Flinging Rants To See If They'll Stick

[mam521 2,913]

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

However, for those interested, the colors are as follows, Sherwin-Williams man:

 -- Body, see man:  SW Many1Many2, Coastal Plain man

 -- Trim, see man:   SW ManyManyMany0, Courtyard man

The neighbors will be, uh, green with envy, hee hee hee man.

Those are nice colors!  Does your home have brick on it, too?  

 

I have a red bricked house with a pale, vanilla'ish trim.  I used to despise the red brick and the trim color.  But, we got a new roof and then changed the windows and the exterior doors and now I quite like the look.  The new windows and doors really modernized it.  The old ones were aluminum frames with colonial style gridded/grilled, single pane, sugar glass.  There are also some half round windows that had those grilles as well (I think they look like half wagon wheels).  They were all replaced with double pane, gas insulated windows.  The front door was an old wood, 4 lite with a half round window but we changed it to a solid door with a long, vertical window (mid century style).  It lets in more light though the frosted window, which is nice.  It was an investment, but we see the returns in energy savings, a cleaner house (less dust) and it was amazing how much quieter it is with the newer windows.  

 

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We found some weird stuff, when the dickens was THIS ever used, and for what man.

That's all that crazy ES stuff you buy...

 

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

All others were curbsided in the garbage bin, curbside we man.

We hope that they'll dump out without coming open, otherwise paint inside of garbage bin man.

They're old enough that we suspect glued-on lids, looked solid to us man.

We're not allowed to put wet paint cans into the trash.  You either have to take the lids off and let them dry up or take them to the county recycle center.  They will have a free drop off day for paint coming up soon.  They always do one in the spring and in the fall. Otherwise, it's a small fee.  

 

We were pleasantly surprised a couple of weekends ago because we took the dead microwave to the recycle center and they didn't charge us a recycling fee.  Lowes, HD and WorstBuy were all wanting $50 to take it.  We will still take advantage of WorstBuy's free electronics recycling.  We have some old Apple routers and an old Chromebook that need to go and they'll take up to 4 pieces per day.  I'd prefer that the high school do a recycling event (I think marching band usually does one as a fundraiser) but they didn't do it last year.  The school is arguably closer, more convenient and takes it all at once.  

[TBoneTX 49,096]

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

Those are nice colors!

Gracias, mam ma'am.  Ex-Mrs.-T-B. saw them today and was quite impressed, big relief man.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

Does your home have brick on it, too? 

Whole first floor, si mam ma'am.  Before us, some owner had painted them white, certainly before the HOA banned the painting of bricks, timing is everything man.  The white has gotten a little faded or dirty, but the new colors help somehow, conclude we man and ex-Mrs.-T-B. man mam ma'am.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

The old ones were aluminum frames with colonial style gridded/grilled, single pane, sugar glass.  There are also some half round windows that had those grilles as well (I think they look like half wagon wheels).

We had all of this, too, si mam ma'am -- out of style, hard to clean/easy to dirty, and rather ugly, si man.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

They were all replaced with double pane, gas insulated windows.

We did this, too, si mam ma'am.  Windows are like Andersen but under the contractor-only label, which we can't recall, si and no man.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

The front door was an old wood, Many lite with a half round window but we changed it to a solid door with a long, vertical window (mid century style).

P-Math error precised, see and si and naughty mam ma'am man.

We have solid-wood double doors, si man, with only 2 peepholes, see man.

We dislike glass on doors in case of breakage by criminals or hurricanes, reason we man.

We don't disagree with your choice of style at all, no mam ma'am.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

we see the returns in energy savings, a cleaner house (less dust)

We have no data yet on either of these, no man.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

amazing how much quieter it is with the newer windows

The positive difference is stark, si mam ma'am!

We couldn't even hear it rain for these last 2 days, no man.

Nor could we hear the garbage trucks passing outside*, no man.

     *however, this is sometimes handy to hear, timing is everything man

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

That's all that crazy ES stuff you buy...

Actually, we have never bought paint of any kind anywhere, come to think of it man.

These were either left over from previous owners or VERY early purchases by then-Mrs.-T-B., surmise we man.

