Recently I had to get my transmission rebuilt. You see, I simply love love love my Durangos. My fourth one to date and one thing I know I can count on is at about 160,000 miles I will be rebuilding my transmission. So when I walked in to Fred’s shop (yes the names have been changed to protect the innocent) – I was shocked. A clean reception area where the coffee was actually made on the same day! [...]
The final step is now here. RRP is on its way to include public and commercial buildings. With Congress just avoiding the Financial Cliff last night, EPA released their announcement yesterday. To many of you in commercial work, you might have chosen the other Financial Cliff to this one -- yet to the residential contractor who has been forced to learn how to deal with this regulation, we say its about time. "EPA is currently in the [...]
Hey Pete, my guys won’t wear that damn stuff. Do I really have to make them wear those tyvek suits and respirators? I welcomed the interruption from Brian, a former remodeling client, as I was trying to peddle that stationary bike – another of my least liked activities my better half “suggests” I do. When someones suggests you do something – do you? All the time? Recently I spoke with an OSHA compliant officer asking if they [...]
The sweet memories of my earlier days! I quickly learned life was much more enjoyable when I remembered how important using paper became. I didn't realize you must use it also. I guess we are more alike than I thought. Well Parker, although just as important in our life -- we are different. Here we use paper as records for legal protection while your use was simply records proving to me how smart you were (which, by [...]
Ever wonder is that a dog or a cat? My nose will tell me the answer, will yours? Often I hear calls coming into the office asking if a dust mask is considered a respirator and does it require respirator protection training. Hmmm.... let's see. They both cover your nose and mouth but the dust mask looks different than what I see my owner normally use. When I put one on, I couldn't wait to take it [...]