.....RLA, I'm going to have to be honest and say I fell butt-deep into that one and deserve no credit....I was thinking about the situation this thread started on, of a guy being told he could run no speaker wire whatsoever or have speakers on display stands....
.....boys, here's the trick to dealing with the vile woman-creature....they seek being involved, and recognition, more than anything....let her make the final decision on adornments....to simply be asked, "Darlin' Precious, the only woman I could ever even look at, what color do you want the speaker wire painted?, and Baby, I'll go outside and stretch it on saw horses and paint it, but only because I love you soooo much"....(get the picture?)...."and Precious Darlin', (now insert the private one), do you want the speaker wire painted the color of the carpet, or the color of the baseboard?, and keep in mind my love for you will only grow"....(she'll be tied up in thought at this point)....(we'll hope it's over the colors).....
.....you might be surprised what saying those exact words might accomplish were it delivered with laughter but actually deep-down meaning it....and yes, lawyers are buried at a depth of 12 feet instead of 6, because deep-down, they're actually good people....I'm not trying to start any trouble here, but if my wife told me I absolutely COULD NOT "tastefully", there's the key, run smaller speaker wire in ANY room, she would be reminded I am an adult also, and a supposedly equal co-owner of the home....
.....then the wireless in-wall speakers would be ordered, haha....
.....no, we'd have trouble indeed, were she telling me I absolutely could not do about anything as long as it were honorable and not entirely stupid, and if need be, she could be reminded she is not my Mom, nor do I need her to be....I think it all boils down to how it's presented, though, and if it's governed by caring....
.....guys, here's a tip from experience....do everything you can to keep things light....you need the friends element more than you realize when problems come into play....
.....last time I worked was May 9th, and a check for road pay has shown up twice since....I'm confused, but remaining focused.....
....I'm thinking about opening a restaurant for real....."Leg Quarters"....grilled chicken, dark and white, inside grill with huge vent....rib-smoker out the backdoor delivering ribs, briskets, and shoulders....twice-baked potatoes steaming, and potato salad that is killer in huge pots refrigerated....a section of cobbler with every meal....
.....if it happens, I will go into the venture with a woman in her 60's who was raised by restaurant owners and can turn out smothered chicken-fried steak in milk gravy MEALS for 50 in 17 seconds, haha....we will be relying on her heavily at first as we hit the ground running with an 11-2 plate lunch college try....of course bbq chicken and ribs and pulled pork sandwiches from 11 on also....
.....I know a restaurant is hard work....but if your customers form a line to a 15-20 foot tray-slide where their money is taken and food and drink is placed on their trays, and they then go eat at indoor picnic tables with bright red and white, Razorbacks, plastic table cloths, which are awaiting them to promote a picnic attitude, your work just got a lot easier in more than one area....I hope....could be a few tables outdoors too with roof on concrete slab.....
.....some people have an attitude about paying/tiping a waitress no matter what she does for them....we'll only need an hourly kid, hopefully two or three, to bus and clean the dining room, which will have how many tables I don't have a clue, but my son-in-law does construction work, and lives fairly well in the stereo and motorcycle areas if you get my drift....
.....we'll probably use decent paper plates/boats/cups and plastic utensils and all of it goes into huge plastic bags in a couple of holders....anybody can grill chicken and smoke ribs....my sauce will take it from there....the woman in her 60's is my EX-Mother-in-law....my ex-wife is involved also....damndest workers you've ever seen....just like me....get up off the floor....
.....proud to be an American, guys....sorry to have rattled like this....to bed....am night owl....trains run at night....I've heard, haha....been awhile....with pay.....friends share fair....she needs her turn too, for new stuff....and everybody's toys go up in price when they grow up....over.....