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6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:20 AM

5 bucks for a perfect spelling test!!!!!!!!

I remember getting 5 bucks a year in free tokens for the ticket-machines at the local arcade if i had straight A's, but WTF???? LOL... I shouldn't be surprised. All of our bills above a buck are starting to resemble monopoly money colors.

It's BS about men driving more overall, especially when you can easily store driving info in a computer and dole out prices based off of that info if you wanted to. I've had this car for 2 years and I've only put 4k miles on it. I don't have a CDL, and I don't drive a sports car.

As for a "my region thing", it's possible, but I've driven a 280 mile radius from the south suburbs of Chicago, and this is especially true there. I can only speak of what I know. 9 of 10 times or more that I'm being tailgated it's by a woman. In my mind, this is the number one cause of accidents after drunk driving.

Can't speak for the male-hillbilly-mentality. That's not to say at all that you or your family are hillbillies where you live (and I know you aren't), but that MO seems to be stamped out a lot in the "urban" areas where I've lived. Around here, the girls are the first to fight each other and scratch each others' eyes out. I've gotten in the middle of this several times in the last few years and carried a girl outside to make her cool off.

Seriously, about jumping bumpers and stuff, all I can think about is plots to "Justified". All I can say is that I don't envy anyone living in an area where there is probably 10 meth "labs" in spitting distance.

Any "civilized" part of America, I can guarantee that the Women drive much more crazy than the men. But, I digress.... I shouldn't be talking to you about this, I should petition my insurance company about that.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm 88 cents a gallon. I LOVE the late 90's!!!!!!

I remember the times when it was worth it for me to cross the border to buy gas for 78 cents a gallon and cartons of Marlboro for 15 bucks. (Saving me 10 cents a gallon and 2 bucks for a carton).

the new mellinium!!!!!!!!

I remeber when a 2 hour joyride to clear the mind cost a few bucks.... Now I have to work about half a day for the same pleasure.

As long as nobody is riding my ass, my ride is my meditation.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

WISHIMAY

Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:52 AM

Ohh, you don't wanna get me started on she/he warfare this week, I'd rather have a woman ridin' my bumper than a man molesting my kid. One out of every 4 of you will do something atrocious to a kid...

Like I said at Xmas, my religion is Stay-the-hell-away-from-humanity. I've been stabbed in the back and used by sooo many people, I feel like the internet is the only place even capable of half-way nice human interaction...and that only a part of the time...

Anyway, back to the nice safe topic of home improvements.

Yesterday, I went downstairs to do laundry, and started it up and thought "Hmmm, why are my toes in a puddle??"
Flipped over the machine, unclipped the leaky piece, ran to the appliance part shop and said "I need one of these things!" I love my appliance shop, the guy had one in hand before I even set it on the counter, hah.
Came home, clipped it back in and even had time for a cuppa tea and a pat-myself-on-the-back before picking up kid.

I'm countin' yesterday a win!

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:18 AM

Woah Horsey! lol

Just remember, the original definition, the entamoligical definition of pedophile is actually "a lover of feet".

Why is this?????

"Both spellings "paedophile" and "pedophile" are correct. The British predominantly use "paedophile" and the USA uses "pedophile".

I suspect it was another case of Noah Webster "Americanising" the "British" English as paedophile doesn't "flow" as required. That being the case it has nothing to do with the root, the original root "children love" in paedophile is correct. "Pedo" does not mean "foot" in this context, it is just the Americanised spelling of "Paedo""

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100114164344AAVgaK1

1 out of 4 will only do something awful to your kid if you've been brainwashed by cop shows on TV.

If your daughter was 14 and complimented me on my sports coat, the most I'd give her in return is a thanks if she wasn't 18 and possibly a cheap gold and small diamond necklace trinket if she was over 18. (Don't hate me if your 18 year old daughter fell for me.... she could do much worse ;))

I feel for you being used. My brothers and I were mere pawns in the parents' "end game". The only thing is that my Dad is, and has always been the stable one. He never said anything bad about Mom... it was always Mom that bad mouthed him growing up.....

I love my mom, but only recently has she been "normal" after being diagnosed bi-polar and put on meds. I hadn't talked to her for nearly 10 years before about 15 months ago, but now we get along great. She ruined my relationship with my father twice in my life though. Looking back... he was the only one who cared about me with unselfish reasons at the time.

