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In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:31 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Friday, June 26, 2020 9:30 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Good to hear you're still making progress Sigs. Always nice to get more trash out. I didn't even bother putting anything out to the curb this week, after 6 weeks of putting out two full containers and wishing I could do three. Nothing really to throw out when I'm not dehoarding the garage, tearing something down I plan to rebuild or (thankfully) when the springtime weeds and seeds and fallen branches and constant lawn clippings finally give way to a much needed break. I decided to buy more of the vinyl window film. I'm LOVING the stuff that I put up in the master bedroom and the excess I used on the front door. It looks great, and contrary to some really negative reviews about it not sticking, I think they'll stay up for 10 years since I prepped everything well and followed the directions. Not a single sign of any of them peeling at all. It just occurred to me today that the windows in the basement are shorter than the ones upstairs and you can buy the same stuff that is twice as long so I can get the entire basement done with only two rolls and have more to spare. One more roll makes 3 and that will be pretty much every window in my house except for the large window in the living room. In the basement, I'm going to put them on both the top and the bottom pane. Everywhere else, just on the bottom pane. I love how clean they look upstairs and how I don't need to put holes in the wall or window frames to install any blinds or drapes. They'll look great when I repaint everything that I haven't done yet and make the new frames for the living room, and whenever I sell the house down the road it will be a clean slate for the new owners to decide what they want to do with them. When my friend saw the windows I did at first glance he thought that I'd bought new windows. The last time he was up there was before I'd done the new sills and framed them out, and the windows had at least 8 years of dirt and grime built up. He actually thought I sprung for brand new windows with privacy panes on the bottom. That means I get to tear down those old horrible blinds I have up everywhere that are caked with years of dust and crap on them too. Even though the film gives privacy, it lets a whole lot more light in than dingy blinds that are closed most of the time. I can't wait! Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, June 26, 2020 9:31 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Out for a walk in the sunshine in a bit.
Friday, June 26, 2020 10:41 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: YEE HA! I have some old blinds, too. I'll give the film a try. Which one did you use?
Friday, June 26, 2020 11:29 PM
BRENDA
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Out for a walk in the sunshine in a bit. YAY SUNSHINE! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake #WEARAMASK
Saturday, June 27, 2020 1:35 AM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 5:59 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 6:31 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 6:37 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Saturday, June 27, 2020 7:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Don't you just hate when grocery stores put stuff you want on the highest shelf. That happened to me twice today. Good thing I had my umbrella with me to get a box of cereal down. The other item was close enough to the edge that standing on my tip-toes I was able to get it.
Saturday, June 27, 2020 7:10 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 10:53 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 11:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: I've had to do that too!! Someimes I've had to make them fall and catch them on the way down - fortunately it's usually something like paper towels (100% recycled!) so that if(when) I fail to catch them getting bonked on the head don't hurt.
Saturday, June 27, 2020 11:39 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Don't you just hate when grocery stores put stuff you want on the highest shelf. That happened to me twice today. Good thing I had my umbrella with me to get a box of cereal down. The other item was close enough to the edge that standing on my tip-toes I was able to get it. I buy on the bottom shelf. That's where all the real bargains are. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Sunday, June 28, 2020 12:17 AM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 3:37 AM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 4:00 AM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 5:12 AM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 12:37 PM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:23 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Occasionally I have to hunt up and down the aisles of a grocery store looking for a ladle or chopsticks or anything long enough so that I can slide the item I'm looking for off the shelf and grab it as it falls. That, or find a helpful tall person to get it down for me! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake #WEARAMASK
Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:24 PM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 10:19 PM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 11:45 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 12:19 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
Monday, June 29, 2020 12:08 PM
THG
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Jeez... According to the weather report, today was the coolest high temp until the 15th of next month by 5 degrees. They've been known to be wrong before though. Like when they said no rain today and we got hit with a thunderstorm that dropped an inch of rain in a half hour and flooded the street again, because the city storm sewer systems and/or pumps failed again. Of course, like last time, it was on a Sunday and there was nobody in the entire freaking city there manning the phones off hours because of muh Covid. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Do Right, Be Right. :)
Monday, June 29, 2020 12:16 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: I can see how any kind of weather would be unpleasant if you had it day after day ... I happen to like foggy/ rainy/ drizzly cool (but not snowy!) weather, but I imagine even I would get tired of it over time. So YAY for your bright sunny day!
Monday, June 29, 2020 1:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: An actual bright sunny Sunday here.
Monday, June 29, 2020 9:57 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 10:13 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 10:24 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 10:27 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 10:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Sounds like great work on the vinyl, SIX! I'll bet it makes a HUGE difference in the way your house looks!
Quote:I have one question: since the vinyl will inevitably get dirty, just like a window would, can you wash it?
Quote:And one comment: Drapes and blinds have a purpose besides privacy, and that is to block light. It may not be an issue for you, but for us it definitely helps to keep the heat out. That's why I have thermally insulative sun-blocking curtains on our bedroom and livingroom windows which get sun. Personally, I like "plantation shutters" which are made with wide slats of wood, but they would be prohibitively expen$ive since they would need to be custom-made. So I would go with both privacy vinyl AND curtains. The vinyl for when I want the curtains open.
Monday, June 29, 2020 11:33 PM
Monday, June 29, 2020 11:46 PM
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 1:08 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 1:30 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 2:16 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 2:31 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 2:42 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: "I have one question: since the vinyl will inevitably get dirty, just like a window would, can you wash it?" I started looking into painting my lower windows with acrylic (artists) paint a while ago. And I found out that not only do they have thinners which would allow me to modify the opacity, but they also have mildly to wildly opalescent pigments. So for instance, one might be able to create the appearance of milk glass or opalescent glass or iridescent glass (not my style, but it gives you and idea) or paint any pattern of stripes, etc you might want.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 3:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: Hey I think the garage is finished as far as the big stuff. The shelving and countertop/ workbench are up, the lights have been changed out for LEDs, we added two outlets and circuit breakers and did new conduit for that and the demand water heater, so that is done. And my tomato and peppers are finally developing fruit, I see four baby watermelons the cucumber is ready to pick ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake #WEARAMASK
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 3:52 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM:
Quote: hey that looks pretty!!! I could do some really fancy stuff with that!! But is it washable? What I really want, for two windows anyway, is something really sparkly like grist patterns, or "misty" looking, like looking into a fog. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake #WEARAMASK
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:32 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 6:06 AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 1:34 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 2:07 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:40 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though it is a soggy one in BC. Out for a walk in a bit.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Though it is a soggy one in BC. Out for a walk in a bit. Indeed! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake #WEARAMASK
Thursday, July 2, 2020 12:33 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records. I think you might be surprised what you can find out online these days. Gotta get that computer up and running. ;) Do Right, Be Right. :) I did decide to take a quick look at something on line. National Archives which wasn't much help. Course I could just keep trying on line. Different takes. The monitor works but at the rate things are going. I think I will end up just buying another flaming laptop until I can get a hold of my IT guy.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records. I think you might be surprised what you can find out online these days. Gotta get that computer up and running. ;) Do Right, Be Right. :)
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records.
Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:29 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: It would be great to know more about what he did the US but that means getting to the US and Louisanna specifically to go through civil war records. I think you might be surprised what you can find out online these days. Gotta get that computer up and running. ;) Do Right, Be Right. :) I did decide to take a quick look at something on line. National Archives which wasn't much help. Course I could just keep trying on line. Different takes. The monitor works but at the rate things are going. I think I will end up just buying another flaming laptop until I can get a hold of my IT guy. The monitor works. Good. Does the desktop work? Do Right, Be Right. :)
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