Stop in for a cup of coffee

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I did work with dad most of the day. Got the trans out and he is ordering his converter or likely did on my way home already. It was a wonderful day in the shop with him. Has been many years since we worked on cars together.
 
I just walked out into the kitchen to get a beer from the fridge and looked through the dining room and saw this. My first thought was “WTF is a Doberman doing in our house??”

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Turns out it is one of the deer silhouettes my wife puts out in the yard as part of the Christmas decorations. She had brought it up from the basement and leaned it against the dining room chair.
 
Ddaddy said:
I just walked out into the kitchen to get a beer from the fridge and looked through the dining room and saw this. My first thought was “WTF is a Doberman doing in our house??”

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Turns out it is one of the deer silhouettes my wife puts out in the yard as part of the Christmas decorations. She had brought it up from the basement and leaned it against the dining room chair.
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LOL, I seriously thought it was a dear in the house.. Glad I finished reading.
 
74Dusted said:
Too cold here to even think about riding a bike. Mine are both packed away until it warms up.

Though technically the one needs overhauled. My ‘78 Yamaha DT175 (2 Stroke) Big Bore/Stroker (297cc) popped a crank seal and ran lean, melted the piston. That was enough to make me cry, there was less than 500 miles on that motor after the Big Bore kit and Stroker Crank.
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That sounds like a fun little hot rod dirt bike :steering:Save a few pounds over the DT250 and make more power :thumbsup:. Did the melted piston scene in the KT100 go kart screamin' at 15K to just a whistle and coasting :BangHead: Base gasket on the cylinder fleed the scene.
 
Update on the stone work situation..

Finally got a phone call from a person at this company that they want to meet in person to discuss the failed work. So discussing what was wrong with it, he proceeds to tell me that its a simple fix and I started laughing. I told him that my job entails me to deal with large projects and contractors all day long and that I know enough to be dangerous to him. So he proceeds to question my knowledge and belittle me, only for me to fire back as quick as he can talk with the correct answers to his problem. He is getting more and more defensive and starts yelling at me about me questioning there crappy work. So I fire back at him how he worked for me and I have every right to be pissed off.

He calmed down a little but kept questioning my knowledge with his so called knowledge. He stated that he has been doing this work for 7 years, so I said, "Thats nice. I have 19 years of this experience and your company installed this wrong. I told you I know enough to be dangerous". Never leading on with really what I know.

He finally calmed down when he knew I was not going to back down, and hold them accountable and not accept any of their BS. He told me that he doesnt even know why his company was installing the stone. They dont do stone work, only roofs and siding. I mentioned that was never told to us, otherwise we would of had someone that knew what they were doing install it. He said he is willing to tear it off and wrap the house and take the loss but not reinstall the stone, if it costs to much money, to do it right. We signed a contract for them to install the stone, my thought is they have to hire someone and eat the loss. So as of now we are meeting Monday morning at my house, where his only option in my opinion is to remove the stone and reinstall it.

Thoughts on if they walk?
 
straightlinespeed said:
Update on the stone work situation..

Finally got a phone call from a person at this company that they want to meet in person to discuss the failed work. So discussing what was wrong with it, he proceeds to tell me that its a simple fix and I started laughing. I told him that my job entails me to deal with large projects and contractors all day long and that I know enough to be dangerous to him. So he proceeds to question my knowledge and belittle me, only for me to fire back as quick as he can talk with the correct answers to his problem. He is getting more and more defensive and starts yelling at me about me questioning there crappy work. So I fire back at him how he worked for me and I have every right to be pissed off.

He calmed down a little but kept questioning my knowledge with his so called knowledge. He stated that he has been doing this work for 7 years, so I said, "Thats nice. I have 19 years of this experience and your company installed this wrong. I told you I know enough to be dangerous". Never leading on with really what I know.

He finally calmed down when he knew I was not going to back down, and hold them accountable and not accept any of their BS. He told me that he doesnt even know why his company was installing the stone. They dont do stone work, only roofs and siding. I mentioned that was never told to us, otherwise we would of had someone that knew what they were doing install it. He said he is willing to tear it off and wrap the house and take the loss but not reinstall the stone, if it costs to much money, to do it right. We signed a contract for them to install the stone, my thought is they have to hire someone and eat the loss. So as of now we are meeting Monday morning at my house, where his only option in my opinion is to remove the stone and reinstall it.

Thoughts on if they walk?
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I don’t think you can trust them to get it right...ever. Get them to tear off the stone and wrap the house while refunding your money. Then get a qualified contractor to do the stone.
 
Ddaddy said:
I don’t think you can trust them to get it right...ever. Get them to tear off the stone and wrap the house while refunding your money. Then get a qualified contractor to do the stone.
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He said he is willing to take the loss on the install and removal, but they said that I would have to pay for that qualified contractor.. That wasnt part of the contract.. I should be able to bill against what I owe them, if they cant do the work, is what I think.
 
straightlinespeed said:
He said he is willing to take the loss on the install and removal, but they said that I would have to pay for that qualified contractor.. That wasnt part of the contract.. I should be able to bill against what I owe them, if they cant do the work, is what I think.
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Yes, what you owe them should be erased after the removal is complete...and they pay for the removal.
 
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