Golly! Does it ever end with home repair?
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Sat Aug-16-08 04:47 PM
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Golly! Does it ever end with home repair?
Gee, it sure doesn't! Pass me the lemonade! Whew!
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Sat Aug-16-08 04:55 PM
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Sat Aug-16-08 04:57 PM
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cold lemonade for you. When your project for today is completed, the beer gods say that you may drink many beers.
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Sat Aug-16-08 04:57 PM
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Sat Aug-16-08 05:00 PM
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dork something else up terribly in the process of fixing another thing. That is my theory on why you see so many angry looking men in Home Depot every Saturday.
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Sat Aug-16-08 05:49 PM
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5. Absolutely not. If it ain't one damn thing, it's another damn thing.
Sometimes I wonder if renting wouldn't be better. Redstone
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Sat Aug-16-08 05:51 PM
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:54 PM
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7. And all the directions are translated from Chinese.
So nothing makes sense, is backwards and the screws and nuts are "metric" so they fit absolutely nothing. And then someone always loses an eye.
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:58 PM
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9. Translated by the Chinese guy who almost flunked English, BTW.
Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 09:58 PM by madeline_con
Have you read some of this stuff? spelledit
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:57 PM
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8. Some home improvement company (I forget which one) used to say...
If you've got a house, you've got a project.
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:59 PM
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The house owns you, you don't own the house. Like cats.
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:01 PM
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:01 PM
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12. Fine thanks friend...
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:04 PM
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13. Here have a cold glass:
Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 10:04 PM by elshiva
:hug: Is that too sour?
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:19 PM
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14. There's always something, I replaced 3 smoke detectors and framed an door opening.
And still the list goes on.
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:23 PM
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15. wanna help me fix my place up
Need to finish the bathroom and kitchen floors, string two more wiring circuits to the living room and studio, then finish up the framing and plastering.
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Sun Aug-17-08 12:26 AM
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16. Home repair actually increases the need for even more home repair.
Now to finish that shower rebuild some time this century.
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