How was your day?

[John Corley]

We have a joke thread, JB's travels, custom pics of work, custom pics of familys, one that we are supposed to ignore, and a good diet thread.

We don't have one where you can just vent or gloat about how your day may have gone.

"How was your day John?"

Thanks for asking. I am working for some nice people on almost all of my jobs right now, most of my help is doing really well, within a week I will be past my recent flooring nightmare, all and all I can't really complain.

Went to a a place called Bubba Kahunas for dinner it was good.

How was your day? :wave:

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[HS345]

How was my day? Why, thanks for asking.

All in all I had a pretty good day. I am currently doing a job for a very nice "mature" widow lady.

I do have a gripe though.

Due to the very high hack population in my area it is sometimes difficult to get some of the state of the art setting materials from my local supplier. Is a 50lb sack of Laticrete 255, or Custom ProLite too much to ask for? :bang:

Okay, I feel much better now. Thanks John. :dance:

[RedRockTile]

Well, John, thanks for asking. Sounds like your's went well.

Hope you don't mind if I let off some steam. :blah:

The missus is gone for the week with her sisters and friends. So, I've been mister mom this week. :cry: Today, on my 40th b-day. I sent the kids off on their first day of school and took my 3 year old son with me for the rest of the day.

We grouted a small floor this morning. Talked with a GC about a small remodel job and went to another job to get some measurements (getting ready to work up an estimate tonight). Hooked up the trailer and drove 300 miles (in my new - used Ford F350 :) ) to return some tile from another job, then loaded up the wife's car to bring home (busted radiator :noid: ). Stopped at Sportsman's warehouse to get some archery supplies (my elk hunt started today :dance: ). Got back to town and dropped off an estimate for another tile job. Then had cake (that my daughter had baked and who I flew off the handle at when I got home :bonk: ) and ice cream with my kids. And finally sat down at the computer to see what's new on the JB Forum since I hadn't been on here for awhile.

Whew ... time for some sleep.

[John Corley]

Happy Birthday Juan!

[Shaughnn]

Wrapped up a $500 job that's taken four days to put in, but I like the way it looks and I've already gotten $35K of referrals from the client. No complaints here.
I was supposed to get some more bidding done tonight, but decided to go to my 2 year-old's swimming lesson instead. No regrets there either. :king:
My wife asked me, as she was going to bed tonight, if we'd kissed each other yet today. Sleep's been a rare commodity of late and we're both pretty forgetful. I assured her that we had several times during the day and then I gave her another big one with a long embrace before she went off to bed.
So far this week, money's a little tighter than I might like, but it's still feeling pretty damn good to be me. :D
Thanks for asking John. :wave:
Shaughnn
PS: Greg, Call Laticrete tomorrow and let them know you can't find their products in your area. I expect that you'll get a return phone call from their rep fairly soon after. I know my local Laticrete rep would carry a bag of thinset on his back to my jobsite if I needed it and the local suppliers weren't providing it. Don't know that I could say the same about anyone else's reps though.

[Tool Guy - Kg]

Didn't even get out of the shower before getting a call that a carpenter wasn't at the right address of one job, and when he got to the right location, the materials that were supposedly at a jobsite for days wasn't going to arrive until the afternoon. :crazy:

[kilroy]

yeah!

i had a good day.

:dance:

[Rich Turley]

Had a pretty good day today. Two jobs were completed and lots of progress on another. Had to finish the two as I'm going out of town for a few days. After this JB break I just have to pack so I'll be ready to head out the door at 5:15am.

Rich

[Theold--scottyb]

I HATE PEOPLE I HATE PEOPLE I HATE PEOPLE.......

Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary....

[Dave Taylor]

Scott: :shake: :laugh2:

You tryin' to de-rail' John's "feel good" thread, or what? :suspect:

[Marge]

I spent the day herding cats. I'm actually starting to get fond of some of the critters.... :D

And it was under 110 degrees. Life is good.

