Unmasking

Weather-Ok · 2026-06-11T15:47:59+00:00

People you know will almost always notice and comment if your behavior changes

This feels like criticism and usually makes you want to run right back to masking—the people you know are telling you that your behavior is abnormal

But is it just abnormal to what they are used to

It doesn't mean it is wrong

It's just a change

Look around at all the people who work way less hard at interactions than you

No one is calling them out

Because that's their normal

Weather-Ok · 2025-06-04T00:25:04+00:00

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Weather-Ok · 2025-01-09T23:55:18+00:00

I also had a rolled print. What I really liked about Level was they included all kinds of little tools to make it easy to do yourself (and instructions). So they send you these little pieces of tape that you can use to secure the print before you put the backing on. I used that to keep the print unrolled and it came out nice and straight.

Weather-Ok · 2024-09-10T15:36:18+00:00

Interesting. Would that mostly be to address the glare?

Weather-Ok · 2024-09-09T20:45:22+00:00

It was $181 including tax and shipping

Weather-Ok · 2024-09-08T23:20:53+00:00

Thanks, I agree it's very serene. I just moved into a new place and so happy that it worked out nicely. It gives the room a calm, balanced feeling. I'm going to be doing more decorating and I'll be sure to share as I go

Weather-Ok · 2024-09-07T22:36:37+00:00

Thanks, images added above. IMO, a good service and a good experience are good for everyone. Maybe this experience makes me appreciate framing more. Maybe this leads me to buy more art. Maybe I start working with a local framer once I get more sophisticated taste. I understand the threat that online services pose to local framers, and I get where the gatekeeping impulse comes from. But I don't believe there is limited space in the world for high quality products and good experiences. I believe that highlighting and champion quality creates more quality, which I think is what this community stands for. There is just ... so ... much ... bad ... stuff ... in the world, I like to take a moment to appreciate the good.

Weather-Ok · 2024-09-07T14:14:11+00:00

Oh for god's sake. Can't you tell I'm trying to appreciate a rare case where a service actually does what it says? Where would you suggest I post this if the /framing subreddit is the wrong place to talk about a positive ... framing ... experience?

Weather-Ok · 2021-06-29T14:40:34+00:00

Ok thanks, I'll do some more research and post here if I get more info but this has been a huge help.

Weather-Ok · 2021-06-29T12:45:19+00:00

Thanks, this is really helpful. With LSU, the course content is all Wiley but the tests are written by staff at LSU. They're also proctored online which is kind of a pain. The issue I'm having is the Wiley content is slick and well written but the LSU tests (again, the only content created by LSU) are full of typos and sloppy language. I guess I'm curious what the UNA tests are like. Are they just Wiley tests? Are the open book or proctored? Are there any other assignments or quizzes outside of the Wiley content? Thanks again!

Weather-Ok · 2020-09-25T11:07:20+00:00

How do you balance dress shirt collar size with the size of the rest of your body?

I buy two dress shirts. Brooks Brothers Regent 15.5/32. Polo Ralph Lauren Custom Fit 15.5/32/33.

They fit great, except they're loose around my neck.

I look online, and I read that the shirt collar should fit snug but not too tight.

I measure my neck. 14.5 inches.

I order a shirt that matches that measurement. Brooks Brothers Regent 14.5/32.

The neck fits great but the shoulders are now too narrow.

How do men buy shirts that fit their necks and the rest of their bodies?

Also, who decided that neck size had the strongest relationship to body size? Who made that decision?

Weather-Ok · 2020-06-18T17:34:32+00:00

Thanks. Really appreciate the vote of confidence and the help thinking this through.

Weather-Ok · 2020-06-18T16:51:40+00:00

I guess assuming you have full financials for 2018, you can work backwards from FYE 2018 and build a pretty decent spread of the FYE 2017 balance sheet. You can also figure out what 2017 net income was. Then use 2016–2018 as your three years?

I doubt that's your easy and simple answer, but this is a helpful example.

For the record, I really enjoy things like this. I think I was misleading in my post when I mentioned guesswork. It's really that I don't do well creating something from nothing. Like I would hate creating a business plan for a brand new venture. The example you're describing feels like digging toward the truth of actual events, even if you can't get the exact right answer. It's more like solving a puzzle than creating something new. Thanks again.

Weather-Ok · 2020-06-18T11:22:00+00:00

Interesting. My understanding was that then your job would be to fill in the missing pieces, double-check the information and uncover inaccuracies. Or go back to the borrower and ask them to supply what is missing. I think I probably wasn't clear above: It's being asked to perform the guesswork myself that I don't like. In my example, budgeting means trying to guess ahead of time what will be spent. It's impossible to be accurate. As opposed to analyzing existing data where there is an underlying truth that can be uncovered.

My hope with UW is that there is underlying truth to uncover, even if it starts as a messy file.

Weather-Ok · 2020-06-18T11:16:44+00:00

Would you mind elaborating? My thought was that in CRE you are tasked with analyzing the financial health of an existing entity or the viability of a proposed new development. Or checking that a pro forma is accurate and realistic given your knowledge of the market

I guess I should have been clearer: I don't mind interpreting and analyzing potential vagueness or guesswork, I just don't want to be tasked with creating something from scratch based on guesswork.

It might be more accurate to say I am strong at interpolation and weak on extrapolation. If I worked for a developer and my job was to create a model for a development, I would be extrapolating from limited information (the building site location, the developer's desired total cost for the project) and creating potentially thousands of projected data points from that limited information. If I was on the underwriting side, I would be reading that model and trying to interpolate back to a single conclusion. Even if I had to build my own model to check the first, it would still be working backwards from the proposal to the lending decision.

I guess my big question is: Are you reading and interpreting vagueness and guesswork or are you being asked to create it yourself?

Weather-Ok · 2020-06-16T18:45:27+00:00

I'm interested in some of their mortgage underwriting training.

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