Chufftober '15!

[BadMouth]

well, you've got your width...and you can only go to the ceiling.

Take advantage of lowes or home depot doing free cuts.
If having multiple strips of the same width cut, make sure the guy cuts it from the bottom.
That way he doesn't have to reposition the saw and the cuts will be exactly the same.

[yotsuya]

well, you've got your width...and you can only go to the ceiling.

Take advantage of lowes or home depot doing free cuts.
If having multiple strips of the same width cut, make sure the guy cuts it from the bottom.
That way he doesn't have to reposition the saw and the cuts will be exactly the same.

I hear you on the Kreg. I've been making patio furniture in anticipation of hosting people for the holidays, and it's been awesome. I'm planning on building a desk/soldering-electronics workstation for our spare bedroom next.

[pbj]

I've been making patio furniture in anticipation of hosting people for the holidays, and it's been awesome.

You want to know how I know you live in the southwest....

Anyway, mother in law flying in.  Still no living or dining room, but at least the indoor wading pool is dry.  Thankfully it's a short trip.

In happier news, finally walked into a Pizza Patron the other day.  Cleaner, friendlier, and better in every way than Little Caesar's.  And they have this option:



Adios, Little Caesar's, you are permanently off the list.

[Token]

I hear you on the Kreg. I've been making patio furniture in anticipation of hosting people for the holidays, and it's been awesome. I'm planning on building a desk/soldering-electronics workstation for our spare bedroom next.

+1 on the Kreg. I had to put a new support piece in my build to mount the vertical flatscreen. Thought about cleats. Thought about brackets. Remembered the Kreg jig. Took 2 minutes and looks clean.

[Howard_Casto]

I've been making patio furniture in anticipation of hosting people for the holidays, and it's been awesome.

You want to know how I know you live in the southwest....

Anyway, mother in law flying in.  Still no living or dining room, but at least the indoor wading pool is dry.  Thankfully it's a short trip.

In happier news, finally walked into a Pizza Patron the other day.  Cleaner, friendlier, and better in every way than Little Caesar's.  And they have this option:



Adios, Little Caesar's, you are permanently off the list.

Ahh Fryoles..... they look exactly like they will coming out of you 20 min later. 

[vwalbridge]

they look exactly like they will coming out of you 20 min later.

That's best case scenario.

[Howard_Casto]

Well I think the best case scenario is that you make it to the toilet in time.  Fast food Mexican food is like a race with the devil to get back home when you eat it. 

[Howard_Casto]

Oh I almost forgot... I FINALLY got the car looking decent enough to get it painted.  It's not perfect, but for 23 years old the old gal looks pretty good. 

[pbj]

Hooray for working on Thanksgiving. 

[Howard_Casto]

Do you work at the sperm bank?  If so that's an impressive sample.

[vwalbridge]

Kidney stone?

[pbj]

I saw 5 whooping cranes and 2 Sandhill cranes this morning.  That is about as rare as it gets.

 

Still haven't caught one edible, legal fish this year.

 

[pbj]

Goodbye, sunken living room.  It was fun.

[wp34]

Wow is that concrete?

[vwalbridge]

Before pics or it didn't happen.

[BadMouth]

Goodbye, sunken living room.  It was fun.

Isn't it still going to flood and just flow elsewhere now?

[Token]

Goodbye, sunken living room.  It was fun.

If the source of the leak was the foundation there may be bigger issues than a flooded living room. Did they cut out baseboards and drywall to find the source of the leak?

[pbj]

Before pics or it didn't happen.

How many before pics does one need exactly?  I posted a damn rubber ducky floating in there.



Anyway, current theory is that the back porch slabs have shifted and now tilt towards the house rather than away from it.  When it rains, the slabs flood and pool up the water under the house.  Water pushes up around bad seals on foundation piers that were added years ago.  Well, that's putting it mildly.  It was like a water fountain gushing up during the last heavy rain.  There are also a couple hairline cracks that have water seepage.  Maintenance guy caulked up all the leaks, they glued down some plastic liner, and filled the room with cement to match the height of the other rooms.  It's a half assed repair but it'll last while we're living there.  Long term solution would involve releveling the back porch and adding gutters to divert the rain into the yard. 

But, screw that.  Griping about paying full rent on a house that's been gimped for FIVE MONTHS this year was also rebuked with stony silence.

[Token]

Long term solution would involve releveling the back porch and adding gutters to divert the rain into the yard. 

So the roof edge leading to the back porch that slopes towards the house has no gutters? Your landlord is an idiot.

But I bet you already knew that.

[vwalbridge]

How many before pics does one need exactly?  I posted a damn rubber ducky floating in there.

  Sorry! I forgot about that on page 2.

[pbj]

So the roof edge leading to the back porch that slopes towards the house has no gutters? Your landlord is an idiot.

Correct.

Frankly, that back porch is weird.  It wasn't there originally and whoever added it didn't think it through.  The A/C drip pan also drained out on it, so the other side of the porch used to sit under half an inch of water during the summer.  I 'fixed' that by attaching a garden hose to the pipe and diverting the water into the yard.  How nobody noticed this issue five minutes after that slab was poured is beyond me.  (Would have been very easy to tie it into the hot water heater overflow pan and drain it out of the side of the house...)

I'm happy to have some resolution on the living room, though.  Another one of those, "well, it's not like you have kids...." situations where it was okay to screw me because, "that's a big house and you don't need that much space."  Your only recourse in Texas is being let out of your lease without penalty, but that means you've got to pack up and move.

[Howard_Casto]

To be fair has anyone met or had a landlord that ISN'T an idiot?  I'm not judging or anything, it's just every one I've ever ran across has been a total jerk, mildly retarded, or a combination of the two. 

[pbj]

Eh, it's an old house.  Stuff happens.  The repairs have been competent but slow in coming.  I've actually had pretty good luck with landlords over the years.

Did have one that started sending all his money to a Russian camwhore, decided to leave his wife and kids for his true love in Moscow, and showed back up a few weeks later with his tail between his legs.  7 months later some Ruskie baby appeared that his girlfriend in Russia swore was his.  Instead of simply blocking her e-mails, he continued to send checks.  His wife put up with it for awhile... but has thankfully divorced and remarried.  I wasn't personally affected by all that, but it certainly took the cake.

[vwalbridge]

Eh, it's an old house.  Stuff happens.  The repairs have been competent but slow in coming.  I've actually had pretty good luck with landlords over the years.

Did have one that started sending all his money to a Russian camwhore, decided to leave his wife and kids for his true love in Moscow, and showed back up a few weeks later with his tail between his legs.  7 months later some Ruskie baby appeared that his girlfriend in Russia swore was his.  Instead of simply blocking her e-mails, he continued to send checks.  His wife put up with it for awhile... but has thankfully divorced and remarried.  I wasn't personally affected by all that, but it certainly took the cake.

You have an interesting life pbj.

[pbj]

For whatever reason, people have treated me as a confession booth most of my life.  My parents' adage of, "if they're acting weird it's either an affair or cocaine" is right 95% of the time, so those revelations have long ceased to get a rise out of me.

More interesting sins, people.  Please.

[Howard_Casto]

Substitute cocaine for crystal meth and that typically applies to around here as well. 

[vwalbridge]

Substitute cocaine for crystal meth and that typically applies to around here as well.

Blue, yellow, pink...I don't care just keep brining me that stuff!

[Token]

At least now we know where pbj hid the bodies.

[Howard_Casto]