We were perplexed by some of the white shades/textures and the many various cans of furniture stain, huh man.

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

We're not allowed to put wet paint cans into the trash.

Nor technically are we, no mam ma'am.

The smaller cans went inside a plastic bag, heavy but fit nicely man.

This bag went into our wheeled curbsided bin, si man.

The larger cans went carefully upright into bin bottom, si man.

Bins are mechanically lifted into top of garbage truck, si man.

Drivers have mirrors focused there to see whether anything is still falling out, conclude we man.

Even if they noticed the paint cans at last moment, nothing they could do about it, see but no man.

This is how we formed our reasoning, efficient we man.

And nothing spilled or stank inside our ultimately de-curbsided empty bin, gratified we man.

Edited 4 hours ago by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 49,096]

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

It was not a bad day, one of the very few such recently man.

 

Miu was not particularly active, but the wee hours loom, nocturnal miu man.

 

Awoke before alarm,   we man.

Looked out window and saw rain, How Dry We Aren't man.

We were VERY fortunate that the casa-painting was all done on Monday, relieved we man.

 

Went out to collect weekly rainwater newspapers, see if Subway coupons therein man.

Most were soaked, and all were without Subway coupons, wait till next week we man.  

 

Intended to hit Mama T-B.'s taxes but got sidetracked researching CD rates, still some over Many% APY man.

Lunch was onecan of Chunky split pea + ham soup, ingest we man.

A siesta was then taken, mostly successful zzz we man.

 

Visited Mama T-B. for nearly 2 hours, visit we man senior she man man.

That entire time, we did not make her yell or cry, mirabile dictu et visu man.

 

Returned to casa to find skoolbused Mini-B. chillaxing, chillaxed wee man man.

He again mentioned approval of the casa's colors, endorsement man.

He ingested an impressive amount of snacks, must restock already we man man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. actually showed up to retrieve Mini-B., retrieve ex-she man wee man man.

As stated, she was highly impressed with the casa's colors, no more ridicule or lectures man.

We pointed out that Many (2+1) of her Many (2+2) tyres need replacing, not on chica radar man.

 

No word all day from skoolbus stoopervisor or from DiRectum of Transpurtayshun, no and no man.  

Maybe the latter has delegated it to underlings, not willing to bet on that one just yet we man.

 

Din-din was toucans of Chunky chicken noodle soup, ingest we man.

 

We were inflicted with an OPIOID crisis, Other People's Infernal Oak leaves Infesting our Driveway man.

We off-blew said leaves, leaf us alone man.

 

At half-of-half till Many (2x2x2) p.m., we decided to Costco, finally some sales on din-din items man.

We first stopped at Uncle T-B.'s complex, root through recycle bins for Subway coupons we man.

There were no Subway coupons there either,   we man.

We then Costco'd, Costco we man.

Many (2x2x2) p.m. is the only sensible time to Costco, miss the rush man.

All but one item that we got was on sale/special, F$WM.   

We found a couple of other desired items also on sale, F$WM.   

We gassed the thirsty T-B.-mobile, such a gas man.

Precisely when we T-B.-mobiled away, it began to monsoon, cold front man.

Timing Is Everything, conclude we man.

Miu involved herself in investigating our purchases, investigatory miu man.

 

There were many positives on Tuesday, see in review man:

       1.  The casa-painting was finished before the rain/monsoon, si man.

       2.  The casa windows muffled the rain sounds, si man.

Many.  We did not make Mama T-B. yell or cry, no man.

Many.  The curbsided paint is gone without incident, bye man.

Many.  Mini-B. & ex-Mrs.-T-B. are satisfied with the casa's colors, si and si man.

Many.  We had no wet oak leaves all over our pavement, blow them off we man.

Many.  Costco-ing was highly $ucce$$ful, F$WM.

 

On Wednesday, we must chauffeur Uncle T-B. to doctor, si man.

His lab results would make a Manyager envious, utterly amazing man.

He will give us last 10ManyMany-INT form needed for his taxes, finally arrived man.

Afterward, we should visit Costco Business Center, remaining items plus there-only items man.

We must apply ourself to Mama T-B.'s taxes, quite complex man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Edited 3 hours ago by TBoneTX