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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2012, 06:57:10 AM »
I've been tempted to write to Glad to complain that their 12-gallon Hefty Cinch-sacks don't seem to hold nearly as many mostly dead possums as they used to.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2012, 05:32:29 AM »
So what's the per possum unit price nowadays?
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2012, 09:21:44 AM »
Here we have an anomoly.
Mostly dead possums are LARGER than they used to be.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2012, 01:04:56 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on June 03, 2012, 05:32:29 AM
So what's the per possum unit price nowadays?

Actually possum hides are becoming popular in the fashion trade of late.
http://www.ecofashionworld.com/Ethical-Hotwire/A-FURRY-ISSUE.html
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #29 on: June 03, 2012, 01:34:42 PM »
Interesting that price points and lumber came up in the same thread.

A decade or so ago when we were framing up our house in Michigan, we had most lumber and trusses delivered by one of the big box DIY stores.  My FIL would order the framing lumber when it was on sale. Well the crap we got was almost unworkable, every piece was warped or bowed and it made for a real SOB to get the walls looking straight.
One weekend we were a pallet short, so I drove up to a lumber mill in Iron Mountain and got a pallet of studs. Sure it cost about $30 more, but every board was straight and perfect. That $30 difference made a huge difference in our productivity, regardless of how much my FIL bitched about the price.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #30 on: June 03, 2012, 02:50:26 PM »
Quote from: brimic on June 03, 2012, 01:34:42 PM
Interesting that price points and lumber came up in the same thread.

A decade or so ago when we were framing up our house in Michigan, we had most lumber and trusses delivered by one of the big box DIY stores.  My FIL would order the framing lumber when it was on sale. Well the crap we got was almost unworkable, every piece was warped or bowed and it made for a real SOB to get the walls looking straight.


Let me guess.....

Menards?
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2012, 12:14:18 PM »
Quote from: Tuco on June 03, 2012, 02:50:26 PM
Let me guess.....

Menards?

Could be anywhere.  Lumber only goes on sale for a handfuil of reasons.  Most commonly because they need to get rid of the stuff that's already been picked through and rejected.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2012, 12:30:54 PM »
When I was building a workbench, I first went to Home Depot - the lumber they had was split, full of knotholes, and warped - virtually unusable.

Went to Lowe's - had much better luck, but still had to pick through a lot to get reasonably good quality.

Suspect that if I went again, there's a 50/50 chance the situation would be reversed between the two stores.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2012, 12:42:53 PM »
I noticed this crap back in the 1970s when I discovered that a "one pound" can of coffee had 14 ounces in it.

It's continuing to shrink.

The Home Depot near me doesn't like to see me coming for lumber. I will literally tear a stack of 2x4s apart looking for two usable ones. And I don't care much about the mess that I make.
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2012, 02:09:29 PM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on June 05, 2012, 12:42:53 PM
The Home Depot near me doesn't like to see me coming for lumber. I will literally tear a stack of 2x4s apart looking for two usable ones. And I don't care much about the mess that I make.

This is my shocked face. ;/
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Re: Terry versus CEOs
« Reply #35 on: June 12, 2012, 01:13:28 PM »
Not a very convincing shocked face. But, I doubt if you could do better, so OK.
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