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its a four house cul de sac.. sidewalks on the main road at the corner.
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Ours has a slight incline that balls not caught often roll across the whole thing. We've joked we need to invest in a net for kid corralling and ball catching.
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I grew up on one (with a sidewalk!) and we spent so much time out there. We used to play a form of baseball, but with a tennis racket and ball and you had to pitch to yourself like you were hitting fungo to a fielder, and then run like hell around the "bases". Man, I miss that.
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i don't care if there is 5" of snow out here, if you showed up at my front door right now i would play immediately.
i miss the fuck out of those hybrid/madeup sports we constantly played as a kid. (which tbph i was still doing up into my 20s. i feel lost.)
i miss the fuck out of those hybrid/madeup sports we constantly played as a kid. (which tbph i was still doing up into my 20s. i feel lost.)
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:23 pmI grew up on one (with a sidewalk!) and we spent so much time out there. We used to play a form of baseball, but with a tennis racket and ball and you had to pitch to yourself like you were hitting fungo to a fielder, and then run like hell around the "bases". Man, I miss that.
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We just called it tennis baseball, but we'd play in the street and you had to keep it between the sidewalks. Tough for a dead-pull hitter but we all had our crosses to bear.
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Yeah, we had a quiet four-way intersection - with a sewer cap on each corner that served as bases.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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and i bet that first base was stimulus checks, second base was PPP and third base was UI for both of you huh
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Made an appointment with a mobile repair shop, didn't get a chance to ask what he charges. Asked my friend who recommended him, $180 for a tuneup. WTF? Found a local shop that will pick it up and charge $85. I think I'm just going to buy a new one with an electric start and try to sell this one. Maybe try to fix it myself and if I get it started, great, if not, sell it as non-working. I'm sure someone who knows how to fix it will buy it for $50 or $100.
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Since it won't start at the moment, I'm not too concerned with that prospect.
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Was that the name of the Jason Pierre Paul firework?
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Pervious neighbor lost his thumb to a push mower. Who would have thought that those moving blades were that sharp?
Mrs. Duff came home to him crawling in their yard looking for it while his wife and our other neighbor were on their porch laughing. Those three were definitely on something (which was par for the course).
Mrs. Duff came home to him crawling in their yard looking for it while his wife and our other neighbor were on their porch laughing. Those three were definitely on something (which was par for the course).
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What the fuck?
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My Spanish Prof at W&L had 9 toes due to a lawnmower accident (also solid Southern accent that would not be considered native to any Spanish speaking part of the world). Learned that because one of the other person is the class was the son of another professor. Found myself looking at his shoes way too often (insert Rex Ryan joke).
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Middle school woodshop teacher had his middle three fingers shortened on a diagonal line by a circular saw. According to his first day speech, he was using the saw and looked up when someone slammed the door. Not sure if it was intentional, but he frequently pointed his half-index finger towards the class when emphasizing a point.
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I too know a guy that list 1.5 fingers to a lawnmower. And not starting now is the beginning of a painful story. Lastly the neighbors wife got all into getting the poorly supervised kids next door toy airplane out a tree in our small street. Dragged a 10ft ladder out and went one step above the safe one then leaned backwards with a pole. Couldn't reach so she grabbed a twigish branch and leaned backwards. Got it! My stomach was in knots and I had to look away and listen for squishing. Thankfully none. Were all mostly distant neighbors here but I had to send her a stern email for that one. Figure about 20-25% serious injury over a fucking toy plane.
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Since this has turned to a self mutilation thread, I'm missing a chunk of my left thumb. May have shown that in a previous iteration of a Swamp Zoom up.
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We played two on two baseball. Pitchers’ hands out. 1B was a tree, 2B was made of sand, 3B was a glove of the team at bat, and home plate was also made of sand. Tennis ball. The other player not at the plate is catcher. All baserunners are ghost runners. Home runs needed to reach a set of trees on the left side of the road, and on the right side had to clear the driveway that was a bit more shallow than the left side. Anything that got beyond the fielder was an automatic ground-rule double, and baserunners only advanced one base. Triples are only possible in three on three.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:17 pm i don't care if there is 5" of snow out here, if you showed up at my front door right now i would play immediately.
i miss the fuck out of those hybrid/madeup sports we constantly played as a kid. (which tbph i was still doing up into my 20s. i feel lost.)
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:23 pmI grew up on one (with a sidewalk!) and we spent so much time out there. We used to play a form of baseball, but with a tennis racket and ball and you had to pitch to yourself like you were hitting fungo to a fielder, and then run like hell around the "bases". Man, I miss that.
