Re: [papercreters] Re: Permits, etc

The "Good Ol' Boy" system is alive and well  : )   Sometimes it is amazing what a case of beer will get you.

It would be easy to get into a long off topic tirade about building codes, corrupt politicians, etc. However, we WILL get pc into the IBC. With the number of involved people on this list, and the expanding network from there, we'll soon have enough data to overwhelm the officials. Soon is relative, of course  : )

Spaceman

anonymous wrote:

 Spaceman wrote:    

The building codes are minimum standards. If your friend built better  than code, he should have fought the inspector with appeals, and he  would have won. Better than code certainly meets the code minimums,  and the inspector would have looked silly in court.     

 Unfortunately, in the smaller cities, the inspector, the firemarshal,  the banker, the lumberyard guy, the local landlord land baron, are all  good buddys and all on the city council.    

I often tell the apprentices that I teach that the code is the worst  job you can do and still pass inspection.      

I like this philosophy.    

Spaceman      

I suppose as long as we have the do gooder system requirement to protect  us from ourselves, we will have to skirt around, educate and make  compromise however we can.  Too many do gooders make laws.  ~Brian     Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com      mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/       

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