In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Wow! That is fantastic SIX.
The pictures or the health insurance update?
Sounds like you deserve to relax tonight. You going to watch Killers of the Flower Moon tonight?
Figured you would have mentioned if you'd watched it already.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
I meant the pictures.
Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."
I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Lots to catch up on with you guys!
BRENDA, I hear you about flat feet and shoe shopping! I've got thst, plus EEEE width feet, and a bunion on my right foot. Once I find a brand and style that I like, I stick with it. Shoe shopping is such a trial!
Glad you noticed your blood sugar bouncing around. As I recall, you have hypoglycemia, right? I'll bet that's no fun.
SIX.
Interesting option on the insurance angle. I guess you report to the IRS as "self employed“. You might want to get a receipt book and save your copies bc I assume you'll be paid in cash? Also not sure what the contractor laws are there, but here any job worth more than $500 requires a license.
Also, don't do what our one handyman did: He did phenomenal work, a perfectionist. But had the strangest hours, would show up at 8PM and work until 3AM. That made sleeping difficult! And ultimately he bailed on a job and we couldn't get hold of him for completion. Once you get the rep for being reliable, people will be banging on your door! Also, have you thought of helping people de-hoard, or at least organize? It's light work but highly valued!
And congrats on getting that door up!
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Dpeaking of de- hoarding... I found dear daughter's secret stash in the front guest bedroom, where I rarely go. So we butted heads and then I sat her down in front of 8 bins ... #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass, aluminum, general recycling, small scrap metal, and trash, and sorted thru the bags with her.
She's still mad at me.
When we get to her room, tho, I won't make her get rid of anything. It'll just be organizing so hopefully less friction.
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Yeah, shopping for shoes has always been a hassle for me, SIG. I don't bother with what I call "good shoes" and just go for running shoes. Easier to find a pair that fit.
Yup, I am hypoglycemic. And for me it is hard not to notice my blood sugar bouncing. My hands start to shake and other symptoms. Definitely not fun.
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SIX.
Interesting option on the insurance angle. I guess you report to the IRS as "self employed“. You might want to get a receipt book and save your copies bc I assume you'll be paid in cash? Also not sure what the contractor laws are there, but here any job worth more than $500 requires a license.
Yeah. I've got some research to do for sure here. It wouldn't surprise me if there are some limitations to what I could do without a permit. Obviously, unless I really knew people well I wouldn't be doing things like electricity for them and take money in exchange for it. I know my work is up to Cook County, IL code and exceeds code around here in many aspects, but I'm not licensed or certified in the work. It's not exactly trying to get away with doing brain surgery when you never went to medical school, but things like that I would avoid. I know I couldn't install gutters since it requires a $30 permit even just to do your own around here, and I was told by the city it's to verify that the people you're paying to do it are licensed and bonded, or that you truly are doing it on your own and not paying somebody else to do it.
As for job prices, I don't think I'd see to many that were $500. I don't have interest in doing things like half/full bathroom remodels, and literally almost anything to do with a kitchen. I couldn't make money doing that stuff with how slow and perfectionist my work is.
But I could make money doing things like painting bedrooms and hallways and bathrooms and kitchens, or sheds on the exterior, or putting poly on your fence, etc.
I love painting. And I know I'd still take a long time doing it and making everything as perfect as I could, but it's low-danger, medium exertion work that I absolutely love doing. If I were able to get a couple of painting gigs every month, that would probably be all I needed to do.
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Also, don't do what our one handyman did: He did phenomenal work, a perfectionist. But had the strangest hours, would show up at 8PM and work until 3AM. That made sleeping difficult! And ultimately he bailed on a job and we couldn't get hold of him for completion. Once you get the rep for being reliable, people will be banging on your door! Also, have you thought of helping people de-hoard, or at least organize? It's light work but highly valued!
Oh god. He did what? I know I got weird hours when I'm on my own time, but if the job isn't a 1040/W2 job where I'm scheduled to work overnight, I'm going to be there at banking hours, and only ever earlier if I wanted like some extra drying time between stuff to get it all done in one day instead of finishing it off on a 2nd day, and ONLY if you didn't immediately poo poo that idea because you've got your own life to live.
Nah... I come off like an asshole a lot here, but in real life, The Dude (usually) abides. I'm all about Don't Tread on Me, and when I interact with people in the real world I generally treat people the way that I expect people to treat me until they give me a reason to do otherwise. When it comes to customers, I do have lines, but I'm not going to come right out of the gates stepping all over their lines by inflicting my insomnia and weird sleep patterns on them.
But good lookin' out. You never know. I very well could have been somebody who desperately needed that advice that nobody ever gave him before. It's great advice.
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And congrats on getting that door up!
Thank you. Pictures to follow in the next post.
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Dpeaking of de- hoarding... I found dear daughter's secret stash in the front guest bedroom, where I rarely go. So we butted heads and then I sat her down in front of 8 bins ... #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass, aluminum, general recycling, small scrap metal, and trash, and sorted thru the bags with her.
She's still mad at me.
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Okay... This is it. I had some really good finds out of the old pile of photos for tonight's update.
First we have a piece that I like to call "Feels like I'm Drowning in the Age of Aquarius".
Isn't it beautiful?
The amount of work that went into doing that was probably only less than the amount of work it took to peel it all off and give those walls the wash down they needed before it could be repainted and those shelves could be restored.
I don't remember what I did with it, but I hope I burned that gross plastic door knob that had a needlessly porous surface that just attracted probably 30 years of people's hand grime and was half brown when it should have been white... possibly ivory if I'm being generous...
*Uuuuuugggggghhhhh....* I remember that.
