The Good Banter Thread

[sissy]

I did the external insulation on my sons house .Tore off the old bad siding and since the house was old they had used rough timber for the framing ant they were 2x 6 and added to them and made them all even 2x8's and rewired the house from the outside since the inside walls were plaster and used rock wool and sound board and then OSB and new windows and then house wrap and then vinyl siding .Bought the house for 5 thousand dollars and after remodel it is worth 68 thousand and I put about 12 thousand into it and my blood ,sweat and tears .Tore down a wall between the kitchen and living room .I would have loved to spray foam it but that is not an easy do it yourself job .I bought the house so he was closer to college and really cheaper on me .Seems like there are more jobs disapearing every day .Not sure where the economy is going to end up ,but it sure is not looking good.They keep saying it is getting better but I don't see it .Hoping your wife makes it again .I know my son worked for ATT tech. support and they shipped all the jobs over to the phillipians and only have 2 tech. support centers here left .I would not get an ATT cell phone ever .So mogsie how is the vacation home coming along .

 

[callingcolleen1]

Big lou sorry for your wife Cathy, hopefully she can find something else for employment. Losing a job can be depressing, hope and pray everything works out OK. CE has some good ideas, and don't give up, something will turn up positive sooner or later

 

[j.w]

Sorry Big Lou and hope and pray Cathy can find a new job soon!

 

[mogsie]

the vacation home is coming along nicely. all done externally, roof is on, windows in, doors etc, mainly internal finishing work now, kitchen etc, we arent going over to slovakia until january now so it will probably be finished by the time we get there, tho not sure we will want to stay in there then, january in slovakia will be very cold, lots of snow, and there wont be any heating besides a log burning stove,
yes hope your wife finds a new job lou, how is the employment where you are is the many jobs or are they hard to get ?

 

[Big Lou]

hey big lou, its not a new home ! been here for 2 years now, we are just having new insulation fitted, an external insulation that is a new practice here in uk,

Wow, I've never heard of external insulation. I'll have to goggle that term.

Thanks and good luck.

 

[Big Lou]

the vacation home is coming along nicely. all done externally, roof is on, windows in, doors etc, mainly internal finishing work now, kitchen etc, we arent going over to slovakia until january now so it will probably be finished by the time we get there, tho not sure we will want to stay in there then, january in slovakia will be very cold, lots of snow, and there wont be any heating besides a log burning stove,
yes hope your wife finds a new job lou, how is the employment where you are is the many jobs or are they hard to get ?

Dallas County's unemployment rate is currently 7.4%. Jobs seem to be rather plentiful. A bit about the DFW area for you. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (the DFW MSA) that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of 6,371,773. The metroplex economy is the sixth largest in the United States, with a 2010 gross metropolitan product of $374 billion. Its 2010 Real GDP amounted to $325 billion according to ‘Urban America: US cities in the global economy,’ which was published by the McKinsey Global Institute in April 2012.

Yet with all the above glowing data the sheer geographic size of DFW is daunting. Cathy's job search will be limited to South Dallas county (this is a minus) and north Ellis county (a more relaxed, much less populated area). Cathy detests heavy freeway driving so work in the downtown business district is a no go. Here is why. Before I retired due to health my drive to the office was only 27 miles. On the best of days the drive to or from took 45 minutes to an hour. The average was one and a half hours each way. On terrible days two to three hours.

Our hope is for her to get a job in or around our city of Desoto, population about 50,000. Ours is mainly a bedroom community where people commute to the city. One more negative. Our city declined to join the Dallas Rapid Transit Authorit due to economics. This leaves our city of 50k with very limited and inconvenient bus service into the city and no rarail transit rail service. Thankfully Cathy has well rounded skills so that is a major plus. We'll just have to customize her search. Thanks for asking.

Solvokia, my military duties did not allow me to travel or even fly over eastern Europe. Of course that has all changed.

 

[mogsie]

this is the stuff lou...

then they cement render over the top of it, its unsulative properties are very good but there are down falls, in the future i wont be able to lean a ladder against my house wall, or if i happen to bang it with something it could punch a hole through it, as it isnt very strong.
i live in a small town so the majority of the jobs here are for small firms so they are not very secure, unless you get work at sellafiels nuclear reprocessing plant, which is 20 mins drive away, but its hard to get into there, i travel 1 and 1/2 hours drive each way to work, as it is more secure, but i dont mind as i get paid for the traveling time.
that must be going back a while when you couldnt travel to eastern europe ! i love going to slovakia, but everywhere you look you see signs and reminders of the old communist system.

 

[Big Lou]

this is the stuff lou...
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then they cement render over the top of it, its unsulative properties are very good but there are down falls, in the future i wont be able to lean a ladder against my house wall, or if i happen to bang it with something it could punch a hole through it, as it isnt very strong.
i live in a small town so the majority of the jobs here are for small firms so they are not very secure, unless you get work at sellafiels nuclear reprocessing plant, which is 20 mins drive away, but its hard to get into there, i travel 1 and 1/2 hours drive each way to work, as it is more secure, but i dont mind as i get paid for the traveling time.
that must be going back a while when you couldnt travel to eastern europe ! i love going to slovakia, but everywhere you look you see signs and reminders of the old communist system.

Seems like a great insulation system if you can deal with the limitations. You are correct about my travel restrictions being awhile back. Thanks for replying.

 

[Fishylove]

Sorry to here things Lou, I'll keep you and Cathy in my prayers.

 

[Fishylove]

OM Gosh I would pull my hair out sitting in traffic for 1 1/2 hours :wacko:

 

[sissy]

gosh mogsie hope maybe the winter will be mild enough for you to at least see the house and maybe stay in it .Hoping they have a mild winter for you .That looks almost like the rock wool product I used but more solid .Wow you will really have to watch then with bumping it .But worth the warmth .Shame when all the reminders are there but at least it is in the past .Wow that is a long drive mogsie and would not want that every day .I hope your wife finds a job lou ,but the economy and jobs are not that great right now .With all that is going on I wonder how bad it will get . :sad:

 

[Big Lou]

OM Gosh I would pull my hair out sitting in traffic for 1 1/2 hours :wacko:

During one of those traffic delayed drives home my car was rear ended by an illegal immigrant with no drivers license and of course no insurance. This event made my already dreadful trip home longer. Glad those days are over.

 

[mogsie]

ah sissy i only work 3 days a week, and when ime off work mirka works, so we can juggle child care between us, we will get up to the house, but we wont be able to stay there, north slovakia is gauranteed lots of snow every year and it lasts for months, they have lots of ski resorts there, but that is ok as i will be taking my snowboard with me, the summer house is only 10 minutes walk from mirka's parents house so it is nice and close.

 

[sissy]

gosh 3 days a week I would have liked that better than almost 30 years of 6 day work weeks and even some 7 day ones in there and more than i would have liked .Are you planning on putting some type of heat in the house at a later date .I can't remeber but do you have water there .Not a bad walk but in snow 10 minutes could feel like an hour .

 

[mogsie]

yes there is water, but no sewer ammenities, so it will just be chemical toilet, we will be putting a log burner in the house, but that wont be enough to fend off the -25 c, which to you is -13 Fahrenheit i think, the house is on a hill, so i can walk up and snowboard back down !! yeee