Can anyone ID this cucumber/fruit? I started using a new seed provider and have noticed a few different strains mixed it here and there. Not all bad news, it kind of adds a bit of flair to the dog days of gardening.
It is 4" long, smells like a cucumber, skin is not waxy, no discernible spines instead the fruit had an off-white coating similar to a kiwi. Taste is definitely cucumber with a hint of sweetness.
Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for towns to consider in my housing hunt. I am being told to stay out of Bangor, but Orrington, Herman etcetera are great places. Any local input? Top priority is the school system (7,4,1). Our wants would be a bit of land >1 acre, "reasonable" asking prices, no more than 30 minutes to bangor for a commute.
Quick upfront, I am Superintendent for a small commercial/industrial mechanical company. We have been chasing GC work pretty consistently for the last 5-6 years.
I have been performing estimation for this company for all of those 5 years on top of my responsibilities as a CM.
Our projects range from structural steel to finished products like dry wall. Values range from Low 6 figures to $7-8 million.
My question is how many labor hours is typical per 100k of value as far as estimation? This stems from an owner questioning my time management and work ethic on a quote I was putting together over the last few weeks. It took about 2.5 weeks to complete. This is working between 0 and 4 hrs per day on this quote specifically. Some days with current project issues I wouldn't even think about the quote.
The final value of the quotation was $6.7 million. This included civil, structural steel, engineering, shop drawings, Millwright and rigging, alignment, utility and process piping, insulation, ductwork, welding inspection and admin with a huge paper trail.
All total I brought in 10 subcontractors for walkthroughs and quotes.
I had around 40 total billed hours on this quote including writing it and presenting to management.
Am I way off thinking this is a short amount of time to complete an estimate for this size?
I work for a smaller commercial/industrial company outside of Boston. Think around 30 employees. We perform work typical of a larger company, we self preform many aspects of mechanical projects but supplement heavily with subcontractors and temporary workers.
Over the last 5-6 years we have gotten heavily into turn key, DB and GC projects. Our job values are all over the place. I will independently manage $6-7M per year with very little owner input. The totals come from a few $1M+ projects, 10-20 6 figure projects and 30-40 5 digit jobs. Many times small jobs will over lap large projects so I will concurrently manage those smaller jobs during larger projects.
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I've been with this company for nearly 17 years of my 21 years in the trades. My role has changed significantly over the last 10 years. Going from a lead guy to a management position. Being a small company their roles are loosely structured. Currently, my title is unknown so much so my last buisness cards came with no title. I work in customer relations selling our company for given projects, typically meet and greets, presentations or the stop by salesman routine. I estimate the projects, I review the RFPs, submit RFIs, write contract documents, negotiate with PAs, submittals, write procedures, procurement, pull permits ( MA CSL), inhouse and sub scheduling, change orders, create as builts, close out paperwork and customer turn over. I maintain our employees certifications, training, medical cards and welding certs. I installed and maintain the companies ASME/AWS welding QA program as well as designing/qualifying PQRs, WPS and keeping track of welder qualifications.
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I'm currently paid hourly, I was offered salary 2 years ago and it was a slap in the face. The bosses son put the offer together, neglected to include any of my 1200hr/YR overtime in his calculations, included no perks, or performance based compensation and was $60k less than I made the prior year.
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I was asked to "stop by" this week to go over a new package. They found my resume on indeed, and now they want to be proactive.
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I guess my first point I have to make with them is my job title. From the few job posts that I've looked at I seem to align with an SI role. Thoughts?
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Finally, to comfortably negotiate I need some insight into performance based compensation, perks, avg salary for this type of role. I know industry standards are all over the place but what is typical?
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I appreciate any insight or recommendations given.
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On 5/1 I planted a combination of Yaya(56 day), mokum(54 day) and orange fancy(62 day) early carrots in my raised beds( Mel's mix soil). Before planting I used my auger to loosen the soil as I incorporated some aged compost. I got decent germination in roughly 14 days. After the first set of true leaves I thinned to 2" apart. I fertilized with a balanced 5-5-5 liquid fertilizer for 3 weeks. Then started fertilizing with a 2-15-15 liquid fertilizer in preparation for bulbing. As of today (49 days) I see very little taproot swelling. Watering is accomplished via drip irrigation so its been fairly consistent. Greens are 8-10" tall, no signs of bolting.
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Is this a matter of time situation or something else?
We rescued a 10 month old pit mix 2 weeks ago. Before the hand off on 4/20 she had a vet evaluation she had a fecal screen and was negative across the board, she was also given Drontal Plus dewormer as well.
Fast forward to 5/3 and we noticed adult round worms a dozen, 4-6" in her stool, today it is more like 2-3 dozen, they are alive.
I texted the rescue after we called our vet to get an appointment. The rescue said she may have eating our cats poop and my cat infected her. My first thought is the dog cannot get to the litter box and we use a litter robot so it is kept relatively secure. I also looked at the round worm life cycle which does add up with our adoption.
What are the odds a vet would see a clean fecal exam and then 2 week(or less) she'd be expelling adult worms?
Hi, a 10 month old female pitbull mix joined our family last week. She is a great dog so far. We have 3 kids under 6, the youngest being 9 months. She is great with the kids and attached to my wifes hip.
The rescue advised us that "she has a thing" with men, but that she gets comfortable quickly.
I have been trying to get her comfortable, she will reject me in the morning, wearily sniff me in the afternoon and by the end of the night sit at my feet for a minute or two. Every morning its a reset. She will literally growl at me when I'm getting ready for work, then the cycle repeats. Shes food motivated so I've tried just handing her treats, she will leave them and not touch them. If my wife tries to give her the same treat she will sniff it and reject it as well.
I know its early, I also know this is a journey, but any tips?