Those were all my rules (pitchers’ hands out was borrowed). I used to get barked at for being “rulesy”.
eta: forgot to add: you had to alternate batting L and R.
Damn. I was good.
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EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:07 pmWe played two on two baseball. Pitchers’ hands out. 1B was a tree, 2B was made of sand, 3B was a glove of the team at bat, and home plate was also made of sand. Tennis ball. The other player not at the plate is catcher. All baserunners are ghost runners. Home runs needed to reach a set of trees on the left side of the road, and on the right side had to clear the driveway that was a bit more shallow than the left side. Anything that got beyond the fielder was an automatic ground-rule double, and baserunners only advanced one base. Triples are only possible in three on three.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:17 pm i don't care if there is 5" of snow out here, if you showed up at my front door right now i would play immediately.
i miss the fuck out of those hybrid/madeup sports we constantly played as a kid. (which tbph i was still doing up into my 20s. i feel lost.)
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:23 pmI grew up on one (with a sidewalk!) and we spent so much time out there. We used to play a form of baseball, but with a tennis racket and ball and you had to pitch to yourself like you were hitting fungo to a fielder, and then run like hell around the "bases". Man, I miss that.
Those were all my rules (pitchers’ hands out was borrowed). I used to get barked at for being “rulesy”.
eta: forgot to add: you had to alternate batting L and R.
Damn. I was good.
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Yeah, Calvin got me.
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But nobody lost a finger?EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:07 pmWe played two on two baseball. Pitchers’ hands out. 1B was a tree, 2B was made of sand, 3B was a glove of the team at bat, and home plate was also made of sand. Tennis ball. The other player not at the plate is catcher. All baserunners are ghost runners. Home runs needed to reach a set of trees on the left side of the road, and on the right side had to clear the driveway that was a bit more shallow than the left side. Anything that got beyond the fielder was an automatic ground-rule double, and baserunners only advanced one base. Triples are only possible in three on three.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:17 pm i don't care if there is 5" of snow out here, if you showed up at my front door right now i would play immediately.
i miss the fuck out of those hybrid/madeup sports we constantly played as a kid. (which tbph i was still doing up into my 20s. i feel lost.)
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:23 pmI grew up on one (with a sidewalk!) and we spent so much time out there. We used to play a form of baseball, but with a tennis racket and ball and you had to pitch to yourself like you were hitting fungo to a fielder, and then run like hell around the "bases". Man, I miss that.
Those were all my rules (pitchers’ hands out was borrowed). I used to get barked at for being “rulesy”.
eta: forgot to add: you had to alternate batting L and R.
Damn. I was good.
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Given that you're paying for all that through the HOA (and a shitton more), you may as well just pay someone a lot less to do it now.
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Over the past week while I was out of town, my wife used YouTube videos to: A) fix the clothes dryer, and B) change the switch in a lamp.
Some men might feel emasculated by this. I just say “you go, girl!” She was really proud of herself and im happy it’s done. Saved a bunch of money and work for me, so we’ll get a nice dinner to celebrate.
Some men might feel emasculated by this. I just say “you go, girl!” She was really proud of herself and im happy it’s done. Saved a bunch of money and work for me, so we’ll get a nice dinner to celebrate.
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I'm just happy to hear someone finally stepped up to be the man of your house.sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:15 pm Over the past week while I was out of town, my wife used YouTube videos to: A) fix the clothes dryer, and B) change the switch in a lamp.
Some men might feel emasculated by this. I just say “you go, girl!” She was really proud of herself and im happy it’s done. Saved a bunch of money and work for me, so we’ll get a nice dinner to celebrate.
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My accountanty brain always thinks of spending in terms of what else if could be spent on so these reverse situations are truly the best.
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My wife is definitely the fix-it person around here. No shame at all here.sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:15 pm Over the past week while I was out of town, my wife used YouTube videos to: A) fix the clothes dryer, and B) change the switch in a lamp.
Some men might feel emasculated by this. I just say “you go, girl!” She was really proud of herself and im happy it’s done. Saved a bunch of money and work for me, so we’ll get a nice dinner to celebrate.
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Man, I wish. I wasn't raised with a dad teaching me how to do shit, so it's all self-taught. A lot of it had to be learned before YouTube was such an awesome tool.
Wife grew up with a somewhat handy dad and 2 older brothers. Fixing stuff just isn't her jam. I mostly don't mind it, but I sometimes feel the pressure because if I don't fix something --> $$ and I'm worried about breaking things irreparably.
