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Rushputin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 ... and wanted to know if we wanted to repave our specific stretch and split the lengthy common stretch.  We could use the work, too, and yes: absolutely our families should share that cost for the common stretch.

We talked with the guys and _holy shit_ I had no idea how much it would cost.  I'd thought we were talking resealing (which is like $1k - hardly chump change).  They were talking $5k for our part of the driveway and $20k for the common stretch...
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Rushputin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "Well, if that's too much, what were you thinking?"  What I'm thinking is I shouldn't even be in this conversation.  I'm so sorry for wasting your time. 

They negotiated down to $12k for that common stretch, but good god: if I'm going to spend $11k-$15k that's something I've got to plan like a year out.  Like, holy shit.

I'm not embarrassed but also it was the most embarrassing situation I've been in in a while: I just had no clue the scope of what I was walking in to.
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nerodine | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @13df7ed9 Blimey, that's a big number. But on the bright side you now have an idea of the sheer scale of projects like that.
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Rushputin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @941023ef Right!?!?
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Erik | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @13df7ed9 wow those amounts are, as we Dutch say about costly affairs, 'no cat pee'