The Home Improvement Thread

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Chris_H_2]

the entire state's going to get swallowed up by the ocean if it doesn't burn to the ground first.

how much is property insurance in the monterey area doug?

[doug rr]

Doug are you moving out of the Los Angeles area?

not in the near future...im scoping out places in monterey and vancouver though..

Why not Carmel instead of Monterey?

i'd take either place to be honest..the first time i ever went there many years ago i told my wife we would live there one day..

[doug rr]

the entire state's going to get swallowed up by the ocean if it doesn't burn to the ground first.

how much is property insurance in the monterey area doug?

i don't know..its california so its expensive...my property tax here is just stupid..
but i consider it to be worth it when its cloudy and 63 degrees all year and the sound of crashing waves is all around...

[bart]

The ocean around there is the coldest I’ve ever swam in. Can’t imagine being out in it surfing for hours, even with a thick wetsuit.

[doug rr]

The ocean around there is the coldest I’ve ever swam in. Can’t imagine being out in it surfing for hours, even with a thick wetsuit.

yeah, its not friendly water...i'll just retire to a small kayak in the cove at pebble beach

[oasisfan35]

Doug are you moving out of the Los Angeles area?

not in the near future...im scoping out places in monterey and vancouver though..

Why not Carmel instead of Monterey?

i'd take either place to be honest..the first time i ever went there many years ago i told my wife we would live there one day..

I said the same about Santa Barbara

[bart]

The ocean around there is the coldest I’ve ever swam in. Can’t imagine being out in it surfing for hours, even with a thick wetsuit.

yeah, its not friendly water...i'll just retire to a small kayak in the cove at pebble beach

You ever read this article?

http://kingofkooks.blogspot.com/2009/12 ... 2.html?m=1

[Bammer]

I’m pretty sure Carmel is the setting for the original Parent Trap movie starring Haley Mills x2

[E.H. Ruddock]

Just installed a new outdoor ceiling fan on our screened porch. That fucker was heavy.

[B]

I've done a lot of my own electrical work, including installing a new breaker and wiring part of the crawlspace in my old house for an office. Well, we sold that house to someone my wife works with. This week, on the google group for the neighborhood (which we never unsubscribed from), they were asking if anyone else was having weird electrical issues. I was shitting my pants, but staying silent.

Turns out, it was a problem with the power going into the house. Nothing I would have had access to.

It kind of sucks knowing the people that own your old house.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[washing machine]

Whoever said Frontpoint for the security system question, that’s the one I went with. Impressed with their customer service and it was super easy to install.

[washing machine]

Just installed a new outdoor ceiling fan on our screened porch. That fucker was heavy.

Remember to reverse the fan blades in the winter.

[E.H. Ruddock]

True story. It's an outdoor fan so it doesn't have the reverse function

[doug rr]

i love the denver bronco float tubes..

[washing machine]

I think those are Astros tubes.

[bart]

Is that a lifeguard chair?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Yeah it's an old one we found and lowered and painted

[B]

Good thing tree’s not here, otherwise he’d report B for doing his own electrical work.

Hey, the only electrical problem on the inspection was stuff done by a pro.