Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#72,538
McDad said:
Brother, I hope not. Such a pain in the butt to remediate.
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thankfully it was just one CC, and one with a very low cap. was able to cancel the charges, cancelled the card, and getting a new one. also went through and set up a credit/identity watch thru the credit agencies for some peace of mind.

I was amazed with how tone deaf the CC fraud people were. after cancelling the order, and card, the guy was pushing me to raise the limit on the card. The limit on the card is why this got triggered. tried explaining it to the guy, and he said that makes sense but I am raising the limit to X, but we could raise it higher if I wanted. I told him no, I want to keep back at .4X. "but sir your credit score will let it be much higher, think of all the things you could use the card for going forward." told him to keep it low, because that would be that much more money for someone else to get.

hung up, then called back to my CC company an hour later to make sure the limit stayed low.
 
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McDad said:
I don't know why this Spring is worse, but the allergies are kicking my butt. I normally just go through a couple of weeks with itchy eyes. A nuisance at worst. This year I got congestion, cough, sore throat and it's getting into my lungs a bit in addition to feeling like ive got sand in my eyes. No fever so don't think it's covid or something more serious. But my patience is running out.
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Its going around over here. Mine has progressed into a sinus infection so i am taking antibiotics and feeling like crap. Strep is going around here too..as well as bad colds and congestion . Lots of sick people lmao. Run for your lives!
 
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Grand Vol said:
Why is there always the one Karen?

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Bet that Karen is loads of fun at parties. Except that nobody would ever, never, ever invite her to a party.

Bet she has 13 cats and they all HATE her guts.

Dude had half the people there clapping and/or dancing...and these were mostly white folks. Great job by him. Note how very polite he was to that Karen despite her being a complete B.
 
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Yall will love this. We've addressed everything on failed FPM rough inspection except a 3/4 in hold in center girder. Girder is 3 2x12s and runs the length of the house. Easily accessible in the basement with several supports. The hole has been there since 1959 when the house was built. They ran a water line to an exterior faucet. We removed all plumbing and ran our pex through the existing hole.
Had we removed the supply line and NOT put new pex through it the inspector would have overlooked as pre existing. But once we ran pex it has to be brought up to existing code. Rather than putting a support underneath, the acceptable code is to screw joist repair brackets into the 3 existing frame members. Another delay, another 200+ dollars added to the budget just to pass the checklist.
 
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McDad said:
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Yall will love this. We've addressed everything on failed FPM rough inspection except a 3/4 in hold in center girder. Girder is 3 2x12s and runs the length of the house. Easily accessible in the basement with several supports. The hole has been there since 1959 when the house was built. They ran a water line to an exterior faucet. We removed all plumbing and ran our pex through the existing hole.
Had we removed the supply line and NOT put new pex through it the inspector would have overlooked as pre existing. But once we ran pex it has to be brought up to existing code. Rather than putting a support underneath, the acceptable code is to screw joist repair brackets into the 3 existing frame members. Another delay, another 200+ dollars added to the budget just to pass the checklist.
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are there supports on either side of the hole in the girder?

as long as you have 1-1/4" of wood on either side of the hole, you should be fine. but if the hole is exposed on the outside face of the girder, yeah they won't like that.

we are seeing more emphasis on that now with 2x framing. even interior, non structural walls, if there is a cut it has to have 1 1/4" of wood, or it gets a strap or some other repair metal.
 
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LouderVol said:
are there supports on either side of the hole in the girder?

as long as you have 1-1/4" of wood on either side of the hole, you should be fine. but if the hole is exposed on the outside face of the girder, yeah they won't like that.

we are seeing more emphasis on that now with 2x framing. even interior, non structural walls, if there is a cut it has to have 1 1/4" of wood, or it gets a strap or some other repair metal.
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1 1/4 wood outside the hole is not going to cut it...

TWSS
 
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LouderVol said:
are there supports on either side of the hole in the girder?

as long as you have 1-1/4" of wood on either side of the hole, you should be fine. but if the hole is exposed on the outside face of the girder, yeah they won't like that.

we are seeing more emphasis on that now with 2x framing. even interior, non structural walls, if there is a cut it has to have 1 1/4" of wood, or it gets a strap or some other repair metal.
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And for the love of everything holy, please don't start talking about wood or exposed holes with @McDad
 
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LouderVol said:
are there supports on either side of the hole in the girder?

as long as you have 1-1/4" of wood on either side of the hole, you should be fine. but if the hole is exposed on the outside face of the girder, yeah they won't like that.

we are seeing more emphasis on that now with 2x framing. even interior, non structural walls, if there is a cut it has to have 1 1/4" of wood, or it gets a strap or some other repair metal.
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That's exactly what dinged us...the hole is too close to the edge of the boards. So we are applying the straps. Completely unnecessary because it's been that way for over 60 years with no deflection or movement, and a support underneath would do more to support than the straps, if compromised.
 
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