tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post1181865978132849814..comments2024-03-24T09:10:04.676-04:00Comments on TARA DILLARD: Stupid Does Have a PriceTara Dillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233493520013405385noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-54156609520529971412013-04-09T19:32:24.112-04:002013-04-09T19:32:24.112-04:00You are so good for me. My own experience with th...You are so good for me. My own experience with the macho-man mason sent me back to the drawing board in order to PROVE my way would work. Undeterred, he told my client that "everyone did it his way" and that I was just a "housewife who took a stone wall class" with Dan Snow, master stone mason and artist. That was after my taking a full semester in landscape construction design and techniques as part of my LD education. He challenged every element in my design. Of course, he was wrong. Now I get to share with other designers who NOT to hire. :)Mary Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684911337286326100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-72250575577051673312013-04-06T08:15:08.602-04:002013-04-06T08:15:08.602-04:00Putting in concrete+mortar+chipping stone adds tho...Putting in concrete+mortar+chipping stone adds thousands to the price of the wall.<br /><br />Since he lied several years ago, & I quite using him, he's lost over a quarter million in pure revenue, net, to his bank account from my referrals.<br /><br />XO T Tara Dillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233493520013405385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-69615326051458950722013-04-05T22:38:38.010-04:002013-04-05T22:38:38.010-04:00For us novices, I am not sure what you mean...I am...For us novices, I am not sure what you mean...I am certain a mistake has been made but I am not sure what that mistake is...aside from the construction of a retaining wall being incorrectly more..Cerberus German shepherdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-22711919654046652782013-04-05T18:22:53.284-04:002013-04-05T18:22:53.284-04:00Best credential?
I've made the mistakes befor...Best credential?<br /><br />I've made the mistakes before you. Bigger & better.<br /><br />Stubborn does have a price tag, too.<br /><br />XO TTara Dillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233493520013405385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-20127196908763261602013-04-05T16:22:03.491-04:002013-04-05T16:22:03.491-04:00Here in Kansas we have great temperature swings an...Here in Kansas we have great temperature swings and clay soil. Conventional wisdom (perhaps an oxymoron?) would say mortar, mortar, mortar. That's the wrong answer. Drystack is a living breathing thing. Concrete cracks up.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935757824325245429.post-45985882443235098302013-04-05T13:20:09.200-04:002013-04-05T13:20:09.200-04:00I usually do stupid things at no extra charge.
xo...I usually do stupid things at no extra charge.<br /><br />xo<br /><br />AndieDivine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.com