My son is in the middle of a full kitchen update.

He could contract out the job but he enjoys the work and it is
a diversion from his day job of a rocket scientist.

Below is an excerpt of a recent e-mail from him.

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We passed the framing inspection yesterday, and the inspector also
signed
off on insulation. I still have plenty of insulation work to finish,
but
it's not required by code. The tweaks to the hopper tool work well,
but it's
still a brutal job. It's kind of like filling up mattresses by
stuffing
cotton balls through a mail slot. It takes me 3 days to recover from
the
soreness after a morning working on it. It sucks getting old.
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Oh yes I remember those years, but it was building a boat not
updating a house.

I found it to be quite humerous since he won't hit 52 until later this
year.

Wait till the Ritis brothers come to visit, especially Artie.

Lew