She's very cool about the tension and always reminds me that the worst thing is that I can't fix something and we bring someone in. If I do fix it --> $$
Anyways, my dishwasher is broken. That's above my pay grade.
Wife grew up with a somewhat handy dad and 2 older brothers. Fixing stuff just isn't her jam. I mostly don't mind it, but I sometimes feel the pressure because if I don't fix something --> $$ and I'm worried about breaking things irreparably.
She's very cool about the tension and always reminds me that the worst thing is that I can't fix something and we bring someone in. If I do fix it --> $$
Anyways, my dishwasher is broken. That's above my pay grade.
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If it's anything othe than the supply lines, me too. And if the supply lines are copper, that's a tough one, but doable.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:37 pm Man, I wish. I wasn't raised with a dad teaching me how to do shit, so it's all self-taught. A lot of it had to be learned before YouTube was such an awesome tool.
Wife grew up with a somewhat handy dad and 2 older brothers. Fixing stuff just isn't her jam. I mostly don't mind it, but I sometimes feel the pressure because if I don't fix something --> $$ and I'm worried about breaking things irreparably.
She's very cool about the tension and always reminds me that the worst thing is that I can't fix something and we bring someone in. If I do fix it --> $$
Anyways, my dishwasher is broken. That's above my pay grade.
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Same here. I've always been reluctant to do home repairs myself because I don't have the confidence that I'll do it right or I'll make it worse.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:37 pmWife grew up with a somewhat handy dad and 2 older brothers. Fixing stuff just isn't her jam. I mostly don't mind it, but I sometimes feel the pressure because if I don't fix something --> $$ and I'm worried about breaking things irreparably.
She's very cool about the tension and always reminds me that the worst thing is that I can't fix something and we bring someone in. If I do fix it --> $$
Still, I decided to do one pretty large home improvement project recently. I removed all of the carpet from our basement and replaced it with vinyl plank flooring. At first, I was convinced I would mess it up somehow, but eventually I found my groove and got it done in a couple of weeks. I think it turned out nicely. (I didn't install the cabinets or countertop; I'm not *that* confident.)
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RIP Parquet :(
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Yeah.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:37 pm Man, I wish. I wasn't raised with a dad teaching me how to do shit, so it's all self-taught. A lot of it had to be learned before YouTube was such an awesome tool.
Wife grew up with a somewhat handy dad and 2 older brothers. Fixing stuff just isn't her jam. I mostly don't mind it, but I sometimes feel the pressure because if I don't fix something --> $$ and I'm worried about breaking things irreparably.
She's very cool about the tension and always reminds me that the worst thing is that I can't fix something and we bring someone in. If I do fix it --> $$
Anyways, my dishwasher is broken. That's above my pay grade.
For the third time in a year, our disposal is broken. This time I just have to bend over and pay a shitload for a much better one and someone to install it who isn't me.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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We have the 3/4 Horsepower "Waste King"
It wasn't all that expensive, was pretty easy to install, and it works like a damn champ. I think it clocked in between $100-150.
It wasn't all that expensive, was pretty easy to install, and it works like a damn champ. I think it clocked in between $100-150.
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I've been going with an In-Sink-Erater that cost around that much. And it lasted for years. Then it broke and its replacement quickly broke. Then that one's replacement just broke.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:04 pm We have the 3/4 Horsepower "Waste King"
It wasn't all that expensive, was pretty easy to install, and it works like a damn champ. I think it clocked in between $100-150.
It's frustrating because the first two breaks at least were from us being stupid and running it with something metal in there.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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did you glue the floor, sabo? or was it the floating floor stuff -- I've done the latter few times and it gets easy as you figure out it's just a giant puzzle. not sure I'd ever want to glue
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It's a floating floor, but I glued the planks to the steps. I also put some screws in for the steps to give them further stability. I used a toe strip and trim to hide the screws.Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:12 pm did you glue the floor, sabo? or was it the floating floor stuff -- I've done the latter few times and it gets easy as you figure out it's just a giant puzzle. not sure I'd ever want to glue
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Same here. My favorite part is for bigger things when we have a contractor or the like over. Dude always looks at me and I point and say, "Talk to her, she's the one who knows what's going on."Giff wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:49 pmMy wife is definitely the fix-it person around here. No shame at all here.sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:15 pm Over the past week while I was out of town, my wife used YouTube videos to: A) fix the clothes dryer, and B) change the switch in a lamp.
Some men might feel emasculated by this. I just say “you go, girl!” She was really proud of herself and im happy it’s done. Saved a bunch of money and work for me, so we’ll get a nice dinner to celebrate.
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