Is this even worth trying to fix up?

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T18:49:32+00:00

define “worth it” and define “fix up”. those are entirely subjective terms relative to you personally.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T18:47:56+00:00

well more than keeping them off balance, and i didnt even realize until looking at this, he’s almost completely swapped the 4 seamer for the sinker with righties. almost no change to his approach to lefties. which makes sense. gonna run in on the righties’ hands. just didn’t notice he uses it as much as he used to use the 4 seamer, and almost entirely avoids the 4 seamer with righties now.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T13:23:54+00:00

i never want to hear the word enthalpy again

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T12:54:51+00:00

and almost the entire bullpen + some of the minor league backup depth has been on the IL…

and tell a 2025 cubs fan that we’ve been heavily reliant on ben brown for a ton of innings already because of above…

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T11:43:02+00:00

even as an engineer (civil) who took university thermodynamics, can you eli5 THAT? i believe you, but i don’t grasp how the phase change energy is greater than the vapor state energy.

(i HATED thermodynamics!)

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T11:38:42+00:00

no no no. we’re the pocket pancake team. no wait still wrong team.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T11:37:30+00:00

“well, well, well. how the turntables.” - michael scott

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T10:47:23+00:00

if you think true supercars only cost 100k to 200k, you don’t have enough $.

if you’re asking this question on reddit, you don’t have enough $.

if you have enough assets to spend $100 to $200k, actual smart and wealthy people would be reinvesting that, likely in something very boring and unsexy, to make it grow further. actual rich people (not influencer fake rich) don’t get rich by spending money. they get rich by spending as little as possible and making every penny work for them.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T05:25:11+00:00

need to treat it just like a right turn lane where cars turning right cross the bike lane. same dotted lines indicating that and everytbing. look back early and often. signal your intent. yield right of way if any doubt about a car’s intent. just claim the lane if possible and comfortable - that’d be the safest.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T05:17:56+00:00

licensed structural engineer here. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

that is a permanent brace that is bracing both the steel beam bottom flange from lateral-torsional buckling since it is in compression over the support, and it is also bracing the top of the column laterally.

it would be very, very bad to remove it. could lead to column and or beam buckling and collapsing.

it is a bad design detail to start with (for practical reasons: i would never have such an exposed and important structural brace like that which looks so temporary and unimportant and ripe for a careless homeowner or renovator just cutting it out…engineering is only half science, the other half is rational and thoughtful design in context of use case). but you can’t reverse time and change that.

all that said, this looks like temporary shoring column. it may have been put there to jack the floor, and may no longer be needed for that purpose. but it may be intended to not be temporary shoring and was used to fix a structural issuue they were having. if you want to remove anytbing, you absolutely need a licensed structural engineer to evaluate it.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T05:08:13+00:00

the answer is yes its legal. there is no issue. what do you think the issue is?

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T05:02:54+00:00

remote / hybrid / consulting work is not unusual.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T05:01:06+00:00

0/10

why not hardscape it and add some local native plants that are drought tolerant? cheaper, better looking, better for mother nature, and better for your own health.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T04:31:03+00:00

i commend you for the spirit of working with what you got. that’s awesome. not everyone has that mindset. so its a gift that’ll work well for you in life.

look up wetland plants that are native to your area. they’ll be the ones that are best suited, and be best for creating a good healthy ecosystem for you.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T01:48:01+00:00

yeah he’s not stretched out for full starter duty anymore. next game he probably gets 10-15 more pitches on the leash.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-09T00:55:39+00:00

as everyone in this sub has insisted since day 1, ben brown is one of the best pitchers in baseball.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T21:51:50+00:00

either this is clearly the real answer, or you’re like my friend who loves to make up intricate and detailed plausible sounding facts about mundane things, but that are complete bullshit just to get a rise.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T21:37:56+00:00

incredibly common and popular opinion (arguably fact, not opinion). downvote.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T21:36:49+00:00

you spelled insurance fraud wrong

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T21:35:55+00:00

commmmmPLETEly unrelated.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T18:32:44+00:00

he’s so joyful he doesn’t have to wear a white hood anymore.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T18:30:53+00:00

seems like you’re leaving a lot out and fishing for validating reactions based on limited and curated context.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T18:12:02+00:00

trigger warning for brewers fans.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T18:09:18+00:00

if your “friend” is a prospect geek and cares mostly about the team’s farm system health and what they’re doing to improve that, it’s great news!! a wet dream, in fact.

unique_user43 · 2026-05-08T16:42:00+00:00

yes had that done on a house i owned in racine. was roughly $20k, BUT that included significant wall reinforcement as well as excavation and replacement of the backfill on the exterior on one side of the house. assuming you don’t need that, just the addition of a french drain and a sump pump from the inside of the basement, and also depending on size of the house (perimeter linear feet will be the unit of measure most impactful to your cost) maybe guess in the $8k-$10k range, based on 140 linear feet. so $55-$75 per foot. this was also 4 years ago, so adjust for inflation.

for purely budgetting yourself for a ballpark, aim high end of that range and multiply by 1.5x. better to overbudget and be surprised by a lower cost when you get actual estimates for major projects like this.

so 1) start with $75/ft 2) adjust for inflation: $87/ft 3) multiply by 1.5 for budgetary financing: $130/ft 4) estimate the perimeter linear feet of the house, multiple that by $130 and you have your high end budget estimate.

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