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  1. One of the true joys of being a new homeowner is discovering unexpected problems during projects or when getting "minor" repairs done. The previous owner apparently fashioned himself a DIY king.

    Painting the ceilings and removing the AC vent- Oh shit, there's mold in the ductwork.

    Replacing a gfci outlet- Well, the one that tripped is actually on the ceiling, where it's not meant to be and by the way, your entire breaker panel, and even the box itself is completely fucked because he cut a hole in it for this random power source. Also, it appears all of your outlets are backstabbed so they'll probably start giving out soon, because they're old and they used the wrong gauge wire. 

    Gas leak that is fortunately just within the oven itself- By the way, your water heater, despite being only 2 years old, is a disaster waiting to happen because it was installed by a moron.

     

    Somehow, much of this was undiscovered during the inspection, or chalked up to a bunch of little things that you can slowly fix over time. And I'm sure there is some upsell by the repair people who have been out here. But other than the HVAC unit, the universal, and immediate, response to anything they've looked at is pretty much "Wow, uhhhh.... that's interesting."

     

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  2. For those that refaced your kitchen cabinets, did you bite the bullet and do the interiors as well? I'm torn between not having that nagging annoyance when I open the cabinets and not wanting to chug paint thinner by adding more time on to this project.

  3. 1 hour ago, Jkwellborn said:


    DST is one of the dumbest things we do here.

    Putting the toddler down when it's bright outside will go off without a hitch, I'm sure. The guy has been a real asshole about bedtime, and just about everything else, as it is. Getting an early start on the terrible 2's, I guess.

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  4. I heard some "good" news on NPR the other day. They had a researcher studying ice loss in the Antarctic on, and he said when Thwaites goes, they now believe the ice shelf it's holding in place won't lead to abrupt sea level rise (10 ft) measured in years. It will instead take place over several decades!

    We've seen how great we are at adapting to gradual (on a human timescale) climate change and taking the necessary steps to avoid catastrophe. I'm sure we will respond appropriately to the world's largest glacier breaking off and melting, and not just let our coastal cities and island nations gradually drown, right?

  5. 9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I know the SOTU thread is going nuts right now, so I didn’t want this to get lost. I was letting wife watch her tv shows while I followed SOTU here, but when she was done I flipped to the speech. She’s voted D since 2004. Her reaction, angrily, was he’s too old. She’ll obviously vote for him again, but I just don’t understand this anger.
     

    Yes, he’s old. I told her if he wins, in 2028 we’ll probably get Newsom or Mayor Pete or Whitmer. She immediately bristled at Newsom because “you can’t put up someone from California!” (what up Reagan). But just wtf is going on?  Why are Dems so afraid?  

    The other fucking guy is nearly as old, and far less healthy. It's like complaining that he's a white man, or an east coast elite. If the only other opponent is the exact same thing, how is that an argument?

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  6. So what im gathering from this and the presidential thread is there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and staying to fight is going to get us all killed. Great. If this is how we're all feeling today, imagine how waking up on 11/6 is going to feel.

  7. 35 minutes ago, troph said:

    I spent most of my 20s and 30s working my ass off now I want to be outdoors ALL THE TIME. It’s fucking brutal. I can feel the sadness and the pain in my chest in the summer.

    If it's daylight and I'm not working on something with the house, I NEED to be outdoors. I get so restless, and even depressed, when I'm cooped up for any period of time.

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  8. I find most of my political news here or listening to NPR. And I've gotta say, this place gives me the warm fuzzies compared to national media reports. I might need to tune out for a few months to let my brain recover.

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  9. I wouldn't say exactly the same, seeing as they have at least elected a democratic senator. We can't even get rid of Ted.

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  10. 9 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    ^^^ with the acknowledgement that Klepper is purposely seeking out the most mind-numbingly frustrating, contradictory, shit-logic people on the planet for the lulz.

    It would be nice if those people were in shorter supply though

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  11. 2 minutes ago, Longhorn94 said:

    Nah, this is a different kind of stupid. We used to be common sense based, hold people accountable, and do what's right kind of people.

     

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  12. 2 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

    Why yes it is 

    I just looked her up to confirm. I'm guessing her recent aneurysm/stroke didn't unfuck her already scrambled brain? 

  13. 2 minutes ago, bluto said:

    Dark night for the state… Shelley fuckin Luther lost by 17 pts two yrs ago and got the w tonight. That sums it up. 

    Is that the fucking haircutter from one of the hellhole north DFW suburbs?

  14. 11 hours ago, bolverk said:

    It's hard to believe this is over three years old now, but here are the vote-by-precinct maps for the big Texas metros in 2020 at the same scale.

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    I did my best to turn Decatur blue that year, but only 457 other people (20%) in my precinct were with me. These maps are really cool.

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  15. I think a tiny bit of the grain may shine through, but it seems almost entirely covered up with sanding p80 +p180, then adding 2 layers of primer. I've had to spot-sand some splatter areas after priming as I get the hang of the paint sprayer. I'm afraid the first door or two may not look perfect. I'll see how everything looks after the 2nd coat of primer dries to determine if I really need to sand in between primers. Ugh.

  16. First time in this thread. We bought a house a year ago that was built in 1994. I've done some small light fixture replacements, painting walls, etc. but just embarked on my first big project this week. Our kitchen cabinets are offensively orange and glossy honey oak. We had the counters and backsplash replaced, but the cabinets were too great an expense.

    I put off starting the project for months, but now I've got some doors off, sanded and primed so there's no turning back. Expect some pictures of the finished project sometime in the next 3 years.

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  17. How long do you think we have left? I'm sure we will fuck most other creatures up big time before we get our own comeuppance, but it seems like we are well into the back back half of human history. I think Mother Nature has too big of a lead on technology and/or common sense for the species to endure for another 200,000 years. We got another millennium left in us?

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