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I do not believe we are going to have a hard recession, i just think it is going to slow down a bit. I think all the spending is going to catch up and people are going to slow down.

I've been saying this for awhile now. Being in the construction industry I get to see how much money people are personally spending. When i show up to their new $650k house and they have 2 new $70k cars in the driveway and are installing a new pool out back, something isn't right, especially when they are both nurses or office staff lol. We are way to busy doing stupid stuff that we were doing right before the last crash. People are spending like crazy and you know they can't afford it. There are at least 8 new neighborhoods around me with houses that all start at $600k. They are definitely not worth that, and people are buying them like crazy and parking new SUVs right outside them. Personal friends of mine, both nurses, paid over 750k for their house in 07, then it crashed and the houses in their neighborhood started sell for $550k. Now they just took money out of their 401k to buy a $550k beach home... people are stupid.

Looks amazing!!! Any pictures of the new stable mates??

Yeah we have seen a few guys buy properties for their business and can't park trucks outside because of zoning or can't have employees inside even though its right next door to a place with tractor trailers. Definitely need to do your homework before you buy. You are right, it was never the county who brought up the issues, but the neighbors.

Yeah i hear you, but depending where you are in the states i have seen them make people tear down decks, concrete patios, and buildings lol i guess the homeowner did not have a good enough lawyer lol

Until they make you tear it down lol

https://hiddendoorstore.com/product/steel-security-door/ https://hiddenpassageway.com/security-doors/ These guys have some nice looking stuff. Very discrete doors or hidden doors.

Put some big ass screws/lags into the door strike, not the tiny ones that come with the door knobs and dead bolts. You already have an alarm so your covered there. You could do exterior cameras to keep an eye on things but that won't stop people from breaking in if they are determined and know you have stuff. Same with the camera inside the room, it will just let you watch them steal your things. I know you don't want a vault door, but it wouldn't hurt if you had one. I have seen vault doors that look like normal doors, but are heavy steel and can't be kicked down.

Switches are cheap! Depends though, do you have cable behind each tv? Also, did they build the house with the smart switches? If they did you might be SOL because now they dont run romex, 120v wire for those who dont know, they run their own low volt wire back to the rack so now it would be impossible to add anything lol if you have any questions feel free to ask!

Yeah I'm not a big fan of Alexa or google home, but my samsung TV says don't have sensitive conversations In front of it so I'm already SOL lol I wont buy another samsung. I dont like the advertisements they have at the bottom of the screen. Also every time I walk into a store google pops up on my phone and asks me for pictures and a review. There's no hope anymore!

I was reading an article in CEPro magazine and they were saying how now Amazon is trying to hook up with big tract builders like Ryan homes and have the trades install their stuff. Already have the home with smart switches, the door bell, and thermostat, and amazon Alexa when its sold. They make an old work recessed bracket for the amazon dots, you can have them in every room in the ceiling. It's cheaper to just have the trades throw in that stuff when it's being built, and makes a nice extra for the builder. Also requires you to have cloud service and pay amazon monthly. Win win for all of them.

For all the outside lights, we normally do a timer by the panel with a photoeye outside for the lights. On at dusk, off at whenever you want with the timer. Very simple and very cheap and bullet proof. Some home automation makes sense, especially for theaters. I also like water sensors down by the water heaters and sump pumps. But one client just got a $120k quote for smart home stuff. Seems a tad silly lol

I agree with you Fortis. I own my own electrical company, and the house we are building they wanted all of that installed. Once they saw it in action they were unimpressed by it. Having 3 cable boxes for 10 TVs, needing special remotes and HDMI switches and volume control in every room for the speakers in the ceiling and controlling it from your phone, It's stupid. The only thing I can see having is the automatic shades If you have tall ceilings, a smart door bell, locks and smoke detectors. Other than that, lighting control is a waste to me. Way to much money for it. Put your TV on the wall, cable box behind it, sonos sound bar and sub and be done. They now make special wall mounted brackets for the play 1 that are nice if you want surround. But now you have whole home audio in every room with sonos. Ceiling speakers don't compare to the sonos, especially for ease of use with the sonos app. Some contractors also lock you in with their own license so you have to call them back to maintain it. If you want to get bent over and railed, go for the custom automation.

Anyone see the urus in the monster electronics commercial?

