Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. The fun never sets!

The fun never sets!

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
83 Posts 12 Posters 1.5k Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • MikM Offline
    MikM Offline
    Mik
    wrote on last edited by Mik
    #60

    Luna does that. She claims everything all day. Other than that she is the perfect cat - never, ever does anything she’s not supposed to. Stella, on the other hand, has two speeds - asleep and busy, busy, busy.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

    1 Reply Last reply
    • B Offline
      B Offline
      blondie
      wrote on last edited by
      #61

      I remember putting water bottles up high on top around the periphery of the fridge to prevent our boy cats from jumping from the island or lower cabinets. Once they got on top of the fridge they’d jump to the upper cabinets and chase each other. Scary, especially when mama is cooking below.

      1 Reply Last reply
      • MikM Offline
        MikM Offline
        Mik
        wrote on last edited by
        #62

        “Kitty in the stew!” 😆

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

        1 Reply Last reply
        • MikM Mik

          Thanks! Yeah, I did the same thing in 2005. A LOT of work. I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

          RenaudaR Offline
          RenaudaR Offline
          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by Renauda
          #63

          @Mik

          I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

          I have an aversion to starting a project of that sort. Once started however I have greater aversion to not doing it with at least a degree or two of professionalism or worse, leaving it incomplete. I actually convince myself I am enjoying it all.

          Elbows up!

          1 Reply Last reply
          • MikM Offline
            MikM Offline
            Mik
            wrote on last edited by
            #64

            I used to actually enjoy it a lot. About 60 or so a switch just flipped. Not sure why. I guess 25 years of painting, trenching, remodeling, tearing down and putting up walls, adding exterior doors and rebuilding the deck just used it up. I was a perfectionist then, but no longer.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

            RenaudaR 1 Reply Last reply
            • MikM Mik

              I used to actually enjoy it a lot. About 60 or so a switch just flipped. Not sure why. I guess 25 years of painting, trenching, remodeling, tearing down and putting up walls, adding exterior doors and rebuilding the deck just used it up. I was a perfectionist then, but no longer.

              RenaudaR Offline
              RenaudaR Offline
              Renauda
              wrote on last edited by Renauda
              #65

              @Mik

              I think I know what you mean. I’ve even noticed that my enthusiasm for major projects grows ever dimmer as years pass..

              Elbows up!

              1 Reply Last reply
              • MikM Offline
                MikM Offline
                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #66

                Sadly I just came in from staining three 8' shoe mouldings. Got a perfect match to what's there now.

                But I hated it. I hated going to Menard's...I hated finding the mouldings (farthest possible corner of the store). Then I hated going to the OTHER farthest corner of the store to find wood stains. I hated the agony of picking the right stain, then schlepping up to the cash register. Then I hated setting up the saw horses. Staining them was hard on the back because my saw horses are just above knee height. But they look great.

                I still hate it.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                1 Reply Last reply
                • JollyJ Offline
                  JollyJ Offline
                  Jolly
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #67

                  Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                  MikM 1 Reply Last reply
                  • George KG Offline
                    George KG Offline
                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #68

                    When we bought the house all of the woodwork, other than the crown moldings, was painted white.

                    We spent months stripping paint.

                    I woulnd't wish that task on anyone. Well, maybe on some people, but almost not anyone.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    • MikM Offline
                      MikM Offline
                      Mik
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #69

                      No one you like, anyway.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                        MikM Offline
                        MikM Offline
                        Mik
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #70

                        @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                        Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                        Never say never in a recession.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                        JollyJ 1 Reply Last reply
                        • MikM Mik

                          @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                          Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                          Never say never in a recession.

                          JollyJ Offline
                          JollyJ Offline
                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #71

                          @Mik said in The fun never sets!:

                          @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                          Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                          Never say never in a recession.

                          Had a first cousin that had a business fail and a divorce at the same time. He was mid-thirties, broke and everything he owned was in the truck.

                          And...It was during a recession.

                          He started by knocking on doors in carefully chosen subdivisions...One story, brick veneer homes. He told the owner if they bought the paint, he'd paint the house for x dollars and he did the first couple cheap. After that, business picked up and he was soon able to afford a contractor account at Sherwin-Williams.

                          He made a good living and sold the biz ten years later...

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          • MikM Offline
                            MikM Offline
                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by Mik
                            #72

                            Any trade these days will serve you well. We have an older population that doesn’t want to do these things any more and a younger population that barely knows how to wipe their own ass.

                            Plus you can charge a helluva lot more these days and get it.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                            taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
                            • MikM Mik

                              Any trade these days will serve you well. We have an older population that doesn’t want to do these things any more and a younger population that barely knows how to wipe their own ass.

                              Plus you can charge a helluva lot more these days and get it.

                              taiwan_girlT Offline
                              taiwan_girlT Offline
                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #73

                              @Mik Looks great!!!

                              @blondie Love love your kitchen!

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              • MikM Offline
                                MikM Offline
                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #74

                                Thanks. Excited to see it completed today.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                • MikM Offline
                                  MikM Offline
                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #75

                                  Pretty much done - a few details for Monday, but enough that you can see.

                                  alt text

                                  alt text

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  • George KG Offline
                                    George KG Offline
                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #76

                                    Very nice.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    • LuFins DadL Offline
                                      LuFins DadL Offline
                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #77

                                      I’m surprised by how small Mik’s refrigerator is… With all the ingredients that he always seems to have on hand…

                                      The Brad

                                      MikM 1 Reply Last reply
                                      • LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins Dad
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #78

                                        And now @89th has Mik’s address and can pull up 32 satellite pictures of Mik sunbathing…

                                        The Brad

                                        George KG MikM 2 Replies Last reply
                                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                          And now @89th has Mik’s address and can pull up 32 satellite pictures of Mik sunbathing…

                                          George KG Offline
                                          George KG Offline
                                          George K
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #79

                                          @LuFins-Dad said in The fun never sets!:

                                          32 satellite pictures of Mik sunbathing getting a pedi…

                                          There

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups