Reminds me of my brother. He was older, but should have known better. He tried to nail something in the back of his bedroom door and chipped the paint. Went down to the basement, got some paint and tried to "fix" it. Spilled paint on the wood floor and then cleaned the brush in the bathroom sink. Only problem was - it was oil-based deck paint. My mother was fit to be tied. I don't think he sat down for a week!

Awww, that is really cute. I put it on my FaceBook page!! Thanks for sharing that!!

You seem to not have the time or day to take your dog out daily for walks and that is more then once aday, take them out too to do their business, you want a stuffed animal that sits there and have to do nothing with. They have muscles and need to use them,. they need to get out too, why don't you sit all the time in a room and go anywhere, they go out for car rides, are a pack animal and you are their pack and if you leave it, that isn't good, you have to make sure its trained and that means trainers to help you with anything that comes up or just train if they are puppies. Even small dogs need to be put on the ground and way they go, they love being around others outside and I see them when I was a dog owner tiny ones running and wagging and greeting dogs and owners. Pets are not to buy and sit there looking cute, they are wanting their needs met. If you aren't home or can meet the needs what they need, then don't get one, its not fair. I see and hear too many pets being thrown in garages, chained outside and stuck in laundry rooms,etc, not walked at all and pee pads and what a terrible life that is. YOU spend time with them and dogs you do alot, they aren't stuffed toys to have that lay there, terrible life that is. Or get an older dog then that sleeps more but even they need to be taken for walks and outside to other places, car rides. Change your life or decide its not for me until I can be there for my pet.

Austin, you are one of the few guys who seem to be fair. Unfortunately the vast majority of HVAC companies I have encountered are not. I run two businesses and in neither of my business ventures do I get to charge a 500% + mark up on my services. I have overhead just like any other business. Rent I pay for my office and warehouse, insurance, employees, fuel, maintenance etc etc. The system I cited specifically in this thread, my cost $3248.00 installation included versus the 13k to 17k I was quoted with out even looking at the property in question. The Techs that work for me do the manual labor lifting, brazing, putting on mastic and crap like that. All the electrical and gas connections I do myself so I know it was done properly. I have done this for well over 20 years. I know what I am doing, but I don't call myself a PRO. I do it because it benefits me greatly. Do I run into problems that stump me, sure. That is when I call my guys. "Just to be clear anyone with a driver's license and $20 can become a 'AC tech' in Texas. " Yea, I have seen some techs, I would not let some of them work on my lawn mower much less let them into my properties. The guys I use are good quality men. I just did not choose them at random. In fact one of them approached me and he has been a great asset to me for over 10 years. I pay my guys well and they do good quality work. If the property burns down because of brazing or any other reason that's why they are insured, we will just prey no one dies and property damage is the only casualty. There is not much argument anyone can give me as to why I should spend 13k vs 3k for the same exact thing and chances are they were quoting the "cheap stuff". I realize not everyone can or even wants to do what I do. I don't particularly care for hanging out in attics, crawling around on rafters when it feels like 130 F up there. At the end of the day when I am successful, I fell pretty good about fixing it and the fact I kept my money in my pocket.