Gotta Give bcg some due

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

I've always said work begats work. If you want to find a way to get to work when obstacles stand in your way you will do it. I've shipped the guy I'm guessing 40 maybe more PVB repair kits. Assuming a 100.00 for each service call that is 4,000.00 when times are slower. Probably higher. Good job bcg!

By the way I turned off FCBKS. I've got too much going on and needed to turn off a few timekillers. Hated leaving the SCRABBLE especially since Gregg deserves at least two more games so I owe you when I get settled down time wise again Gregg.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

While on the topic for you FCBK people an article on settings you should use in FCBK.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/01/20/20readwriteweb-the-3-facebook-settings-every-user-should-c-29287.html?em

[irrig8r]

Peter... wondered where you had disappeared too. I had hoped it wasn't something I'd said. I gotta admit I prefer a quicker game... must be because I spent time doing timed games of the version that used to be on Yahoo Games (called Literati) a few years ago...

[irrig8r]

BTW Peter, I'm reading a book you might find interesting... lots of it involves water diversions in California during the late 19th century, specifically San Joaquin Valley...

Kinda goes hand in hand with Cadillac Desert.

Arax, Mark; Rick Wartzman (2005). The King of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire. New York City: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1586482815.

Also see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

looks good gregg. I just finished WE THE LIVING (Rand) Now I'm reading THE ROAD TO PIER WIGGAM? (Orwell) when I finish I'll see if you think I should read it. Most of my SCRABBLE games avg a move a day. That is sort of the problem right now. I just need to avoid the daily SCRABBLE games until I get through the ski trip and trade show among some other stuff.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

I saw a recent story in which they just completed some perfect storm study in CA based on some rains that occurred in the 1800s. The whole Valley I believe floods. Also just saw a history of Death
valley. Pretty fascinating geography. CA sits on one potential natural disaster after another. I've got to travel that state sometime.

[Mike Leary]

I've always said work begats work. If you want to find a way to get to work when obstacles stand in your way you will do it. I've shipped the guy I'm guessing 40 maybe more PVB repair kits. Assuming a 100.00 for each service call that is 4,000.00 when times are slower. Probably higher. Good job bcg!

Good comment, Peter, we don't often complement our brethren.

[bcg]

Ah, shucks.

Peter has been a tremendous help for me, actually. Local suppliers can't seem to get these things in stock and Peter's willingness to send them to me has made me one of the few people in town that have the parts to get the job done.

[DanaMac]

I don't see how the suppliers couldn't (or wouldn't) get them in for you and everybody else. All it takes is a shipment from a northern branch. All cold weather branches carry them.

[bcg]

They've been getting transfers in but for whatever reason, they are only getting like 15 or 20 at a time and they're all gone pretty quick. I've got some on backorder with 3 different suppliers (Longhorn, Ewing and a local one) that I was supposed to have last week. None of them came in. I've been able to pick up a few here and there local, but not near enough to keep up with the work I've got.

[Waterlogged]

bcg,
Have you tried BAVCO? They ship direct to you. www.bavco.com

I understand wanting to deal with your local supply houses. But, if they can't get what you need right now, you gotta do what you gotta do.
BAVCO has a great binder with breakdown for each device and parts list. From Ames to Wilkins. It has been a great resource for us. I think you can download and print the pages for free and order a tabbed binder for free.

They ship pretty fast, too. Don't know how the cost would compare. When I really needed a part, the price wasn't the most important. :)

[bcg]

No, I haven't looked at them, though I did call some other regional suppliers looking for them a couple of weeks ago. I have found the parts a few places, like Sprinkler Warehouse (which is actually local), but the prices have been out of line. SW, for example, is charging $50 for the Febco kit right now. The other supply houses charge $36 for it. While I need the part, for the number I'm going through, $14/ea is a pretty significant difference. If I only needed 1 it wouldn't be a big deal but for 30 or 40 of them, that $14 turns into $420 or $560 and at that point, we're talking about real money.

I know that a couple of times Peter hasn't been able to find the parts in Ft Collins either. The first time he sent me some, there were only 19 in town. A little over a week ago, he was only able to come up with 5 (I also found 5 local then) and this last batch he was only able to help with because one of the supplies in FC had just gotten 100 in. The freeze we had here 3 or so weeks ago was the first real freeze to hit this far South in Tx since 1989 and the PVB's around here were popping like balloons. I believe that literally 10's of thousands of these things broke and that even though popped PVB's are something manufactureres and suppliers plan for, one this far South isn't the norm so it's overloaded the normal supply. I'm probably going to repairing these things well into May, or longer if we get enough rain in the Spring that people continue to wait. Every call I go on right now has popped PVB's all around it. The median strips around town still have 90% of the PVB's turned off because they're damaged and haven't been repaired yet.

I will check into BAVCO and see how their pricing is though, thanks for the suggestion.

[DanaMac]

I can check my Colo Springs Ewing tomorrow. What size (3/4" or 1") and how many if so? PM me a phone number and I can call you and see if the price works for you.