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If you know you want basswood, you can eliminate windows decorators. I think they pretty much like to just sell Sunland Polycore. They might offer Norman as well, not sure. Golden West and OC Shutters do not sell either Sunland or Norman. They make their own basswood and have the best...

I am starting to see a large mass of people flee to FR from Irvine due to stuff like this. People I talk with first hand are regretting Irvine and looking at FR as best alternative. Wouldn't be surprised if FR prices go up much faster than Irvine in future.

Leave it white if you have to pay for it. Most people don't spend a lot of time in their closets. Walls aren't seen much because of clothes. And when you are in there, it's not to relax and enjoy the ambience.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102080234 Hackers aim to pull off cyber-heist worth $1 billion: Report Europe's top investigative body is warning that criminal hackers are targeting global financial firms, The London Evening Standard reported on Saturday, aiming to steal as much as $1 billion. In the...

Pretty much every major bank, brokerage and asset manager has been a victim or target of cyber attackers. So what is the chance one day, electronic records get manipulated with no easy way to recover - for ex, a customer bank account goes from $20k to $2k or brokerage balance from $100k to $40k...

I think your insecurities are showing in how you responded to my post. Sorry if you misinterpreted me. I've volunteered in the classroom on many occasions so I'm well aware of what you are exposed to. Your explanation was very good and helpful for those who may be less familiar.

Some teachers have students fold back the corner of the page where they write their name. Stacking up the papers isn't neat but at least it serves a reminder to volunteers that their purpose isn't to know stuff about other kids.

This sounds like you enjoy knowing "stuff" about other kids and then wonder how their parents would feel if they knew you knew. I would hope good volunteers could just focus on the grading task without caring to monitor and track which specific kids are doing what. Maybe that is too much to expect.

Neither.  Both just have different properties. Some think basswood looks better and if you want to put a wood stain instead of white, you need basswood. If it's going to be painted white, you generally can't tell the difference between basswood and poly. Basswood can nicked up more easily but...

Regarding your original questions, I thought it was a toss-up between polycore and norman woodlore. at the same price, I would probably pick norman woodlore trusting norman has a good, long-time reputation and I thought they were very well built even if mdf and I like that it is a lighter...

how many square feet do you measure for your 15 windows? Your quotes are pretty good if you have around 190sqf. Otherwise might be able to get a bit better rate depending on product.  I've talked to most of the same guys. I recall Pacific windecor being about 10% higher than bella blinds who...

Heard they royally F* up when they computed PP MRs originally. Didn't follow guidelines properly. To the point they may have to redo and significantly lower them. Who knows. Just what someone told me.

Citi has good rates. You can get as low as 3.625% on a 30 year fixed jumbo with a bit of credit back if you move a lot of your savings/investment accounts over to them. Base rate is competitive and then a sliding scale to lower rate up to 3/8% depending on what you move over. But NO requirement...

My neighbor did warn me about painters doing this so I think it's a common problem, but I wouldn't have imagined it done by a reputable painter. She told me she always buys the paint and gives it to her painter or goes to the store with him for the discount.

We went with Venetian for our flooring after meeting with a bunch of other reputable / personally recommended vendors. I would give them 4 stars out of 5. Only witholding the 5th star due to our high expectations after seeing all the Yelp/TI reviews and due to the higher pricing. Overall, we...