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So who's a carpenter around here? I need a recommendation on some lumber and/or a lumber store/yard in the area. I'm finishing up my basement and as part of the project I want to build an office in a "nook" by the stairs. It's a decent space about 12 x 12 (plus the area under the stairs) and I want to get a desk in there with some under-the-stairs storage. Where two walls come together I want to build a large L-shaped corner desk. Something that looks more similar to a large span of countertop with some homemade shelving/storage underneath and/or room for a short filing cabinet or two. My question is about the desktop. Home Depot sells a 3/4 inch Birch plywood that's not cabinet grade but it's $50 bucks and comes in 4'x8' sheets. I could rip it in half and have my two desktops for the "L." But i'm a little concerned that since it's not cabinet grade the veneer could be too thin or there may be pockets of missing glue in the core (complaitns I've read online). But $50 bucks is a pretty cheap/attractive option. I don't care if the veneer has some imperfections since i'm going to stain it dark, but obviously I don't want it to be "bouncy" and not solid either. Through Menards I can get the same 4x8 sheet but cabinet grade oak veneer plywood for about $100. Better quality, but it's special order so I'd be praying the sheet isn't damaged/bent. The other option is trying to find a store that just sells solid 3/4" slabs of wood. Two 2 foot by 6 foot sections would be ideal. But I don't want to spend hundreds on each piece. Anyone do a similar project? Or know of a place to get the kind of wood I'm looking for?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) I just took a political quiz that said I align with these candidates on these issues: Taxes: Clinton, Sanders Immigration: Bush, Paul Education: Christie, Fiorina Marijuana for Medical Use: Kasich, Paul Social Security: Sanders, O'Malley Gun Control: Kasich, Paul Abortion: Cruz, Santorum Foregin Policy: Kasich, Paul, Sanders No wonder I can never find anybody to vote for. what's the link?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 12:47 PM) I'd imagine most water heaters around Chicago are natural gas, it'd just be a typical installation as far as I know. I just don't feel like lugging a couple hundred pounds down the basement stairs (new water heater) and a couple hundred pounds up the basement stairs (old water heater) as I'm sure we'll have 1000 other things going on when we first move int. The water heater in the home we're buying is old (approximately 14 years) anyway, and it might also be the source of the sulfer-y smell that comes when you turn on the hot water. I'm hoping that a new water heater would solve that problem and save me from spending a few thousand on a water treatment system, but even if it doesn't, that water heater is going to need replacing within a few years anyway and we have the cash on hand now from the sale of our current house to do it. Looking around online, apparently you can get wifi modules for your water heater. What would ever be the point of that? Unless it could somehow monitor and alarm if there was a gas problem or a water leak, why would I ever need to control my water heater temperature remotely? I think I've touched our current water heater thermostat once in five years. Yeah that makes sense. I've never done it myself, but a buddy of mine did his and said it wasn't that difficult. What sucked was he lugged up the old one by himself, he lugged down the new one by himself, and when he opened the box he found a huge dent on the new one. So he had to lug it back upstairs and back to the store. You should look into a tankless system. They're higher intro cost but savings over time evens it out.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 10:45 AM) Unless you've watched his last two games, where he has been more like this. His running motion is so f'd up. He looks like he gets a flat tire around midcourt.

Are they more complicated installs than a typical water heater?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/us/tamir-ric...ting/index.html Ugh, those officers are still employed. That's even more f***ed up than not charging them for murder.

No charges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-na...xpected-monday/

Trump/Clinton neck and neck if the election was today: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_con...ill_a_dead_heat The bolded is kind of interesting. Even though a sizable group would go with "other," Trump still is more favorable than Hillary for unaffiliated voters.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 28, 2015 -> 12:53 AM) Oh my god, this game looks so f***ing cool. Normally $20, on Steam Sale for $6.80. YUP, getting that immediately. Have that on my phone. It's cool for a while, but gets old and repetitive after a few games. Still worth $6.80 though.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 08:54 PM) Yeah, that lost is flawed. I thought Amistad was great and it's in the 20s. Private Ryan at 17. And sorry, but AI was awful to me. Guess that's my films are subjective. Agreed. SVP and JP should be top 5 easily. What a terrible list.

