Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 11, 2020 3:04 pm
trag
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.
yeah ok. hurry up and get here.tragabigzanda wrote:I could play all the winners from the RATM tourney to get you really pumped up about your yard work?
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.
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.
I need their version of "how I could just kill a man" to play like every third song thoughBammer wrote:A playlist?
You’re doing it wrong.
Just put all your Rage on shuffle. This is the way.
Fair.E.H. Ruddock wrote:I need their version of "how I could just kill a man" to play like every third song thoughBammer wrote:A playlist?
You’re doing it wrong.
Just put all your Rage on shuffle. This is the way.
RM confession that surprises absolutely no one: B doesn't troubleshoot.B wrote:Do you have to troubleshoot before calling home warranty? I just call them and let them send out an A/C guy to figure it out.washing machine wrote:Pretty sure the ambient temp in my house shouldn't be 86 degrees when I have the thermostat set to 74. What I'm not sure about it how to troubleshoot it before calling my home warranty company. The AC unit seems to be running fine (no weird sounds, no physical damage), I change my filters regularly, and air seems to be blowing (weakly in some areas...) out of my vents.
I mean, maybe google it to make sure it's not a $3 problem, but the minute my problem reaches $101, I call the home warranty.

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.
dammit. i was actually going to respond to your post with the pic of the rocks wrapped up to ask when you getting new sod delivered too.E.H. Ruddock wrote:So that area has always been weeds and a mess. Can't really see in the picture, but all that area that looks like grass actually has a bunch of ground cover starters going. Ivy, creeping Jenny, etc. And we'll fill in bare sports with bushes. The goal is all garden over there with lots of ground cover to keep the weeds out