Biz

[Jerry Simon]

Couple months of 10-12 a week is now back to the 3 or 4 a week.

Where'd I leave that paint brush?

[Terence McCann]

Me too. I feel like the Maytag repair man.

[hausdok]

Northwest is still chugging right along. Of course, what is chugging right along for me is probably what you guys would consider slow; I won't do more than one a day.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Charlie R]

Busy as I could be up through May 8, then it really dropped off here in Maryland. Still getting a few, hope it picks up later in the month. Interestingly, the few I'm getting are the bigger homes.

[Inspectorjoe]

Things haven't dropped off all that much after the tax credit deadline. I consider six a week as being a full week. I have 5 scheduled this week. Two are big old houses and one was a nice size commercial job. Next week is still bare though.

[Mark P]

Well I'm glad I'm not alone. Really slowed down here the past 2 weeks. My wife thinks my phone stoped ringing because I chewed out a realtor and her broaker last week. Now I can tell her it not just me.

[Scottpat]

Slowed to a crawl here as well. Last week I had 9 small homes, this week I have 2 big monsters! Granted those two are both over 7,000sf so my billings for the week are still pretty good.

[Phillip]

Slowed down here too. Doing 3 to 4 a week. Was doing 8 to 10. Nothing booked for next week

[caryseidner]

Sloooooow. Yes me too.

[waynesoper]

northeast is banging, best spring in a few years

[Ben H]

Slow here too 3/4 week. I guess it could be worse.

[kurt]

Actually, everyone has figured out we all suck, and we've all been blackballed by the market.

[John Dirks Jr]

Busy as I could be up through May 8, then it really dropped off here in Maryland. Still getting a few, hope it picks up later in the month. Interestingly, the few I'm getting are the bigger homes.

Same here.

[Mark P]

I've only had 1 inspection this entire week with nothing on the books. I've only even had 1 phone call all week and it was a price shopper. Good news is I'm hitting the gym everyday, getting lots of internet (music) shopping done, yard work and an afternoon nap. If it was not raining today, I'd go golfing.

[Chad Fabry]

I'm taking a stream and river restoration course, learning a bunch of new words and concepts and meeting people waaayyy outside (outside means "wow, these people are smart") of my normal social and professional circles. Today we're building bendway weirs and imbricated riffles.

I almost didn't sign up because I thought I'd lose too much work but it turns out that nobody wanted me to work anyway.

So, here I am learning something that'll never make me money while I'm not making money. I'm pretty sure it's not a good financial plan.

[AHI in AR]

... So, here I am learning something that'll never make me money while I'm not making money. I'm pretty sure it's not a good financial plan.

Maybe. But where else are ya gonna be able to toss around the term imbricated riffles?

[Bain]

... So, here I am learning something that'll never make me money while I'm not making money. I'm pretty sure it's not a good financial plan.

Maybe. But where else are ya gonna be able to toss around the term imbricated riffles?

Good point. I've already decided to point out imbricated riffles on the next roof I discuss with a client. If anyone is brave and/or secure enough to ask what the hell I'm talking about, I'll explain that the riffles are quite common and are nothing to be concerned about.

[Tom Raymond]

Home sales are plummeting here. Springville, the largest of the small communities around my home, has a population of just over 8000 and the home sales from January through April were 16, 12, 5, 2. Every small town for 30 miles in any direction has a similar pattern. Only the nicer zip codes in the Buffalo metro area are holding ground.

It's gonna get slower close to home.

Tom

[Jim Morrison]

Things slowed way down here in Boston after the first time homebuyer credit expired, but I'm managing to keep myself occupied, if not quite busy. Here's hoping things stay like this for a while.

[hausdok]

... So, here I am learning something that'll never make me money while I'm not making money. I'm pretty sure it's not a good financial plan.

Maybe. But where else are ya gonna be able to toss around the term imbricated riffles?

I'm going to order them with fruit compote and a side order of bendway weirs the next time I'm at IHOP.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[randynavarro]

Today we're building bendway weirs and imbricated riffles.

Sound personal, Chad.

Are you taking enough fiber?

[gtblum]

I've been a fly fisherman for more than twenty five years and I can't say I've ever heard those terms used. Interesting.

Who's sponsoring this we can do it better than mother nature can, feat of engineering? T. U.?

Are you guys rehabing a trout stream? Please say yes.

Right now, I have plenty of time for fishing.

[Tom Raymond]

The DEC just finished a major restoration on the Cattaraugus creek in Yorkshire, maybe 15 miles east of my place. They actually rerouted the creek for a year to rebuild the creek bed. The funny part is there is an old decommissioned hydroelectric dam down stream, so the only trout upstream are the ones they stock.

Fishing sounds good, I've got bait in the fridge right next to the beer.

Tom

[Terence McCann]

Good point. I've already decided to point out imbricated riffles on the next roof I discuss with a client. If anyone is brave and/or secure enough to ask what the hell I'm talking about, I'll explain that the riffles are quite common and are nothing to be concerned about.

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[davidlord]

Still very busy here for the inspection and bug biz.