pursuing perfection - when is it good enough
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hood plan-not perfect, but good enough?
Comments (3)At low hood air velocities the capture area is the inside area of the hood (the hood aperture). If the hood were flat with filter screens, the aperture is the screen size. Containment is another issue that may be inadequate with low velocities. When the air flow is increased, there is a small increase in the area over which the flow velocity is high enough to entrain the rising effluent. Unfortunately for kitchen aesthetics and cost, doubling the air flow does not double the effective hood aperture area. Otherwise, we could all invest in monster roof fans and use smallish hoods. Only a few inches of added width and depth of effective aperture are likely to be achieved, but this may be sufficient for grease capture and containment, particularly if the greasy stuff is cooked under the hood center. Odor capture for outer burner cooking may be less impressive. Note that an 1100 cfm rated fan (at zero inches of water pressure drop) may provide only two-thirds that value in typical installations where ducting, hood transitions, and house tightness conspire to cause pressure loss. kas...See MoreHow good is 'good enough'?
Comments (49)I've thought about this thread and the great discussion and counsel I received her many times over the last three years. And having just got off the phone with DS, this seemed like the perfect time for an update. A few weeks after this thread started DS began to get involved with an activity in high school. (Yes, 'an' as in just one.) But he enjoyed it, made some new friends, and began to become more social and more happy, spending less time on the computer. Soon, he was excelling in this activity and won a few city-wide awards. Grades remained As and Bs and efforts remained spotty. Summer before Junior year, I enrolled him in a summer college class in an area of his academic interest in the region where he wanted attend college. He loved it and got excited about learning at the college level. He never talked so much as when he got home from that two-week course! We also toured colleges on the trip up, and he discovered what type of school appealed to him. Junior year he continued to take college prep courses, pull As and Bs, and scored 'OK' on his college boards. NOT Ivy League, or even second tier, so we lowered our sights. The two schools he liked best from our summer tour (one Ivy, one just below) seemed out of reach. But he did win a prestigious art prize (raw talent, not effort or interest) and began putting together an art portfolio. Summer before senior year he worked with a coach to write his essay (dynamite - but he did it himself) and application. Senior year was more of the same, though his grades actually improved a bit. He kept retaking his ACTs until one lucky Saturday he scored well enough to slide into the bottom of the 'middle-50% range' at his preferred two schools. Then we crossed our fingers and waited. He was accepted at his safety schools, wait-listed at my top choice (his #2) due to late paperwork (the disorganized dope!), and turned down at his stretch schools, including the Ivy, his #1 choice. Oh well... But then his luck turned, and the Ivy offered him a spot next year if his freshman grades were 3.0 or better. And his #2 school (my #1 for him) accepted him off the wait list. So that's where he's going, and he LOVES it. And things are going GREAT in every respect. First off, DS went back on his ADHD meds -- his own idea. He admits that he should have been on them all along (Duh! But Dad wouldn't hear of it!) and that now he is able to focus SO MUCH BETTER! Well, apparently it's true, because midterm grades are just in and I am thrilled to be able to brag on my kid! He is THE #1 biology student in the entire college, has an over-100 Chemistry average, and no lower than a B+ in any other subject. So it's all turning out pretty darn well, if I say so myself! (Amazing what a little maturity and Concerta can do for a teenage boy!)...See MoreWhen selling, it might be a good idea to respond to offers
Comments (69)Marys1000 - Cheap shots? "If you want to think of yourself as a nice person you need to be nice." Are you the only one who gets to decide what is PERTINENT information? From ical71's intitial post: "what really gets me is the comment that came with that - they're (the sellers) apparently worried that we won't have the money to do the necessary fix-ups on the house. It needs a new roof...some new windows, some paint, some ceiling repair, etc. (For the record we do have enough money to do everything)." Later in the thread she states that she has roughly $1600 saved. Posters tell her that is not enough money. Is this the cheap shot? "o.k. we expected the interest rate thing..we put down money anyway ($500) and now they want more?" She later admits that she had a foreclosure 2 years ago. The sellers know that she has bad credit. But she did not mention the foreclosure to them. In another thread she has even suggested to another poster that nothing will happen to them if they let their house go through foreclosure. This is "naive"? This is "nice"? "my three year old son has been in love with that house since we first saw it and asks every day when we're moving in. If I have to tell him we're not moving there, please tell ME we're not moving there so I can break it to him." Nice touch. And, still, people took their time to answer and try to help ical71. Which, whether you appreciate the advice or not, was nice of them. And, probably a bit naive....See MoreFabrication quality: what's good enough for mortals on a budget?
Comments (63)Wow ... who knew? I'm almost 100% certain the fabricator is not an employee, though in this instance I did pay the GC who then presumably reimbursed the fabricator, GC-style. I'm not sure what they'd scramble to say if called them on it but I imagine something could/would be done if I tried to (not that I'm at all clear why I would at this point; I'd have to think on this but I can't imagine anything good coming of it for me. For the sanctity of the profession and other homeowners perhaps, but at the moment I'm in self-serving mode I think). Well, I'll keep this in my hat, or under my armpit or something. Remind me again why I ever thought renovating was a good idea? It was here, right, that someone recently noted how much more restful surgery is. That's something of an understatement.... how am I supposed to know or check that this person is allowed to be doing what they're doing?? I guess that's the GC's job... I guess that's why the GC gets to mark up the work, right? I'm pretty sure it's Marcolo who's so fulsome with the alcohol-recommendations. I'm not much of a drinker but I'm beginning to think I should maybe start. ;) I want one of bee's blue numbers I think. Except I'm suppose to be crunchy-granola-esque: could I make it a green one do you think?...See Morevalarie6
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