[opiethetileman]

how was my day lets just say it was a bit brown. I had an upset stocah all nite had to drive about 40 miles to grout 14 sq ft of backspalsh today. so I have gas well i let er out driving down the road well ya guessed it it wasnt gas so My day just plain ole sucked good thing I keep extra drawers in the glove box i just left the other ones in the restroom.

[Theold--scottyb]

Well shoot Dave, didnt know it was a feel good thread..


Lemme try again..

I really feel good about hating people.. Hows that? :tup1:

[Shaughnn]

Opie,
Maybe you ought to get that thing looked at? But get it looked at WAAAAAAAY over there, if you don't mind. :sick:
Shaughnn
:)

[kate42]

:wave:
For me today was a good day. The sun was shining and I got to my destination safe and sound. The traffic moved well and I got to my destination in under 7 hours. I am at peace with the world. :)

[opiethetileman]

pirate can ya hold my hand when they check it out. day ended pretty well. I think its gone

[Shaughnn]

Opie,
Just cause we're friends, I'll hold your wallet and keys too. Wouldn't want to interupt Doctor Jellyfinger while you and he are gettin' "acquainted". :yeah:
Shaughnn

[Splinter]

The traffic moved well and I got to my destination in under 7 hours.

Seeing how you're on Long Island also, I'll assume this 7 hour trip was just a run to the local supermarket.

The only time traffic moves here is at 3am... .and when they're doing night construction on every parkway simultaneously, you wont even move then....

It was a hot and sweaty day today, but I got a lot done. :tup2:

[Davy]

Shaughnn, I jump up staright any time I hear the popping of rubber gloves, even if we are only grouting a floor. :)

[Tom Tee]

How was my day?

Hah!

Supposed to settle on new, to me, home/shop on 9/14. Been packing 36 years worth of memories, furniture, tools, tools, tools, supplies, large jigs and fixtures, three desks, nine filing cainets, etc etc you get the picture.

Get a call at 4:30 from the local real estate person, there is a glich, she will be right over..........finally shows at 9:45.

Seems she did not execuite all paperwork properly. May lose the unique property which is perfectly suited for our multipurpose use.

Why is it that I seem to get very difficult information late on Friday when most responsible individuals will not be available till Monday.

Sort of a reality check on how well do I attend to my customers expectations I guess, dunno.

tt (Need a Charlie Brown AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH face here.)

[kate42]

:wave:
Seeing how you're on Long Island also, I'll assume this 7 hour trip was just a run to the local supermarket.

Alex, that is so true, but I was on my way to New Hampshire. Yesterday was one of those days where everything fell so perfectly in place for me and I made great time getting here.
Today so far is another good day. Although it's going to be a very warm day, we still plan to go hiking. My sister has a home in the woods up on a hill and it is absolutly beautiful here. We're so close to nature. I couldn't pay for a nicer place to stay.
I hope everyone has a good day too. :)

[Shaughnn]

Tom,
With our last two real estate transactions, everybody involved was *available* during the weekend too, including a Notary. If your realtor has plans to enjoy the weekend and pick up things on Monday, I'd be on the phone reminding them that they don't get anything unless you close and if *THIS* doesn't close you'll be going to someone else. It's an honest threat which should put a little fire under their butt.
Best of luck, I'm pulling for you! :tup2"
Shaughnn

[Tom Tee]

Shaughnn;

Thank you! I appreciate your sentiment.

I know the RE folks are available............Was not thinking about an honest threat, more like declaring war. I wanted a lawyer and the state real estate commissioner for mal practice.

Got no patience for hacks of any kind. If they can't do the job properly just go away!

Just got a panic call from the sellers rep. Seems the other agent is going to sew this deal back together.

This is a one of a kind place with an oversized garage for the truck and shop plus a 2000 s.f. basement for my model trains in a quiet hidden neighborhood right off I-95 in tax free Del about 50K under market. Needless to say I was not happy. Waiting for redo faxes now.

