Desert Airs

Year: 2020

House Remodel Ideas

by Paul

My CAD skills are pretty non-existent now. I learned CAD on a couple programs, one was a program called pro-engineer (not really for homes), I also learned on Architectural Desktop and did my home plans on it originally. Like many things, Architectural Desktop has been discontinued in favor of Revit. I don’t know if I want to learn a new modeling / CAD program. Anyway, below I was sketching kind of what I want to do on my old plans. Then I looked at two ideas using my Estimating Take-off program to “draw” a cleaner image. IMO it doesn’t look terrible. I like the room upstairs, but may be out of the budget…

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I Love All Who Work, Not Just Those We See

by Paul

This is probably an unpopular opinion – but doctors and nurses are getting too much attention and credit right now. I imagine if I had continued to pursue a career in medicine, this atmosphere wouldn’t make me thrilled.

Look, I’m not at all surprised by all the adulation being heaped on medical personnel. There’s a threat of a virus which has raised the general fear level quite a bit. So there is a natural inclination to think, these people are saving our lives, we need to reward them. It is true, doctors and nurses provide a valuable service as a part of a functioning society. My life has most likely been saved at least a couple times, or at least kept me from some serious long-term debilitating injury. However, As a side note, isn’t it amazing how doctors have essentially green-lit a level of recklessness from the general public that a hundred years ago would have left huge swaths of the population severely handicapped?

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