[Jman]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

My head, please? Stay out? Mkay.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by semlin

yup i am fighting the impulse to ask them if they want to sell me the covers. i could use them here to supplement in a few spots, as the brass ones here are unobtanium.

Be prepared to hear that they threw them out.

[monniepoo]

hello tut! I was fiddling with the gmail thingy. How does this calendar work?

[yooper]

Originally Posted by semlin

weird, the people who bought our old house just sent a photo to show us where they installed a set of french doors in a spot i hadn't gotten around to putting one in. looks like a nice job on the install, but the weird thing is that the photo shows they have replaced the front door and its integrated side windows. now this was an original period correct 1910 solid fir door and side window set i bought from a salvage place and labouriously hand stripped, stained with tongue oil. these guys have replaced it with a repro that doesn't even look period correct. there was nothing wrong with it and it was beautiful they didn't do it for security because i had a dual lockset one double keyed and i reinforced the sash with a piece of steel plate and i showed it to them. i am betting they did it because the original glass was single glazed

they have also replaced the light switch and plug plate covers. i spent years gradually buying the correct old brown inlaid bakelight switch covers at demo sales and stuff so that every switch plate was brown on brown original. i can recall the day of triumph when i found a triple switch bank in an old house! they have replaced them all with modern white plates but left the brown switches and plug outlets

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Indeed.

I remember the first time I re-visited my first house, where I had lived for six years and had poured my heart and soul into the gardens. The lady we sold the house to completely ignored everything and the entire yard was a weed patch. I was heartbroken.

We visited again two summers ago on our way through town and talked to the new owners that she sold the house to. They said the front yard was 8 inches deep in leaves and was just dead dirt underneath. I think the only things that survived were the raspberries and the grape vines.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by Bogo

It's best to just not know...

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

nod. better not to know. Mrs. Cube doesn't ever want to see her last garden again.

And the jury has returned with a verdict.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by Bogo

Just put the poo in the standard compost heap.

Monnie, how do you feel about this?

[yooper]

Originally Posted by semlin

yup i am fighting the impulse to ask them if they want to sell me the covers. i could use them here to supplement in a few spots, as the brass ones here are unobtanium.

My house was full of brass ones. Not period ones (my house was built in the late '60s), but the PO really liked brass. I removed them all and replaced with modern plastic, but I also replaced the outlets and switches with matching ones.

I might have a stack of brass covers around somewhere...

[thorvald]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

hello tut! I was fiddling with the gmail thingy. How does this calendar work?

it shows you the days of the week and then days of the month

[thorvald]

Originally Posted by thorvald

it shows you the days of the week and then days of the month

so I take it Nate got you a password?

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

I brought some of this for lunch today. Steven will be pleased.

I broccoli

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by thorvald

it shows you the days of the week and then days of the month

It does dam

[thorvald]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

It does dam

in order for other people to see your calendar, check share with others. then to see theirs, type in names of other people. You can either just type in a and it will show everyone with a name starting with a, down through the alphabet or type in names of people from here and they should pop up.

[semlin]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

nod. better not to know. Mrs. Cube doesn't ever want to see her last garden again.

mrs semlin didn't cry when she saw the photo, which is significant progress. she doesn't care about the door and hardware, but she can't bear the thought of them being in that house.

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by Hugh Heifer

This isa column out of a '72. I am picking it because I do not have a key - not hot wiring it.

a '72 does not have ignition on the column either

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by thorvald

is handy work code?

No... I didn't give any handy work... he enclosed my patio

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by rachel1027

wow. I somehow feel guilty when I find shirts from 10 years ago. I feel like I should let them go to the great t-shirt heaven in the sky (AKA Goodwill)

I should be loaded with guilt considering how many clothes I have that way exceed the 10-year mark

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by Bogo

I was going to say grab Sean one weekend and then tear into it with him helping. Learn how the crank mechanisms work for the still connected lifts and fix it on the broken one. I bet one of the cables came disconnected or jumped off a pulley. If the latter you will need to tighten that line up to keep it from happening again. If all else fails, call Steve.

