Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 7:10 pm
Hey 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.
I returned this thing and got a proper electric one. It was super portable, but only 600 psi and rips through a battery in like five minutes, so a cleaning job longer than that ends up taking to much time since you have to recharge.spike wrote:Will report back.tragabigzanda wrote:I'm listening...spike wrote: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.tragabigzanda wrote:That part is fun. The cables and hoses and attachments and limited reach…spike wrote:I dunno man, the satisfaction of seeing dirt and grime disintegrate like that is so good.tragabigzanda wrote:I just hate them. Every time I’ve had to use one I’ve hated every second of it.spike wrote:Why you gotta be all traggish about pressure washers? Tried and true.tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh try a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi
<sprays down a 10’x10’ area. Takes three trips to relocate everything to the adjacent 10’x10’ area…>
Hell.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ONE-H ... /317531019
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.
that’s why you just lock the back door while they work and stay safely within the chamber of privilegespike wrote:And murder you.
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.
Heck of a deal.spike wrote:We’re getting one of those smaller systems that fits under the kitchen sink. Second faucet there, then he’ll run a line to the fridge through the crawl for an additional $75.
This is being installed right now.spike wrote:Going to get a reverse osmosis filtration system installed for drinking/cooking water. Well water tastes awful and can be full of all sorts of crap, and tired of buying jugs of water/bottled water.