It was built in 1977 and owned by an old couple with loungeroom cabinetry full of decanters and shotglasses, and pictures of Soviet-era dignitaries and shit. The kitchen countertop is green, and so it the toilet.
Speaking of old homes, Mum and her partner bought a house from 1915 from an old italian couple. The ripped up three layers of linoleum with assorted newspaper between them to reveal lovely old jarrah (WestAus native hard wood) floorboards that judging from the length and grain were from around 100yr old trees when they were milled, then had a really pedantic guy come in and sand them back and finish them to a superb quality. It took him three visits before the air was dust free enough for him to do it, but the results are just amazing. It looks lovely and it's hard as nails, there's no way that any average furniture will ever scratch it.
It was built in 1977 and owned by an old couple with loungeroom cabinetry full of decanters and shotglasses, and pictures of Soviet-era dignitaries and shit. The kitchen countertop is green, and so it the toilet.
One of the main draws for the place we're buying is wood and tile everywhere minus the bedrooms. Which I'll only tolerate because it'll save us buying rugs to avoid a cold floor in winter.
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I need more shelves for my garage.
In other news, my kitchen is still not finished! (it has been fully functional since about late February though)
I did have a meeting with the builders today and they finally agreed to finish all the details we want complete. People are far more willing to make you happy when you haven't made the final payment of your invoice.
Carpet in the kitchen I'm absolutely for getting rid of.
But I am not on board with the trend of having hardwood in the bedrooms. Gimme carpet in there.
Hardwood everywhere. Carpet makes me sick.
Is this an expression of disgust or one of actual health concerns?
hah! an actual health issue. Aesthetically I have little objection to carpet, except it reflexively triggers an "oh shit I'm not gonna be able to breeaaath" response as soon as I see it.
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Yeah, me too. It's actually one of the LAST things on the list to change, but seeing as that is a single-flush cistern we still want to upgrade to a water-saver dual-flush fairly soon.
Just had a massive downpour with hail, I think our stuff's ok but the neighbor's tree lost a pretty big branch and thankfully it caught on one of our trees and kept from hitting our house or landing on the fence.
Anybody have any tips on how to politely ask a 93 year old woman to get her tree out of my yard?
Just had a massive downpour with hail, I think our stuff's ok but the neighbor's tree lost a pretty big branch and thankfully it caught on one of our trees and kept from hitting our house or landing on the fence.
Anybody have any tips on how to politely ask a 93 year old woman to get her tree out of my yard?
I actually enjoy playing with chainsaws and such so getting to operate those is a treat. And you get brownie points for helping folks out. Sometimes you get treats for that.
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I actually enjoy playing with chainsaws and such so getting to operate those is a treat. And you get brownie points for helping folks out. Sometimes you get treats for that.
I'm still trying to figure out how to justify one for myself, but I really can't since my dad has 2 solid saws, including a sweet husqy I just bought him that he's giving to me in a year or two. Can't waiiiittttt.
His other saw somewhat scares me though, big ol' Jonsered with a chisel chain.
I actually enjoy playing with chainsaws and such so getting to operate those is a treat. And you get brownie points for helping folks out. Sometimes you get treats for that.
I'm still trying to figure out how to justify one for myself, but I really can't since my dad has 2 solid saws, including a sweet husqy I just bought him that he's giving to me in a year or two. Can't waiiiittttt.
His other saw somewhat scares me though, big ol' Jonsered with a chisel chain.
The saw I've got is a hand me down from my dad, and it's decent enough, but it slips the damn chain too much and then I spend the next thirty minutes correcting it because using it once every year makes me forget things.
Then it does it a few more times while using it and I've got it fixed no problem. I would love to get a new saw but no real reason currently.
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My Dad has a chainsaw that's currently probably with his brother. Now I'm wishing I had a tree to be rid of so I had an excuse to retrieve it.
I do have a palm tree that I don't like... but felling that will either destroy the fence or my shed, so.. no. Someone else needs to talk the liability on that one.
Can't get somebody pulling a rope tied to the top when you cut it to get it to fall the right direction?
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Can't get somebody pulling a rope tied to the top when you cut it to get it to fall the right direction?
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Have you considered a controlled burn? Fire flaming arrows at the top of the tree, slowly moving downwards to ensure that it burns from the top down. Problem solved.
