Heh, why, did something in that post read funny? (Funny haha or funny strange?) :p

The next time i meet a building inspetor i think i'll buy him or her lunch. I dont think the're liked very much.

Depends on the building inspector. We had a great one who knew why the codes were in place and worked with you to help you solve problems.

The new inspector was standing in a room I'd built that had two exits (on opposite sides of the room) that both led to the street. She was going on and on about how the window openings were 1/2" shy of code for egress, failing to note that with the extra exit the room could have been windowless and still would have passed egress inspection. Fenestration, not so much.

The fact the house was built entirely of leaves held together with my spit didn't go over so well, but that's another issue.

OK, but still, what was up with my post that you needed sleep or glasses (curiosity killing the cat, here.)

Read what he quoted, not what you wrote.

Deployed troops are getting emergency leave if they have immediate family in Haiti. I think it is a good move. They did the same thing for troops affected by Hurricane Katrina.

D'oh! Thanks pierce. :p

I was just checking out my RADIO wondering if I should find a picture of it because apparently my post wasn't explaining it very well. :lol:

So I'm thinking about all this donation business. Some more.

Even stupid people aren't that stupid to think donate a buck today, tomorrow 5 people will get a bottle of water. They see the aid on the way, they figure they don't need to donate as it's already paid for and shipped.....

So wouldn't it be better to run the campaign along the lines of "we're using our supplies to help these people, we need to replenidh them for next time... next time it could be you......"

I disagree. From what I've seen, all successful media campaigns have always appealed to people's emotional side and not their logical side. If a donation campaign has a sense of urgency to it where the audience is hinted that their donation can immediately have an effect, it will probably be more successful. If a donation campaign focuses on people's logical side, it probably won't be as successful.

Maybe a jingle would help. They could have search and rescue workers shouting into collapsed buildings ...
[Tony Orlando]
"Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe, if the answer is no."
[/Dawn]

You sick fuck.









:lol::blush:

Hey, why you dragging me into this?

In general, we Earthlings are coming together to help these folks in their time of great need. Why weren't we there before? Why weren't we able to help them build houses with rebar? Why weren't we there to ensure that they had a couple days of survival supplies?

And why are we so generous to these people, and we don't want to help out our neighbors when it comes to the healthcare issue? Is anybody worrying about the cost of helping Haiti the way some of us are worrying about the cost of the proposed healthcare bill?

Because we tend to only act when we are being affected by something physically or emotionally. This loss of life affected us emotionally so we reacted with aid.

Oh, that and the tax deduction... :)

Seriously, I think the whole texting donation angle has proven to be a huge success. Stick to the groups that you know do the good work, like the American Red Cross. We have slowly donated a good sum over the last few days through various means. Today at Fresh Market we added a sum to our final bill. It is all good work.