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re: OT Electricians - Was This Price A Tad High?

Posted by LAmagnolia on 10/3/21 at 6:11 pm to real turf fan

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OK, maybe this was one of life's simplest pleasures, to be able to control the ceiling fan without getting out of bed. Please don't say the wall switch was by the door into the bedroom?

No idea on that. But it wasn't just the switch, it was putting the new receiver in the canopy part of the fan.
Still, all one thing, though.

re: OT Electricians - Was This Price A Tad High?

Posted by LAmagnolia on 10/3/21 at 5:30 pm to real turf fan

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What you haven't told us is HOW FAR OFF THE GROUND is the ceiling fan? If it's a standard ceiling, reachable by the kind of ladder everybody handy would have in their garage, it's one thing. But, if it's the ceiling fan in a cathedral ceiling room three stories high, that requires a heck of a ladder, I could see the charge going up. (My handyman hates ladders that tall and I'd never have that tall a room because of the problems with heating and ac ).

I've seen the room that it's in. Just a regular ol' bedroom, probably like a 7 foot high ceiling or less.

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re: OT Electricians - Was This Price A Tad High?

Posted by LAmagnolia on 10/3/21 at 4:19 pm to Gee Grenouille

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Looks like the electrician is charging 2 hours for two people at $125 an hour, plus a $75 standard service call fee.

Pretty sure it was a single person there.

So I could see $200.

re: OT Electricians - Was This Price A Tad High?

Posted by LAmagnolia on 10/3/21 at 3:28 pm to baldona

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Were ALL parts supplied? I got 2 quotes yesterday from plumbers to replace a 3 handle faucet with a single handle and renovation plate. 1st quote was $1175 all said and done. 1 price including parts 2nd quote was “probably 2-4 hours work at $135/ hour” plus parts which were around $150-200. Point being, that quote looked like the standard “ceiling fan replacement quote” from an overpriced electrician. Didn’t matter how long it took. One price.

I'm pretty sure it was one part, wall controller and receiver inside the same package.

You can see how they tried to split it up on the invoice like it was 2 separate jobs - one of them being changing out the wall switch controller, which apparently was about 5 minutes spent out of the 40.

OT Electricians - Was This Price A Tad High?

Posted by LAmagnolia on 10/3/21 at 3:10 pm

My cousin recently had to replace one of those ceiling fan wall control dimmer things, which got screwed up in a power surge after Ida (lights in the fan started going on/off like The Exorcist, etc.)

They replaced the exact same brand/model. The part was supplied for them. Total time spent was about 40 minutes.

Of course, no one wants to call them parasitic leeches that take advantage of people in the aftermath of a hurricane, no one's saying that at all.

But does this 40-minute job seem just a wee bit overpriced?

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re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 6:05 pm to lsuaudio

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I was a couple seats down from him. He was being a total cock. There were 2 Carolina fans nearby, a father and his son just peacefully watching the game. Not being obnoxious at all and he was a total dick to them. It was embarrassing. I was glad to see several Saints fans apologize for his behavior and let them know that’s not the way we typically treat the opposing fans. We’ve had our seats for many yrs and I’ve never noticed him before. Maybe he’s not always such a cock.

Thank you. Without a doubt, he was the biggest twat I've ever come across at any athletic event.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 5:47 pm to DelU249

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tough call, but if it was a white guy covered in tattoos in moderately good shape or roided out of his mind...MS coast trash skinny like the white guy in a number 10 relationship, few tats...kenner.

Jersey may have been covering the tats. Maybe that guy earlier who said he definitely knows who he is can confirm...

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 4:59 pm to DelU249

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coast trash.

Well, I got a demographics lesson out of the discussion. :lol:

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 4:56 pm to DelU249

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confrontational behavior? only when someone asks them to tone it down, which is not often. but 100% of the time they respond belligerently. so not an every time experience, but certainly not something unexpected was he from Chalmette or was he coast trash?

Dude, he had about a dozen different people asking him to shut it down. Alcohol doesn't exactly facilitate thinking with a clear head.

Couldn't tell what kinda trash, since he didn't really have much of an accent. He did wear a Baby Cakes cap, and that's pretty cheesy.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 4:45 pm to DelU249

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ETA: those people suck, don't get me wrong. it's just that's what's expected.

Sometimes an obnoxious drunk crosses the line and sometimes they don't. Can you agree to that much?

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 4:41 pm to DelU249

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again, what did you expect? If you want rowdy but family friendly...plaza if you want to sit quietly and eat and clap...club if you want your kid saying the f word at school...terrace if you want herpes...terrace if you want to end up on a milk carton...terrace

I've been in the terrace plenty of times. Why do you think I haven't? Matter of fact, I was in the same section 2 weeks ago, and no clowns were to be found.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 4:34 pm to redneck

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ah, so you are the type to only buy tickets when they make the playoffs and then try and tell the season ticket holders how to act during the game, got it

Nice try, but no. By the way, when's the last time you set foot in the Dome?

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 3:48 pm to redneck

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you don't remember if you have seen him the past 4 years?

I haven't sat there for the last 4 years - maybe the guy that asked me the question has?

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 3:38 pm to N.O. via West-Cal

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That's about five rows behind and a half dozen or so seats to my right (no OT baller). Do you know if the guy is a season ticket holder? Just curious because that's on the outer periphery of someone I might recognize if he's a regular. Glad I was just far enough away - and way too focused on the game - to have had him diminish my grand time in the Dome.

He felt the need to tell everyone that he's been sitting in the same seat for 4 years. He was pretty drunk, so who knows if that's the truth.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 12:44 pm to cashflippa

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I know who this is; he is not sorry.

Oh, I'm sure he isn't. What he definitely is, is someone with an alcohol problem, among other things.

First time in my life that I've apologized to fans of an opposing team, so he's pretty special.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 12:32 pm to King George

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Was he a ginger in a Brees XLIV jersey? I've sat by him before and have left praying he doesn't make it home safely.

I think he had more kinda brown hair, in his 20's, thin, probably afflicted with the small guy complex. Pretty sure he had some kind of Saints jersey on.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 12:25 pm to TTsTowel

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That was BarnHater. He can’t help that he’s a miserable frick that cheers against other teams instead of for his own, so take it easy on him.

He had a real particular obsession with yelling about Cam Newton's towel and being in the same seat for 4 years.

re: To The Cretin In Section 612 Row 12 Seat 14

Posted by LAmagnolia on 1/8/18 at 12:23 pm to NOLALGD

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Section 612 was apparently off the hook Sunday, late in the game it looked like the police escorted a panthers fan out of the game a few rows above you.

I saw that too, yeah. I definitely regret not going to get the cops to toss this one out. He borderline ruined the 4th quarter for a whole lot of people.