Don't tell anybody... but deep down I've always suspected that if I hadn't burned that while I was drinking heavily, and it ended up in the wrong hands, it may have actually been the true origins of Covid 19.
Here's one from the stairwell, right after I'd made the panel to access the shower from behind in the hallway rather than bust a bathroom wall to get to it when I needed to. I've never had to open it and completely forget about it for years at a time, but it's always there. (I'll try to remember to take another photo from this angle now and see if you could even tell that panel is there).
And now... (Not really now... I hadn't even put the doors on the toilet cabinet or put the shelf up either, but I can't find a newer shot from this angle and possibly haven't taken one yet).
What Age of Aquarius looked like after spending a few days peeling all that stuff off everything and getting the trim down...
* Holy crap... I don't even remember patching all that wall damage up but I did it because it's perfect now and I'm quite obviously insane.
And what she looks like today after I cleaned everything up, all professional like.
Here's that shot from yesterday with the solid door on it that I said I'd add to the new photos when I took some finish shots from the same angle.
And some shots with the beautiful new door on...
And then using the rechargable led photo/motion sensitive light. The light is AWESOME. With the louvered door, it will actually turn itself on for 20 seconds even with the door closed by just walking out of the bedroom to the bathroom or back. I don't need that for myself, but the next time my old man stays the night for any reason, I'm sure he's going to love that on top of the 2 nightlights in the bathroom.
And here's my horrible, drunk, lazy paint job on the back of the old linen closet door...
I'm not going all out, but I've GOT to make that look better before I install these last two doors.
Substandard work! You're fired, 33 year old Jack!
Wowzers!
But for real... even if I did that when I was knockout drunk, I only did it because I knew that for at least the next 13 years I wasn't ever going to know that I did it.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I meant the pictures.
Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."
I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.
Thanks, Brenda. Just saw this now.
Nice. I'm surprised you hadn't seen it until now. We were talking about that one quite a while ago.
So you're really not able to see much unless the library gets it, huh?
One of these days we got to get you real comfortable with that computer. Maybe see if we can get Second to behave like a human being for long enough to get you sailing the high seas and watching movies you want to watch when you want to watch 'em instead of having to wait 2 or 3 years to finally see them.
I hope you enjoy(ed) it.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I meant the pictures.
Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."
I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
One of these days we got to get you real comfortable with that computer. Maybe see if we can get Second to behave like a human being for long enough to get you sailing the high seas and watching movies you want to watch when you want to watch 'em instead of having to wait 2 or 3 years to finally see them.
For example: Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 at https://yts.gg/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-2023
A recent movie which is still playing in theaters can also be downloaded: Disclosure Day 2026 at https://yts.gg/movies/disclosure-day-2026
You will also need a free program called qBittorrent from https://www.qbittorrent.org/ to actually download the movies.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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So, SIX, I've been looking at the before and after pictures to unravel how you managed to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. There are clues in there for me.
To me, the most obvious thing is changing the trim from the mingy 1950's contractor's trim to to wider, classy trim. And the CARE that you took to install it. I don't recall the details of how you got that trim on the stairs to fit so absolutely perfectly, but I'llbet you sweated blood.
The floors. Did you stain them? How did you get that high polish? They look absolutely fantastic.
Wall repair, paint job, and color choice. Again, very carefully done. There isn't a thing I would change. The way you finished the stairs is inspired.
Changing and painting doors, cabinets, light fixtures, mirrors etc. Classy and decorative without being either stark or fussy.
And of course decluttering and (altho I can't see it) furniture choice.
You have a decorator's eye, SIX. It's clear to me that you had an integrated picture in your mind how you wanted the house to look and were working towards that goal with each choice you made.
Bravo! Well done! And thanks for the pix and inspiration! I will never be satisfied with substandard contractors work again!
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I meant the pictures.
Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."
I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.
Thanks, Brenda. Just saw this now.
Nice. I'm surprised you hadn't seen it until now. We were talking about that one quite a while ago.
So you're really not able to see much unless the library gets it, huh?
One of these days we got to get you real comfortable with that computer. Maybe see if we can get Second to behave like a human being for long enough to get you sailing the high seas and watching movies you want to watch when you want to watch 'em instead of having to wait 2 or 3 years to finally see them.
I hope you enjoy(ed) it.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
You're welcome. Those other pictures are also fantastic. You have a real flair for sure.
We were talking about it quite a while ago.
Nope. My library gets in tv series faster than new movies. But that's okay. I had to finish up watching "Broken Wood". That's a little police series from down New Zealand.
Now that that is finished and going back to the library, tonight I shall start "Killers of the Flower Moon." I want to be completely uninterrupted for it. Full attention on it.
Hopefully but I'm not holding my breath. Not because of you. It's just I don't to download unknown programs and corrupt anything.
I will.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I meant the pictures.
Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."
I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.Quote:Download free movies from https://yts.gg/home
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
One of these days we got to get you real comfortable with that computer. Maybe see if we can get Second to behave like a human being for long enough to get you sailing the high seas and watching movies you want to watch when you want to watch 'em instead of having to wait 2 or 3 years to finally see them.
For example: Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 at https://yts.gg/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-2023
A recent movie which is still playing in theaters can also be downloaded: Disclosure Day 2026 at https://yts.gg/movies/disclosure-day-2026
You will also need a free program called qBittorrent from https://www.qbittorrent.org/ to actually download the movies.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
SECOND, I do not want to do any of that. Downloading unknown programs makes me nervous.
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Out in a minute. 74F right now. Think Kipling wrote in one of his books, "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun." Course he was writing about India.
But I am hoping to at least stay cool if I CAN'T beat the mid-day sun back.
Off to try new shoes and such. Stay cool everyone.
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