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The annoying thing is that in order to boost funding, the UC system now favors enrolling out of state students over resident students.

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[quote=CA renter][quote=mike92104][quote=CA renter]We know a really good contractor who built a large addition to our house. He’s in North County, but might work there or know somebody who does. Let me know if you’d like his info.[/quote]

I’d love that. Thanks.[/quote]

His name is Brooks Worthing. Another Pigg (who didn’t end up using him because they sold and bought another house that suited them better, but was very impressed with his professionalism) recommended him to us and he was the most professional, put-together contractor I’ve ever known. We just had one of his electricians to our house today, years after the remodel (we love him, too). He’s been in the business for many years — decades, actually — and has built longstanding relationships with some truly exceptional contractors.

He’s not “cheap,” but you should never want a cheap contractor, especially for a job this big, IMHO. But he is very fair and completes the job on time (or better) and within budget. We cannot recommend him highly enough.

They do both design and build. You can do one or both through them. If he’s not willing to work outside of North County, definitely ask him for a referral to someone who works closer to San Diego.

http://www.baworthinginc.com/design.html

Best of luck![/quote]

Thanks a bunch.

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[quote=CA renter]We know a really good contractor who built a large addition to our house. He’s in North County, but might work there or know somebody who does. Let me know if you’d like his info.[/quote]

I’d love that. Thanks.

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Thanks. I’ll schedule an appointment.

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[quote=flu]Interesting fact about synthetic oil.

Europe does not allow group 3 oil to be labeled synthetic. U.S. does. What that means is most Castrol and Mobil 1 sold here in the U.S. labeled as synthetic really aren’t completely synthetic…

Almost all of the synthetic oil don’t meet European auto manufactuerer requirements (VW 502/505 or BMW LL01 for example)….[/quote]

I’ve torn down 2 Subaru engines. 1 used synthetic oil all it’s life, and the other conventional. The one that used synthetic was pristine clean inside, while the one that used conventional was full of sludge. I was sold on the benefits of synthetic at that point.

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=harvey]http://piggington.com/more_public_pension_loony_tunes_now_providence_ri_is_in_trouble?page=1

Submitted by bearishgurl on May 11, 2012 – 10:27am.

[quote]3. If you decided to lay down in the restroom or in your vehicle during a 15 min break because you had a headache and came back 15-30 mins late, would you be docked vacation or sick pay for it?[/quote]
Man, that post was a doozy!

(I’ll concede that she did call it a “restroom.”)

See how it works, CAR?

Honest people can back up their claims.

This thread needs a slogan: Link or you’re a liar![/quote]

Ha!! Just saw this and I’m still knee deep in work due to taking a short turnaround (emergency) job (but haven’t forgotten about Joe and Jane, CAR).

Uhh, harvey (aka “pri_dk, the troll”), I want you to get in your car and drive to 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 right now! Park at a meter and walk there and be sure to bring a female with you if at all possible. Visit floors 4, 5, 6, and 7 by turning left off the elevator. I don’t know about the men’s rooms, but ALL the women’s restrooms, both public and employee have (or had) “Rest Rooms” inside them, which are separate rooms with a door. They have (or had) vinyl chaise lounges in them for decades for the sole purpose of “resting” prone in the dark on a break or between hearings, etc. It is possible that some of these rooms are “locked off” today but are nevertheless still in there.

Then make your way over to 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego and you can pay a small fortune to park there now (since public parking is now scarce). At both the north and south ends of the building on at least one out of the three floors, the same chaise was STILL in the women’s restrooms the last time I checked (less than a year ago – try north end first flr first). These “Rest Rooms” are situated just as you enter the door to the restrooms and are separate rooms but do not have separate doors like the ones at 220 West Bdwy do. This bldg was originally constructed in 1938.

These (private) “Rest Rooms” (mostly used by female gubment workers) were a godsend in an era where the worker would lose her job if she did not return to work six weeks after giving birth (or ten weeks after having a C-section) and thus had to “save” whatever leave they had on the books until after delivery if at all possible. These “rest rooms” helped greatly for workers in late pregnancy needing to “rest” on their breaks and lunches. Unlike you people, we didn’t have the “FMLA” to fall back on or computers, laptops, ipads and smartphones at our disposal to help us do our jobs while lounging in a private cubicle with flipflops on and our feet up. We had mainframes with CRT terminals (which were frequently down) to use first thing in the morning which would help us locate files but we didn’t even HAVE cubicles (our desks were all pushed together). We had to work on our feet at least 7 hrs per day lifting, rolling carts, climbing ladders while lifting 30-50 lbs and generally running our a$$es off floor to floor, dept to dept and bldg to bldg. Some clerks were even regularly exposed to asbestos!

