[StephanieL]

I think my office is trying to kill me today. Paint/varnish fumes have been circulating around our area this afternoon, and I managed to bang up my knee real good on the side of my desk. So now I'm dizzy and in pain.

[GG Mora]

House guests, v. Space Invader.

[Ms J]

Someone smashed one of the window panes at the front of our house last night. They didn't manage to get in, mainly because our lovely old window frames are painted tightly shut. Even if they had the alarm would have gone off. But still, I had to spend this morning cleaning up glass, filing a report with the police, warning the neighbours and ringing glaziers, which made me late for work.

[winesonoma]

I seem to have lost my good pair of reading glasses which does not bode well for my trip to the desert. Can't read anything without them. Have to take the old ones I use for the computer. Bummer!

[Rail Paul]

Ms J, on Jul 11 2005, 10:57 AM, said:

Someone smashed one of the window panes at the front of our house last night. They didn't manage to get in, mainly because our lovely old window frames are painted tightly shut. Even if they had the alarm would have gone off. But still, I had to spend this morning cleaning up glass, filing a report with the police, warning the neighbours and ringing glaziers, which made me late for work.

I'm sorry to hear that, Ms J.

I noticed that some older houses in our area have what look like plexiglas inserts on the outside of the ancient glass. I believe they provide some additional security, and also form a barrier to wind intrusion, etc. Light, of course, passes through without impairment.

Additional thought. Errant baseballs wouldn't be a problem, either

[The Scream]

the cost of gas is killing me. we don't even drive much.

[NeroW]

Moving. From where does so much shit accumulate? Is that correct grammar?

[Ron Johnson]

NeroW, on Jul 12 2005, 12:21 PM, said:

Moving. From where does so much shit accumulate? Is that correct grammar?

The only good thing about moving is the amount of junk you purge. For the first few months in your new place you have this amazing sense of order and freedom . . . then you start warehousing useless shit again.

[Rose]

Ron Johnson, on Jul 12 2005, 01:24 PM, said:

NeroW, on Jul 12 2005, 12:21 PM, said:

Moving.  From where does so much shit accumulate?  Is that correct grammar?

The only good thing about moving is the amount of junk you purge. For the first few months in your new place you have this amazing sense of order and freedom . . . then you start warehousing useless shit again.

Why, it's kind of like bulimia!

[NeroW]

Ron Johnson, on Jul 12 2005, 05:24 PM, said:

NeroW, on Jul 12 2005, 12:21 PM, said:

Moving.  From where does so much shit accumulate?  Is that correct grammar?

The only good thing about moving is the amount of junk you purge. For the first few months in your new place you have this amazing sense of order and freedom . . . then you start warehousing useless shit again.

I read somewhere that three moves is the equivalent of one house fire, in loss of possessions.

Now, if my BF would only lose his comic book, coin, and basketball card collections, we'd be all set!

[The Scream]

NeroW, on Jul 12 2005, 05:21 PM, said:

Moving.  From where does so much shit accumulate?  Is that correct grammar?

Don't know how that happens. Shit that you never bought too.

[bbqmonster]

NeroW, on Jul 12 2005, 05:21 PM, said:

Moving. From where does so much shit accumulate? Is that correct grammar?

I am convinced I have a static cling gene -- crap that I never knew I had, don't know where it came from, and have no space for, just automatically shows up in my apartment.

[Stone]

I started renovating my kitchen in at the end of April. I've had boxes of Ikea sitting around the apartment since then. As of the end of May, I had nine cabinets around the apartment. As of mid-June, I had ripped out my old kitchen cabinets, sink, etc. As of last night, I got three cabinets up on the wall.

All this to save $10,000.

[g.johnson]

Stone, on Jul 12 2005, 04:33 PM, said:

I started renovating my kitchen in at the end of April. I've had boxes of Ikea sitting around the apartment since then. As of the end of May, I had nine cabinets around the apartment. As of mid-June, I had ripped out my old kitchen cabinets, sink, etc. As of last night, I got three cabinets up on the wall.

All this to save $10,000.

We paid a lot more than $10,000 and we haven't had a working kitchen since January.

[Rail Paul]

Stone, on Jul 12 2005, 04:33 PM, said:

I started renovating my kitchen in at the end of April. I've had boxes of Ikea sitting around the apartment since then. As of the end of May, I had nine cabinets around the apartment. As of mid-June, I had ripped out my old kitchen cabinets, sink, etc. As of last night, I got three cabinets up on the wall.

All this to save $10,000.

But, you have control of the process, at least. That's an improvement over waiting and wondering if anyone will show up to work today, or this week...

One of my buddies is building a pool. His contractor left a huge hole in the ground for almost a month while they worked on other projects. Three days of rebar, light wiring, etc and they were gone for another two weeks. It's now been nearly two months and they've done maybe four days of work on a ten day project.