Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[webstar1000]

Lol. I bought sneakers for like the first time ever last January when I decided to change my life. It was the best thing I ever did. I wore them through by May. Bought another paid ($200 too mind you!) and they are near done.

How have you never bought sneakers in your entire life? Also, what are you defining as "sneakers" compared to what you normally wear?

I guess my normal footwear could be defined as baseketball shoes but I've always thought of sneakers as any sort of athletic-type shoe that most people wear from the time they start walking until they have to start wearing dress shoes for a job.

That pretty much covers running shoes, basketball shoes, tennis shoes, cross-trainers, etc...

Nope. I used sandals and work shoes my whole life. My mother might have bought me some when I was a kid.... but nothing till a year ago from my pocket. Crazy eh?


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[Theli]

How come it is that I leave my garage door open for 5 minutes and I collect 80 tons of leaves within that time frame

I have a similar problem but replace leaves with snow.

Leave it open for 5 minutes and it turns into the second half of The Shining, eh?

If I was lucky...

[Sir_Boomme]

My new art site is now LIVE. - still have more to add, but it's getting there.

www.terrynewsom.com

GoDaddy can be a pain in the yahoo to work with though... lots of glitches in their webbuilder

[Ari_Racing]

Very nice, Terry!

[Johnny007]

Cool...Best of luck, Terry!

[Br!an]

Very nice, Terry!

[Merlin1958]

Terry!!!

[AKC]

Unofficial Trailer to Dark Tower movie....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y66Mbx...ature=youtu.be

[herbertwest]

I have seen it earlier too, but I believe that this is the same unfinished trailer that leaked back in october

[Br!an]

Unofficial Trailer to Dark Tower movie....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y66Mbx...ature=youtu.be

It won't play for me. Not in Firefox and not in TOR.

[Randall Flagg]

Unofficial Trailer to Dark Tower movie....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y66Mbx...ature=youtu.be

It won't play for me. Not in Firefox and not in TOR.

Works for me using:
Firefox
Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Internet Explorer

Haven't had time to test it with Safari or Opera.

[herbertwest]

It's youtube, so there is no reason why it wouldnt work on one of the main browsers...

[Br!an]

It's probably my firewall.

[wizardsrainbow]

Had hoped for a Packers/Patriots Super Bowl but am thrilled at least my Pats made it to the big game....I know others think Brady is a cheater, but I disagree and don't think anyone can say he hasn't dominated opponents this season. For me anyway, here's hoping for another Pats win in 2 weeks.

[Ben Staad]

Looking at removing a three month old kitchen, chipping out slab, and repairing some pipes. Not exactly what I have in the budget for home maintenance. Glad to be a homeowner again but this truly sucks.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Had hoped for a Packers/Patriots Super Bowl but am thrilled at least my Pats made it to the big game....I know others think Brady is a cheater, but I disagree and don't think anyone can say he hasn't dominated opponents this season. For me anyway, here's hoping for another Pats win in 2 weeks.

Pats are a dynasty to be sure. Atlantas offense has been a buzzsaw lately. Ought to be an interesting Super Bowl!


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[bdwyer19]

Had hoped for a Packers/Patriots Super Bowl but am thrilled at least my Pats made it to the big game....I know others think Brady is a cheater, but I disagree and don't think anyone can say he hasn't dominated opponents this season. For me anyway, here's hoping for another Pats win in 2 weeks.

Love the Packers, but they were completely outplayed yesterday. Atlanta/New England will make for a great Super Bowl.

[Br!an]

Looking at removing a three month old kitchen, chipping out slab, and repairing some pipes. Not exactly what I have in the budget for home maintenance. Glad to be a homeowner again but this truly sucks.

If the pipes failed under one part of the slab, they will fail everywhere.

You are better off running new lines for the whole house through the attic.

[Ben Staad]

Thanks for the reply. This is a drainage issue. The potable water is already corrected and has been run overhead. The drain in question is connecting to some very old lines and I've had this discussion with my plumber. Sadly the cost to run this out directly to the city sewer and bypass the old plumbing is substantial. The insurance is being very adamant that they will not cover any trenching work because my main sewer line hasn't been proving to be bad. The sad thing is we bought this house specifically (and went up in price) because of the new kitchen. With our deductible and what the insurance is (hopefully) covering we will probably have to replace whatever parts of the kitchen which get damaged with downgraded materials.

The great thing is that me and my wife appreciate nicer things but we can live without them. We never had granite or nice cabinets or nice flooring in our 20 years together (until this house) and replacing the nice stuff with just functional stuff will be okay. It is disappointing and frustrating though.

I'm just ready to have the work done. The kitchen sink is the only sink in the house deep enough to handle dish washing and we have been using it and draining into a bucket under the sink. What a pain! Wash and let water out...carry bucket outside and dump it, bring it back in and then rinse...carry the bucket back outside and dump it.

Looking at removing a three month old kitchen, chipping out slab, and repairing some pipes. Not exactly what I have in the budget for home maintenance. Glad to be a homeowner again but this truly sucks.

If the pipes failed under one part of the slab, they will fail everywhere.

You are better off running new lines for the whole house through the attic.

[Theli]

That really sucks Ben. For what it's worth, granite or at least quartz (which are supposed to be the next step up) are not what they are cracked up to be. Or rather that is exactly what they are. part of the charm of them is that you should be able to put hot material on them without damaging them, pots, pans etc. However that is unfortunately not true, my parents have quartz counter top and have cracked from heat from the bottom of pots and pans. I will say they do look nice, and they are probably more sanitary. But worth the price? Probably not.

[Brian861]

Had hoped for a Packers/Patriots Super Bowl but am thrilled at least my Pats made it to the big game....I know others think Brady is a cheater, but I disagree and don't think anyone can say he hasn't dominated opponents this season. For me anyway, here's hoping for another Pats win in 2 weeks.

Love the Packers, but they were completely outplayed yesterday. Atlanta/New England will make for a great Super Bowl.

I'm only in it for the commercials. Bring on the Daytona 500!!

[Joe315]

Granite shouldn't crack under heat but quartz will burn and crack

[Theli]

Granite shouldn't crack under heat but quartz will burn and crack

Damn lying upselling/downgrading sales persons at Home Depot!

[Joe315]

Granite shouldn't crack under heat but quartz will burn and crack

Damn lying upselling/downgrading sales persons at Home Depot!

My parents just redid their kitchen, through home depot, and found out after that the nice quartz countertops they got can't handle heat well. Fortunately nothing has happened but still, it would have been nice to know ahead of time.

[Sai Sheb]

I know a guy who made his own kitchen tops using fire cement... black with little flecks of diamond like bits... looks great and heat is no problem...