dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

As you should know by now everyone on this forum has the right to answer just about any question they want. Get used to it.

Dennis

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

Really Denise ?. You the one that on numerous occasions chastise posters for not properly using quotes to reply to individuals .

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

We are talking apples and oranges here. It is truly amazing that I should need to explain this to you since you have been here long enough.

One thing I am talking is about clicking on, Quote Reply, when answering somebody else. That lets us all know who you are SPECIFICALLY talking to. You still do not do that and you should. That is what I am talking about when you reference that above when I say to use quotes. It isn't quotes of course but, Quote Reply.

The second thing is that anybody on the forum can and does answer for everybody else when they choose to enter that part of the conversation. Are you not able to admit that we all do it all the time. Everyone here does it and yet you decided to chastise me for doing it. Why, because you don't like or understand what I said. Get over yourself. If you are unable to handle the stress of The Attic then you are free to leave.

Dennis

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

In reality Biden is also ( like trump) not following the i*********n l*w.
I have posted before( and provided a reference that stated anyone can enter America anytime anywhere and request asylum.
Biden is not doing that in that he is immediately turning back adults and group such as families that don’t have kids if a certain age even though they are asking for asylum.
He like trump is doing this under the guise of title 42.

Nothing has really changed .

InfiniteISO Loc: The Carolinas, USA

I just got a roof put on my house yesterday. When I moved into my house in 1998, I purchased a roof for around $4800. I remember it being just shy of 5 grand. Yesterday the roofing portion of my job ( it got gutters too) was quoted at $6900. That's an increase of just under 50%. Oil prices adjusted for inflation are about 3 times higher today than they were in 1998. The crude oil price affects shingle prices. The general inflation rate between 1998 and now is 67-ish percent. The NC minimum wage in 1998 was $5.15, it's now $7.25.

Both jobs were hand-hammered, both stripped the prior roof, both jobs replaced a couple of sheets of plywood, etc. Plywood, by the way, is outrageously priced today. The shingles I put on yesterday are much better and more expensive than what I put on in 1998. My point? My roof yesterday should have cost a lot more.

Now here is the difference. Only one person on my crew yesterday spoke English. I don't like to generalize, but they all looked like Mexican nationals. The guy who quoted my job was white. He came out in the morning for a few minutes and brought them lunch in the afternoon. When the crew arrived he pointed out the guy on the crew that would understand me and told me if I had any concerns he couldn't answer to call him. They did an excellent job.

The job in 1998 was done by a family roofing company, all white. They also did an excellent job.

My guess is that most of yesterday's crew was making close to minimum wage. The guys in 1998 were not. It is possible that some of the guys yesterday were working for cash. I have no idea how you would pull that off long term so I'm just going to assume everything about this company was legit.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

You must find trying to be superior quite frustrating.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

$6900 for a roof? How small is the house?

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

He does not live in California.

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

Sure thing:

Page 13 of the discussion.

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

Yep. And you KNOW it is name-calling, even if you will not publicly admit it.

Of course it might be excusable if you are just unable to spell “Dennis”. It is actually pretty easy: [upper case key] “D”. “e”. “n”. “n”. “i”. “s”.

See? That was not too hard, right?

Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

The phrase “pulling themselves up by their bootstraps” is considered to be a “physically impossible” thing. It obviously does not get a person off-the-ground. This is regarded as a joke about persons dumb enough to think they can somehow ignore physical reality.

An alternative interpretation is that of “working hard and pulling themselves up out of poverty or similar poor conditions”. This is a commonly used and understood meaning.

So “physically” levitating by pulling bootstraps? No.
Economically levitating (or improving)? Yes

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Well then princess show me where I am wrong. Is not every newcomer to UHH in every section encouraged to click on Quote Reply when answering posts by other members? Is that true or not? Is that not what I said?

Don't most posts in The Attic receive answering posts from other than who wrote the specific post? You just proved my point by jumping in to an answer I gave to someone else, didn't you?

So again waffle boy, show me where I am wrong. Maybe francine and krackhead will also jump in to help you out as they usually do which proves my point even more. Hell, get your big brother, Pee Wee Herman, to lend a hand too.

Again, don't you get tired of playing the FOOL right here in front of the rest of us?

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Don't be too hard on the little tyke. Check his other posts. He seems to have a serious spelling problem to begin with. Check out the way he spells the word, for, as, fir.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Darn it my friend the little princess has been staying awake nights trying to figure out how people physically pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Now you have added a greater challenge for him on how to do it physically as well as economically. He won't bother to read your explanation. Well it will keep him off the streets at night. Then during the day he will be tired from remembering, Righty-Tighty, Lefty Loosey, when changing light bulbs.

I appreciate the assistance,

Dennis

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

LOL, yeah, the Q-boy crowd needs all the help they can get from the cultists.