Nice closet, mjmjr! I think it looks great. My only question is whether you plan to put any kind of handle on it to help with opening/closing.
Forlorn Drifter wrote:I keep hearing this, but I've been offered jobs just because I was considering being an Aggie. Not necessarily good jobs, but enough that I could live myself. (I'm really not at the point to worry about supporting a family. I'm not getting married anyways though.) In general though, I feel like the whole meeting people thing is blown out of proportion. The majority of people I've met who've graduated from A&M, and the people I've met from here away from school, treat me like a best friend just because I'm from here. If that's all it takes, without even being here a whole semester, I'm not particularly worried about meeting everyone.
Again, it depends on the field and when you go in. Agriculture isn't as popular these days overall, so some businesses are more willing to hire just based on the degree. But if you start looking at your liberal arts degrees, it becomes readily apparent that a lot of work is found by knowing folks. And getting to know people may help between getting a dull job that covers expenses and getting your dream job in your field. But college is what you make of it, and you're just getting started. You may discover groups hidden away that really interest you, or you may not. It's your call. And your opinions will change. You may leave college with a ton of friends and contacts and a wife. You never know until you get there.
Forlorn Drifter wrote:
flex wood wrote:
Luke wrote:Not sure what classifies as "scrap". But I do know that people do in fact steal metals from all sorts of places, including cemeteries, to resell the stolen goods for cash.
I just meant that scrap is exactly that, scrap, finding stuff people are throwing away and turning it in for money. What everyone else is talking about is just stealing metal from where ever and to get cash.
I really hate when people assume selling scrap means stealing. Its a legitimate business, and its actually really hard to sell stolen items at most scrap yards. We've been turned away from selling old kegs from months at a time because the yards were warned about large amounts of stolen kegs and such.
It's not that we instantly assume this, it's just that most folks in cities and suburbs who have any experience with it often have that experience as the victim of someone who did steal it, especially in recent years with copper prices so high. I have known folks who legitimately collected and sold scrap, but I have known less scrupulous folks who were willing to steal too. It comes down to the character of the individual and the character of those around you. Yes, there are both good folks and thieves who sell scrap, and there are some folks who are just plain desperate.
actually had an in laws boyfriend go along and pick up broke down cars along the road or a few at park and rides and scrap at the junk yard. of course you're supposed to have a tittle to scrap a car but i guess some look the other way. yeah, he's locked up for awhile.
TSTR wrote:i'll steal tha pipes off yo car
i'll rip tha pipes out yo house
i gank deez pipes and deez bars
to keep tha pipe in my mouf
excellent posting here.
I do what I can.
@Forlorn: Hey, as long as you're meeting people and making friends, then it's all good bb. Just wouldn't want someone else to come out of college with zero new people in their life like I did.
TSTR wrote:i'll steal tha pipes off yo car
i'll rip tha pipes out yo house
i gank deez pipes and deez bars
to keep tha pipe in my mouf
excellent posting here.
I do what I can.
@Forlorn: Hey, as long as you're meeting people and making friends, then it's all good bb. Just wouldn't want someone else to come out of college with zero new people in their life like I did.
TSTR wrote:
@Forlorn: Hey, as long as you're meeting people and making friends, then it's all good bb. Just wouldn't want someone else to come out of college with zero new people in their life like I did.
I'm going to meet people either way. I'm still working on finding actual friends up here, one place where not living in a dorm has hurt me.
Smile: Microsoft stopped by the lobby at DigiPen today. They were doing data recording for the Kinect to improve facial recognition. Basically, we could stand in front of the Kinect and do some facial exercises for two minutes, and then we got a free 360/Xbone game. So now I own Forza Horizon, I guess.
Frown: I hit a pretty low point emotionally today. It was one of those days when it felt like nothing made sense anymore, and I couldn't connect or care about anything. It has been happening a lot more lately, and are usually the result of me overthinking everything in my life. I swear, I can't go half a week without something like this happening...
Ack wrote:Nice closet, mjmjr! I think it looks great. My only question is whether you plan to put any kind of handle on it to help with opening/closing.
Yeah, i'll pick up something satin nickel as that'll match the outlet covers and the decor on the lamp in that room. That said...I built and put up doors on our board game closet 3 years ago now and still haven't put any handles on them; this is from 10 minutes ago:
I'm pretty sure i've mentioned on this board before - when we bought our house it was a "2 bedroom split level". The entire downstairs was never finished - built in 1984...and other than a drop ceiling, a laundry sink, and a sauna - it was wide open. Concrete block walls, a big steel support beam, concrete floor, and an industrial (ie, ugly) drop ceiling. The first 2 years we lived here we spent remodeling, building a bathroom, 2 bedrooms, a family room - it's a completely finished area. There was only one thing I didn't do on my own and that was the tankless water heater. It runs off (3) 50 watt amps and required a new electric box and some heavy duty wire that I wasn't comfortable doing. Everything else, floor, ceiling, walls, shelves, outlets, plumbing, - everything my wife and I did. Covered up the concrete floors w/tile, covered up the block w/half walls, built custom shelving, reframed existing windows, put up new walls and closets. It was a labor of love. Every piece of wood in the lower level was done by us. Slowly we're redoing the upstairs now...
Here are some pics of the downstairs:
I use construction lumber for about 75% of my projects - sometimes i'll pretty it up w/higher grade trim, but for the most part, if you pick nice boards, sand them, and finish them nicely - you can do really cool stuff, easily, and on the cheap - this CD rack and bookshelves is about $30 in wood:
This is a sewing room we carved out of the open space. Pine trim around the windows, SPF construction lumber for the half-wall shelf, pine decorative trim underneath - about $100 in wood for this entire room:
Door on the right is to Amy's sewing room, door on the left is to the girls bedroom. Protip - buy solid core MDF or particle board doors - then laminate with oak, birch, maple, etc. Then add decoration with 1/2" premium board slats. These oak doors took about 3 hours apiece to build, then 3 hours of finish work and cost under $150 for both. Buying something similar, pre-hung would run $400~. The shelves for the joysticks is select grade pine boards and 2x2 construction lumber - $15 for the 3 shelves.
The girls room now - every room has built-in shelves of different sizes - this is 1/2 birch plywood with birch veneer - all 6 shelves were pulled from one 4x8 sheet at $35 - I used the scrap as supports.
My daughter wanted an easel for artwork - this is (4) 2x2x8' construction lumber strips, 2 hinges, a 1x4x4' cut w/jigsaw is a decorative stopper that pulls off the wooden pins to collapse it. The backer board is 1/4" backer board with 2x4 supports in the back. Entire project took 3 hours, including finishing, and cost $15.
I love woodworking and once you realize how quickly and cheaply you can make anything you need you'll never buy store bought furniture again. If anyone has any questions - I love talking woodworking and will gladly answer any questions I can. jp1 is right though - space is imperative. You can do things in small spaces - but it just takes that much longer.
lisalover1 wrote:
Frown: I hit a pretty low point emotionally today. It was one of those days when it felt like nothing made sense anymore, and I couldn't connect or care about anything. It has been happening a lot more lately, and are usually the result of me overthinking everything in my life. I swear, I can't go half a week without something like this happening...
Hang in there, bb. I struggle with the same cycling moods, so you're not alone.
