# Construction Trades Persons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434 "2000-03-28T14:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/21 "2000-03-28T19:22:00Z")
I’ll just join UncleBeer on the porch. * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/22 "2000-03-28T19:38:00Z")
I don’t have any construction skills, but I do have a nice Plumber’s Crack if I pull my pants down real low. I can also whistle at the “Foxy Honeys” as the walk by. Am I in? Actually, I just redid my mom’s bathroom last summer, so I can handle most minor plumbing, electric, tiling, drywalling and painting jobs. It’s amazing what you can learn from a Home Depot “How To” book! 😉 * * * Whether you’re fat or slim bubble your ting. Fellas if you need help, use ginseng. –Wyclef Jean ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/23 "2000-03-28T21:52:00Z")
## Shirley…The substance abuse is mainly among the trades that are dependent upon the weather. We who work(ed) indoors tend not too. I recall a group of ironworkers on a threatening morning. They drew a 1 foot circle in the dirt. If 10 drops of rain landed in the circle, they collected their show-up pay & headed for the nearest tavern! I can’t prove it,but I believe some were spitting! We are in need of an architect to design our project. He must consult with cecil to determine his needs. They are…? Carl ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/24 "2000-03-28T22:03:00Z")
i helped produce a 23-part series promoting the construction trades in both english and french. does that count? * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/25 "2000-03-28T22:08:00Z")
I thought you were a salesman of storm windows and bathtub enclosures, Kilgore! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/26 "2000-03-28T22:59:00Z")
“We are in need of an architect to design our project.” Guilty as charged. (I also own a construction company, but that’s a whole separate indictment.) Unfortunately I must inform you that AIA actually stands for ‘Above It All’, and if I’m to design Cecil’s Tower he’s going to have to get used to the fact that I swore a blood oath to only design useless monuments to my _own_ ego. Including any of the client’s wishes in the final design triples the fee. Dr. Watson “Architecture, in general, is frozen music.” ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/27 "2000-03-29T00:18:00Z")
## I do inspections of structures for their occupancy permits, and do plan reviews of pre-construction prints. I don’t build 'em, I just tell the contractor what he’s doing wrong. Its a great life… Jeremy… Nobody ever calls me after they’ve done something smart. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/28 "2000-03-29T03:11:00Z")
I’m an electrician, but don’t do that any more. Too much like work. 🙂 I see a lot of ex roofers here. Is that the shittiest job in the trades, or what? Sure looks like it. Cecil already has an ivory tower. I say we build him a swing set. Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/29 "2000-03-30T06:43:00Z")
Electrician,air cons,central heating ,fire alarms,burglar alarms. Plus I want to be the one who when asked for a quote sucks air in past teeth loudly an says , “Dunno guv, looks like a a lot of work to me,I’ll give you a provisional estimate” “Get the coffee on and I’ll work it out” ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/30 "2000-03-30T06:55:00Z")
Or can I be the interfering neighbour who’s always saying, “You don’t wanna do it like that” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/31 "2000-03-29T19:03:00Z")
Thank you Carl for understanding what I was getting at. The comment about substance abuse is partly off the cuff. My husband is an indepenant contractor, most the guys he hires are top of the line and on the wagon. We’ve had no problem with the guys he hires. When he builds a house in a new subdivision, I can make a nice amount of money picking up returnables at the other houses that are not his. If you saw how some of these houses are built, by drunks and the 3 Stooges construction team, you’d never buy one. [rant] A story in point, when he was building his sisters house ( only 1/4 mile or three houses down the street from us), they decided to go with someone else to do the roofing and flooring for that work ( subsequently getting screwed because they don’t know dick about construction). His dipshit anal retentive sister goes out to the job site to check to see if the roofers are their job. A phone call TO ME would have been suffice, as all I had to do was look out the window to see if the guys were up on the roof. She drives 35 minutes up to check on these guys and to see if their doing the job right. [babble-rant] Now, she doesn’t know dick about roofing or building or pretty much anything outside of church and teaching school.[/babble-rant] WHAT the Frick does she bring these guys on a HOT JULY day to “MAKE THEM WORK HARDER SO THEY WON’T HAVE TO LEAVE TO GET LUNCH”? A 12 pack of beer. Unfucking believable. Yeah, there goes the liability insurance. I happened to mosey on down to the house and saw this and made a phone call to Hubby ( he has a real job in real life) and he called on his phone to set the roofers straight and then called his sister and yelled at her. She had the nerve to be upset by his yelling at her. [rant] What the hell was my point? Oh, don’t drink beer on a rooftop in July. I thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/32 "2000-03-29T19:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by casdave: > **. > Plus I want to be the one who when asked for a quote sucks air in past teeth loudly an says , > “Dunno guv, looks like a a lot of work to me,I’ll give you a provisional estimate” > "Get the coffee on and I’ll work it out"** Or you can be like my husband who meets new friends and is in their house and says, “Has your garage always slanted like that?” “Why aren’t your lights centered in the ceiling?” “What’s that smell?” “Did you prime the walls before you painted?” (Actually, the first one is the only one verbatim from him. The rest are get-to-the-point ones from me. He’s diplomatic and everyone comes to him for building advice.) ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/33 "2000-03-29T21:13:00Z")
Ooooh!! I get dibs on the nail gun!! Can I play with the nail gun?! Huh? Huh? * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/34 "2000-03-29T21:55:00Z")
You’ll put your eye out kid ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/35 "2000-03-29T22:32:00Z")
HVAC here.(H.eating V.entilation and A.ir C.onditioning) Looks like we still need an Electrician. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/36 "2000-03-30T02:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Rich G7subs: > \*\*HVAC here.(H.eating V.entilation and A.ir C.onditioning) > > Looks like we still need an Electrician.\*\* I _told_ you, I don’t do that no more. I wanna sit on the porch with them other guys. Pleeese! Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/37 "2000-03-31T06:38:00Z")
SO RichG7subs, You donta lika my quote eh? I getta the boys roun maybe we gotta a liddle problem wit labor huh! ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/38 "2000-03-31T03:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > HVAC here.(H.eating V.entilation and A.ir C.onditioning) don’t you guys go by HVAC&R? (refrigeration, of course) * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/39 "2000-03-31T10:27:00Z")
Looks like were short a framer and finish carpenter so I’ll go ahead and pitch in. Oh and I’ll need someone to pass me the beers while I’m up on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434/40 "2000-03-31T14:05:00Z")
Kilgore - that would really screw up the pronunciation. “Aychvak” vs. “Aychvak-er”? Naw, gotta be HVAC. The second sounds like a criminal act… Evil - CATCH! * * * I gather rain… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-trades-persons/15434.md?page=3)