My family never listens to me, why I do not know. My two extremely talented kids have decided to enter a talent contest. They wanted to do a song by Kiss. I suggested to them that they dress up like monkeys and they sing (And please use your imagination)
“Hey, hey we’re the Monkeys Eee Eee
And people say we monkey around Uhoo Uhoo
But we’re too busy singing to put anybody down Eee Eee.”
They decided to do Kiss. Oh and the song last week was Dominick the Italian Donkey.
On to the building. What do you say when an inspector always asks the impossible. The same darling inspector that would not do our gas pressure test because the ceiling panels were not in, would not do our plumbing final because our Air Balance test hadn’t been done yet. When we asked him, to at least look at the plumbing, so we would know if everything was ok. He said “NO”. Bottom line is, everything is done. We have the floor retiled and we have a few things we need to do but we need gas and hot water to do them. So if inspections went well, we could go through the sequence in as little as 10 days. With my luck, I am thinking October 2020.
Nov 26 - Dec 2
Ok, I got nothing this week so here is all I have got. I ate way too much turkey, stuffing, gravy and pie the last few days and I have gained at least 2 pants sizes. So if you see me please let me know what a fatty I am. Also, this week I heard a Christmas song I have never heard before. Guess this song and put in on a piece of paper and bring it in and you could win a breakfast for 2. I was going to throw in my kids pet lizards, but I know they would not believe my story that someone broke in to the house just to steal them. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.
Nov 19 - 25
Picture yourself in the year 70 AD. You are the GC (general contractor) of the Roman Colosseum. You have got most of your underground dungeons in. Your walls and structure are up while lions and gladiators are already practicing. You are getting ready to open for the Colosseum's first performance when all of a sudden you see the building inspector. You cringe because the emperor has told you if you don’t get open soon and start making some money he will literally take a limb. And he usually takes your favorite. You greet the inspector and he (they had very few woman inspectors back then) starts looking at the floor. He asks “is this flooring up to code?” Well, you explain how it was carved out of Northern Italian marble and there is nothing finer. “Yes, but is it cleanable?” You again explain that the slaves and animals rarely complain, but the inspector does not think that is funny. You know crying and complaining does no good so you accept the consequences of having to replace all that marble.
So apparently hospital grade vinyl flooring is as expensive if not more than Italian marble, so that is where we are, replacing all the flooring in the FlapJacks waitress station.
Nov 12 - 18
If I could give advice to anyone adopting children, it would be to do your research and adopt children that will grow up to be much shorter than you. Children behave much better when their parents are taller than they are. A little fear is a good thing when it comes to persuading these darling children to follow the right course, such as doing their homework or cleaning their room. My wife and I failed at this minor detail immensely. My daughter is taller than my wife and my son is nine inches taller than me. His arms have a six-inch longer reach than mine, which means he can reach 15 inches more than me. This can become a problem. First of all, it is difficult to scold your child when you look up at them, and it is especially difficult when they hold you up with your legs kicking and hanging you from the chandelier.
Ok, so the permit process has changed since the last time I was involved in building a restaurant. We passed our gas pressure test, however, we were told much to our dismay, that we would not get to connect to gas until we pass our final inspection. At that point, we can apply for a meter from PG&E, but that alone could take up to 2 weeks. I called for a preliminary Health Inspection on Wednesday, and am hoping this gets the different subs to finish so we can get all the other inspections out of the way so we can call for the final. Wish us luck, but if you are praying, remember not to mention my name.