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…was it this thread where I learned that this was a really common exhibitionist kink thing in the early internet, people posting resale pictures either of shiny things or including a mirror with their junk out and reflected?
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in the early days of ebay, there were definitely people who would put up a listing of shiny things for sale with an odd thing (or a naked person) visible in the reflection on the object
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“PO was a plumber.”
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Platystemon posted:“PO was a plumber.” I'm shocked they would think that is okay.
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Zil posted:I'm shocked they would think that is okay. Maybe they were getting buzzed while they installed it. Or perhaps they didn’t have the energy to do a good job.
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I've said before: never buy a house from an electrician. Source: landlord is an electrician.
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Sep 24, 2021 10:35
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Or a car from a mechanic
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Really just don’t buy or build a house.
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The Dave posted:Really just don’t buy or build a house. Agreed. Also Sandra Bullock has nothing useful to offer regarding soffit. Wasted two hours on Netflix. 
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MrYenko posted:If I was a landlord, and had a tenant not immediately report a roof leak as soon as they noticed it and could get in touch with me, that tenant would be searching for new accommodations as soon as I could legally compel them to do so. Yeah OP is missing the forest for the trees with a howitzer, here. I know money is tight for the vast majority of goons but this is just lazy insanity.
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honestly not sure if the NWS is more appropriate for the penis or the bathroom carpet
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I've said before: never buy a house from an electrician. Isn't Grover? Also, it's very weird to read the earliest pages of one of the housing threads, and have Grover be a respected authority.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Isn't Grover? Also, it's very weird to read the earliest pages of one of the housing threads, and have Grover be a respected authority. He took some sort of inspection course, ignored everything he had to learn, then "ok'd" his house. Then banned me for mod sas.
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Pretty sure posting a picture of Groverhaus in GiP when I used to be a regular there remains my only forums ban
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The Glumslinger posted:Got another Zillow doozy That’s definitely different. And the, uh, entertaining room definitely looks entertaining. I’m in the DFW area. I kinda want to go look at it. $450k is a bit out of my budget, though.
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LonsomeSon posted:Pretty sure posting a picture of Groverhaus in GiP when I used to be a regular there remains my only forums ban  Thank you for your service!
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The Dave posted:Really just don’t buy or build a house. Yeah, worst case scenario with a tent is I give rei $500 every few years.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I've said before: never buy a house from an electrician. I almost bought a house from a plumber. It didn't work out, but holy crap did it have the best plumbing in the world. The soil pipes and stacks were copper. Who does that? It was the best plumbed house I've ever seen. He left the plumbing all exposed like it was a showroom. No light in the kitchen though so it was a pass. It did have a badass garage though. It had a garage in the garage to store your garage. There was room on the back to add another garage. Still, no light in the kitchen, no deal. A man's gotta cook. But yeah, electricians make the worst electricians at their own house. Mechanics are the worst mechanics. My old mechanic was the best mechanic I'd ever had. His car was not safe to even look at from 50 feet. Wow that '89 GMC Jimmy was junk. I'm surprised he didn't have a hand fuel pump. Did good work on my car though.
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LonsomeSon posted:…but there are lamps Not in the kitchen.
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mostlygray posted:I almost bought a house from a plumber. It didn't work out, but holy crap did it have the best plumbing in the world. The soil pipes and stacks were copper. Who does that? It was the best plumbed house I've ever seen. He left the plumbing all exposed like it was a showroom. No light in the kitchen though so it was a pass. It did have a badass garage though. It had a garage in the garage to store your garage. There was room on the back to add another garage. Still, no light in the kitchen, no deal. A man's gotta cook. There's an old post in AI somewhere that goes into detail that you should never buy a car from a mechanic, because it's always either a barely-functional daily beater or an irresponsibly tuned toy, and otherwise prone to completely falling apart if anyone but the mechanic uses them in exactly the right way. (and sometimes even then)
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Not in the kitchen. Not until you put them in the kitchen!
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I'm sure there were other house options but I don't think that would have been my breaking point unless it was incredibly difficult to add. I tore out two ceiling titties in my kitchen for 5 can lights in the first 3 months.
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Sirotan posted:honestly not sure if the NWS is more appropriate for the penis or the bathroom carpet This conundrum has kept me awake at night.
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StormDrain posted:I tore out two ceiling titties How could you?
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titties posted:How could you? I enhanced the ceiling appearance through a necessary double mastectomy. Those things are out to kill you!
