Jackson Magnolia

Christopher Weeks wrote:

Jackson Magnolia wrote:I would bet that the government retained ownership of the demolished materials and they must be disposed of in a manner that would not make them salvageable.

Bummer for the lost history and opportunity, if true.

Also, there are not many contractors willing to go to the trouble of salvaging materials for resale due to the labor cost and logistics of reselling on these large commercial projects. Typically, the lowest bidder is selected.

I'm sure that's quite sensible for normal random materials but it seems like there could be a business marketing these particular materials.

I tried to find some public facing documents. I could not find any. Maybe with a FOIA request but I imagine they would be redacted due to security measures and such. I also imagine the bid process required security clearances or well written NDA's and may not ever reveal too much public info.

After reading through the history of white house renovations, I don't really have feelings one way or another. I would just hope that future administrations benefit from this project and it is used to bring people together.

Many of the other renovations, such as adding a pool, putting green, bowling lanes, tennis court, basketball court, boxing ring, seem to be more limited in nature and could not be used for large public events.

Fortunately, we have another 1183 days to see how it plays out.

Christopher Weeks wrote:I wonder what they're doing with all those windows...

Commercial projects across the US typically consists of 2 sets of documents. The construction drawings and the project manual. Both of these are subject to modifications as the projects bids and gets underway. These modifications are called addendums. For a reference, a typical new construction school will have 300 ish pages of drawings and 600 ish pages of project manual.

The construction drawings consist of all the plans including site work, demo, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, etc. The project manual is broken into sections. One section is the "Demo section".

In the demo section, it'll specify if the demolished material becomes property of the demo contractor. If it does become the contractor's property, materials may be salvaged and resold or reused. If the material remains the owners property, you break the contract if anything is salvaged. Breaking a contact can result in a business ending lawsuit.

I would bet that the government retained ownership of the demolished materials and they must be disposed of in a manner that would not make them salvageable.

Also, there are not many contractors willing to go to the trouble of salvaging materials for resale due to the labor cost and logistics of reselling on these large commercial projects. Typically, the lowest bidder is selected.

Okay, I must have just noticed the year appearing after a hyphen in the subject line. I did not realize it had been there all along. For example:

R. Ford wrote:Sounds like you have an infinite switch/s that is stuck. It uses a bi-metal piece to control when current is applied to the burners. Look behind the burner knobs or if you have a control panel. They are easy and cheap to replace if you can source them for your particular use.

+1, very likely the culprit.

I may have missed when this was done or mentioned.

I imagine knowing how old the post is, if it is not current, will really help temper expectations for those looking at the invitations.

A very good idea and a very thoughtful idea. Thank you.

Jay Angler wrote:I tried hard to suggest that those living lighter on the land are part of the solution.

Yes.

M Ljin wrote:Josh—

So are you essentially saying, you approve of having children insofar as the family can feed them self-sufficiently off of their piece of land, and the land is able to support them?

Not exactly, because I believe it would take a cooperating community to be able to meet all of the community members needs. We are not able to meet all of our needs.



In both instances, I am pointing out my observation that it is consumerism causing the issues, not population growth.

Our family of 8 consumes less than an average city dwelling couple with no kids from what I have seen with folks I know, coworkers, etc.

As for the math, I really couldn't say what choices our children would make. To go into more detail on how we are teaching and training them an dhow that will affect their decisions would be pretty far out of the topic question.

If they are, or are not a problem may be a question of context. Context is King.

We have 6 kids and hope to end up with 8-10. If we were in a city raising them under the banner of consumerism, or anywhere and raising them under the banner of welfare benefits, I can see why we'd want to discuss why it may be prudent to not have kids.

Since we live rurally and are learning to provide as many of our needs as possible, I consider our large family to be a benefit to our culture and nation. We homeschool, home birth, pay taxes on my income for those under the banner of welfare. We invest in our land and hope to pass it along, ready to provide for our children.

I am PRO LARGE FAMILY in this or a similar context. I am NOT pro large family under the banner of consumerism or welfare or any parasitic scenario you could think up. The conversation may benefit from asking; which class of people's birthrates are declining and which class of people's birthrates are increasing.

It may not be as black and white as just asking if we are trending positive or negative in population reproduction/increase.

James Stott wrote:Did you find your Lemon Balm slow to start? I'm three weeks in and my seedlings are still tiny.

Yes, not as slow as Oregano but pretty slow. But like Oregano, once it gets going, it really takes off!

Cheryl Gallagher wrote:1 cup oil (I prefer avocado)

+1 on the avocado oil. it is great!