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going to replace a couple of puck lights in the ceiling this weekend. one in the laundry room, one in the living room. it's not fun, but it's easy enough electrical work that I don't need to pay someone else to do it.
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dad wrote:going to replace a couple of puck lights in the ceiling this weekend. one in the laundry room, one in the living room. it's not fun, but it's easy enough electrical work that I don't need to pay someone else to do it.
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my pressure washer crapped out awhile back, so i pulled the trigger on an electric cordless one. it showed up today... going to run around and wash the shit out of some stuff tomorrow.
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wash your dirty ass
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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96583UP wrote:wash your dirty ass
didn't you shit like eight times today?
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tragabigzanda wrote:All pressure washers are a PITA
we'll see. you can hook up a 2 liter bottle of water to this bad boy, for full mobility. obviously not for heavy duty jobs.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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spike wrote:
96583UP wrote:wash your dirty ass
didn't you shit like eight times today?
quit turning me on
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tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh try a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi
Why you gotta be all traggish about pressure washers? Tried and true.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh try a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi
Why you gotta be all traggish about pressure washers? Tried and true.
I just hate them. Every time I’ve had to use one I’ve hated every second of it.
I dunno man, the satisfaction of seeing dirt and grime disintegrate like that is so good.

I’ve got Canadian geese all over my yard, can’t wait to eviscerate all the poop off my driveway and docks.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh try a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi
Why you gotta be all traggish about pressure washers? Tried and true.
I just hate them. Every time I’ve had to use one I’ve hated every second of it.
I dunno man, the satisfaction of seeing dirt and grime disintegrate like that is so good.
That part is fun. The cables and hoses and attachments and limited reach…

<sprays down a 10’x10’ area. Takes three trips to relocate everything to the adjacent 10’x10’ area…>

Hell.
Dude, that’s why I got the cordless. It also has a spout that I can hang down into a bucket of water and pull from there. No hose, way more mobile.
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power washing poop away sounds satisfying

doing like whole fences, house siding, and pavers etc is mega time consuming and I prefer to just pay a pressure washer guy to do it

i used to try but just don’t have the time

it’s messy too
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Put a new runner on my stairs this past weekend. 8-)
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96583UP wrote:power washing poop away sounds satisfying

doing like whole fences, house siding, and pavers etc is mega time consuming and I prefer to just pay a pressure washer guy to do it

i used to try but just don’t have the time

it’s messy too
Yes there can be big jobs, but I don’t have a ton of those on the docket. Gotta pressure wash the stained cement caps on my city deck wall though. Neighbor did hers and looks great.
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Steve Albini wrote: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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
spike wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh try a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi
Why you gotta be all traggish about pressure washers? Tried and true.
I just hate them. Every time I’ve had to use one I’ve hated every second of it.
I dunno man, the satisfaction of seeing dirt and grime disintegrate like that is so good.
That part is fun. The cables and hoses and attachments and limited reach…

<sprays down a 10’x10’ area. Takes three trips to relocate everything to the adjacent 10’x10’ area…>

Hell.
Dude, that’s why I got the cordless. It also has a spout that I can hang down into a bucket of water and pull from there. No hose, way more mobile.
I'm listening...
Will report back.

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