And I fucked him over, and in the process, fucked myself and my two younger brothers over with my decision with who to live with at the time.

Neither of my parents were bad, but especially seeing how successful in business my half-bro and step-bro are today, we'd all have been 100 times better off in the end game had I chose my Dad.

As for home improvement, neither of my parents knew crap. At least my step-dad can fill in there.

I'm just lucky that now that I'm 32, he thinks of me more of a son than either of my real parents did while using me and my brothers as pawns when I was 6-17

Thanks, Step-Dad,
~6

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book8

WISHIMAY

Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:26 AM

I'm not implying YOU would do anything, I'm saying as the mother of a daughter-and someone who reads the news (btw, I clicked on our local news the other day, and ALL the top stories were pervs ) that I am wary, no matter how ya spell it...

Also, I had a neighbor who seemed like a nice guy until I heard the tone in his voice when he said "Oh, you have a daughter??" Then I found out he had a massive porn addiction, and then couldn't let my kid go outside alone...Needless to say I breathed a huge sigh of relief when he moved away...I've got other stories, but some people know I come here, soooo....next topic...

I will not divorce. And I understand all too well what you are saying. I won't get started though, because my past makes me angry. I'm sure you understand. Sooooo...next topic...

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, January 27, 2012 12:13 AM

Right-o, Wish

Pending the regular background checks, I believe I got myself a job lined up for about 3 weeks from now. I know I NAILED the interview today. It'll be something to tide me over and get me back into working on somebody else's schedule, which will be good since I haven't worked a real job in over two years. The pay isn't much, so here's hoping the Union job pans out a month or two later.

I've fallen WAY behind the master bedroom remodel though. I've spent so much time the last 2 weeks studying for the union test and doing my own wicked-hard income taxes that the rehab has taken a back seat. Hope to get back in the swing tomorrow.

This is the first time doing my taxes that I've ever had to call the IRS for help with something. Filing correctly for two separate IRA distributions from both a Roth and a traditional for a first time home purchase is a nightmare to the un-certified DIY'er. Google is NO help with that. WAY too many variables to construct the perfect text phrase that will give you the answer, assuming it's even out there.

The AWESOME thing though, is that I discovered that 401k/IRA retirement distributions are not taxable income in IL, even if you're not retirement age. I can't believe that...... How could that be possible? IL TAXES EVERYTHING THEY CAN GET THEIR GRUBBY, CORRUPT LITTLE HANDS ON!!!!!

So because of that the $850 tax burden I thought I'd be shouldering come April is a much more satisfying $130! (Thanks IL, for the free water heater and washer/dryer combo!)

I've never had to do a partial resident state tax thing before. That wasn't too hard, but it was way more detailed than I've ever had to be for state stuff before.

Not to mention us IN folk have a billion more forms to fill out than the standard 2 page IL forms I grew up with. It's a lot more work, but I like that better though. It seems like next year when I'm living here full time there are a lot of things that I should be able to deduct to go above the standard deduction. In IL, there are very few things like being blind or handicapped that I never fall under.

Not to mention that IN state income tax is (currently) 1.6% less than IL, and Lake county is the only county in the state that doesn't (as of yet) charge a county tax.

If only I didn't have to drive over the border to IL to dodge nearly $4.00 more in taxes on a 30 pack of cheap beer, IN living would be my own personal Nirvana......

Who am I kidding, it still is!

Anyways, if you don't pay somebody to do your taxes, and you need any help with something tricky, let me know. I'm pretty good at that sort of thing.

Glad to hear you got your washer water problem fixed. How's the pantry/cupboard re-org project going?

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:45 AM

FINALLY!!!!!

I finished sanding the 60 sq/ft of overhead mud today. Got most of the other sanding done and put the 2nd coat on today.

I'm glad I wear contacts. I didn't spring for a non-fogging mask or goggles, so it's just a respirator here. Twice today I had to scurry into the bathroom and wash my eyes out when I got a big batch of the burning white stuff in my eyes.

Realistically, I hope to have the room primered 3 times by Wednesday. Most of the work will be done tomorrow, but the devil's in the details and the drying time.

My only regret so far now is finding out that in new construction houses are required to have smoke alarms that are hard wired to the existing electric (with a battery backup). Old houses aren't required to rip out existing walls to make this possible, but I wish I knew this before I made so many repairs and primered everything.

