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I tried to convince my dad it was not 'Sherman William'. He's still not convinced.
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everdave posted:If you don’t spend at least an equal time taping as painting then you doing it wrong. I swear by Sherwin Williams and I have never primed and I can almost promise you I have painted more houses than you. Good tape, good paint, cheap brushes is how I roll. Some of those edgers have their place you gotta keep em light coat and clean. We did Sherwin Williams when we bought in July, partially because of the quality, partially because it was about two miles from the house. It looks great, but it did take two coats, because the sellers ALSO used Sherwin Williams. The terrifying part is that the basement is basically a harlequin VW scheme. Each wall a different, bold color. That's going to need a primer before painting, I think.
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Nov 26, 2018 00:26
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Alarbus posted:You can't be much ahead of us - ours turns 11 months in a week. And he's working on pulling himself up, so I'm going to be busy baby proofing everything. Upside is, the adventurous cat has us in reasonable shape so far! Also, I didn't realize you were another Philly dweller. That's a long drive for an infant to be calm. Our last road trip was a while back -- Easter, I think. He was great on the way there and terrible on the way back. Incidentally, this baby jail has been great.
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Nov 26, 2018 00:56
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Incidentally, this baby jail has been great. I am all for baby cages. I used one for my daughter and it gives you the freedom to do what you need, but you're still right there to support. Good parenting, imo.
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Nov 26, 2018 01:04
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meatpimp posted:I am all for baby cages. I used one for my daughter and it gives you the freedom to do what you need, but you're still right there to support. Good parenting, imo.
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Nov 26, 2018 01:20
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Tet Jr progressed pretty quickly from pulling himself up onto two feet with difficulty to walking with minimal assistance. In the last two weeks or so he started standing without assistance and occasionally taking one unsupported step, but generally he'd keep one hand on something stable and walk around. Today was the first chain of several steps. By one year he officially will be a menace, I believe. We (my wife) bought a play yard, largely because the sellers thoroughly shampooed the carpet, and his skin doesn't like it. It's a great corral. My concern is that my wife apparently went straight to running, and he really takes after her. The cats have learned to run. We're actually off exit 31 on the blue route, and work on the mainline. I post more about being in PA in TFR. I've done the drive solo in 10.5 hours, down was 11.5, back was 14, traffic and rain sucked.
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Nov 26, 2018 01:34
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Alarbus posted:We (my wife) bought a play yard, largely because the sellers thoroughly shampooed the carpet, and his skin doesn't like it. It's a great corral. My concern is that my wife apparently went straight to running, and he really takes after her. The cats have learned to run. The last time I drove for that long straight-through ... whew, first marriage. It was around 2007 or 2008 and a friend and I went down to Tennessee in my Mazdaspeed 3 so he could look at and buy a 1996 Fleetwood Brougham in the specific color he wanted, in great shape with very low miles for the age (54k, I think).
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Tet Jr progressed pretty quickly from pulling himself up onto two feet with difficulty to walking with minimal assistance. In the last two weeks or so he started standing without assistance and occasionally taking one unsupported step, but generally he'd keep one hand on something stable and walk around. Today was the first chain of several steps. By one year he officially will be a menace, I believe. Uh oh. Ours just did this a couple days ago. I didn't think walking was too far off but yikes. Still trying to baby proof the house better but it ain't easy living in a split level. 
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Nov 26, 2018 01:50
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Yeah it came up on us fast. We already had a poo poo ton of various gates for dog- and cat-herding, thankfully. The old-style adjustable wooden gates are good to have around too, so you can lock the kid into whatever room you're in. For cabinets, I've had good luck with these magnetic locks, and for drawers these spring latches. The dishwasher has one of these straps, and I need to get around to putting them on the fridge and the stove. For hard/pointy/miscellaneously-child-killing surfaces, I bought brown pool noodles because they do a good job of blending in while still providing a large area of protection. Just cut to length and slice down the middle, cut out wedges to bend sharp corners, etc. Oh, and this ghetto patch to keep him from putting his hands/head through the door: 
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Nov 26, 2018 02:04
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I’m dreading repainting the outside of my house... it’s got exposed timber’s under the verandah and 62 verandah posts.... The painter who was working for the builders said he’d charge about $10K to paint it
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Nov 26, 2018 03:52
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My parents adopted a cat. Looks like I'm spending more time there.
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nm posted:My parents adopted a cat. Looks like I'm spending more time there. Post pics
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InitialDave posted:We have more Binky machining nonsense: Really, doing a dry run with a marker locked in the mill instead of a bit is my kind of brilliant.
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Ferremit posted:I’m dreading repainting the outside of my house... it’s got exposed timber’s under the verandah and 62 verandah posts.... Aren't you a firefighter? tape up the windows and fill the firetruck up with paint.
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Nov 26, 2018 06:15
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Post pics I tried to attach but they have an insane size limit. Fix the forums, lowtax. 
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E: ^^^^  Wrar posted:Ankles are stupid designs full of lovely compromise. Well, they are the result of a lot of trial and error.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Oh, and this ghetto patch to keep him from putting his hands/head through the door: How many thousands of dollars in coins has he posted down your heating vents?
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Nov 26, 2018 12:08
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Goober Peas posted:I tried to convince my dad it was not 'Sherman William'. So instead of scorched earth we're talking about charred loam?
