Home Repairs/HoneyDo List/Advice & Tips/etc.

[bigdog3300]

French drains are WORTHLESS!

Any honest contractor will tell you so.

Lolz, good luck finding one!

French drains can be helpful, but they're really more just an assistance and shouldn't be your primary drainage system.

 

[The KSB]

Having the whole family stuck at the house had not been good for the plumbing. After just one week my toilet has started smoking. I’m worried that this is just a gateway to worse issues.


Edit: in the interest of copywrite law, this is my daughter’s work, not mine.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[bukIpower]

Reminds me of the time I tried to knock out drywall but hit/ruptured our water instead.

I have money until this day that I'd beat anyone in the 3 cone drill with how fast I pivoted and got to the basement to shut off the main supply.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[BayBuck]

Getting a new roof put on the olde homestead today, and every shingle sounds like “Shave and a haircut” all day up there.

Me all day:

 

[buckeyebri]

Since we’re not going to Florida for a couple of months, I decided I needed a project to keep me occupied over the winter. Basement renovation to build the man cave!

It’s a walkout basement, so the one side is under the deck and a normal wall. The former owner had pegboard and this thin shiny whiteboard on it. I ripped that off and will drywall that. I sealed some mortar issues on the block wall and am in the process of framing and insulating that wall to put up drywall.

There’s an open area underneath the gas fireplace on the walkout wall that I’m trying to determine how to use. Maybe just drywall it in with a shelf for a TV or multiple shelves for a stereo and other objects.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Since we’re not going to Florida for a couple of months, I decided I needed a project to keep me occupied over the winter. Basement renovation to build the man cave!

It’s a walkout basement, so the one side is under the deck and a normal wall. The former owner had pegboard and this thin shiny whiteboard on it. I ripped that off and will drywall that. I sealed some mortar issues on the block wall and am in the process of framing and insulating that wall to put up drywall.

There’s an open area underneath the gas fireplace on the walkout wall that I’m trying to determine how to use. Maybe just drywall it in with a shelf for a TV or multiple shelves for a stereo and other objects.

Do people still buy stereos? Since PCs came out they've been my stereo. I have this beast in the garage, haven't even turned it on in years but sounded great

 

[buckeyebri]

Do people still buy stereos? Since PCs came out they've been my stereo. I have this beast in the garage, haven't even turned it on in years but sounded great

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I still have my Tuner and CD player. Need a new turntable though.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I still have my Tuner and CD player. Need a new turntable though.

growing up my dad had something like this, best sound ever, never replicated

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Do people still buy stereos? Since PCs came out they've been my stereo. I have this beast in the garage, haven't even turned it on in years but sounded great

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I had that exact stereo back in the late 80s, early 90s.

growing up my dad had something like this, best sound ever, never replicated

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My parents had something very similar to this as well. It weighed as much as 14 elephants.

 

[jwinslow]

Do people still buy stereos? Since PCs came out they've been my stereo. I have this beast in the garage, haven't even turned it on in years but sounded great

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No they play music on their speaker phone, the proprietary earbuds as the high-end cans collect dust and on their soundbars.

 

[calibuck]

Just purchased a new auto - Subaru Outback. Asked where C D player is located (have couple hundred CDs). Uhhh, they're not included anymore - why not? People use their phones or Sirius for their music. Oh, I said. Looked at local electronics store, and nothing struck my fancy. Any thoughts? Moving into new home, and want to get it set up for surround sound....thanks in advance.

 

[Thump]

Just purchased a new auto - Subaru Outback. Asked where C D player is located (have couple hundred CDs). Uhhh, they're not included anymore - why not? People use their phones or Sirius for their music. Oh, I said. Looked at local electronics store, and nothing struck my fancy. Any thoughts? Moving into new home, and want to get it set up for surround sound....thanks in advance.

Quit buying hippie whips.

Probably has a granola dryer though.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Just purchased a new auto - Subaru Outback. Asked where C D player is located (have couple hundred CDs). Uhhh, they're not included anymore - why not? People use their phones or Sirius for their music. Oh, I said. Looked at local electronics store, and nothing struck my fancy. Any thoughts? Moving into new home, and want to get it set up for surround sound....thanks in advance.

Huh. I didn't know you were a middle-aged lesbian.


(I just bought an Outback, too )