I don't disagree. After I bought the stuff and started preparing the kitchen for popcorn-ageddon my wife is like "Maybe we can just leave it like that" (primed)
@TheEvilGreebo Few seconds. I didn't figure out the technique until 3 or 4 cans in. And then I still kept screwing it up. Once I was almost out of cans I got better.
Popcorn ceilings are a great way to hide a lack of drywalling talent. I don't think I'd ever trust a builder that used popcorn. Their cheap cover up gives the owners years of misery.
No kidding. I don't have popcorn, but texturing... what do they call it when they use a sponge to create a ceiling texture? Anyway its done nothing to hide the fact that they didn't tape. I've got parallel cracks 2' apart in my LR ceiling (old 2x4 drywall sheets)
i just need to win the lottery so I can gut this place...
Oh yeah, the drywall (especially in the bathrooms) isn't great either. I think that's the downside to DIY, you can't just look past something like a wall, ceiling, or tile floor. I was happily ignorant for years!
This one's my favorite. I think the previous owners redid the tile. It's impressive that they cut it so well, but....
@TheEvilGreebo this is when living near DC can have it's advantages. "I don't buy anything over the phone, and don't have time while at home, why don't you have your sales person stop by my office during my lunch hour"... quickly lookup an address to the local NSA branch
one of my old bosses used to run a team of wireless security auditors, they would show up in an unmarked van in a parking lot to your office to see what they could break into.
one of their clients failed to mention that the NSA worked a floor above them
nothing like being surrounded by a squad in bullet proof jackets and high powered rifles that you don't know about until the "passer by" waves the all clear
It went fine. We did a few outside, people were mostly confused as to what kind of pencil this was. So we went inside - much better as I could check their carts and see if they were there for DIY stuff or fertilizer and lightbulbs.
Only one guy seemed really interested, chatted him for a couple mins.
Two guys refused a pencil. I'm not sure what they thought would happen if they took it.
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My wife knows all the kids in the neighborhood, so she knows who actually has a reason to knock on a door.
Yeah, I always feel bad for them, because it's a crappy gig. I use to collect as a paperboy and it was HARD to get people to give me the money they OWED.
I had one lady who was a couple months behind tell me all she had was a hundred. So I dutifully rounded up enough money to change her out and she had to admit she didn't have it. I was like 12, I didn't understand why you might lie about that.
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Sure he's a little rough around the edges, but don't you think he should be our "official" mascot?
yeah my phone's still "dumb" for now. we'll see if that continues. I want a mid-range smartphone; something with wifi and that can text but i don't need/want a data plan.
My last phone bit the dust due to what I think is a manufacturing defect, but they wouldn't cover it under warranty. Despite being extremely peeved off I got the same exact replacement phone because I like it that much.
Drawn by our very own Aarthi Devanathan in the DIY Chat room, this superhero depicts all that is awesome about those who engage in DIY.
Sure he's a little rough around the edges, but don't you think he should be our "official" mascot?
