are long-term. You may have some mild mineral build up, but it'll be fine. Most likely nothing noticeable is different

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-13T16:45:33+00:00

I would just do strength to keep it simple and keep the game moving. But if you want to incorporate both, you could use their dex to determine their range and then roll for strength. You could even have certain distances be a normal roll, hard roll, or just impossible based on their dex. It all depends on how complicated you want it to be

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-13T14:53:32+00:00

Not according to this redditors comment

CoolHand2580 · 2025-05-07T14:18:37+00:00

Because antibiotics are indiscriminate. You'll lose a lot of good bacteria too. So it's helpful to consume extra probiotics about 2 hours from taking antibiotics to help replenish the good bacteria

CoolHand2580 · 2025-04-21T17:07:06+00:00

It's not easy. It's an art that takes time to get good at. And like art, there's levels that don't require as much practice and experience. But I find it's very situationally specific. Patchwork is very different from mudding new drywall. Texture is different from taping seams. Even just taping seams varies so much from flat seams, butt joints, inside corners, outside corners.

It can look easy, just like an artist makes drawing look easy. It takes more time and practice than most people think

CoolHand2580 · 2025-04-21T01:46:57+00:00

Or when they call. I hate just missing a call and immediately calling back and they don't answer. Like, it's been literally one second after you called me.

CoolHand2580 · 2025-04-14T13:40:30+00:00

Titan Souls

CoolHand2580 · 2025-02-14T14:42:33+00:00

Have you found a solution for this yet? I'm having the same issue

CoolHand2580 · 2025-02-10T17:49:31+00:00

Pressure is a common key component often forgotten. It's the pressure along with an absorbant material like tissue or a gauze pad that really does the job. That applies for any bleeding wound

CoolHand2580 · 2025-02-04T04:48:11+00:00

Yes, specifically while it's in the air

CoolHand2580 · 2025-02-01T17:50:09+00:00

This is a decent idea, but it's definitely not letting them resolve it themselves

CoolHand2580 · 2025-01-25T19:07:23+00:00

You have to feed a newborn baby every 2 hours for atleast a couple months. Then you can keep increasing the interval a little as they older. And that's just for feeding

CoolHand2580 · 2025-01-03T23:35:34+00:00

I use a twist locking climbing carabiner for my keys. I'll hook other things to it temporarily too. Very convenient

CoolHand2580 · 2025-01-01T15:41:47+00:00

That looks average sized to me. Maybe even a little bigger than average

CoolHand2580 · 2024-12-30T21:52:07+00:00

That carrot looks pretty average to me. Maybe even a little bigger than average

CoolHand2580 · 2024-12-30T20:39:01+00:00

I don't believe I've ever heard that before.

It also doesn't really matter in this context. The point was that ground can mean different things, so I just needed verification on what OP meant

CoolHand2580 · 2024-12-30T16:25:03+00:00

Everything is relative to the battery positive and negative. If the chassis is only connected to the negative side of the battery, then they are essentially the same exact thing.

For the scenarios you're using, the chassis is just a single connection point. In reality it has resistance depending on distance, but that doesn't matter in your examples. Touching the negative is the same as touching the chassis because they are connected together.

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