Well I got 12 cans inside installed, the box for over the sink pendant light, most electrical boxes, the cans on the porch and electrical boxes in the ceiling of the porch.  Started stringing some 14/2 and bought the 100 amp panel but where I wanted the panel to go on the inside it wouldnt fit between the two studs.  So I'll be returning that and getting a panel for the outside.  No big deal, except that it's double the cost.  But then I'll put it closer to the front side corner so the amount of 3-3-3-5 cable will be about 12 foot less which will be about a wash since the cable is $5/ft.

JR I have a motion on the shop for when the wife arrives in the dark. She doesn't ever seem to have the flashlights I put in her car....

I may put a three way switch and run the traveller over to the porch on the main house or outdoor kitchen to allow for turning the lights on when moving from the house to the casita

Or I can have dusk/dawn led stair lights just to give enough light to see the steps in the dark.

We'll see.  I'm making this stuff up as I go

Dave. I don’t plan on using photo cells. I don’t like to leave lights on for potential criminals when I’m not there.


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Tell me more about the enhanced trigger?  I run Ghost Rocket triggers in all my glocks. Any comparison??


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Watched my youngest win a platinum award in a dance competition

#proudapa


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The only way human capital changes is to see high turnover rates. People always complain but few really find a better job.  If they are actually leaving for better jobs then human capital will change the ranges.


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Those are tough conversations all around.  I prefer to hit them head on and pulled my team in to a room to address them all.

We have a rating system from 1-5 with 3 being "meets expectations".  The company expects us to have the  bell curve centered over the 3, meaning most employees are meeting expectations and then a smaller percentage slightly higher and even a smaller percentage a "5" meaning exceeded expectations and likely a really small percentage a "2", meaning needs improvements.

Those are guidlines and the 1-5 rating is our performance relative to our expectation of each employee.  That's the key.  We have high expectations as a high performing company and when an employee performs at a high level those expectations go up.  In essence the bar, gets raised.  So two poeple dong the same job, one a very high performer and one an average performer, can get ratings that on the surface seem odd.  The high performer can get a 3, because they've shown they are really good at what they do and the average performer could get a 4 or 5 if, in a given year, they really step up their game and exceed expectations.

Now, here is the real trick.  Our numerical ratings does not dictate salary increase, except that if you are rated a 2, needs improvement you would not get a rate increase.

On average, over time, the individual's performance dictates there relative salary level compared to their peers.  While those same two employees might have the ratings discussed above, the higher performer , on an absolute basis, should be higher compensated.

Now for me, the real trick is that I usually only get about 2% of my total salary pool to spend on salary increases.  That makes it tricky to give out increases that are meaningful.  That means some people get less, or none and some get more. 

Tough messages, but that's what they pay me for and why we are an "at will" employer.

Spider hole!  Sadam Bacon Hussein

I ran the pit crew and wrenched. And regulated pit fights after on track incidents.  I’ve done a few laps but never had my own car. I was trying to hire on as a driver in a sprint car but wasn’t good enough.


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wow.  scary cat.  those things are silent killers.

Never siped on road tires but our alcohol super stock dirt cars got siped a lot on the outer tread


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How’s the body?


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The 100 pages will have methods and sources which need to remain classified. Summary Is apparently damaging enough.  Let’s get it on!!


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Would be an honor, sir!


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Oh SNAP! Ken, you don't know when to leave well enough alone....

but, having met Nate in person, I have to wonder what folding up that chunck of man and inserting it in a Jetta would look like.

Reminds me when my neighbor was John Runyan of the Eagles.  When he sat in his lincoln it leaned to one side.

Upgrade!

A P Pad is all he needs


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Yup.  I knew that would draw a response from Nate!


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Oh really!  What is the largest thing you have shot off?

other than his mouth???  :stickpoke

Love Quigley


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What do you expect when you’re stuck in El Paso......


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Inside North Korea: The Kim Dynasty

This documentary is on right now on the National Geographic Channel.  Details about the regime and life inside the most brutal dictatorship in the world.  You should take a look.  Hopefully it will be re run.

Jared. Thanks.  H is the profile of the trim. It provides a support from one panel to the next. Hadn’t thought of that Jared.   I may call in some help.


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POIDH (including the shoulder)

Mike you are absolutely right.  I've been combating that since my kids got in school, and I'm, in TEXAS!.  Can't imagine how bad it is in other states.

I remember when they brought home a "lets celebrate China" world cultures worksheet.....oh man, did my wife flip a lid.

Taught my kids about prison labor, atheism, forced abortions, communism.....and told them to ask their teacher about those things....