In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Oh Brenda! What a chore!!!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
What is the source of that "box", SIX? Is it part of another room? Just curious.
Nah... that's essentially the "center" of the house... Really, the stairs are, but that's right next to them and it's where the pipes going up into the roof are and right above the water heater in the basement. Nothing can be done about it.
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Yes, I see what you mean by odd shape. I can think of a few things to do ... for example, the space in front of the "box" is actually deep enuf for hanging clothes, si you might be able to put in a tall shelf, and two clothes rods (one over the other) preserving nearly all of the remaining space which ... seems hard to fill efficiently but could be something like a walk-in. Definitely needs some thought, and visualization is not in my wheelhouse! But, I'll give it a try.
I'll see if I can get an actual pic up in the next few days and you can look at the other picture to get an idea of the actual measurements we're working with.
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NAH, I don't mean worrying about politics or the surveillance state. I post about it, but it's not something that worries me overall. More like practical things ... what are your plans for retirement? How will you get medical care?
I don't care about any of that. I'll deal with that when the time comes. I can live on next to nearly nothing right now. I don't plan on actually paying any medical bills when I'm old. Let them destroy my credit at that point. I'm always going to have a house that's paid for no matter where that is. I just can't get sick before I'm in my final house.
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Are there any jobs that you could get to supplement your savings? (Right now seeing money going out, not coming in.) I admit I was worried that you quit your job, and still am worried that you don't have one lined up.
Nah. I got laid off. Unemployment is gone now though. I've managed to pay all of my bills and do all of this work though and I'm only down a little bit. The dentures are going to take a huge chunk out of what I've got though, and there's nothing coming in anymore. I'm going to find some bullshit part time work after I adapt to the new normal. If I can manage to make $550 per month after taxes somewhere I'll be able to keep paying all the bills and putting money into the house without dipping into savings.
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The economy could go sour pretty quickly, and jobs might not be so easy to find. (I have a very Depression-era attitude towards jobs which is ... hang on for all you've got, and don't let go until you have another one lined up. The people that we have employed were IMHO far too casual with their jobs and are now paying for the fact that they quit to live the free life ... and they kind of expect us to bail them out, while we're just trying to save money for daughter's future.) So not sure if your worries line up with mine, but there are long-term things that I would be planning for if I were in your shoes. They would cetainly be on my mind!
I would imagine our money worries are quite a bit different. I don't worry about money, even though I don't have much and I don't really have any prospects to make much.
That's the beauty of working at the bottom. If I don't like what I'm doing I can just quit and find another shitty job. I feel I made the most of my unemployment though, and I am in a much better state of mind than I was when I first got laid off and I had a massive hoard taking up every room in my house, a porch that was falling apart and the racoons and ants and mice were taking over the house. Now that I've shored all of that up all the money I put into the house at this point is going to give me 5 to 10 times the money back when I sell the place.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
That right-hand wall in blue - is that a freestanding wall sticking out into the room or is it part of the bedroom interior walls? If it's a freestanding wall, how much space is there to the bedroom wall to the right? In other words - could you take down that wall and extend the closet rightward all the way to the room wall?
No. The wall in blue on the right is outside of the room.
About 2 feet right of this closet is the door to the hallway. On the other side of that wall is the back of the tiny ass linen closet in the hallway that is only 9 1/2" deep. If I would do anything, I would actually knock that down and put it back the 7.5" to make the master bedroom closet flush with the door and the linen closet would actually be deep enough to put bath towels inside of it. (But I'm not doing that because it's a crazy amount of work, I'd have to put some more hardwood flooring in where the wall was moved, and I'd imagine that the wall itself is load bearing and it wouldn't be a good idea anyhow).
Like I told Sigs, I'll get a few pictures snapped of the closet as well as everything wrapping around into the hallway. It's hard to really visualize anything just by my crappy little mockup and my words. When I have the actual picture of the closet you can see exactly how much room is in there by looking at the diagram I made though since those measurements are accurate.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Jezz, that's more exercise than I get in a month! Good for muscle tone but- oy vey!!!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Sore legs had to walk down and up 10 flights of stairs yesterday. Elevators were out as they were doing routine work on them. Not fun.
Also I am having some trouble with stupid thing.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
Had no choice. Things to do. But yeah oy vey! is right.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Oh Brenda! What a chore!!!
It was but like I said to Sig. I had things to do. So I have to put up with sore muscles for a few days.
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Rain, rain, rain.
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Quote:So it's a pipe chase? Ok.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
What is the source of that "box", SIX? Is it part of another room? Just curious.
SIX: Nah... that's essentially the "center" of the house... Really, the stairs are, but that's right next to them and it's where the pipes going up into the roof are and right above the water heater in the basement. Nothing can be done about it.
Quote:That would be great!
SIGNY: Yes, I see what you mean by odd shape. ... Definitely needs some thought, and visualization is not in my wheelhouse! But, I'll give it a try.
SIX: I'll see if I can get an actual pic up in the next few days and you can look at the other picture to get an idea of the actual measurements we're working with.