Too old for this nonsense. May be I need to be more mature.
tt

[Shaughnn]

Tom,
Always trust "greed" and "self-interest" to motivate realtors and lawyers to get the job done. :D
Best of luck,
Shaughnn

[Tom Tee]

Shaughnn;

Funny you should mention that, in trying to wrap my head around this rocky deal I was just taking inventory of the greed and self interest in my own heart. Really disapointed. Think I'm gonna go get lunch and some humble pie.

Believe I would rather be ripping up a half dozen stinky, wet & rotten bath floors right about now.

tt

[Splinter]

Believe I would rather be ripping up a half dozen stinky, wet & rotten bath floors right about now.

C'mon over my way and you can rip open a half dozen dirty, stinky, wet and rotten diapers this evening... :sick:

[jjwq8]

Clenched teeth smile for recalcitrant subcontractors while we beaver away trying to finish various projects including your Vatican city sized embassy in Baghdad. Decisions decisions, should I bankrupt them or not :devil: ? Chase money owed on insurance claims. Chase money owed by recalcitrant Clients. Pretend to like everyone.
Go home, get mobbed by dogs and hugs and love from wife....same old same old.
I love it:D:D:D:D:D. May even take a holiday soon:nod: :nod:

[Davestone]

You,re much too negative Jeremy, that monument to democracy will need half a million in cleaning staff,plus the hundreds of McDonalds,will mean minimum wage work for all. :shrug: :yeah:

[Bugman]

Down and Up since 1:30 AM Friday. Heard thunder when I got up around 12:30 and checked the internet - severe thunderstorm warning for the area. Watched a pretty snappy thunder storm come through, went to check the weather radar again - cable TV and therefore internet too was out. :eek: :mad:

Couldn't sleep, so made a bowl of popcorn and sat on the couch with a sleeping dog and ate the popcorn. Finally got sleepy, went back to bed, got up around 6:30 - no cable, no internet. Tried to call the cable service, got disconnected. Called a little later, left the info with the answering service.

Check later in the morning - major outage in the Clemson area. :(

Mid-afternoon - no cable/internet service, no sign of repair people. Wife calls cable company - "Have you reported it?" "Yes we have" "Then no need to report it again" (Previous experience - major outage, didn't call anymore, day later found out that outage was repaired and we had an additional problem. :shrug: ) "Well, no one else in your neighborhood has reported a problem" (Actually, others had reported it.)

Upside - Celebrated Drew's 24th birthday with BBQ baby back ribs (4 racks). Everyone enjoyed it very much. Jeremy gnawed on a rib bone and ate watermelon on the rind. Big mess, lots of fun. :D

Downside - still no cable or internet. Wife calls again. Has a discussion with the answering service. Says we would at least like to get a call from the service dept. to let us know what was happening.

Saturday morning - Still no cable TV or internet. More calls. Finally see a service truck in the neighborhood Sat. afternoon. Leave for some errands, come back, some TV, some channels clear, others poor, others not at all. NO INTERNET!! :monster: Call the internet support number, nice technician, scan shows that only a couple of us in the neighborhood are having internet problems. Support will contact the cable company. Double check with the cable company, yes, the problem was reported by internet service person and the cable company has notified the repair person. Hear nothing from anyone Sat. night.

Sunday morning - Poor cable reception, no internet. Call again. They will send someone out right away. After lunch repair person finally calls, checks with us and "explains" some of the problems they are experiencing. Has to leave, though, because another area has people without cable. He finally comes back with another technician around 5:00 PM and suddenly, we have good cable TV reception and INTERNET service again.

I'm Happy, Frances is Happy. :D

[rddrappo]

Today was a good day. I got up around noon, did a few small maintenance chores on the truck, and now I'm working on a cold beverage.

[Scooter]

On August 3, 1999, I fell down a 60 foot waterfall in Quetico Park, Canada, near the Boundary Waters. I spent 3 minutes at the bottom of lake. My dog drown. I had three blown disks and a dozen very deep squirting cuts. My wife and I were 2 days paddle from the nearest phone and had to self rescue in a busted up canoe without any gear.

So every day since August 4, 1999 has just been fabulous, thank you very much. I don't sweat the small stuff, and its all small stuff. Living on borrowed time, I suspect, and making every minute count.

