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   Gunner | Jul 02, 2004 04:26am | #1

   Larry, that you?

   Who Dares Wins.

   
   

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   Edited 7/1/2004 9:27 pm ET by Gunner

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   DougU | Jul 02, 2004 04:29am | #2

   How could it be, to many words spelled correctly!

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   Gunner | Jul 02, 2004 04:35am | #3

   Your right, Allen doesn't have any crawls on his hammer.Who Dares Wins.

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   BillHartmann | Jul 02, 2004 05:11am | #5

   They where all edit by the same person also.

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   IMERC | Jul 02, 2004 05:08am | #4

   Coherent and civil too...

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming....                                                                   WOW!!!   What a Ride!

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   allenschell2 | Jul 02, 2004 05:12am | #6

   he just did railing didn't he?

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   Gunner | Jul 02, 2004 05:25am | #7

   Yea I was just joshing. Let's not talk about it anymore. I don't want to kick up old ghosts.

   edited to clarify: Yes he only did railing.

   Who Dares Wins.

   Edited 7/1/2004 10:51 pm ET by Gunner

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   joeh | Jul 02, 2004 07:13am | #8

   Holiday weekend, a Larry favorite.

   Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

   Joe H

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   SamT | Jul 04, 2004 07:48pm | #9

   Allen,

   What's younger???

   I'm 54 and will be starting a new biz after 3 years of forced "vacation."

   SamT

   Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it. Andy Engel

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   allenschell2 | Jul 04, 2004 08:09pm | #10

   What's younger??? WELLLLLLLL I was thinkin younger than my 53.

   But if I had a forced vacation........that would be a motivator.

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   Piffin | Jul 04, 2004 08:49pm | #11

   Don't mind these guys.

   Larry's only connection to stairs was at the newel posts.

   So tell us more about working in a company instead of on the actuall structures. I bet it is more of a factory/corporate environment. Do you get to do some of the custom fancier stuff or mostly setup[s with housed treads?

   Are you allowed to mention the company by name?

    

    

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   allenschell2 | Jul 04, 2004 09:18pm | #12

   working for a stair co. is the same as working for myself except they handle the sales/material/customer relations/measure jobs/takeoffs and etc. I just show up and build stairs, mostly upper end. Not uncommon at all for a house to be in the 2mil range or more. If you just enjoy the craft it's a great job but sometimes when you do a really nice circle stairs or some nice custom work you feel like you should be getting more money.

   Personally I really can't complain, just go to work get paid, go to next job. 10 years doin stairs and I've missed very little work.

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   Piffin | Jul 04, 2004 09:36pm | #13

   I have mydays when i'd rather just work with the materials like that than to be interacting with cistomers, like the other day when a nive sixteen grand set of maple kitchen cabs stained to emulate the antique of the rest didn't please them. The work they admitted was unbelieveably fantastic, but the colour just didn't tockle the interior desitner's funny bone just right so she suggested painting them... 

    

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   DANL | Jul 04, 2004 11:39pm | #15

   That's criminal--painting over nicely stained cabinets. Seems like there must be a better way--varnish with stain in it? Or colored lacquer? Anything but paint.

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   Piffin | Jul 05, 2004 12:17am | #16

   We are negotiating the issue still.

   Some designers oughta be shot 

    

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   pm22 | Jul 05, 2004 06:28am | #17

   Get some silicone on those puppies quick.

   ~Peter

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   Snort | Jul 04, 2004 10:07pm | #14

   I haven't worked for a stair company, but I did work for a trim company in the late 80s, and all I did was stairs. No housed stringers, all site built, mostly off the rack stuff, about 30 sets a year for two years. I actually liked it until the boss started screwing up with the checks, made me go on my own real fast.

   Now, I just mostly trim new custom houses. I still do the stairs, and the money is much better, when it's there. I also have to do all the sales, measuring, takeoff, schedualing, collecting, maintenance, procurement, cleanup, insurance, etc...sometimes I do think about the days when all I had to do was show up, but then I wouldn't have gotten to add all those other talents<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!