Got the chimney guy email. We don;t close until March 19, so we're just collecting a massive to-do list until it's all miiine.
No problem; I just wanted to be sure you got it.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Feb 21, 2015 11:45:54 am PST #19961 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
flea - Feb 21, 2015 11:48:17 am PST #19962 of 30000
information libertarian
You can generally open your own flue. If you stick your head in the fireplace and use a flashlight, you should see a lever you can use. When it's open you can feel a draft (hot air from the house going out and up). (You shouldn't use the fireplace if you aren't sure the chimney has been swept reasonably recently. Sweeping is pretty cheap (we were quoted $119 until they found out it was a slate roof) and prevents fires!)
DavidS - Feb 21, 2015 11:50:51 am PST #19963 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I see your Cumberbanter and raise you comicnerdery with Plei.
Yeah, I saw you bonding over Bat-peen.
Steph L. - Feb 21, 2015 11:51:20 am PST #19964 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
No, batpeen is what made me scurry away.
DavidS - Feb 21, 2015 11:52:07 am PST #19965 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is exactly what I was going to say!
Were you really going to say "93% soy"?
Hil R. - Feb 21, 2015 12:02:43 pm PST #19966 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
He had been solving his pain issues with Tylenol with Rum & Diet Coke chasers. Now he is one very sick pup.
Similar thing happened to one of my classmates in high school. Tylenol and alcohol do not mix.
Jesse - Feb 21, 2015 12:04:15 pm PST #19967 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You can generally open your own flue. If you stick your head in the fireplace and use a flashlight, you should see a lever you can use.
I have a twisty handle thing outside the chimney that turns, but it's rusted/busted. I don't see a lever inside.
Dana - Feb 21, 2015 12:14:21 pm PST #19968 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am on the phone with United, trying to figure out if they will be able to help me at all with travel arrangements that just got complicated...okay, no, I'm not, not with a 60-minute wait time. I will call them later.
Anyway, my great-aunt died yesterday, and somehow between my brother, my mother, my cousin, and myself, there's basically one day we can have the services, and it's the day before I fly to LA for a con.
Jesse - Feb 21, 2015 12:28:24 pm PST #19969 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I'm sorry, Dana.
aurelia - Feb 21, 2015 12:32:38 pm PST #19970 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
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