[Build] floors

[jim]

   i understand what we do with the floors is not 
certain and may depend on what's what at tomorrow 
night's meeting, or if not that meeting, some 
other meeting where consensus yays or nays. 
   briefly, i think it will take from five to eight 
days with several people working together all those 
days. it'll take rental equipment, sandable fillers, 
shellac, and floor finish, which'll cost something 
like $2K. 
   if we do the floors, we'll have to bite the do-it 
bullet. seems to me we should have a budget for 
pickup labor in the amount of $3K. 
   total estimated maximum cost looks like $6K and 
a fair amount of sweat. 

   the benefit of doing the floors is good cleanup: 
food and drink spills will either soak into the grain 
and cracks to attract rats and insects for weeks 
hence or they'll be easy to clean up. wet spills will 
either seep down to the neighbors below or they'll be 
easy to clean up. small bits of broken glass and metal 
filings will either hide in the grain and cracks for 
oncoming bare feet and animal paws and shoe soles or 
they'll be easy to clean up. 
   i think doing the floors will be worth it. 
   note: doing the floors is not about making them look 
pretty, tho' that may be a mild side effect. 

tho'ts?