i hear you but you have to remember that you’re way smarter than me.

yes. this is a correct and reasonable response. it should take years and penance to recover from being a class+race traitor.

don’t threaten me with a good time

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we’ve been through this, Ken.

so what are you building? what is your mgmt telling you to build? what are your guests (customers) going to see and use? how will that reflect on you as a host (company)?

plan accordingly. spend accordingly. allocate budget accordingly.

or your guests will be risk splinters fetching their plates.

shop shelves cost almost nothing to build. $200 goes a long way. the _lumber_ for my cabinets was $22k. plus hardware, plus weeks of work—the kitchen is the largest room in my house. i love to cook for other people. those cabinets definitely make a statement about the quality of my work.

cabinetry (customer products and services) needs to be planned, designed, and well-executed. it will be viewed used over and over by your household and your guests. cabinets have to last a long and be low maintenance.

shop shelves take an afternoon. cabinets take days, if not weeks.

shop shelves? 1/4” (6mm) isn’t a big deal. cabinetry? 1/8” (3mm) is a big deal. shop gear doesn’t need finishing. cabinetry does.

bottom line: your shop facilities (internal tools) need only enough care to make them functional and strong. you’re the only one who will see them. no need to fuss.

your kitchen cabinets should match. maybe they don’t need to be identical, but they should have a coherent theme. shop shelves are items of necessity, built over time as needed. they can be a little haphazard visually and functionally. (if it doesn’t bother you. it bothers me. i over-engineer.)

you will be judged on your cabinets. you’ll judge yourself, too since you have to use them every day. you’ll build in conveniences to the cabinets that your shop doesn’t need, or at least isn’t worth the fancy soft-close drawers and spaulted maple doors and drawer fronts and fancy fixtures.

both need to be strong enough to support some weight. neither should be offensive to look at.

shop shelves (internal tools) can be inexpensive. 2x4s and osb are probably fine for dry storage.

kitchen cabinets—the things people _see_—have a higher standard. there are more moving parts, for one.

hello fellow west wing fan.

“if in the future you’re wondering: ‘crime…boy i dunno’ is when i decided to kick your ass.”

followed later by a debate scene that will make anyone with enough brain cells weep for the future of US democracy.

a boring dystopia.

the quite deliberate walmartification of every possible sector.

rural areas will shop at walmart for everything they can’t get at the dollar general—except groceries, which they’ll buy at whichever flavor of kroger runs their territory.