What's upsetting you today? - Page 68

lookout123 · 11-14-2007, 05:59 PM

see, i'm not a DIYer and proud of it. i wish i was mechanically inclined, but i'm not. my dad is and it amazes me. I tried, but just screwed things up. Then i found the liberating feeling of just paying someone else to do anything i don't feel like doing. here's my logic. If I can hire someone who makes less per hour than I do to do a job I don't want to do then everyone wins. He gets paid, I get to not spend my time doing it, and the job gets done right.

That being said, I did a complete top to bottom remodel on a house last year and I can say in all honesty that you can safely replace the waxie in about 20 minutes with very few complications.

Cicero · 11-14-2007, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

I am sure there are a few of us here wondering whether we were *she*.

I mean, my pics are on here, I didnt pm V......

Yeah...I'm concerned too. And I just posted my face....I mean...I thought we were all husband stealing whores, and come to find out it's just one of us.

Shocking.

glatt · 11-14-2007, 10:15 PM

Hey, I'm done. All happy now.

It took 2.5 hours if you count the trip to the store and the clean up. It's a bit more difficult than a straightforward job since the pipes are old cast iron, and the flange isn't quite level. Total cost $5.19 plus maybe $1 in gas/mileage. And I figured out the toilet leaked where the manufacture date is right in the area where the wax ring goes. Makes for a rough surface where you want a smooth one. The wax hadn't filled the depression well, and that's where it leaked. I smeared it in there this time, so I hope it will last. If not, next time I'll buy a different toilet.

Aliantha · 11-14-2007, 10:19 PM

good work glatt. Now can we not hear anything more about your toilet please? lol

HungLikeJesus · 11-14-2007, 10:27 PM

glatt - is it a low-flow toilet (1 gpf or less)? If not, that would be another reason to replace it.

(Sorry Ali.)

Aliantha · 11-14-2007, 10:31 PM

geez you two...get a room for christ sake. lol

HungLikeJesus · 11-14-2007, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

geez you two...get a room for christ sake. lol

A bathroom?

Aliantha · 11-14-2007, 10:40 PM

YES! FFS!!!

HungLikeJesus · 11-14-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

YES! FFS!!!

Well, at least I didn't say it was moist.

Aliantha · 11-14-2007, 10:50 PM

Ooooh....moist (not the toilet not the toilet not the toilet)!

I like that word.

monster · 11-14-2007, 10:57 PM

piles

Aliantha · 11-14-2007, 11:01 PM

Ooooh...and piles! don't sit on the cellar chat room floor or you'll get 'em.

SteveDallas · 11-15-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

. . . we were all husband stealing whores . . .

Oh gosh, I didn't know...

Sundae · 11-15-2007, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

I think I ruined my wig. I opened the oven door to take out some fries and I think the heat melted my bangs. the damage is irreversable. go ahead. laugh. it's very sad to me. plus, wig was donated by worthy women who bail out losers like me...they paid for it and I've ruined it in two days.

Are you 100% sure it is irreversible? Because as I'm sure they told you, wigs can be cut. Perhaps they can cut the damage into a funky new style?

How much do now wigs go for anyway? Do they have to be individually measured? We could start a "TMI" thread again - I know my eyeball statistics courtesy of having contact lenses tests.

C'mon Bri, you're the only wig-wearer here, lets have some wiggy stories.

Trilby · 11-15-2007, 06:54 AM

my wig cost 140 dollars....they do measure your head for fit and some caps stretch for larger heads.

maybe it can be fixed. we'll see. the lady who helped me with it said it could be 'steamed' to fix it---whatever that entails.

11-14-2007, 05:59 PM	#1006
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	see, i'm not a DIYer and proud of it. i wish i was mechanically inclined, but i'm not. my dad is and it amazes me. I tried, but just screwed things up. Then i found the liberating feeling of just paying someone else to do anything i don't feel like doing. here's my logic. If I can hire someone who makes less per hour than I do to do a job I don't want to do then everyone wins. He gets paid, I get to not spend my time doing it, and the job gets done right. That being said, I did a complete top to bottom remodel on a house last year and I can say in all honesty that you can safely replace the waxie in about 20 minutes with very few complications. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-14-2007, 10:19 PM	#1009
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	good work glatt. Now can we not hear anything more about your toilet please? lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-14-2007, 10:27 PM	#1010
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	glatt - is it a low-flow toilet (1 gpf or less)? If not, that would be another reason to replace it. (Sorry Ali.) __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-14-2007, 10:31 PM	#1011
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	geez you two...get a room for christ sake. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-14-2007, 10:40 PM	#1013
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	YES! FFS!!! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-14-2007, 10:15 PM	#1008
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hey, I'm done. All happy now. It took 2.5 hours if you count the trip to the store and the clean up. It's a bit more difficult than a straightforward job since the pipes are old cast iron, and the flange isn't quite level. Total cost $5.19 plus maybe $1 in gas/mileage. And I figured out the toilet leaked where the manufacture date is right in the area where the wax ring goes. Makes for a rough surface where you want a smooth one. The wax hadn't filled the depression well, and that's where it leaked. I smeared it in there this time, so I hope it will last. If not, next time I'll buy a different toilet.

11-14-2007, 10:50 PM	#1015
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Ooooh....moist (not the toilet not the toilet not the toilet)! I like that word. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-14-2007, 10:57 PM	#1016
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	piles __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-14-2007, 11:01 PM	#1017
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Ooooh...and piles! don't sit on the cellar chat room floor or you'll get 'em. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-15-2007, 06:54 AM	#1020
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	my wig cost 140 dollars....they do measure your head for fit and some caps stretch for larger heads. maybe it can be fixed. we'll see. the lady who helped me with it said it could be 'steamed' to fix it---whatever that entails. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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