Whoa...Lotta replies! Thanks to everybody for the feedback. It's nice to get background.
It does seem that there are a lot of FF's in this biz. I suppose that a lot of FF's were in the trades before they got "on the job". It's good to have the background about hw buildings are put together when they're in the process of coming apart!
I'm reminded of a story involving a telemarketer who called the house one evening, trying to sell vinyl siding for my brick tudor or some such...
Let the guy go through his intro, and stopped him, saying "thanks, but Im a firefighter"
The guy, a little flustered, said "well, that's great sir...we're proud that you're serving and protecting, and we finance anybody!"
"You've never dealt with a firefighter before, have you?"
"Uh, no"
"Mot of us work trades on the side. As an example, I'm an electrician on my days off. I work with two generals, three plumbers, two drywaller, four painters, a glazier, a painter, two roofers, and four carpenters. When we work for each other, if it's not for beers, we charge about ten bucks an hours and parts money."[
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"So, uh, you could probably beat any bid we could come up with"[
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"By a significant margin"
"Have a good evening" [
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