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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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kms said:
I couldn't agree more, and let's get rid of grey floors.
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Grey kitchens, grey walls, and grey floors. Give me wood, white, and a stone countertop all day.

My good friend is a home builder / home renovation guy, and he loves building the White/Black farmhouse look everyone is doing right now, because it is cheaper for them to do than the unique colors that they used to see (Emerald Green Shingles!!!).

I don't love the boringness of black and white, but you can't argue the longevity.
 
Passed this house on my walk this morning. Looks like they made it to 10 April with their New Year's resolution.

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kms said:
I couldn't agree more, and let's get rid of grey floors.
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Nothing screams "flip" like that gray wood-grain vinyl floorboard stuff.

/Also the floor of choice for every cheapo AirBnB I have ever stayed in with one of those beds with the metal legs so you get to see the WHOLE floor in the room (easy to clean, I assume).
 
Hink said:
I don't love the boringness of black and white, but you can't argue the longevity.
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I hate black and white with a passion not frequently seen the mortal world. It's especially bad in neighborhoods that had a nice combination of various brick schemes with complementing trim colors that are black-and-white-ified one by one.

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Faust_Motel said:
Painted brick = eyeball twitch from me. At least change the black paint for USFS brown.
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Yep, and maybe even an off-white instead of pure white for the main color.

Of course my house is painted brick, but I've seen the original brick color and trust me, the paint is an improvement. The original brick was kind of a baby diarrhea yellow. :puke:
 
Doohickie said:
Yep, and maybe even an off-white instead of pure white for the main color.

Of course my house is painted brick, but I've seen the original brick color and trust me, the paint is an improvement. The original brick was kind of a baby diarrhea yellow. :puke:
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Oh that brick can go right to heck. In my mind's eye the yellow brick goes with a cheap tin room and jalousie windows.
 
For those unfamiliar with the comic stylings of R. Crumb enjoy "Meatball"

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Faust_Motel said:
Oh that brick can go right to heck. In my mind's eye the yellow brick goes with a cheap tin room and jalousie windows.
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Wait. I have jalousie windows! I like the look from a nostalgic perspective, but they're not very good at being windows. They are drafty and transmit too much noise from outside. I've been thinking about replacing them.
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Doohickie said:
Wait. I have jalousie windows! I like the look from a nostalgic perspective, but they're not very good at being windows. They are drafty and transmit too much noise from outside. I've been thinking about replacing them.
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I like the mechanics of them. I have only ever seen one house (now long gone0 up here in northern New England that had them. I bet they rattled in the winter wind!
 
Growing up we had a sun room with a entire wall of jalouise windows facing south.
 
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Since I am retired, do I need to keep individual contact info from work?
Never did anything social with any of them outside of work, they are all married with their own family activities.
Should delete even any FB friends?
 
JNA said:
Since I am retired, do I need to keep individual contact info from work?
Never did anything social with any of them outside of work, they are all married with their own family activities.
Should delete even any FB friends?
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Work people are hard. I get along well with work people....but am notoriously bad at keeping up with them when i leave or they leave. When I retire, I can only think of a handful I will want to see once in a while. Delete? That feels....permanent. I vote keep them just in case you need help moving a couch! :)
 
JNA said:
Since I am retired, do I need to keep individual contact info from work?
Never did anything social with any of them outside of work, they are all married with their own family activities.
Should delete even any FB friends?
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Just unfollow them. No need to burn the bridges. If something comes up that someone wants to get in touch with you, that contact is still there.
 
ursus said:
Work people are hard. I get along well with work people....but am notoriously bad at keeping up with them when i leave or they leave. When I retire, I can only think of a handful I will want to see once in a while. Delete? That feels....permanent. I vote keep them just in case you need help moving a couch! :)
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I never friend someone that I work with. I'm friends with one or two now they've left or retired, but I don't like the idea of stuff I post on FB coming back to work.
 
Oh, please
Don't you rock
My boat
(Don't rock my boat)
'Cause I don't
Want my boat
To be rockin'
(Don't rock my boat)
 
michaelskis said:
I mailed my check yesterday. Since the kids are old enough to not need child care services, that deduction is gone.
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Yea... ours was gone years ago. Our hit was my daughter coming off of "child" status and mere dependent... and me not updating my W-4 from my prior employer to accommodate. Lesson learned.
 
Yo any good restaurant or cafe recommendations in chicagoland? Thinking about taking a trip out there this summer for a concert, and the foodie in me wants to plan.
 
arcplans said:
Yo any good restaurant or cafe recommendations in chicagoland? Thinking about taking a trip out there this summer for a concert, and the foodie in me wants to plan.
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You're pretty much obligated to get a Chicago style deep dish pizza when you're there. Sure it's touristy, but mandatory all the same. I recommend Lou Malnati's, but some swear by Giordano's
 
Maister said:
You're pretty much obligated to get a Chicago style deep dish pizza when you're there. Sure it's touristy, but mandatory all the same. I recommend Lou Malnati's, but some swear by Giordano's
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Anything other than the obligatory deep dish?
 
Maister said:
You're pretty much obligated to get a Chicago style deep dish pizza when you're there. Sure it's touristy, but mandatory all the same. I recommend Lou Malnati's, but some swear by Giordano's
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My family went to Giodano's. There are some good German restaurants. You should go to the Berghoff. As for the rest, I've been gone too long. FWIW, we never did a Chicago dog. We ate brats. There's normally some pretty good Greek food up there. If you want to venture out into the older neighborhoods, you can go to a neighborhood tavern. They have some pretty good tavern food.
 
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Maister said:
You're pretty much obligated to get a Chicago style deep dish pizza when you're there. Sure it's touristy, but mandatory all the same. I recommend Lou Malnati's, but some swear by Giordano's
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Pequods is good too, single location, the others are chains, and at least Giordanos has a pretty big footprint.
 
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