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CGar, occassionally I find myself weakening. I have been screwing up my courage/fortitude to get up on the roof and get rid of the pounds of leaves up there I am sure clogging up the gutters and getting ready to create my next water emergency. Next Saturday.
Donatella / CGar, do you happen to have a log of all these brownstone repairs/issues – so my wife understands fully what she would get ME into via buying an uber expensive house that needs more TLC than her
i had a very strange dream last night involving *Rob* being a zombie (like in 28 days later) and me kicking the shit outta him (sorry dude) – very strange!
Donatella, can you prop up a broomstick or mop with books to keep the window closed until the guys come tomorrow morning? Or you could have them cut it for you at a lumber yard. I know what you mean–no carpentry skills here. I have all my curtains on tension rods.
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What about the lunatics on the train who sing along to their iPods? Today one on was yelling, growling, and mumbling/singing “welcome to the crackhouse.”
sorry 🙁
ha seriously i hate them too. actually i find people who talk on the train more annoying. the train is where i get my reading done,and when people start talking im always eves dropping on what they are saying, it’s impossible for me to tune them out. and the more annoying they are it seems to more im likely to listen in on their conversation.
*rob*
Are you people serious? Do you think I would actually cut wood?????? There are limits to this landlord stuff, for Chrissakes. You may remember when I tried to change the innards of my toilet and wound up pinching my finger with the wrench into a bloody mess.
donatella, I am actually NOT kidding. And I do have Norm Abram’s book. And a circular saw. After 10 years in my house, I am capable of some basic home repairs – I’ve done some carpentry and plumbing, but have never tried anything electrical for fear of electrocuting myself.
And, yeah, I agree with DH. I really don’t miss a lot of this, and I’m not sure I want to buy another house. It never ends – it was like the day I walked into the Parlor, and it was like a sub-zero in there, and that’s when/how I discovered that the Parlor window had decided to give notice.
By daveinbedstuy on December 6, 2010 11:18 AM
dh, are you in some cafe facebooking all morning and just getting to us????
you know it!!
haha, window dressing….
Mopar, there is a guy in this office who does ipod singing (without ipod) to entertain us. High-pitch, off-key. He takes requests…