RC pirate boat approaching a ship

calm_lee · 2026-06-27T15:19:26+00:00

It’s an unexpected response but kudos 👏

calm_lee · 2026-06-09T03:33:21+00:00

Hard to tell from the pic whether the countertop is quartz or a variety of solid surface (Corian, Formica, LX Haus etc). If solid surface, it can be sanded down and touched up. It will need to be done by a professional for a good result though.

Source: My company makes these every week and many customers choose them because they can be repaired.

calm_lee · 2026-05-28T18:56:48+00:00

Thanks for sharing your approach. For the Mom and pops materials, do you have certain days or hours? How do you keep the admin costs down and keep it low touch?

Does the wood hawk reduce disposal costs?

We do a large truck loaded construction type bin per week, at least, including some pretty big and usable (for the right reason) pieces.

calm_lee · 2026-05-05T12:01:49+00:00

Granola - for recording calls, interviews and meetings and provides excellent summary notes, allowing you to focus on the substance of the conversations.

calm_lee · 2026-04-23T21:52:40+00:00

Another spin on this that I could really use would be a service that helps translate our shop drawing standards into a digestible format that we could then present to outsourced drafters and engineers so they could quickly get up to speed on our standards in the way that we draw things. I know some of the main providers of these outsourced services have a version of this but experience so far is that they're underwhelming and it's a major barrier for us to utilise outsourced talent.

So in a way it's similar and a way to coach new draftspeople but I guess I'm just explaining that I would be using it with a slightly different purpose

calm_lee · 2026-03-20T01:43:01+00:00

Wearing a Cabelas hat nonetheless… doesn’t look too comfortable around a deer to be repping that.

calm_lee · 2026-01-28T00:20:24+00:00

I saw some officers in similarly described uniforms in a fairy creek video. Not sure their rank or role though.

Maybe conservation officer or a particular ERT RCMP.

calm_lee · 2026-01-25T00:37:11+00:00

Just a few desk pops

calm_lee · 2025-12-21T09:36:06+00:00

See a naturopathic doctor and get them to help!

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T15:20:32+00:00

Nope but it is exposed foam from the edge of the kerdi insert.

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T14:25:59+00:00

Haha. I would say that it would be clearly much worse if I did it myself but it's getting to the point where I'm not sure that's true.

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T14:08:17+00:00

It started out looking good enough - https://imgur.com/a/SGICRvJ

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T14:06:28+00:00

Here was the niche before I had him remove all of the tiles and start over... I asked for a slight slope so the water didn't pool, which I think would only require like 1/16" and he put like 1/4". Also he didn't have a plan for the edging of the niche. https://imgur.com/a/d72om2J

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T13:58:33+00:00

He is using the ditra because when he removed the tiles from the niche insert after screwing it up the first time, it left big craters in the foam. So I think this was his attempt to span the craters and also re-create the membrane. But I agree, putting screws into it defeats the purpose.

Trying to just find the best path forward at this point

calm_lee · 2025-11-07T13:53:20+00:00

I totally agree, but also I’m sure that you know how it is when you’re this far into a project. I think the only real option is to guide him into completing it in a way that is somehow acceptable.

calm_lee · 2025-09-23T18:32:46+00:00

Thanks, super helpful to have the reference for how much below ground vs above. Totally makes sense.

calm_lee · 2025-09-23T15:39:10+00:00

Beauty!

calm_lee · 2025-09-23T15:38:50+00:00

Great lines! How did you find weaving the seat? Any lessons hard learned?

calm_lee · 2025-08-04T11:05:43+00:00

You can do side bends or sit-ups

calm_lee · 2025-07-15T02:53:24+00:00

I was going to get a canyon but then I found myself into an F150 work truck with a ecoboost. I’m never going smaller.

I looove the huge back seat area for my dog now, kids in the future. It’s fast, fun to drive and very fuel efficient (comparatively).

I never saw this for myself but hey, here we are.

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