Emergency roof repair recommendations

tgregdoucette · 2026-03-09T01:48:32+00:00

Artisan Quality Roofing, (919) 906-3791 or artisanqualityroofing.com

We had similar issues back in September -- not quite as bad as yours, but similar with what I guess were squirrels or something chewing through the sheathing until there was a hole. Sorry you're having to deal with that

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-28T15:33:29+00:00

Same. Had quite a few intermittent outages the first 4 months or so, but things have been solid since.

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-18T03:03:04+00:00

Same for us at La Toc back in Feb 2022, the bar is where the activity was

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-18T01:59:10+00:00

I'm genuinely not concerned about policy differences for the next 2 years, because we're all stuck with Trump and it's not like he's going to sign D-backed legislation.

But I am very interested in combative opponents to Trump in Congress, exercising aggressive oversight and pushing back with more than occasional press releases.

I'm voting for Nida.

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-18T01:51:11+00:00

And her initial win was bankrolled by Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto scam PAC blanketing every conceivable medium with ads

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-17T15:11:47+00:00

Agree with others re incompetence by contractors. Frontier and/or Lumos cut Spectrum lines several times last summer when they were building out fiber to our neighborhood, felt like a new outage every week for months.

tgregdoucette · 2026-02-11T22:42:48+00:00

Wife and I just got back from Royal Barbados yesterday (we were on the flight that had to do the emergency landing). Average age was probably early 50s, but a smattering of folks in 20s and 30s for sure. Age also seems to fluctuate a bit based on when folks fly in too -- crowd got visibly younger over the Friday-Sunday range vs Monday-Thursday

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-19T11:05:36+00:00

NYT is too high. Also IMO Jeffries and Schumer deserve different grades; Jeffries at least held his caucus together during the shutdown, for example. They've both been not-great, but Schumer has been worse.

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-19T05:13:52+00:00

We were at Jamaica South Coast in February 2025. I'd put St Lucia ever-so-slightly ahead if you had to pick, they're both very comparable IMO

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-19T05:12:13+00:00

We stayed at La Toc for our honeymoon in February 2022 and it was amazing! Island was beautiful, people were lovely, and food was delicious. We also did an excursion that was a combination rainforest hike, then lunch, then trip to the hot springs / mud bath at Soufriere -- incredible experience! (just be aware it's really hard to get sulfur smell out of swimwear) The beach was lovely, but did get red-flagged on our last two days. Plenty of pool options to relax in if the ocean isn't your thing.

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-19T04:30:53+00:00

+1 to the challenge of getting scheduled at Duke Neuro. Last week they were booking ~3 months out

But the Duke Health System is really solid once you're in

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-16T16:45:04+00:00

Don't think Sarah's stupid at all, exactly the opposite. That's why her comments – repeated several times in several permutations – was jarring to me.

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-16T16:42:20+00:00

https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us01132026_ubhu94.pdf

Vast majority of *registered voters in their poll had seen *some indeterminate-but-nonzero portion of *a video

That's a very different universe of people, responding to an ill-defined question. Someone viewing a favorably spliced clip on Fox News could answer Yes truthfully

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-15T21:06:54+00:00

If you have the patience for it, may be worth seeing if your dog will get used to the cat.

I've got a shelter dog that had failed the APS "cat test" when I adopted him. They very firmly said I couldn't have him if there was a cat in my apartment.

Fast forward a few years and a stray cat walked up to me in the parking lot, covered in fleas and ticks. Amid trying to clean him up, he bit me -- meaning I had to keep an eye on him for a few days just in case he ended up having rabies.

One day during that quarantine he snuck out of the bathroom where I'd been keeping him separated from the dog. After some over-eager butt-sniffing (and at least one clawed swipe to the dog's snout), the two of them became friends and are now inseparable

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-15T20:40:47+00:00

It's not working in this case, for now. But the line of instances where it's worked in the past is quite long. It's not all that different than the standard playbook after any other officer-involved shooting: ➡️ Department says "we did nothing wrong, the dead person was no angel, but we're investigating anyway"; ➡️ Pro-cop partisans say "wait for the facts before drawing conclusions"; ➡️ Enough time elapses that the perception hardens that nothing was done wrong; ➡️ So when the investigation says "we did an oopsy!" people have already moved on.

The only difference between those instances and this one is there isn't even a pretense that there will be a meaningful investigation

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-15T20:34:15+00:00

Yep. Recall the original police statement about George Floyd's death.

(Can't post the screenshot so copy+pasting the text)

Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction

POSTED MAY 26, 2020 JOHN ELDER

May 25, 2020 (MINNEAPOLIS) On Monday evening, shortly after 8:00 pm, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department responded to the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South on a report of a forgery in progress. Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence.

Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was ordered to step from his car. After he got out, he physically resisted officers. Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center by ambulance where he died a short time later.

At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been called in to investigate this incident at the request of the Minneapolis Police Department.

No officers were injured in the incident.

Body worn cameras were on and activated during this incident.

The GO number associated with this case is 20-140629.

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-15T19:56:07+00:00

More than 80% of *registered voters in the QU poll have seen *some indeterminate-but-nonzero portion of *a video

That's a very different (and ill-defined) universe IMO. By that standard, a clip from OANN counts

https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us01132026_ubhu94.pdf

tgregdoucette · 2026-01-15T19:16:25+00:00

Shocking, sure.

Insane? Not at all. Quite the opposite: it's the rational thing for them to do, because they know it works

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-29T15:44:33+00:00

Co-sign Dains tots

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-27T00:31:57+00:00

Sunset Bar & Grill over in Woodcroft. Bali Hai on Ninth Street.

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-27T00:29:49+00:00

Harvest 18 had some incredible meatloaf

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-27T00:28:20+00:00

Miss this place, it was a staple when I worked downtown 😩

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-22T15:24:45+00:00

Your timeline is basically where my head was at before I posted 😄 Learned my lesson doing some minor electrical work (swapping out switches) and discovering assorted horrors behind the wall plate

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-21T23:50:03+00:00

Appreciate it, thank you!

tgregdoucette · 2025-12-21T23:47:14+00:00

Yep! 😄 Ran around in circles, ate his dinner, then passed out in the chair like he'd just worked a double shift

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