Can't get somebody pulling a rope tied to the top when you cut it to get it to fall the right direction?
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Have you considered a controlled burn? Fire flaming arrows at the top of the tree, slowly moving downwards to ensure that it burns from the top down. Problem solved.
Can't get somebody pulling a rope tied to the top when you cut it to get it to fall the right direction?
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Have you considered a controlled burn? Fire flaming arrows at the top of the tree, slowly moving downwards to ensure that it burns from the top down. Problem solved.
The spiders living at the top of the tree says he's too much of a wuss to try that approach.
Can't get somebody pulling a rope tied to the top when you cut it to get it to fall the right direction?
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Have you considered a controlled burn? Fire flaming arrows at the top of the tree, slowly moving downwards to ensure that it burns from the top down. Problem solved.
The spiders living at the top of the tree says he's too much of a wuss to try that approach.
You sir, are a master troll.
And are also underestimating my spider perturbing skills.
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You could also kill the tree and then remove the dead trunk a few months later.
Girdle the tree with a 1/2 holes drilled every 6 inches about 6 inches above the ground. You only need to get through the bark and into the trunk a few inches.
Pour glyphosphate herbicide down each hole, trying to get an ounce or so in each hole.
You may need to repeat it once or twice.
Once the tree is dead, you can cut it down and burn it or chip it.
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Sayyyyy.... are any of the universities in Perth hiring librarians or web designers???
I also like the size of the verandah.
Satans..... hints.....
My friend who is a web designer at a university is taking a years sabatactical, so yes.
Satans..... hints.....
But I am not on board with the trend of having hardwood in the bedrooms. Gimme carpet in there.
:winky:
Hardwood everywhere. Carpet makes me sick.
I would kill for that bar/sideboard thing in the living room.
But that kitchen carpet has gotta go
That sounds exactly like a house we looked at early on. This must be weirdly more common than I thought!
You sound like Mrs Moon
Heyoooo
Is this an expression of disgust or one of actual health concerns?
In other news, my kitchen is still not finished! (it has been fully functional since about late February though)
I did have a meeting with the builders today and they finally agreed to finish all the details we want complete. People are far more willing to make you happy when you haven't made the final payment of your invoice.
Satans..... hints.....
I wasn't exaggerating about the green!
I'm buying a house this month!
hah! an actual health issue. Aesthetically I have little objection to carpet, except it reflexively triggers an "oh shit I'm not gonna be able to breeaaath" response as soon as I see it.
Anybody have any tips on how to politely ask a 93 year old woman to get her tree out of my yard?
Hey, me too
I'm still trying to figure out how to justify one for myself, but I really can't since my dad has 2 solid saws, including a sweet husqy I just bought him that he's giving to me in a year or two. Can't waiiiittttt.
His other saw somewhat scares me though, big ol' Jonsered with a chisel chain.
The saw I've got is a hand me down from my dad, and it's decent enough, but it slips the damn chain too much and then I spend the next thirty minutes correcting it because using it once every year makes me forget things.
Then it does it a few more times while using it and I've got it fixed no problem. I would love to get a new saw but no real reason currently.
I do have a palm tree that I don't like... but felling that will either destroy the fence or my shed, so.. no. Someone else needs to talk the liability on that one.
Done that more often than not
It's real tight, like it's a 20 ft tree that's 1 ft from the fence and 3 ft from the shed, and due to the shape of the block and the rest of the structures around it, there's nowhere to let it fall naturally. It would need someone to lop it down piece by piece, and the only place to land the pieces would be on all the garlic that I just planted. So it's staying there for the next while at least.
Have you considered a controlled burn? Fire flaming arrows at the top of the tree, slowly moving downwards to ensure that it burns from the top down. Problem solved.
It is the optimal solution
The spiders living at the top of the tree says he's too much of a wuss to try that approach.
You sir, are a master troll.
And are also underestimating my spider perturbing skills.
Girdle the tree with a 1/2 holes drilled every 6 inches about 6 inches above the ground. You only need to get through the bark and into the trunk a few inches.
Pour glyphosphate herbicide down each hole, trying to get an ounce or so in each hole.
You may need to repeat it once or twice.
Once the tree is dead, you can cut it down and burn it or chip it.