I haven't had a bad day since.

I know what a bad day is, and every day since that date has been a good day.

[Bugman]

Scooter, Thanks for putting everything in perspective. :tup1: Most of us don't know a bad day.

[opiethetileman]

yeah i hear ya scooter my 3 year anivrsy for my finger is coming aug 6 03. I tore out the door jamb that I was cutting and it now hangsin my offie. i also shot that jamb saw and mounted it. today was a bad day i just burnt rice burnt it so bad it melted in the pot and down the stove. guess illl stick to boiling water and hotdaogs

[LGB]

Today was a good day. We added another a new family member this morning. We're calling her Mocha for now.

[river-wear]

Robert - that's my kind of day!

I've been fighting off a cold and "ick" in my throat the last few days, so hubby let me off the hook for tiling the bathroom wall. I spent the afternoon napping on the couch. :o Good thing too. Just going out to water the orchids wore me out and merited another nap!

[kate42]

:wave:
Again I find myself posting about what an absolutly great day I had. I am now home after my stay in NH. The weather was unbelievably beautiful, sunny every day and comfortable. Today I got home feeling at peace with the world.http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/hapydancsmil.gif (http://www.millan.net) Traffic was bearable. I took the ferry across LI Sound and even that was great as the water was very calm. http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/pirateshipff.gif (http://www.millan.net)
Today I feel life is great. :)

[opiethetileman]

my day suckes bad. went otu to check a tub hop i installed about 5 days ago. she says water is hot then cold on a single handle pf valve. I get there WOW it was so hot it burnt my arm. so i call PF they say i have to pull the vlalve out and flip this and that. I say no way jose and I can have my lawyer give ya a call. needless to say they installed the insdes wrong and are sending a vlalve. now i have to pop a hole in the closet and remove the damaged vavle out. not to mention the same house the shower pan has 2 spots that are holding water. Their garndson stepped in it while it was wet. so i wait till he gets home and wow the the 2 puddles match his feet perfect. so i say they have to pay me to retile it they say no.

[Mountain Tile]

Not such a great day for me, just found out a builder I work for dumped me for some freakin, jersey mud job, installing hack. :noid: Well, he just showed his true colors huh. Couldn"t of happened at a worse time too, I"m really slow now, this could be the end for me. NAAAAAAGH! screw him, I ain"t giving up that easy, I"ll scrounge up some work some how, some way. If I can just hang on long enough, I"ll get to do these hacks work over again, this guy is going to put 12x12 honed travertine over a jersey mud job, you know that wont last too long :lol2: Other then that things are ok, kids are back to school, wheather has been great here lately.

[mctile]

Nice thread......

Not a bad day. Spent the better part of the day sweatin' like a pig cleaning and sealing 1500 sq. ft. of polished trav. Have a baby sitter and now I'm out to dinner with the wife and some friends.

[kate42]

:wave:
It was great. http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/walkingw.gif (http://www.millan.net)

[Marge]

I was supposed to get some work done at the cabin today. Took a few minutes break when a huge rain came and thought I might read the first chapter of a new book. Well, at 6PM I finished the 400 pager. Haven't been able to sit down and read like that in a long time. It was a good day. :)

[JTG]

I'm going to have a boatmans weekend and put new tile in the downstairs bathroom. Just finisyhed tearing out all the old tile and the raised platform that the toilet was sitting on. This had been the son's bedroom for quite awhile and he must have missed the toilet about half the time. We have been downstairs it that room for almost a year now and could never get rid of the urin stink. Well it is gone now and I guess I will have make sure I don't miss because there will be no kid to blame it on now.
JTG

[Shooter]

Let off a few hundred rounds again today. Always makes me feel better. Even more so when they are not coming back in my direction. ;)

[Tom Tee]

Scotter,

WOW!

You have the making of an adventure film.

Please fill in the blanks........details. How did you stablize your wounds? How much did the rural envirnoment aggravate you wounds? Did your wife have to paddle you for two days? You poor canine companion, were you able to recover him? How did you finally get help. What was the road to healing like? Lingering problems????

