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"smobgirl" (smobgirl) 11/11/2018 at 19:26 • Filed to: None

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If you paint things to the wall (after you’ve screwed them in using a jet engine) you’re an asshole. There was plenty wrong with this house before you factor in the previous owners, but goddamn are they costing me time and money to fix their mistakes.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 19:56

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I’m convinced that everyone who’s ever owned a house before me has a secret personal vendetta against my sanity. Every one hour job takes three hours because of their stupidity. 

Urambo Tauro > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 20:00

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Too late now, but in the future, you can use a sharp knife/razor blade to score the paint before removal  to keep it from peeling. Also works well for removing trim cleanly, and for keeping wallpaper intact when removing countertops.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 11/11/2018 at 20:01

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I just close all my doors and have a cup of coffee. Why fix what I can easily avoid? 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 11/11/2018 at 20:04

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people that owned the house before i rented it were carnies... i dont know what kind of paint they used... but after 30 some layers of white... my bedroom is still blue ish

Agrajag > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 20:06

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Might be best to just shelve that for awhile.

random001 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/11/2018 at 20:06

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I choose to believe you mean carnivores.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > random001 11/11/2018 at 20:09

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they were that too... and pretty fond of the drink.. going by the stash i found in the attic

but no the guy whos name has caused me no end of trouble coz my adress is blacklisted everywhere was a carnie..... dude built ferris wheels and shit

im sorry if i offended you... but slurs will do that... so my bad

random001 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/11/2018 at 20:15

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No, no. My mind went to carnivores, and then to cannibals , and then to what the paint was covering up, and why it was so thick and....well....eventually it was just Doom.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > random001 11/11/2018 at 20:17

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CB > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 20:19

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Previous owner of my place managed to bust all the closet doors off of their hinges and obliterate the outside light by my back door. I’m pretty sure every previous owner is a monster.

random001 > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/11/2018 at 20:20

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Wow..................

just wow...

smobgirl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/11/2018 at 20:27

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I’ve spent 9 years doing that, you can only run for so long...

smobgirl > Urambo Tauro 11/11/2018 at 20:30

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The wall wasn’t painted beneath the brackets, so it wasn’t really a huge deal. I only took the shelf down  now because I’m going to have to paint anyway once they demo the furnace closet. 

smobgirl > CB 11/11/2018 at 20:31

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After Christmas we get to tackle the uneven subfloor  and poorly installed laminate! Yay?

smobgirl > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/11/2018 at 20:32

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Hah. My bedroom was solid yellow when I moved in. The walls are finally good but I can tell the ceiling needs another couple coats of white.

CB > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 20:33

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That sounds awful. Good luck.

smobgirl > CB 11/11/2018 at 20:38

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Well I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I’ll never afford to upgrade, so I might as well make the house nice enough to enjoy it, right?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 21:06

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Our current house I’ve had to replace most of the light switches because they were broken. How da fuck do you break a light switch let alone 10?

Chariotoflove > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 21:36

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I get so irrationally mad at people that don’t remove fittings when they paint.

The pro of bui lding my own house is that I have no previous owner shenanigans to deal with. The con of building my own house is that whenever I come across something to complain about, I have to realize I did it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/11/2018 at 21:38

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I know the feeling. Some woman likes to give out our phone number as hers. Ten years later and we still get calls from debt collectors trying to find her.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 21:55

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Sounds like our house, except that the guy who built it was supposedly a contractor....and it was his own house....so.....yeah.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > smobgirl 11/11/2018 at 21:57

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Our basement flooded 2 weeks back....lower part of the walls and the floors and subfloors in the 2 finished rooms and all the closets (2 rooms out of 4) had to be all ripped up.

We found out the concrete underneath is unlevel as all hell, and it’s going to make it hellishly expensive to put down a new floor as a result...

smobgirl > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/11/2018 at 23:14

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Yeah...the guy who lived here last made “ glass products”  in the garage and worked at Home Depot part time. I can see the connection in his handiwork.

smobgirl > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/11/2018 at 23:15

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They did something on the first floor that resulted in the floors being 3 inches higher than original , which is obvious because they didn’t move the baseboard trim. I’m expecting a nightmare. Which is why I’m procrastinating for the time being!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > random001 11/12/2018 at 02:10

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lol sorry.... whenever i hear or see doom... that pops into my head

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/12/2018 at 09:40

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It takes some effort, but the uneven floor is something that you can fix yourself if you’re able to handle a bit of labor.

https://www.quikrete.com/productlines/floorresurfacerslpro3.asp

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > smobgirl 11/12/2018 at 09:45

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The guy I bought my house from fancied himself as a bit of a carpenter. Every project I get into involves at least one instance of me mumbling Rodney Fucking Homeowner under my breath.  The amount of extra work that he would do to save $5 is mind boggling.