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Nov 26, 2018 12:12
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spog posted:How many thousands of dollars in coins has he posted down your heating vents? None yet, since he's still in the "eating things found on the floor" stage. But he'll get there.
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Nov 26, 2018 12:15
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I have to admit, all this small kid talk is really making me  Our 3rd is now 18 mos, and is our first girl. She is so sweet it kills me. Already has manners saying thank you, loves to give everyone hugs and kisses. 
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Nov 26, 2018 14:18
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Ah the memories of childproofing, seems like yesterday when I was locking the cabinets and hiding sharp things, now we're having talks about when it's appropriate/inappropriate to crack jokes and drop F bombs 
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Nov 26, 2018 14:20
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Just when you think you're having a totally normal day someone walks into the office to ask you about putting a cat's collar on the wifi at work... We have a cat at work, he's twitter famous and basically lets himself into the various buildings here to go wandering, get fed, get pet and fall asleep on someone's chair. Due to him roaming so far from home (about 3 miles all in) his owners have gotten him a GPS collar to track his location, it also apparently has a wifi mode which would be very useful as we're fully wifi'd up everywhere and it's a pretty huge place. Sadly the app to do this is too dumb to work with commercial wifi so we can't make it work for him.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Just when you think you're having a totally normal day someone walks into the office to ask you about putting a cat's collar on the wifi at work... We have a cat at work, he's twitter famous and basically lets himself into the various buildings here to go wandering, get fed, get pet and fall asleep on someone's chair. Due to him roaming so far from home (about 3 miles all in) his owners have gotten him a GPS collar to track his location, it also apparently has a wifi mode which would be very useful as we're fully wifi'd up everywhere and it's a pretty huge place. Sadly the app to do this is too dumb to work with commercial wifi so we can't make it work for him. You're going to insert a wifi dongle into that cat's arse, aren't you?
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Nov 26, 2018 15:29
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I really hope the tracker app comes with a skin/sound effects for the motion tracker in Alien.
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Nov 26, 2018 15:58
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spog posted:You're going to insert a wifi dongle into that cat's arse, aren't you? Strangely the thought never crossed my mind until I read it here  InitialDave posted:I really hope the tracker app comes with a skin/sound effects for the motion tracker in Alien. You'd think it'd be an essential thing if you're a designer making it, right? Sadly it's not a thing. Ridiculous.
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Nov 26, 2018 16:47
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GM is closing several plants, 5500 jobs getting cut. SO MUCH WINNING
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Rhyno posted:GM is closing several plants, 5500 jobs getting cut. Oh, and if you have a 401(k) ... don't, uh look at it for a while. Edit: Holy poo poo, your numbers appear to be lowballing it. Five plants, 14,700 jobs. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1067079061028200448 tetrapyloctomy fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Nov 26, 2018 17:26
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HOLY gently caress. The link my friend posted was just 5500. Holy gently caress.
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Rhyno posted:HOLY gently caress. That might have just been the factory workers and not the white-collars, since the latter is estimated around 8,100 employees.
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Nov 26, 2018 17:41
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Yeah but their stock went up so just more signs pointing to the US economy doing well and jobs being plentiful!
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oh man so glad we passed that tax bill last year! just imagine how much less money GM would be making!
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Minnesota Mixup posted:Yeah but their stock went up so just more signs pointing to the US economy doing well and jobs being plentiful! I mean, economically speaking we are at full employment as to say that unemployment is now 4.0% across the board and 5.0% and under, by economists definition, is considered full employment. We hit full employment in September 2016 and the unemployment rate has been in a steady decline. Your state might differ from that number, we're at 4.2%, but we're still in full employment conditions as to say all values are rising due to willingness to pay scenarios. BraveUlysses posted:oh man so glad we passed that tax bill last year! just imagine how much less money GM would be making! My wallet is glad too because I'm now at a lower tax bracket than 33%. Feels good, man. keykey fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Nov 26, 2018 18:15
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NASA InSight Stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0
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keykey posted:I mean, economically speaking we are at full employment as to say that unemployment is now 4.0% across the board and 5.0% and under, by economists definition, is considered full employment. We hit full employment in September 2016 and the unemployment rate has been in a steady decline. Your state might differ from that number, we're at 4.2%, but we're still in full employment conditions as to say all values are rising due to willingness to pay scenarios. It's worth noting that just because the records show low unemployment, that doesnt take things like underemployment into account. Just because the gig economy bubble has burst yet doesnt mean people are doing well.
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ExplodingSims posted:It's worth noting that just because the records show low unemployment, that doesnt take things like underemployment into account. he's doing well, which we all really really care about
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ExplodingSims posted:It's worth noting that just because the records show low unemployment, that doesnt take things like underemployment into account. Hello, this is what the current UK government is doing to fudge the numbers. Any amount of hours of work per week = employed even if it's just a single hour.
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I’m sure it didn’t get national attention but a man 2 days from retirement was killed in his new GTR by some bitch rear end punk throwing concrete off the bridge in Nashville. Haven’t caught anybody.
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Game 12 of Carlsen Caruana results in the 12th draw! Even for chess this is loving boring.
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BraveUlysses posted:he's doing well, which we all really really care about I understand being salty about being poor is kind of "your thing" and all, but go out there and do something about your situation: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2968008
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