Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Old House Almost Done!

Last weekend signaled the end of most of the work on the old house. The interior and exterior painters jumped into high gear to finish ASAP once we cleared out of the house. Both paint jobs look great, despite setbacks. The funny end to the exterior paint job came via the Mexican crew chief.

He asked me if I wanted to pay taxes. It took a couple times to make sure he was asking what he was asking, and then once more to make sure he was serious. When I finally settled up, he told me I owed one price without taxes, or $350 less if I didn't want to pay taxes. His justification was "We won't tell the government either way". I won't say what we paid, but it was a funny exchange.

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