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@reubenTjoseph @MurrayHillGuy1 Telling on yourself. No one who lives here calls it "Cap Hill".

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@ivy_roadmap Lmao are you getting interviewed by cut-rate Stavvy?

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West Coast equivalent of this is using "we should get coffee sometime" as a parting salutation

[Sara @piousdeenn]

An Arab tells you “you must come to my house for dinner.” You get excited. You wait for the invitation.
It never comes.

You think they were being fake.
They weren’t.
And not understanding this is one of the biggest mistakes expats make in the Arab world.

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@piousdeenn West Coast equivalent of this is using "we should get coffee sometime" as a parting salutation.

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@wrowclif This is the content I follow you for

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@FAFOFarmsTX You could just get it graded and stamped, then use it like any other lumber, duh.

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@babieswithb Someone who loves rules is what it is

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@JesseTayRiver That's not quite it. Falls/dementia are what get people into LTC facilities. The spiral starts there because Risk aversion and laziness then lead to repeat infections (usually starting with uti's)

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@VladTheInflator

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@OldHollowTree "Most estimates place Act 250 compliance at $7-$7.50 per $1000 of project cost. Dream up your own modest house and estimate the cost for yourself."

So for a half-million build we're talking....... Like 3,500 bucks?

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@JoshPrenot Right. Its a vibe/momentum thing almost. Like, A lot of smart kids are just used to being right - they *expect* to be able to solve most problems they encounter.

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@jamesonhaslam Ahhh, that makes a lot more sense.

So long as you had them in hand for the bid - "75 cubic feet each? Coming right up!!!"

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@bobbyfijan This was true for me.

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@OldHollowTree

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@Will_Tanner_1 Needlessly inhuman, and there's data to prove it.

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@AdamThierer Ah yes, beverage depots, well known for causing 20-30% spikes in electricity costs across entire states, yes, they are the same

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@vrexec I also find this odd. I did many of those things and then got a job when I had kids. Life is long.

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@oldyzach @CyrixInstead Philistine.

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@jamesonhaslam @pcriley It's very necessary around the opening. If you're cheap you might skip it elsewhere, but for the mantel, lintel, and any walls that extend the firebox the way yours do, you need at minimum the standard 2" air gap to combustible framing.