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I need to take some pictures of my friends' house. It's a simple box of a house, in the middle of nowhere on solar, having a new well drilled because the PO did it herself (illegal here). The well is currently under the house. Like, access is in the crawlspace. It's "drilled" to around 30 feet. Pump is rated for 25 feet. Also the pump is in the utility room, right next to the water heater with a 5 gallon tank. Flush the shitter 4 times to hear the pump, some 80 odd decibels, run for 2 minutes. Filter housing is seemingly glued shut, whole thing is filled with sand. Drillers are starting monday on a proper 50-75 feet hole. Funniest part about it, is the well is going to be about $8k all said and done. She came down $12k from her list price to sell it. She had offers $15-20k over asking until the well was discovered to be without a permit. She would've made money if she did just that part right. His electric is pretty poo poo too. Entire house runs off 6 120w solar panels, 10 100-150 amp 12v batteries, and a 3000 watt power inverter that feeds the 100 amp panel with a 15 amp extension cord. The house was built last year. He also has the smallest clawfoot tub I've seen in person, and a toilet that's at most appropriate for a montessori school kids bathroom. The kitchen cabinets and counter aren't anchored. There's a pillar in the bathroom that houses a vent pipe from the crawlspace (probably the vent for the plumbing, haven't looked closely). I'll take pictures monday. LonsomeSon posted:Pretty sure posting a picture of Groverhaus in GiP when I used to be a regular there remains my only forums ban The Katy Perry incident and SmokeCrack is a bitch era. Good times. poo poo's a lot better in gip these days, lots of us have grown up at least a little, actual discussion happens. Still plenty of shitposting, less daring each other to power hour 4lokos.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Also the pump is in the utility room, right next to the water heater with a 5 gallon tank. Flush the shitter 4 times to hear the pump, some 80 odd decibels, run for 2 minutes. I remember when we got a sunk pump (whatever the correct Anglophone term may be). Made life so much more soothing for us and everyone within a 2 km radius.
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Yeah, it makes a wonderful noise sitting over 3 feet of open crawlspace. You can hear the pump kick on 100 feet away. Fortunately his nearest neighbor is 500 feet away (next closest is half a mile/a kilometer mimimum). Unfortunately, that neighbor is the parents of the previous owner/builder. Gotta be in their late 70s, and their house looks like the wind could take it any day. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Sep 26, 2021 |
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“Yeah typical hippie commune 1970s stuff.” CRUSTY MINGE posted:The house was built last year. “Excuse me, but what the gently caress.”
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Ghost Leviathan posted:There's an old post in AI somewhere that goes into detail that you should never buy a car from a mechanic, because it's always either a barely-functional daily beater or an irresponsibly tuned toy, and otherwise prone to completely falling apart if anyone but the mechanic uses them in exactly the right way. (and sometimes even then) Car Derail: That just reminded me of my friend from HS that is a diesel mechanic now. When we were in school he had '70 Duster with a Slant Six. The manifold was split and welded into two pipes. No muffler, one pipe had a Cherry Bomb on it, the other one was wide open because the Cherry Bomb had rotted out. The gas tank had a huge hole in it so you could only fill it half full. If he over-filled the gas tank, it would turn the car into a cigarette lighter and flames would pour out the back. It was a cool car.
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Platystemon posted:“Yeah typical hippie commune 1970s stuff.” Not even on google maps yet.  Only picture on my phone, but the PO drilled well is under the corner the cat (Beans) is closest to. Also that front stoop is just loose concrete block leftover from the foundation wall. Frank (dog) is just checking out the view, which is pretty nice. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Sep 26, 2021 |
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a home inspector looking at a brand new $500k house https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/pvizoa/home_inspection_of_brand_new_500k_house/
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`Nemesis posted:a home inspector looking at a brand new $500k house Home buying scares the hell out of me as is and this does not help.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Home buying scares the hell out of me as is and this does not help. Gotta build it yourself, on your own land. Still pitfalls but not as severe or as likely as buying housing made by a developer. Then you can have the required insight into the process of building and knowing your house. It's not really feasible if you move a lot, or see a house as an investment.
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Why does nobody ever take the protective plastic film off things before they assemble it, this seriously pisses me off so much because it's super easy and fun to do but it's literally impossible to do after the parts are put together because little bits of plastic end up trapped forever in the seams  PVC doors, windows, glass, polished metal, so many products ruined by little rags of blue plastic sticking out of the edges. I think some people don't even see it because the last time I took one of those films off in front of someone else they seemed very surprised.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Gotta build it yourself, on your own land. That's how the absolute worst "houses" on the planet have come into existence.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Why does nobody ever take the protective plastic film off things before they assemble it, this seriously pisses me off so much because it's super easy and fun to do but it's literally impossible to do after the parts are put together because little bits of plastic end up trapped forever in the seams A lot of people think those films are the color of the surface. It drives me nuts too.
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