{{JenP and DH}}}
At this point it feels like 90% of all home maintenance is dealing with water that got where it wasn't supposed to be.
That sounds right.
TVs that need motherboards, what a world!
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
-t - Sep 13, 2022 10:03:31 am PDT #17480 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Sep 13, 2022 10:07:47 am PDT #17481 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
At this point it feels like 90% of all home maintenance is dealing with water that got where it wasn't supposed to be.
That sounds right.
Leaky basements, I curse you.
The long Covid fatigue has been exceptionally bad for the past week and a half. I'd like a new immune system, please. It's pretty demoralizing. Or depressing. Or another d-word.
Laura - Sep 13, 2022 10:19:35 am PDT #17482 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Sending the healing~ma to JenP's DH. Painful maladies suck.
As do fatigue causing maladies! Sending stamina~ma to Teppy.
DH hasn't suffered any fatigue and is going stir crazy. He has done laundry, did dishes, worked in the yard, and did office work work. I may draw a little line on his test when it does come back negative.
NoiseDesign - Sep 13, 2022 10:24:27 am PDT #17483 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
I remember when ND was in the hospital and how really deadly serious it got whenever DH's flares up.
Yeah, I had acute necrotizing pancreatitis and as you all know it was no joke. Thankfully it didn't develop into chronic pancreatitis which does happen in some folks.
Tom Scola - Sep 13, 2022 10:25:30 am PDT #17484 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I've been following a Youtuber who bought a house. In the beginning she was all excited about the renovation/restoration she was planning to do. But then she starting knocking out some walls and finding water damage (and the bugs that come with it). And then week after week, it just got even worse. And worse. Like most of the support beams are completely rotted out and it's amazing that the house is still standing.
She's well past the point where anyone else would have given up, or done a complete teardown and rebuild, but she keeps plugging away at it.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2022 10:39:50 am PDT #17485 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But then she starting knocking out some walls and finding water damage (and the bugs that come with it).
What a nightmare! Fortunately California requires a thorough inspection report by the seller so we knew what needed to be fixed going in.
One of the selling points? Previous owners did full copper repipe!
Which was a double win because (a) we wouldn't have to worry about the plumbing and; (b) they'd been in the walls fairly recently and there were no scary rot/black mold/bug issues.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2022 12:08:50 pm PDT #17486 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Update: the balcony and railing is quite demolished.
Which was step one.
In more productive news: Our new TV works. Geek Squad came in and replaced a power element it was up and functioning in ten minutes. Only about six weeks after if went down.
askye - Sep 13, 2022 12:58:39 pm PDT #17487 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I hope dogs and Husbands heal from pancretitis quickly.
The sale of Mom's house fell through and she had foundation issues that led to mold and mold remediation and it's just become a thing where she's now trying to figure out how much more money she needs to pour into the town house before she can sell it.
I'm dreading work tomorrow, we have some really big corporate visit. I only know it's big because 1)we have all been reminded to follow the dress code and especially dress nice. 2) there were ppl here from other stores working to get things set up for Xmas etc. Everyone gets stressed out when this happens.
Oh Great British Bake Off is streaming on Roku Channel (therokuchannel.roku.com) it's the first 7 seasons-with Mary Berry and Sue and Mel!
JenP - Sep 13, 2022 1:43:59 pm PDT #17488 of 30000
Thankfully it didn't develop into chronic pancreatitis
Thank goodness not, yes.
Good luck with the construction stuff, Hec et al., and health ~ma and after-effects ~ma all around.
Cass - Sep 13, 2022 2:44:55 pm PDT #17489 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Other than that the road trips sound delightful.It really was.
Except for the parts of the time I expected to be leisurely were not due to a squirrel throwing a green (thus heavy, so heavy) pine cone threw my rear windscreen and shattering it*. Getting glass replaced by next day because you are leaving the state is hard and thankfully my sister knows everyone in the Lake Tahoe area.
* I have photos. Of the pine cone. And glass. Not the sqirrel. He got away.
Cat poop
And I'm not 100% sure it actually isI'm not sure, not sending a sample to find out, and not getting a cat for the sample in the first place. But it is the grossest snack they love.
Shelby ate the not-quite-as-low-fat-but-totally-within-the-guidelines both now and for the future which is one more weight off of my back and brain. We have, for now, a winner. Going to go buy some more.