Man, You made me realize that I have not got a problem in the world. Thanks for the balance!

tt

[RedRockTile]

The kids had Labor day off so instead of grouting two showers, I spent the day with the family. Went shopping, ate pizza, watched a movie, and took my daughter shooting. (Its nice to be self employed.) She shot a nice 1 1/2 inch group at a 100 yards with the 243. Those deer won't stand a chance next month. :D :D

[Bugman]

We had a wonderful day yesterday and an equally wonderful morning today. Megan, Drew, and Jeremy came over yesterday afternoon and stayed to watch Clemson almost lose to Florida State last night. I grilled bratwurst and hamburgers for our supper. It was a great evening. This morning Megan and Jeremy took Sam for a run with their dog and another friend and her dog. Afterwards, Megan stopped in for a while and we had a good time just sitting in the sunroom visiting and watching Jeremy. Nothing like a 14-month-old grandson to put a smile on your face.

[Dave Taylor]

restful weekend doing nuttin' but loafin', eatin' and hangin' out wif' Mr. & Mrs. B. Good thing them two sleep late :---)

Axe' em' to tell who was a-waiting' all sneaky like to welcome em' to the Free State :---)

Left em' a souvenir he did too.

[JTG]

I had a better weekend than my son and his girlfriend. They flew off the New York City for a weeding on Friday night. Flight thru Wash DC. Get into NY early in the morning and GF forgets purse on the shuttle train. They hang around airport to three hours and get it back. In meantime she calls and cancels all of her credit cards. They get into the city. Checking into hotel. and son realizes he doesn't have his wallet. Left it in the cab.
So now they are without any credit cards, cash, ID to get on the plane home etc. So Patti and I field calls, make calls, etc to get them into the hotel and wire money.
Cab driver calls his bank which calls him and they make contact and he gets wallet back.
He calls this morning with info on return flight. Pick us up at airport flight # etc. "Oh and if you need to talk to me use GF's phone # I lost my phone. "

Do kids every grow up? :blah:
JTG

[Marge]

Jerry, I feel better already...and I didn't feel all that bad! :)

We had a productive, if not entirely restful weekend. The cabin is now 3/4 done with new log siding. Very purty! :nod:

[kate42]

:wave:
I stayed home for 3 whole days, a novelty for me. The weather was picture perfect. I got a lot of yard work done and just enjoyed the weekend. :)

[Bugman]

We had a productive, if not entirely restful weekend. The cabin is now 3/4 done with new log siding. Very purty!
OK Marge, where are the before, during, and after pichers????? :stick:

[Marge]

They're coming...hard to take pitchers when you're still staining logs after dark. :D

[opiethetileman]

how was my day well its started rough. had to cash some check at a bank this am large amount. sO i wait and get it done. go deposit some in 2 other accounts then go on my way. I get pulled over and have a little over 5 k cash on me in 100's. So after I was being acuused of dealing and buying drugs. and I got quite upset with mister police man. not to mention he didnt like the fact of being armed as well. so get all that done and go on my way. then at 11:15 this am 3 years ago today I lost my finger so i little singing and dance gig to cheer me up. so it made my day happier.

[Hamilton]

Dang G-money, i guess that guy was lucky you didnt poppa cap in him.
:dance:

[ddmoit]

Dan, it's uppity citizens like you - driving around with guns and money like it's your right - who are setting a bad example for the sheep among us. :D

[opiethetileman]

today my day sucked a$$$$ big time. i get to the job get going start hanging some sheet rock I had 16 boards to hang get about 8 done. then i decide to cut a hole in the new closet for masterbath. Get going wham hit a live wire get the hell shocked out of me. So then I start doing plumbing running a 1 1/2 vent thru the attic start nailing in starpping wack the crap out of my laft thumb bad. so it gets better then I climg in the hole and start running pipe. about 45 mintues later I fall thru the ceiling rip my leg open. the day just plane out sucked