I have to tell you that we have been blessed with a balmy 14-16c yesterday and today! The shorts have gone on - not to be taken off in casual mode until mid October when it starts to get a bit chilly again.Originally Posted by The Atheist
I caught the sun in the garden yesterday - mind you I catch the sun when I open the curtains of a morning - and I had to wear a jumper only once today. I've been out this evening and the cloud cover is keeping the temperature in positive numbers.
Lovely.
Do you think the Mrs. would consider loaning you out; My kitchen hasn't been painted since the
'80s
Yes, it gives him character. Poor fellow, all of his acting jobs are of a gay gigelo, a gigelo robot, a bi-sexual, amoral rich kid....oh yes, he is in the new SherlockHolmes movie...
Painting I can do. Painting - decorating - is just elaborate waving. Wallpapering - different kettle of fish.
!980's? What colour is it? I'm guessing pastel - Miami Vice and all.
Try wallpapering at ours! Not a single verticle surface or 90 degree corner in any room. The old house has "settled" over the last century or so. The poor chap who came to measure up for some new windows got quite flummoxed, no two openings were the same -or square- or straight.
I'm sloshed beyond belief. I can't still type, which is a testament to why computer engineers can never grow out of their damned keyboards. Arghh!
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.
Does that mean you have drunk yourself out of religious conviction, or are you just completely pissed?
Whatever - you're among friends.
Religion? I'm out of the whole friggin' Universe at the moment, no matter what the MWI of the QM states. :PDoes that mean you have drunk yourself out of religious conviction, or are you just completely pissed?
Whatever - you're among friends.
That's so comforting, Paul. Recommend me a song.
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.
We did have that problem with our lounge doorways. We got a local waster - who was quite handy when he put his mind to things - to do them for us. Unfotunately he didn't put his mind to them and went on a bender, but not before he'd demolished said door frames in a vain attempt to fit the door in.
"I only wanted you to put the bloody doors on" I plagiarised, but I ended updoing it myself. Lots of filler worked well.
When we wanted to get a new carpet for the lounge, I tried to lift it, and we found that the previous owners hd built their crap fireplace over it! Idiots. I had to cut round the hearth.
Their ineptitude was clearly only matched by my own. I discovered a new thing today - cable trunking. I'm going to keep on using it to seem DIY plausible.
No problem mate,Religion? I'm out of the whole friggin' Universe at the moment, no matter what the MWI of the QM states. :P
That's so comforting, Paul. Recommend me a song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc
For boozers
Danke! Lovin' me some http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYK7bEo1Z4M ATM.
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.
Thats advanced stuff paul, using conduiting. Although I have used short lenghs of it to mark where I set my mole traps.
Whoever invented that expanding foam is a true DIY savior. Just put said ill fitting window/door frame into gap. Get the wife to hold it steady. Squirt the foam around the edges. Go and have a cup of tea. After half an hour tell her she can let go. Simples!
Ive even used it instead of plaster of paris to set a sheep's broken leg.
Sounds: If its owt like our Kitchen the origanal colour will be lost in the mists of grime.
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Tell the wife to take her shortest shorts; you're moving to Miami to blot out the ugly dark colors the first Mr Sounds left behind...yes, that awful, goldy yellow in the kitchen with a bit of left over wall paper paste where the dropped ceiling used to be.Painting I can do. Painting - decorating - is just elaborate waving. Wallpapering - different kettle of fish.
!980's? What colour is it? I'm guessing pastel - Miami Vice and all.
By the way; how do you get rid of 25 year old wallpaper paste?
Ah, in Florida we build our houses so that marbles roll across the room; when the house settles, the surfaces become flat
It's the Jim Morrison influence...you're just riding on the storm, my man; pull up a chair and have a lagger with us
I was wondering where the roofer who took off in the middle of the job with my credit cards went... did he do your doors tooWe did have that problem with our lounge doorways. We got a local waster - who was quite handy when he put his mind to things - to do them for us. Unfotunately he didn't put his mind to them and went on a bender, but not before he'd demolished said door frames in a vain attempt to fit the door in.
"I only wanted you to put the bloody doors on" I plagiarised, but I ended updoing it myself. Lots of filler worked well.
When we wanted to get a new carpet for the lounge, I tried to lift it, and we found that the previous owners hd built their crap fireplace over it! Idiots. I had to cut round the hearth.
Their ineptitude was clearly only matched by my own. I discovered a new thing today - cable trunking. I'm going to keep on using it to seem DIY plausible.
Reminds me of a neighbor who "refurbishes houses". He showed me a house where he had laid ceramic tile on top of vinyl; then laid pergo wood on top of the ceramic. I said, "aren't you supposed to remove the tile". He said no one would know once he laid the floor boards. I wonder if they'll notice when they can touch the ceiling
Oh go, don't tell me about the foam. One of the locals told me he could fill in a small crack between my a/c and the outer wall with the stuff. He sprayed this nasty yellow slime around the unit. It hardend to look like a respiratory icu unit during an influenza outbreak
Yes, the kitchen is starting to get that "aged, nicotine" effect they often go for to give you the rustic feel...
Last edited by soundofmusic; 04-11-2010 at 03:17 AM.
You sure they didn't dig up some old beatles recordings out of a vault?
Last edited by soundofmusic; 04-11-2010 at 03:02 AM.
Think of the marketing campaigns you could run with that!It hardend to look like a respiratory icu unit during an influenza outbreak
New kitchen colours; snot, mucous, phlegm or blood-tinged sputum, madam?
You can fast-track that by setting meat to boil and leaving the house for a few hours.Yes, the kitchen is starting to get that "aged, nicotine" effect they often go for to give you the rustic feel...
Remember to use respirator to enter house afterwards - it gets a little smoky. ("little smoky" meaning smoke you could cut with a knife, visibility about 3 mm)
My mum did this once - it turned nice white walls & ceiling into burnt cream in one day!
Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."
Anon
Think of the marketing campaigns you could run with that!
New kitchen colours; snot, mucous, phlegm or blood-tinged sputum, madam?
You can fast-track that by setting meat to boil and leaving the house for a few hours.
Remember to use respirator to enter house afterwards - it gets a little smoky. ("little smoky" meaning smoke you could cut with a knife, visibility about 3 mm)
My mum did this once - it turned nice white walls & ceiling into burnt cream in one day!
My dad did the smoke thing once too - he had a little frying pan handle in there for good measure. The smoke really coughed out the lungs.
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