Oh well...

I WILL be hard wiring a smoke alarm in the hallway, which is much less than the required 15 feet distance from either bedroom on the 2nd floor. That should be enough to satisfy the nit-pickers when I try to sell this bad boy when the market stabilizes.

They'll just have to be happy enough with 2 closets with installed LED motion lights and 2 bedrooms with non-hard-wired smoke alarms they'll have to change batteries on twice a year.

Sure beats every house I ever looked at that didn't have either.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

SHADOWTEK

Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:02 AM

Hi 6IXSTRINGJACK, well I didn't know you as I'm new, but Hi!

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, January 30, 2012 12:46 AM

Hey Wish,

I was wondering about something that I thought you could help out with. I'm still heavily considering going with stained oak trim for the doors, windows and floors upstairs rather than the white. I figure if I go that route, the trim will be a dark stain, and the floors will be a much lighter shade. When I put up blinds, they will likely be the real wood variety, and be a shade somewhere in the middle, leaning towards the lighter floor.

I'm just wondering if you're a lot more limited in the colors you can choose for a room when the trim is brown? Do you have any thoughts on this? Do you know of any website that has a easy way to peruse choices like this without having to browse through hundreds of DIY projects?

I'm actually going to have to weigh this color thing out really soon. Since I'm going to be working in about 3 weeks most likely, I've revised my plans. I'll have the bedroom primered in the next two days. After that I'm going to do everything that needs to be done in the hallway. From there, I need to have my colors picked out for the walls because I'll be under the gun to get the color up so I can still manage to sand and re-finish the upstairs floors before I start my job. I figure once I get to that point, I can do the window/door/floor/(ceiling?) trim at my leisure and when money permits.

BTW... I had a GREAT idea for the stairwell going up to the hallway. I believe have mentioned the large mirror on the wall at the top of the stairs that would cover the access panel to the shower in a previous post. This would offer a great reflection of the chandelier from the ground floor.

Well.. just today I thought a way to take it even to the next level.....

When you're in the hallway looking down the stairwell, there's a blank, boring half/wall up high that just stares you in the face. (Behind where the chandalier would be hung). I'm thinking that it would look GREAT to have a large wrapped canvas piece of art hung there behind the chandalier. This would look amazing either from the top of the stairs, or in the reflection of the mirror from the first floor.

(Without having a photo to show you, please allow my VERY humble stick work to explain what I'm talking about. An architect, I definitely am not )

I had a better idea though, that would take a lot more work, but I think it would be so worth it.

In this picture, I have "built out the corners of the end of the stairwell at angles with the intention of being able to hang a 3-piece wrapped canvas such as this one available at Overstock.com:

Wondering what you think about all of this. :)

Quote:
Originally posted by ShadowTek:
Hi 6IXSTRINGJACK, well I didn't know you as I'm new, but Hi!

Hey ShadowTek. Nice to meet ya!

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, January 30, 2012 1:15 AM

Hey again!

I downloaded the "Gimp" free image editor. It's AWESOME!!!!!!

I got a few updated pics to show you what I'm talking about here :)

Here's the first, easy version....

Here's the more involved version....

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:16 AM

Hey again Wish,

Grrrrrrrr....

I'm looking at DIY sites for bedroom ideas and I'm seeing a lot of things I would have liked to take the time to do before getting this far into the job. Most of this stuff is "lighting" issues. I haven't primered the room yet, but it would be so much double-work now if I were to rip up chunks of the ceiling to add things like track lighting and/or over-the-bed lighting. I also didn't take the time to add closet lights, which isn't as big a deal since my closets aren't HUGE and they have a lot of motion sensor/battery operated options out there.

I'm really starting to second guess my desire for wood stained trim. I'm not very good with colors, but I think I may be seriously limiting myself to what colors I can paint the rooms if I have wood trim and hardwood floors.

My mom's giving my brother and I each a large Oriental rug for our new houses that she was given by my Freat Aunt (Real Oriental, with the same connotations as "Fine China", not the dollar-store crap we've all come to know and love in the last 15 years).

Once I know what color(s) the one I'm getting is and I know how large it is, I'll know what room it's going in and I'll ask you how it would best work.

:)

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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