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[Dunamisdeos]

Check and see if one will include ductwork. When we had ours done they realized when they got here that our ductwork was incompatible, and they had to redo it, which they did free of charge.

[McTraveller]

All quotes included ductwork, to varying degrees- one explicitly covered more ductwork than the other (redoing the exit plenum to reduce head loss; currently it's a really tight T).  One also talked about redoing way more of the venting than the other - things that "to do right" I'd want done, but given the old system didn't have it some people wouldn't put it in because original code didn't require it, but new code would (e.g. adding in exterior-sourced combustion air instead of using house air, increasing vent pipe from 2" to 3" diameter, stuff like that).

[dragdeler]

My knee is swollen AF i barely can walk...And i dont know from what again

[None]

What if I'm just, y'know, annoying?

I'm more or less resolved on being obnoxious, but flat-out annoying? Oof. I mean, I get annoyed with me...

[hector13]

The fun thing about annoying is that it’s not your problem.

Unless you’re so annoying that people abandon you.

Anyhow, a sensible person would broach the subject of annoyances delicately, so you know what behaviour triggers that. Everyone is different though, so what one person finds annoying someone else may find endearing *shrug*

[JoshuaFH]

What if I'm just, y'know, annoying?

I'm more or less resolved on being obnoxious, but flat-out annoying? Oof. I mean, I get annoyed with me...

What's the difference between obnoxious and annoying anyway?

[None]

What if I'm just, y'know, annoying?

I'm more or less resolved on being obnoxious, but flat-out annoying? Oof. I mean, I get annoyed with me...

What's the difference between obnoxious and annoying anyway?

oh god

Erh, an overabundance of personality versus interpersonal agitation?

[Il Palazzo]

In my mind, which I think is also how the dictionaries see it, obnoxious is annoying on steroids. A fly buzzing around is annoying. Somebody cluelessly droning about their favourite anime is annoying. An obnoxious individual is persistently hateful, offensive, nasty and unpleasant. So annoying I actually want to hit them.

[Loud Whispers]

I am something quite livid. I've been underpaid as fuck to such an extent that last year I made more per hour when I was 18. Even after securing a raise it's still not enough to cover the cost of living. I've been doing the job of my 3 finance managers, who collectively lost the research unit millions of pounds. I've since been doing their jobs whilst they've been promoted off / resigned / resigned respectively. They tapped me on the shoulder to take over their role permanently. I was like fuck yeah because the finance manager made double my salary in exchange for sending invoices off that I made. They were just a glorified postman, because all they had to do was sign my papers and send them off. Only they didn't even do that costing the company loads of money. So I sent the companies the accounts directly so they could draft the invoices and send them to us, bypassing the finance department completely.

After I pressed them today for some fucking numbers... They detailed how the plan was to have me continue "developing my hybrid role" whilst they prepared to bring in a new manager who would oversee me.
I told them I couldn't just keep expanding my job description without an increase in pay or post.
Two of the three finance managers were forced to resign after claiming others work as their own, mine included, failing to demonstrate what value they added to the unit.

I was so certain I would be able to cinch this promotion effortlessly. I am such a clown, sitting through 30 minutes of "we couldn't have done it without you, you are an integral part of our future, btw we won't give you the post though"

STOP FUCKING HIRING FINANCE MANAGERS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS. I AM STARVING FOR CASH. GOD HELP MY SOUL

[martinuzz]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/02/rotterdam-dismantle-part-historic-bridge-so-jeff-bezos-massive-yacht-can-pass-through/

The Rotterdam spoke person mentioned in the article spoke without authority, and before her turn.
According to the mayor of Rotterdam, the City Council of Rotterdam has not recieved a formal application yet for temporary removal of the monumental early 19th century bridge. Such an application would need to be preceded with environmental impact reports and technical reports to see what are the chances of damaging the monument during removal. And then the application still needs to make it past a City Council vote for approval.

Bezos' 430 million euro yacht is supposed to be delivered this summer. That's probably not going to happen, knowing Dutch bureaucracy. The Vogons could still learn from us.

[heydude6]

So in other words, this article is blatant misinformation.

Van Heijst said by email that the city agreed to remove the middle part of the bridge after receiving the request and weighing the economic costs and benefits.

According to what you said, those two bolded parts are lies.

[martinuzz]

Not so much the article of the WaPo is a lie, the city clerk that emailed was not in any authorized position to make such promises or conclusions.
What did happen was, there were some unofficial talks about getting an application with the city, yes.
But the city never received an official application after that.

[Loud Whispers]

You'd think they would consider such logistical issues before deciding the place of construction. Also fuck Bezos

[martinuzz]

Yeah, with some minimal effort they could have had basic knowledge of dutch rules and regulations for such projects. It's their own negligence, the city has no blame.
It looks like they are going to get their approval anyway though unless a majority of the city council votes against.
The 'importance of regional jobs associated with yacht construction' yadda yadda.

[TD1]

I am something quite livid.

The thing is, and admittedly I say this without truly knowing you, I could see you doing absolutely stellar in a high-pay and high-responsibility role.