Quote:Oh dear. And that's why I worry about you. Not that there's anything I can do about it, but I've never seen that approach end well.
SIGNY: NAH, I don't mean worrying about politics or the surveillance state. I post about it, but it's not something that worries me overall. More like practical things ... what are your plans for retirement? How will you get medical care?
SIX: I don't care about any of that.
Quote:I'm trying to put myself in your shoes and I just can't. Maybe because of personality differences, or maybe because we have a child to think about, but I can't imagine NOT planning for the future in some substantial way. Plus, I know two guys who are about 30 years older than you and they had the same attitude and now they need someone to rescue them. I know the system is rigged, but you have a lot of advantages ... you're smart, you're a real quick learner, I feel you could do a lot of things if you put your mind to it, and you shouldn't be at the bottom. A lot of people are where they are because they spend money recklessly or because they don't have your natural talents ... that's not you.
SIX: I would imagine our money worries are quite a bit different. I don't worry about money, even though I don't have much and I don't really have any prospects to make much.
That's the beauty of working at the bottom. If I don't like what I'm doing I can just quit and find another shitty job.
But maybe you're in the best position to weather the upcoming storm. You're younger, you're fit, you know a lot of useful things; if all else fails you could be the fixit guru, doing small tool repair or what-have-you. Me, I'm old and sick.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Speaking of old and sick: the doctor's visit today was exhausting. Not that she did anything unusual but all of that driving and talking and coughing just wore me out.
I have to go back tomorrow; she has a couple of additional meds to control the asthma better plus I showed her a picture of the goop coming from my lungs and she wants a chest xray to make sure I don't have a bacterial pneumonia. Plus some blood tests; she suspects an immune system problem for which there are treatments. If she can get to the bottom of all of this and figure out why my system goes nuts over innocuous things like lettuce but then can't seem to clear a staph aureus infection I'll be way happier.
Sign me: Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Think I figured out the problem with this thing. Found that the cable was coming out of my computer. The one from the modem to the computer, so I pushed it back and it seems to be behaving itself for now. So, new rule for me. No dishes near the cable hook up into the computer as I think they were getting hooked on it and pulling it out which I never noticed till today.
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Originally posted by SIX: Nah... that's essentially the "center" of the house... Really, the stairs are, but that's right next to them and it's where the pipes going up into the roof are and right above the water heater in the basement. Nothing can be done about it.
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SIGNYM: So it's a pipe chase? Ok.
Is that what they call it? Sure then.
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SIX: I'll see if I can get an actual pic up in the next few days and you can look at the other picture to get an idea of the actual measurements we're working with.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM: That would be great!
Working on it now.
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SIX: I don't care about any of that.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM: Oh dear. And that's why I worry about you. Not that there's anything I can do about it, but I've never seen that approach end well.
Yeah, well... I see how people at the bottom live around here and it's not entirely terrible, well... addictions and other poor life choices aside that is. A guy I did some work with for an old friend a while back is 60 years old and just working odd's 'n ends jobs for two more years until he gets SSI. He says that's still barely enough to cover his rent, but it will be a huge help. He is drunk by noon on any given day, yet manages to still do really good work. He won't wear masks when doing demo and he smokes. You can tell he's not in great health. But he's living right now in an apartment with a wife that doesn't work at all and a daughter who is 23 years old who contributes with her part time work. I feel bad for all of their situation, but he's got gas to get him where he's going and he's not starving.
He's also driving out of county to get a "deal" on his cigarettes at $8 a pack. I was really trying to convince him to roll his own since it's less than $1 a pack when you do it. I can't say for sure, but I'm willing to bet that his wife smokes too, and there's a pretty good chance the daughter does as well, statistically speaking.
Even at the bottom, they aren't making wise financial choices with their vices of all things. Say they all smoked 1 pack per day. That's $24 per day. If they rolled, that would be $3 per day. That would be a savings of $7,665 after-tax dollars per year, which is only $2,000 short of the SSI money he'll get in 2 years that will "barely pay the rent". Imagine what the three of them could do with an extra $7,665 per year that they're not able to do now, especially once the SSI comes in.
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SIX: I would imagine our money worries are quite a bit different. I don't worry about money, even though I don't have much and I don't really have any prospects to make much.
That's the beauty of working at the bottom. If I don't like what I'm doing I can just quit and find another shitty job.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM: I'm trying to put myself in your shoes and I just can't. Maybe because of personality differences, or maybe because we have a child to think about, but I can't imagine NOT planning for the future in some substantial way. Plus, I know two guys who are about 30 years older than you and they had the same attitude and now they need someone to rescue them.
I just don't see myself needing any rescuing. I started living like I had nothing back when I was living in my grandma's basement with the two cats that pissed all over the place. Then, when I got my last great job I saved every cent of it I could and put myself into the position I'm in now.
I'm frugal to a fault. It's amazing what you can make your money do for you if you work at it. All of these fixes and upgrades I've done to the house so far, including a lot of paint and materials I haven't even begun to use for future projects as I continue to get work d
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