Architectural Design, Challenges, Cost Overruns Trump to visit Fed as pressure on Powell mounts I’m trying to think of things that haven’t yet become
politicized? Pretty hard to come up with anything.
Autos? No.
Health? No
Health care? No.
Religion? No.
Courts? No.
Citizenship? No.
Foods? No.
Investing? No.
National defense? No
Elections? No.
Weather? No.
Natural Disasters? No.
The Everglades? No.
The Atmosphere? No.
Sexual Identity? No.
Racial / Cultural Identity? No.
Journalism? No.
Education? No.
Libraries? No.
Sports? No.
Comedy No.
CocaCola? No.
Whisky? Doubtful …
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Trump has absolutely no regard for evidence-based factuality: in his world everything is subject to whatever impulse he has at any given moment, and "facts" are infinitely reconfigurable as may be required to match those impulses. This is not unusual with young children, but is generally regarded as inappropriate adult behavior.
Yes, with renovation of older structures generally “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”
I’m not on a level with the Fed. Did renovate a couple rooms this summer. The pre-paid order for wall planking scheduled to arrive is 6 weeks did not arrive after said time. Order was found to be screwed up (computer glitch they told me). Refund issued. More expensive & work intensive planking had to be ordered elsewhere because we could get it now! But the ceiling fan ordered 6-7 weeks earlier at Amazon to complement the new planking no longer matched. Beyond the return window. Trashed it and bought a different fan. And, as I noted elsewhere, a $400 window 7-8 years ago now cost over $700 for identical item. It didn’t dawn on me until well into the renovation that all the 60s / 70s style light switches and outlets should be replaced with the newer version. Added to project. Cold air vents needed moving. Trying to replace a light switch to a ceiling light fixture when the original interior wall has been moved can be tedious. And it never dawned on me that hard-wired smoke detectors would have to be added to renovated rooms. And who would expect a single gallon of paint thinner to now sell for around $25? Just to clean the *%@!# paint brushes! Speaking of paint brushes, it’s not uncommon to pay $20-$25 for better quality ones. Half-decent ones sell for about half that.
Wait! There’s more - My use of some spar-varnish on an interior wood fixture left a strong oder that the “Honeywell gas leak sensor” on a nearby water heater picked up and it subsequently shut itself down. Had to call a water heater guy to investigate / reset the water heater.
Yes - Cost Overruns for sure!
OJ
To no one's surprise, Trump suggests multiple times that Powell should cut rates.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-visits-federal-reserve-as-he-pressures-powell-to-cut-interest-rates
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-and-powell-argue-over-total-costs-of-federal-reserve-building-renovations
Thanks for your time, Derf
- Wish I knew how to reset the gas-leak sensor. I didn’t even know it existed. Don’t think it’s a simple matter. But if I use paint or varnish around it again, I’ll cut the circuit breaker first and not power it back on until the odor dissipates. Should work.
- Local building codes dictate a lot. But with smoke / fire detectors state laws apply. I guess they figure people are too dumb to replace dead batteries in the battery only type. So hard-wired are more idiot proof (but more expensive to install).