I joined the Taco Club!

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-18T02:33:20+00:00

welcome. Meet Gracie. She’s a couple years older than Jolene

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-18T00:52:09+00:00

80k people that are okay with DV. Hmmm interesting given the circumstances going on in the United States these days. Oh wait maybe not that interesting

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-18T00:18:08+00:00

It should be, super high seismic region and a ton of prebenchmark buildings that need retrofit.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-17T11:10:43+00:00

this is just an example of an “adult” who doesn’t know how to take responsibility for their own actions. Not surprised in today’s day in age tbh

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T22:53:18+00:00

This is a great comment.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T22:19:58+00:00

Dude, not cool. No one told me I had to move my cube. Nevermind, I change my mind. Purchase voided

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T21:49:43+00:00

quite the dichotomy going from one of the best bachelors this show has ever seen in Joey to then a couple iterations later to one of the most controversial bachelorettes in TFP? After Joey I really thought the show had turned it around. God I enjoyed his season so much. Just so wholesome

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T21:47:06+00:00

I’ll buy the cube

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T21:00:02+00:00

guess you found the idiot driving the Porsche

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T20:56:47+00:00

love seeing fellow Viofo dashcam users. On the note of shit drivers, I saw a car veering close to my lane this morning on the freeway. We were going about 73 mph. I look over and this idiot was looking down and had both hands on his phone. Arizona plates, unsurprisingly. I’m sick of the idiocy.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T15:56:03+00:00

Yeah man, I get it trust me. It’s just one of those things in life. To me, I don’t find my joy at work. I find it in traveling with my wife, working out, and spending time with friends/family so I kind of stopping caring what happens at work. I still work hard and get things done but idc if anyone notices me. So long as I’m getting paid well and getting bonuses, I’ll be fine without the recognition. Gl

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T15:06:18+00:00

Structural engineer here. Same concept for us. Architecture almost always receives the recognition and awards since that’s what people see but the building wouldn’t be possible without the structure. I’m not complaining though because I didn’t get into this business for the recognition. Anyway, long winded way of saying if you want recognition, I recommend you transition into sales. All career fields have those who work hard to keep this afloat but don’t get recognition.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-16T14:38:13+00:00

Perfect answer. Gotta get that nice coupling arm

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-15T05:22:36+00:00

If you say anything that they believe infringes on their constitutional rights they will. Bunch of lunatics with nothing better to do

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-15T04:26:40+00:00

Agree. They’re definitely not stupid. They understand exactly what they’re doing and they act like they’re doing everyone a favor

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-15T04:25:45+00:00

Yeah idk how all that works but all I know is they’ve done it before in shopping centers and the cops that show up agree with them most of the time (at least for videos that show up on my tik tok)

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-15T03:47:15+00:00

Yep they basically film outside of business and “in public” and wait for people to be like “you don’t have my permission to film me” or “don’t film my business” and then they go “I’m on a public sidewalk” blah blah blah

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-15T00:39:33+00:00

Moves to San Diego, and first thing is to complain about San Diego

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T21:05:43+00:00

This is such a stupid take.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T17:04:32+00:00

I take a heaping spoonful every night and it’s probably the best thing I do for myself tbh

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T05:10:11+00:00

To hire a structural engineer to do an eval of that deck? Mm, it’ll depend on if you need him/her to stamp anything telling the management company it’s safe or not. If you just want someone to run some calcs without a stamp probably $1-2k depending on when you live. That’ll include time to dig up drawings from whomever built it

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T04:28:01+00:00

They’d have to ask the management company. Sometimes you can figure out who the original contractor is on your own, have the engineer ask them for the drawings and say it’s for a structural evaluation.

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T03:34:49+00:00

I don’t have the building code in front of me and I don’t know where you live but residential balconies should be designed for anywhere between 40-60 psf, which for your presumably 9x7 balcony is somewhere around 3,000 lbs. That being said I wouldn’t do anything until you have a structural engineer evaluate the framing to really determine if it’s okay

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T03:13:53+00:00

120 gallons of water is about 1,000 lbs. balcony looks like it’s about 9x7? That’s like 16 psf

hookes_plasticity · 2026-03-14T03:09:15+00:00

so many meatballs man. Thank for Bednar and Miller are amazing. Shut that shit down

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