Oh so New York is *obviously* the best state to visit so you will deign to visit another state? lol
I would take Lake Tahoe over Vegas or Reno. Tahoe is in the high Sierras, and is a beautiful lake surrounded by forest. If you're into gambling, you get that there, but there is so much more to the area than just gambling. Reno and Vegas is all about gambling, and little else beyond that, and both of those are smack dab in the middle of the desert, so if that is your thing, those places are fine. Besides, if you went to Tahoe, you might get to meet your favorite curmudgeon! Not only that, you'd get to see his shiny 'Burb too!
Haha! New York is this weekend with one of my sisters, so I'd rather skip that one (I'd DEFINITELY not call it the best State), and I was wondering YOUR guys' favourite place(s) in the States, out of curiosity/to look into, not asking you to tell me what I would like!!! Lol!!!Aaron wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:45 pmOh so New York is *obviously* the best state to visit so you will deign to visit another state? lol
It's a crazy question. It would be like me asking the best place in Canada. Though I have a high school friend in a condo with a spare bedroom on Yonge St in Toronto, I dream of visiting Banff and Lake Louise in Alberta, while also wanting to party in Niagara Falls, ON.
I have a cousin always inviting me to visit her there, and this sounds unique/amazing, so thanks for the tip!DanM wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 2:00 pmWashington DC was really cool IMHO. If you like museums it's got a lot of different branches of the Smithsonian, and they were all free admission. Great places to take the kids and not have to spend money. My personal favourite was the air and space museum. They had a space shuttle, an SR-71 Blackbird, lots of awesome iconic WW2 planes including the bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. One really interesting one was this Japanese plane that was basically a bomb with a cockpit and a jet engine strapped to it, needless to say those are extremely rare since they only ever flew one mission apiece.
Right. Cough. All these restrictions. No pictures. Wow.
Oh heck yes take her up on that opportunity. Ride the Metro into DC and check out the sites. I hope to do it again soon myself.Dia wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:40 pmI have a cousin always inviting me to visit her there, and this sounds unique/amazing, so thanks for the tip!DanM wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 2:00 pmWashington DC was really cool IMHO. If you like museums it's got a lot of different branches of the Smithsonian, and they were all free admission. Great places to take the kids and not have to spend money. My personal favourite was the air and space museum. They had a space shuttle, an SR-71 Blackbird, lots of awesome iconic WW2 planes including the bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. One really interesting one was this Japanese plane that was basically a bomb with a cockpit and a jet engine strapped to it, needless to say those are extremely rare since they only ever flew one mission apiece.
I know! No general BS or electrical issues. Even nutzy was following up with a guy on inspection results from like a month ago...
Yeah, it's slow everywhere, and the few Q's we are getting seem more to Shannon's strengths than mine.
Just something you pick up when you've done it a time or two.
When it warms up a little more people will want to start building their decks and sheds.
Yeah that's interesting stuff.
I'm betting that this has more to do with frost heave damage protection than anything else. Here, where we don't have extremes of temp, using reinforced concrete, either fiber or steel, is less common, unless code required for specific needs.Aaron wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 2:05 pmUp here in the "Bold North" (that's the State of Minnesota's tourism marketing), there are pretty specific codes relating to thicknesses and mix ratios for concrete pads, driveways, and the like. I think the concrete mixes need fiber up here for added reinforcement from the temp extremes we tend to have.
You're actually talking about two different things, and yes, codes apply to municipal property, which is anything within the roadway easement (sidewalks and aprons) that don't apply to private property (anything outside of roadway easement). I've never had to replace a sidewalk, so I don't know if there is certain contractor requirements for that or not.Aaron wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 2:05 pmAt least if the property owner is altering or changing right-of-way, which here in St Paul includes public sidewalks and driveway aprons (that would otherwise be boulevards). Only city-approved contractors can work on those, and they must be concrete only. The actual driveway between the sidewalk and the garage door is the homeowner's and can be minimal thickness (4" I think) or asphalt and any contractor can do it, including the homeowner.
When I did that big remodel back in '15, the homeowners hired all the people and paid everyone directly, but I found the subs and managed the entire project for them.