On the cable jumping a pulley. My brother is careful to snug up the cable lines when the top is down or else they will jump off a pulley. When the top is down and all latched in place he just takes up the slack in the cables with the crank.

[thorvald]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

No... I didn't give any handy work... he enclosed my patio

ahhhh, I see

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by rachel1027

can a crown on a grown woman ever look anything other than stoopid? (unless you are a real Queen of course)

what are un-grown women

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by Hugh Heifer

Small emergency at work. Spilled kawfee all over my lap and car seat. had to come home to change clothes and wash said car seat.

But here in time to get my Beatrice order

You sit in a car seat?

[semlin]

Originally Posted by yooper

My house was full of brass ones. Not period ones (my house was built in the late '60s), but the PO really liked brass. I removed them all and replaced with modern plastic, but I also replaced the outlets and switches with matching ones.

I might have a stack of brass covers around somewhere...

thanks but i suspect you had the modern brass ones that are shiny plated and lacquered. these are a real dull brass and they have true sharp bevelled edges and mitred corners. i am not actually a huge fan of brass especially shiny brass. i prefer the brown bakelight and i still have a some in the basement, but there are so many plates in this house it would be overwhelming to get enough to switch them all out.

which reminds me, i have been trying to source a solid brass deadbolt set for our backdoor that will tarnish properly and match the house fittings. it is pretty hard to find real brass door locks anymore. i found a double nos set for the old house and stripped the protective coating off them and put them in the door they removed. maybe i should ask them about those no, better not.

[yooper]

Originally Posted by thorvald

in order for other people to see your calendar, check share with others. then to see theirs, type in names of other people. You can either just type in a and it will show everyone with a name starting with a, down through the alphabet or type in names of people from here and they should pop up.

The easiest way to add our calendars to yours is on the left where there is a box that says "add a calendar", just start typing our MUD userids and they will show up and you can click on the name to add them. I just added your calendar to mine so I can see any events you put in there.

Today is DD's garbage day and Rachel has a phone job interiew...

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by yooper

Indeed.

I remember the first time I re-visited my first house, where I had lived for six years and had poured my heart and soul into the gardens. The lady we sold the house to completely ignored everything and the entire yard was a weed patch. I was heartbroken.

We visited again two summers ago on our way through town and talked to the new owners that she sold the house to. They said the front yard was 8 inches deep in leaves and was just dead dirt underneath. I think the only things that survived were the raspberries and the grape vines.

I told my wife we shouldn't drive by our old house, sure enough the first time we did she was heartbroken. In less than one year the new owner had killed almost every shrub and perennial in the yard. The lawn was dead. People use to stop and ask for pointers on their yards when they saw ours.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by monniepoo

You sit in a car seat?

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Starbucks trip scheduled for 2pm

[yooper]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

what are un-grown women

That would be a little girl.

Not sure where that colloquialism came from but it's a common one.

[surfpig]

Originally Posted by Bogo

Just put the poo in the standard compost heap.

Standard poodle poo?

[yooper]

Originally Posted by semlin

thanks but i suspect you had the modern brass ones that are shiny plated and lacquered. these are a real dull brass and they have true sharp bevelled edges and mitred corners. i am not actually a huge fan of brass especially shiny brass. i prefer the brown bakelight and i still have a some in the basement, but there are so many plates in this house it would be overwhelming to get enough to switch them all out.

which reminds me, i have been trying to source a solid brass deadbolt set for our backdoor that will tarnish properly and match the house fittings. it is pretty hard to find real brass door locks anymore. i found a double nos set for the old house and stripped the protective coating off them and put them in the door they removed. maybe i should ask them about those no, better not.

Yep these were either shiny and lacquered or a brushed finish, both ugly. I'm happy to be rid of them. I have a couple more to do...

[monniepoo]

Originally Posted by thorvald

so I take it Nate got you a password?

Yuppers

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by yooper

The easiest way to add our calendars to yours is on the left where there is a box that says "add a calendar", just start typing our MUD userids and they will show up and you can click on the name to add them. I just added your calendar to mine so I can see any events you put in there.

Today is DD's garbage day and Rachel has a phone job interiew...

There is an alert in your system tray about now.

Edit, Oh sure now you log off.