SoCal Deek

Huh? It’s ridiculous because it’s been an utter disaster for the people of Ukraine. Everything isn’t about American politics! Get off your partisan soapbox. This wasn’t a surprise attack. This wasn’t Pearl Harbor. What was the Biden Administration doing during the build up on the border? They were watching the Winter Olympics!

Actually I think we should’ve stepped in BEFORE any of this got started. But once it did, you go in strong and end it fast! So….if all we’re going to do is ‘manage’ a war then I don’t blame what you call the appeasers. The current Biden policy is utterly ridiculous.

About whether we should be ‘managing’ a war? No, we shouldn’t. About whether from the very beginning we should have given Ukraine what they needed to win? Yes, we should’ve. But Biden was once again clueless, anticipating a small incursion (his words not mine).

There must be a sale on the word ‘freak’ today. Good to know that inflation hasn’t consumed the number of times you can use freaks in a single post.

You posted something about Pompeo, and I’m simply asking follow up questions. That’s what the question mark means at the end of a sentence.

So you’re saying that for over six months we failed at ‘managing’ this conflict and therefore we’re NOW going to start giving the Ukrainians what they need? Or are we still just managing it?

I’ve mentioned this before. A friend of mine is a middle school counselor. She tells me that every year after sexual harassment training her office gets full of middle schoolers claiming they e been harassed. The same thing happens every year after bullying training. Etc, etc. The point? Middle school kids are VERY impressionable. They will absorb and take on the attributes of just about any topic they’re presented. There’s no reason to rush into any of this life altering stuff. Once you’re an adult….have at it!

You may be correct there. It’s however hard for me to believe that if the design is in fact done that they could keep it hidden from the public. Immediately after the architectural firm creates the initial concept sketches and renderings they need to distribute them out to a large number of consultant firms, so the technical design work can begin. I’ve got to hand it to them if their Code of Silence is that wide and iron clad…..but who knows.

Hey, it’s early here in So Cal. Shouldn’t you be in bed yourself? It’s almost tomorrow in New England! 😉

Nice come back to your juvenile nonsense. Pee Wee Herman…is that you?

For the one millionth time Trump is making fun of a reporter WITH a disability! He’s not making fun OF his disability. Grow up!

And you believe that’s why she lost? 😂😂😂😂

It’s a sprint to the bottom to see who can reign over a once beautiful City now rapidly spiraling into becoming a third world shiiit hole. The decline is visible everywhere.

So if we aren't giving the Ukranians the weapons they need to win....what exactly are 'we' doing?

Okie Dokie....it is pretty hard to break ground on anything if you don't first have an idea of what you're building. These are very complex structures. They do not start and one end and hope it all comes together when they get to the other end. As I mentioned above, I'm guessing the issues are all surrounding costs at this point. They don't want to publish renderings that later cause people to say "Hey! This is not what we were shown/promised!" That doesn't mean they cannot start some of the infrastructure and site clearing activities this coming Spring.

For those of us in Southern California, the LA City Council and County Board of Supervisors are both widely know to be a colossal joke. They preside over a City/County that are both crumbling before everyone's eyes. The City Council has been rocked by allegations and convictions of out-right corruption for years. The fact that these people call each other names behind each other's backs is amongst the least of their problems. They are a public embarrassment.

With no published renderings in Mid October, it is hard for me to see a Spring 2023 Groundbreaking, but projects can indeed be fast tracked. In construction, however things are not priced to the Groundbreaking date, but rather to what is known as the Mid-Point of Construction. So, even if they do 'break ground' in six months, the pricing will be based on the halfway point from that date until the Grand Opening. Which, right now, is very difficult for even the best of Contractors to forecast.

And your analogy is what exactly?

It is indeed conservative but believe it or not we actually plan in for what the industry calls ‘escalation’ over the life of a project. What we cannot plan for is ‘inflation’. That’s when price increases outpace escalation. It’s a real problem when trying to forecast the cost of any construction project right now.

People also buy loads of drugs but I’m guessing you don’t sell them.

It’s actually cloudy…but quiet, except for the waves crashing. Pod of dolphins just went cruising by. I’ll buy you a beer when you get out! 👍

It’s quiet on the beach today…and I’m guessing he’ll run out of quarters for the cell block pay phone. 😂😂

What exactly about abortion?

What so many voters on both sides of the aisle fail to understand is that modern day politicians look at ejected office as their permanent profession. They see their role, much like anyone in the private sector, to promote and expand their company. But in the case of politicians their company is the government. The concept of customer service is about as foreign to them as it is any private utility provider with no competition. So…every couple of years you run some advertisements praising yourself for how you’re fighting for the people, and then once elected you go back to your job/mission of promoting and growing your company…government.

That’s definitely true. We’re experiencing that on projects every day. The challenge there is that groundbreaking isn’t slated for over a year from now and nobody has a crystal ball to tell them where prices will be at that time. I a project as large as an NFL Stadium just a 10% uptick can mean $150 million!