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School sports are always political. I'm not a great athlete but I was good enough for the Jr. High school bball team. I got passed over by a few kids who lived up on the bench (and were friends with the best players) instead of "the wrong side of the tracks" like I did. I dominated them in Jr. Jazz and tryouts but they still got the nod over me.

Didn't change my life any so who cares. Child activities have become unrealistically compettitive though. Let em be kids FFS.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
School sports are always political. I'm not a great athlete but I was good enough for the Jr. High school bball team. I got passed over by a few kids who lived up on the bench (and were friends with the best players) instead of "the wrong side of the tracks" like I did. I dominated them in Jr. Jazz and tryouts but they still got the nod over me.

Didn't change my life any so who cares. Child activities have become unrealistically compettitive though. Let em be kids FFS.
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The issue is that some of the kids that are good enough to play beyond high school are potentially being screwed out of the exposure. Many kids are going the way of accelerated travel teams to get the exposure they need to get an opportunity at the next level. One of the kids on this team is representing the US in Jr. Olympics ffs. But he can’t get in the game for his HS coach. It just boggles my mind.
 
Being forced to choose between being a ****** husband and a ******** son.

The final straw is getting close fellas.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
I would have extended my kitchen 2 feet and a much larger deck if I could do it over. My opinion is if you are going for a major purchase either go big or go home.
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We had stamped concrete put in. I’ll post pics sometimes. It looks amazing and it’s a really good size. It was about 1,100 total square feet which includes the front porch and apron which is probably about 225 square feet of it. And a sidewalk on the side of the house which I guess is another 200. So the back patio is the whole width of the house (55 feet iirc) and goes out 15 feet from the house. We almost did 13.5’ so thank God we did the 15 or I’d be so mad at myself. But yeah. Even just nine more inches would be great. With furniture, it’s not tight, but I’d prefer just a tiny bit more space.
 
Ben Dowsett trying to make a point on twitter by saying that gambling and the stock market are the same thing.

For a guy who likes stats, he’s kinda dumb.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
We had stamped concrete put in. I’ll post pics sometimes. It looks amazing and it’s a really good size. It was about 1,100 total square feet which includes the front porch and apron which is probably about 225 square feet of it. And a sidewalk on the side of the house which I guess is another 200. So the back patio is the whole width of the house (55 feet iirc) and goes out 15 feet from the house. We almost did 13.5’ so thank God we did the 15 or I’d be so mad at myself. But yeah. Even just nine more inches would be great. With furniture, it’s not tight, but I’d prefer just a tiny bit more space.
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Damn that's a lot of concrete. I bet stamped cost you over $10,000. My dad and I poured a 4 yard batch for a neighbor and I gave my labor for free. $1,200 for easily$2,000 worth, with no license, tax or business costs. You're talking 14 yards plus the stamping. Well done kid.
 
JustTheTip said:
Ben Dowsett trying to make a point on twitter by saying that gambling and the stock market are the same thing.

For a guy who likes stats, he’s kinda dumb.
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That's a pet peeve of mine as well. Living in the richest and most powerful country in the history of the world, you would think we would have much better financial literacy. I hear very well educated people say that all the time along with "it's only paper wealth" blah, blah, blah.

If I had one complaint about high school education it would be that they don't require teenagers to read Wealth of Nations.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
Damn that's a lot of concrete. I bet stamped cost you over $10,000. My dad and I poured a 4 yard batch for a neighbor and I gave my labor for free. $1,200 for easily$2,000 worth, with no license, tax or business costs. You're talking 14 yards plus the stamping. Well done kid.
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Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.
 
idestroyedthetoilet said:
Damn that's a lot of concrete. I bet stamped cost you over $10,000. My dad and I poured a 4 yard batch for a neighbor and I gave my labor for free. $1,200 for easily$2,000 worth, with no license, tax or business costs. You're talking 14 yards plus the stamping. Well done kid.
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It was $16,500 iirc.
 
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Ron Mexico said:
Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.
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Have @bigb run your wiring first and put in a pvc pipe up through your concrete area for connecting the tub, or plan on having an exposed pvc line. Let me know if you need help pouring. 1.5 yards or so (10x12, 4 inch) is easy. If you're close to UCart you can save money on delivery. You're maybe $700 with lumber, another $600 max in float, trowels, stakes, etc.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.
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It’s cause doing a small job like that doesn’t make them as much money, so they price it high in hopes you don’t take it.

With the market as high as it is, and construction booming, that’s what happens. It’ll correct in a couple years.
 
JustTheTip said:
It’s cause doing a small job like that doesn’t make them as much money, so they price it high in hopes you don’t take it.

With the market as high as it is, and construction booming, that’s what happens. It’ll correct in a couple years.
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It's nutty around here. I had 4 sprinkler installers skip out on me 2 summers ago after coming over and giving a bid. It's even worse now. The labor market is insanely overheated to where anyone could get a $10-$11 hour side job and hired on the spot. Not much, I know, but there aren't anymore employees right now.
 
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