Real nice win. Jekyll and Hyde season continues.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) Refs killing the Bulls So obvious about trying to create drama at the end of the game

I'm excited for the future Portis.

Why is Lewis taking the shot there? I'd rather see hill or nunn go iso.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) Tennessee lawmakers and the lack of enforcement of roe from the Supreme Court are the bigger villains. According to quick google researching, under Tennessee law she had up until 16 weeks to go to an approved clinic and get an abortion. She waited another 2 months and then tried to do it herself. And Roe doesn't protect her. It's a viable fetus at 24 weeks.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) A fetus is not a person hth A 24 week viable fetus that lived and is now going to require extensive medical treatment because she stabbed him in the face and chest multiple times. But Tennessee prosecutors are the bad guys here.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) Tennessee has charged a woman who attempted an abortion on herself with attempted first-degree murder. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local...&autologin= Good for Tennessee.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) To those who have the NBA system down, could the Bulls do some kinda deal with Noah and taj and something for boogie, plus flip Gasol to Memphis or some place for something small? Yeah, the key is to get all the numbers to work. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 11:57 AM) Do i want them to act like professionals? sure. But it isnt the first time an organization has had turmoil in the front office that bled into the court/field product, and they are acting like it bothers them. San Francisco 49ers last season was pretty similar. Maybe i was wrong to say I dont blame them, it would be better to say this doesnt surprise me Last years Bears team would have been a better example. The problem with this theory is that the Bulls have beaten good teams sporadically all year. Cleveland, San Antonio, OKC, Memphis, LA. They played GS really well up until the last 4 minutes. So clearly "it" is there on some nights. But look at the losses. Minnesota. Charlotte. Brooklyn. Detroit. Phoenix. sub-.500 teams. If it was dysfunction why wouldn't that bleed into all of their games?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 11:54 AM) Disagree entirely. You aren't a top 5 defensive team in the league if you aren't playing hard. It comes down to this team being terrible on offense. That won't last. And pounding the ball for 15 seconds every possession isn't really playing hard in my book. I understand and agree that's because the system is s*** right now, but there's still no excuse for it.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) Wilbon's take is pretty good. About their lack of attention and I agree it has to come down to coaching. That said, it was a problem a year ago. Will be curious how they respond after the extended time off. Agreed. This problem is not new. It was there last year. I think we all bought into the hype that a new system would mean a re-energized and focused group. Obviously that has not happened.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) I dont know. Under the Thibs years I would have agreed with you every time but this year is different. It actually feels like it is on the verge of being an absolute full out disaster where they may be under .500. Not only is it the losses that they are taking but they look totally confused. They all have their own agendas out there on the court. Rose thinks he is someone he is not. Butler actually thinks he is the superstar which he is not. They dont play together. They dont play for each other. They dont buy into the new coach. They arent a happy team. They are all looking to the future when they are not a part of the Bulls other than Jimmy. Hoiberg is in over his head. This is a bad situation that I unfortunately only see it getting worse. This is Trestman 2.0 NBA version. I agree with the bolded parts of this. There's clearly an issue with these guys playing together. That's on Hoiberg to fix and at least he's trying with a variety of different rotations. A lot of these games have come down to energy and some good ol' fashioned TWTW.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) at this point I dont really blame the players for not caring. last year was a front office/coach divorce that was extremely public, and they put in what looks like a puppet figurehead who is starting to look out of his league. Im not gonna say it cannot get better, but this is a s*** show right now This is nonsense. The players are just as much to blame for this mess as the front office and Hoiberg. Losing to teams like Charlotte and Brooklyn is inexcusable. I don't care if Hoiberg's rotations are bad or he doesn't use TO's appropriately or whatever. The Bulls' roster is heads and shoulders above those teams no matter who they put out.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) Sigh. No?

Boom: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oeml3b6