Did you get yours yet? November is coming to an end quickly lol

The no neutral thing is simple. He doesn't mean at his main service, depending on how they wired the switch there might only be a 2 wire in the box. Some smart switches and sensors need neutrals to work. The white sometimes is taped black and used as a switch leg. They changed the rules and now you need a neutral in every switch box, including 3 ways. Before you could bring your feed and switch leg into one box, and send a 3 wire to the other box and tape the white black and use it as a point or traveler in the 3 way. And I've found the new wink hub 2 better than smart things, but they each havr their ups and downs.

Any pics of the new car??

Do you attic access above the garage? Any existing lights there? I have used lotus lighting many times. They have nice IC rated fixtures in different sizes. Might be worth a look. Not super expensive either. https://www.lotusledlights.com

Do you like driving the stage 3 cars on the street better than the X version?

This is getting more fucked each day. I'm not hearing many updates from police or feds at all.

Now MGM has come out and said that the police timeline is wrong, the the building engineer was on the 32nd floor checking a fire door that wouldn't open. While he was walking down the hall he heard gun shots, but they were not coming into the hallway. Once the security guard on the 32nd floor yelled to take cover, then he started to shoot into the hallway at them and the guard got hit in the leg. I wonder why the police didn't talk to MGM, or already watch the videos from the hotel before they came out with their timeline.

6 minutes is way to long for no one to know about or react to a shooting, let alone in a massive hotel. I'm sure he had people in the rooms around him. They didn't call Anyone? No one heard 200 rounds blasted into the hall?

That's from the 60 minutes interview https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-offi...ock-hotel-room/

The three officers zeroed in on the 32nd floor just after a hotel-security guard named Jesus Campos encountered heavy fire--200 rounds shot into the hallway from behind Stephen Paddocks's door. Officers Bitsko and Newton ran to the stairs. Detective Donaldson and a SWAT officer, Levi Hancock, did too. This ad-hoc group of officers didn't know what they would face, but they soon discovered Paddock had barricaded the stairwell door. Joshua Bitsko: He had screwed shut the door-- with a piece of metal and some screws. Matthew Donaldson: In the stairwell. Joshua Bitsko: In the stairwell going out to the hallway right by his door. Dave Newton: 'Cause he knew we'd be coming out that door to gain entry into his door. So he tried to barricade it as best he could. But thankfully Levi had-- a pry bar and was able to easily pop that door. The K9 cops, the detective, and the SWAT officer were now a team. Bill Whitaker: So essentially you became the SWAT team. Dave Newton: Uh-huh (affirm) Joshua Bitsko: Yes. Matthew Donaldson: Pretty much. [Police radio: You need to be careful of booby traps...are you coming up the stairwell of coming up the elevator.] Bill Whitaker: I heard on the radio calls that they were telling you to watch out there could be booby-traps. Dave Newton: There's a room service cart with wires going on it underneath the-- door. There was something black on top of the cart. So initially I'm, you know, I'm thinking, "This is a booby-trap. It's-- it's gonna explode." Bill Whitaker: 'Cause it looked suspicious? Dave Newton: Very suspicious. It turned out to be cameras on the food tray. Bill Whitaker: What'd you see? Dave Newton: I could see the suspect's door was just riddled with bullet holes coming out. it looked like Swiss cheese. Bill Whitaker: He had the advantage. Dave Newton: Yeah, he-- 'cause he knew we were coming and we were gonna have to come through. We didn't know where he was gonna be in that room. Joshua Bitsko: It's like a deadly game of hide and seek because when you're the one hiding you always know a person's looking for you it's-- before they see you. I remember thinkin', "Man, I wish I had my dog with me," because, you know, it's nice to have him lead a team. Levi Hancock, the SWAT team member, was armed with explosive charges to blow through doors. Around 11 p.m. the team began to execute a plan. They had heard no gunfire since reaching the hallway, and had no idea what or who was behind the door. David Newton had a hand-held ballistic shield. Dave Newton: Now I'm standing out in front of this bullet-ridden door with nothing except for a shield that's, you know, I'm hoping would help a little bit. And-- that was the point I said-- I just start praying that nothing goes off of phone wise or radio or anything else 'cause we're trying to be as quiet as we can 'cause we didn't want him to know we were out there and start spraying at us. And I'm watchin' Levi put the charge on 'em. I'm like, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, but be quiet." And-- so then we got it hung and then we retreated back into the stairwell, blow the door.

Yeah, that goes against everything the officers last night said too. Very strange.