H@ll yeah, you can bet your a$$ that I EARNED EVERY PENNY of my pension and healthcare allowance, harvey! Jealous any?? NOW, after you perform the above two exercises with your female friend, you can re-report here to the Piggs on your “findings.”

[quote=harvey]She complained once that she got in trouble at work for sleeping on the bathroom floor.[/quote]

NOW, back to your quote. In reference to me, where exactly is it here that you stated I posted the above??

And how is “being docked” (which happened to every employee all the time) the same as “getting into trouble?”

Unlike YOU, harvey, we didn’t get to “telecommute.” If the employee wasn’t at work between 8 am and 5 pm (with the exception of lunch hour), then they were on some kind of leave, period …. end of story. Many, many gubment employees were never able to take a vacation because they were docked here and there out of all their vacation hours for being tardy to work, tardy from lunch hour and leaving early from work … even for very “legitimate” reasons.

LOL, it takes an idiot like “harvey” over two weeks to “substantiate” his “claims” here yet he ca-a-a-a-an’t qui-i-i-te get it right. Nice try, though ….

And, for the record, harvey, I never “made up lies” about your family. YOU KNOW why my post was redacted and that is NOT what happened. You would do well to go back through that thread again and read ALL your posts and then after completing that exercise, look in the mirror and ask yourself a few piercing questions. (As I recall, it was yet ANOTHER thread [out of dozens] where you were going OFF about public employee pensions.)[/quote]

You poor poor baby! How dare those jerk bosses actually expect you to work, and show up on time. I can’t believe they didn’t even have cubicles or a mainframe that didn’t crash! It’s flat out barbaric to make someone work on their feet for 7 hrs.

Not only should we allow you to retire at 50, and pay for your salary and healthcare for the rest of your life, but we should also build monuments to recognize your pain and sacrifice.

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Money

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1.) Pet Peeve Lists
2.) I Am Grateful For…lists

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Iy’s not that we’re running out of water, we’re just running out of cheap water.

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Here’s my idea since the flow of illegals isn’t going to stop any time soon.

Based on the assumption that many of these folks are paying “coyotes” $8k-10k, I would say that f you show up on the southern border with $8k, and verifiable identification from Mexico or a country south of there, we’ll let you in. The $8k is yours to keep, but you’re required to have it before entering so we can be sure you’ll have enough cash on hand to get yourself settled. You’ll get a SSN, and we expect a tax return after 1 years showing you have gained employment.

At the same time, E-Verify should be mandatory, and employers caught using undocumented workers will have all of their assets seized. Also, if you are caught in U.S. illegally, you will be deported, and barred permanently.

If you’ve been successful in finding work in your first year, you can apply for citizenship.

Done

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And the constitution seems to want to keep religions out of govt decisionmaking. [/quote]

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ”

It doesn’t say anything about keeping religion out of government decisions.

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I’m still not understand how Hobby Lobby’s unwillingness to pay for a few select contraception methods is equating to telling women what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Any women who work for Hobby Lobby can still do whatever they damn well please with their body. They just can’t force Hobby Lobby to pay for it.

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[quote=scaredyclassic]I would like to see hobby lobby execs counseled vigorously streetside before going in to dr. Offices for prostate exams.

Sometimes these procedures result in involuntary erections and according to some religions are tantamount to the abomination that is pederasty.

I think they need to be advised on these matters in the street by screaming counselors within spitting distance.[/quote]

I don’t agree with all the idiots screaming at women in front of abortion clinics, but this isn’t a very good comparison. I doubt there are very many people who would argue that you are killing an unborn child with a prostate exam.

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[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic]If this were an actual issue day to day for men hobby lobby would’ve been decided differently…[/quote]

Oh, Hobby Lobby covers vasectomy!!!

That speaks volumes, doesn’t it?[/quote]

Not really.

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