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Rep Retirement Lodge: The Banana Bread Is Running Out

Rep Retirement Lodge: The Banana Bread Is Running Out

  • No. I want all the summer!

    Votes: 6 28.6%

  • Yes, it's nice to wear something oversized and comfortable and warm for cool weather.

    Votes: 15 71.4%
  • Total voters
    21
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge: The Banana Bread Is Running Out

Good Morning, MEUSA! :)
Good Morning, Mookie! :)


Good Morning to the rest of tLodge! :)
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge: The Banana Bread Is Running Out

Back from the DMV to show them all sorts of things so that I can get a new driver's license and from the bank where I have a safety deposit box so that I can put several of these things back in the safe.
 
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Good Morning Lodge!

Back amongst the real world. Spent the last week going back and forth to a conference. So fatigued I was in a fugue state. Yesterday was catch up day and now I have to organize myself for the rest of the week.
 
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Whichever moron it was who thought that painting good wood for use as trim was a passable idea should be drawn and quartered. What a PITA to deal with making that stuff presentable again. I'll paint a full wall any day of the week over dealing with trim.
 
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St. Clown said:
Whichever moron it was who thought that painting good wood for use as trim was a passable idea should be drawn and quartered. What a PITA to deal with making that stuff presentable again. I'll paint a full wall any day of the week over dealing with trim.
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St. Clown said:
Whichever moron it was who thought that painting good wood for use as trim was a passable idea should be drawn and quartered. What a PITA to deal with making that stuff presentable again. I'll paint a full wall any day of the week over dealing with trim.
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There were several houses I looked at years ago that had done that. I passed on a couple because I knew it was going to be thousands of dollars or hundreds of hours to fix. Not like new floors or carpet, which potentially retain some value. Trim retains almost none and it's entirely intrinsic. And it's not like painting a room, which is only a dozen or two hours.

I asked a few of the realtors why the owners had painted the wood. None had a good answer. That wasn't for the current seller but the realtors. Because no one in their right mind should EVER paint trim.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
There were several houses I looked at years ago that had done that. I passed on a couple because I knew it was going to be thousands of dollars or hundreds of hours to fix. Not like new floors or carpet, which potentially retain some value. Trim retains almost none and it's entirely intrinsic. And it's not like painting a room, which is only a dozen or two hours.

I asked a few of the realtors why the owners had painted the wood. None had a good answer. That wasn't for the current seller but the realtors. Because no one in their right mind should EVER paint trim.
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I've never dealt with it before, and just assumed it was junk wood that somebody was hiding. One of the prior owners of my house had painted the walls of what's to become the nursery a dark/forest green, and was far too sloppy about it. Add to that, I started to notice that the rest of the trim in the house (all painted white) was done with by some slacker or another. The paint coat was thin, and you could see some of the wood behind it, but I digress. In prepping to paint the trim in the nursery, I wanted to take some of the dark green spillage off the trim so as to not require 3+ coats. I find it's old oak trim, as in it's good wood from before they started giving trees like these their growth hormones. Lots of grain lines, showing slow growth. Some people have no respect for what's good in the world of wood. This stuff would be through-the-roof expensive now at a woodworking store, and you couldn't even find it in a Home Depot, Lowe's, or Menard's. And it's all been ruined by some jerk applying white paint.

Also, I'm told there are ways of taking the trim pieces off and replacing them after having repainted them. New nails would be needed, but I don't have the space to dedicate to something like that in December. I really wish we had been able to purchase this house in early July instead of late October.
 
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St. Clown said:
I've never dealt with it before, and just assumed it was junk wood that somebody was hiding. One of the prior owners of my house had painted the walls of what's to become the nursery a dark/forest green, and was far too sloppy about it. Add to that, I started to notice that the rest of the trim in the house (all painted white) was done with by some slacker or another. The paint coat was thin, and you could see some of the wood behind it, but I digress. In prepping to paint the trim in the nursery, I wanted to take some of the dark green spillage off the trim so as to not require 3+ coats. I find it's old oak trim, as in it's good wood from before they started giving trees like these their growth hormones. Lots of grain lines, showing slow growth. Some people have no respect for what's good in the world of wood. This stuff would be through-the-roof expensive now at a woodworking store, and you couldn't even find it in a Home Depot, Lowe's, or Menard's. And it's all been ruined by some jerk applying white paint.

Also, I'm told there are ways of taking the trim pieces off and replacing them after having repainted them. New nails would be needed, but I don't have the space to dedicate to something like that in December. I really wish we had been able to purchase this house in early July instead of late October.
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Well, does it really matter if you leave it as is for now? the baby won't care. Do it later when you can do it outside. Less chemicals in the air for Mum to be and easier.
 
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There's nothing wrong with painted trim. I happen to like nice gloss white. To each their own I suppose...
 
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I like me some high quality trim.

Wait, I think we are talking about a two different things. I'll put my inner-mookie back into storage. ;)
 
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leswp1 said:
Well, does it really matter if you leave it as is for now? the baby won't care. Do it later when you can do it outside. Less chemicals in the air for Mum to be and easier.
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Yeah, I'm not arguing with my nesting wife on the timing of when things get done. She's freaked out with the baby due in early February and we just purchased a house. I'm in the mode of just-getting-the-job-done.
 
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Just noticed I had a voicemail. Thought it was just the daily vm from my local police department but it was from my podiatrist’s office telling me he wasn’t going to be in Monday morning. I scheduled an appointment as a 6-month post surgery follow up. I have two new issues with my foot To go over with him. There’s a weird bump on my instep area, close to the scar. It doesn’t hurt or anything but it’s kinda freaky. Just appeared out of nowhere a few weeks ago.

The other issue is a bigger problem. I have developed a new bunion on the outside of my foot. It feels like I’m walking on a rock. I made a makeshift splint using gauze and cotton balls and I really want to talk to him about it and see if he has a splint or something. Now I need to call and hope I can get an appointment sometime next week.
 
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It's cold out. Gonna be colder for the next day or so. Might hit positive digits tomorrow, dunno.
 
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