Then there was one???

Sometimes a little bit of just plain old straight-forward talk would clear things up a whole lot.

Sometimes it just feels that everyone is being toooooo polite.

I'm kind of cut this way, but sometimes I'd rather just call a spade a spade.  

Or a rose a rose, or a jack*ss a jack*ss.

This brings us to today's tale.

We started out with three contractors giving bids.  

#1.  Initially recommended by the architect, did a lot of work for the bid and sent in a good number.  Never heard from him since.  Left on the sidelines.  Not sure why.

#2. Second recommended by the architect, older, more experienced, seems to be the architect's preferred choice now.  Starting to show up at meetings, though I am not sure why.  Bid came in 4,000 lower than #1.  Cynicism radar is squawking right about now.  Cannot start until May (crap) and wants to work into Aug when we aren't here (crap).  Feeling like a choice has been made to use him, but I don't remember making it.  Talked to me like I'm stupid the first time, not this one though.  Has copies of revised plans.

#3.  Too young and too stupid to keep his mouth shut when it should be plus I know what he was like in high school, which was none too long ago, and I wouldn't have been happy if my daughter had brought him home.  Never sent in the bid.  Gone.

Architect studied English ages ago and I have to bear in mind that his understanding isn't all that bad, when I commented if fast colloquial English that I didn't want, "a bloody great concrete causeway running across the living-room" he laughed.  Bears remembering.

Phone calls going to be made tomorrow.  Architect and builder(s).

Straight talk.  

Oh, and Barça?  Played like absolute crap tonight.  Crap.


If straight talk fails....

Eenie, meenie, meinie, moe

Catch a tiger by the toe

If he hollers 

let him go

Eenie, meenie, meinie, moe

or

One potato, two potato, three potato, four.
Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more. 

or a big game of rock, paper, scissors!!!!

Here's where you come in, what picking games did you use as a kid?  Should we get there I may need to know!