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Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 5:41 am
by Bammer
Bammer wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Bammer wrote:I’m ‘bout to stain the d*ck today.
- Spoiler: show
- Deck, lenny. The deck.
i understood
Ok
Shake as I might, all the pigment ended up at the bottom of the can and now I have to sand down and re-do the last few boards which came out a totally different color
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 1:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 1:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 1:14 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 1:37 pm
by Bammer
tragabigzanda wrote:Cans of the Annoyance
Stain of J was good.
Shake the Wrong Way was meh (two puns ... trying a little too hard IMO ... but serviceable)
But this? This makes me want to just finally quit RM for good.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 2:41 pm
by ghost
I think the floor guy talked us into going with oak hardwood over LVP since the difference will only be a few grand. How bad is this gonna fuck up my world while it's being installed and finished? We're doing the whole house.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 3:42 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 4:45 pm
by Bammer
I mean, an acceptable answer MIGHT have been Dance Of The Behr Annoyance, but even then...
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 5:43 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Mon August 03, 2020 6:18 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Might be posting a lot in here this week, depending on how we get through tonight with the hurricane
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 12:12 am
by simple schoolboy
The city recently improved the curb on the corner, so of course they inspected the entire block and found that everyone's sidewalk needs to be repaired. Apparently they give you 30 days otherwise they contract it out and bill you for it.
Pretty sure this is more about the dozen or so $500 permit fees more than it is about ADA compliance. Can we convince the rioters that city works vehicles are racist so they can burn something down that will have a measurable effect on citizen's lives?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 12:53 am
by 96583UP
just had a plumber in here for the tankless install quote
he confirmed my suspicions that the '6 year' water heater tank in my basement is from 2001 and not 2011 like the home inspector indicated
hilarious
i have a 19 year old hot water heater in the basement, with a giant '6' on it
and since my A/C and Furnace are fully depreciated, but still operational, of course i am getting a quote on the up-sell whole-house HVAC upgrade
there are a lot of rebates
and i have 2-zone
but there is 0% financing
and i am mentally preparing for a $22K quote
oy vey
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 12:55 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:01 am
by 96583UP
maybe i can buy an ASCAP license and have PJ play a covers show in my backyard
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:01 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:11 am
by 96583UP
yes, Boom is probably looking for work
and would have no qualms sleeping in my shed
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:12 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:14 am
by 96583UP
i wonder if he does pavers too
trying to do the little area by my trash cans
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 1:15 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu August 06, 2020 2:16 am
by E.H. Ruddock
96583UP wrote:just had a plumber in here for the tankless install quote
he confirmed my suspicions that the '6 year' water heater tank in my basement is from 2001 and not 2011 like the home inspector indicated
hilarious
i have a 19 year old hot water heater in the basement, with a giant '6' on it
and since my A/C and Furnace are fully depreciated, but still operational, of course i am getting a quote on the up-sell whole-house HVAC upgrade
there are a lot of rebates
and i have 2-zone
but there is 0% financing
and i am mentally preparing for a $22K quote
oy vey
I feel you, we need all new windows in the next year or so.