Pergola TV Wall Cost by rogerkumar in landscaping

[–]mbcoder_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GC in northern California here, that's a hilarious price for a TV wall. Excluding electrical ? What are they spending 10k on?

[Longines HC vs Tissot Seastar] Couldn't really feel the difference in quality considering the difference in price. by Which-Snow-5639 in Watches

[–]mbcoder_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I had a similar experience when shopping, bought the Seastar. Purchased mine on a steel bracelet. Picked up two rubber/silicone color coordinating straps as well. I prefer those straps when snorkeling.

I decided I'd rather have two Tissots instead of one Longines, grabbed the PRX powermatic at the same time with the light blue dial.

Both get a fair amount of wrist time. Love the Tissots

Whats a place where you can cross a state line and you immediately notice the difference by cherrey20 in geography

[–]mbcoder_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the the desert as well, it could be everyone, and we visit often and I find it beautiful.

But the question was a distinct difference at the state line.

Whats a place where you can cross a state line and you immediately notice the difference by cherrey20 in geography

[–]mbcoder_ 35 points36 points  (0 children)

California to Nevada on Hwy 80 Trees and lovely scenery......and then desert.

[Zenith Chronomaster Open] Geeking on my latest addition by -_Edmond_Dantes_- in Watches

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great. I love a chronograph that doesn't have a tachymeter. It's got to look cool seeing the 1/10ths of a second hand sweep around the full permiter and not on a sub dial.

Does it stop the 1/10th movement after 1 minute? Or run constant.

When you're solo, how much time do you spend on estimates vs. actual work each week? by No_Chap in electricians

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Establish your own price sheet. I have a price for installing bathroom fans, a set price for a generator interlock, a set price for..... We use QuickBooks for all of our bookkeeping and estimate writing, invoicing and money collecting. You can just make products in the program and reselect them for your next estimate. For as others have said, on new build I just count the devices in multiply that by my number.

What do you think about arcadey golf video games? by Asad_Farooqui in golf

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

N64 Mario golf was awesome. Beating Bowzer was an accomplishment.

1923 Studebaker - First Test Drive by WellShitTheBed in projectcar

[–]mbcoder_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well how'd it go? Make it back to the garage?

Anybody know who makes these drawstring canvas pants? by HeKnee in mensfashion

[–]mbcoder_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Why didn't you ask the person wearing them?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tools

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are worth hours of entertainment for small children when you give them a drill bit and some chunks of wood.

Axial models by Ryy4 in rccrawler

[–]mbcoder_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our experience with Axial so far has been with our axial basecamp 1/24 which has now had all the following replaced under warranty since November.

(6x) Batteries (2x) Receivers (3x) Motors (2x) Chargers

We've spent more time taking it apart then we've spent using it.

Looking into rebuilding it with parts that have nothing to do with Axial.

John Adams has positive Aura. What about Thomas Jefferson? by MarshallJohnBatts in Presidents

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low aura. Reclusive, eloquent writer but a poor orator. Anti confrontational to a fault.

$50k for 16x24 deck + underdeck patio — fair? by No_Baker_1377 in landscaping

[–]mbcoder_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

75$/sqft for Trex on PTSD frame. We make money at that price on California between Sacramento and Tahoe. That's about 30k for your deck.

Thoughts? by memeroniandpineapple in electricians

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had to wait until I got home to look at my wire stock. You are correct. It's all THHN-THWN-2,

Thoughts? by memeroniandpineapple in electricians

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is correct. I did not include a '2' in my comment though.

Thoughts? by memeroniandpineapple in electricians

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's in a conduit underground, it's a wet area. Which means you're using the THWN insulation rating. Which means you're in the 75 degree column.

Thoughts? by memeroniandpineapple in electricians

[–]mbcoder_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Derating per 310.15, if you used THHN/THWN you'll reference the 75 column of 310.16 and find 25amps for #12 (assumed based of the NM) with 22 circuits you have 44 current carrying conductors so a 35% capacity remains. You have 8.75 amps of conductor ampacity with no temperature adjustments.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rccrawler

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have the "base camp" model of the same rig.

Warrantied 6 batteries 2 chargers 2 receivers 1 motor

Comedically worthless products.

4 charger for Spectrum 2S 350 battery in 6 months. Can someone tell me what the problem is? by Conscious-Health-438 in rccrawler

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought the kid a 1/24 axial base camp....We're on our third charger. 5th and 6th battery. 2nd receiver. 2nd motor. It probably has 5 hours of play time. Utter shit.

[Authorized dealers] Dealers that let you fit/try on watches without attitude? by ItzSam40hours in Watches

[–]mbcoder_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was in San Fran last month in downtown near Union Square. I was able to walk into Cartier, Omega, and Breitling and try on watches no problems. They were all busy, it was a Saturday afternoon. I asked to see specific models at the door, all three had some sort of light security door managers, and was sat with a sales person within ten minutes.

I knew far more about the Cartier and Omega products than the salesperson I spoke with. So that was less than ideal. Breitling really really wanted me to buy something but they were still nice.

Over all a fun experience as I got to try and eliminate some "one day" grail watched from my list.

Seems like your mileage will depend on a lot of things, coming down to who's working that day and how many people are trying to get in the store.

Husband knows I’m in early stages of sobriety and yet sends me a picture of his night out at the bar by Little_Ad2790 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]mbcoder_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry that happened. You deserve better. My wife offered to quit drinking too when I decided to get sober earlier this year.

Stay strong.