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Hope everyone has time to reflect at the Temples of Syrinx today.

Nice!

I have had plenty of time to reflect this morning J.P. ...

The drywall crew was supposed to be here at 8:30 ("Sharp!") to drywall our bathroom, it is now 12:30 and we haven't seen hide nor hair of them, not even a call.

Reflect!

Rick, my carpenter was supposed to be here at 8am, but I think he's with your drywall crew. This, after I waiting {{2 weeks}} for him to return phone calls.

Contractors suck!

Cool, JP. You assume control. You assume control. You assume control.

Sounds like my exterminator. I waited and he never showed up. I called the company and they said it was scheduled for next week. I know that's not the case because of my notes. They changed it and didn't tell me.

Mark whenever they show up do you mind telling them to send the drywall crew my way? Appreciate it bud.

Cat, I do all of my own exterminating ... the one thing I am capable of.

I think you guys might have missed the point.

Tom according to my lovely bride I am always missing the point.

Never gave it a thought, very cool.

I can squirt a spider with a can of Raid. But I don't know how to elminate the village of silverfish living in my attic insulation. It looks like spiders were living up there also, feasting on them.

Sounds like you just need more spiders.

Brian's been eating them all.

Big 2112 celebration over on the Rush forums

I'm listening to 2112 right now on my Denon 2112ci.

Rick, did your contractors ever show up yesterday? Mine never did... Never called either. Still nothing today. Effin' weasel.

I hope everybody had a great 2112 yesterday ... I know I did!

They did show up Mark, 1 p.m., they're supposed to be here again this morning again at 10 so I guess I can expect them sometime late this afternoon. I can't complain too much because they did do a very good job ... the drywall work is really an art form whenever done right

Man I would be totally POd at your guys, that's bad and very uncalled for.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

That's some harmonic convergence for sure!

He probably saw your Home Improvement thread and got scared.

+1

(except you, Bob)

Really, Mark, mostly they do. And general contractors are far worse.

Nope, you just have to have been in business long enough to know what contractors to work with. Those guys usually make a living doing commercial work where people will pay for reputation and the ability to get work done.

My dad had his list of go to guys he could always rely on.

I guess that means all the crappy ones end up on the retail side of things... except you Bob.

Surprisingly, I can't say a single bad word about the general contractor that built our last house. It was actually a pleasurable experience instead of a stressful one.

That being said, the one before him was a nightmare. Just about everything bad you can think of, applies.

Just thought I'd throw some positive into it. General contractors have a bad reputation here like everywhere else and it is probably deserved in many (maybe even most) cases but there are a few gems if you look hard enough and talk to enough people.