Taxed and Spent wrote:

> On 7/18/2020 9:54 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:38:15 AM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent
> > wrote:
> > > On 7/18/2020 9:33 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:05:15 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:16:00 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I am far from broke and I still have plenty invested to
> > > > > > cover the whole Old World Roofing contract for $117,671+ if
> > > > > > needed. And when I was talking with Lance the foreman and I
> > > > > > mentioned the total amount I still have he seemed to feel
> > > > > > I'd not need near that much to finish this contract. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Wait..... you told the people who are ripping you off how
> > > > > much money you have left?!?!?
> > > > >
> > > > > -sw
> > > >
> > > > No one is ripping me off. And how much money I have left is
> > > > rather personal. None of YOUR BUSINESS!
> > > >
> > > > John Kuthe...
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am a roofer. Will you tell me?
> >
> > Tell you what?
> >
> > John Kuthe...
> >
>
>
> What you got to tell?

Laugh if you will but I just contracted to have a friend's wheelchair
house ramp finished off. The contractor knows me but I reiterated, 'I
expect your crew to get a living wage'. Very few start that way.

Contractor knows I am paying for it all. I expect 200$ materials (plus
labor to pickup the materials) and 500$ labor since they also have to
dig out a 42x12inch bit of dirt to 4 inches deep then slope it with
cement to the driveway. All but the digging and cement is just cutting
and nailing.

We will see.

My friend has Lupus and MS and is rapidly going wheelchair bound. High
medical bills and the base of her ramp has been not only inspected for
codespec, but was partly built BY inspectors. Her husband is a nice
guy but not handy at this sort of thing.

40 or so of us built the base and this is just the finishing parts.
For me, I can make the final payments on my 2018 Nissan Rogue, or wait
for next month to do that (next car payment due 2023) and fix it for my
friend. I chose to fix it for my friend.