time consuming. Especially, considering the window is really made up
of 17 panes.
Also just got done painting the dormer we primed last week. It looks
awesome in dark brown like the house is carved from a solid block of
dark chocolate.
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10/10/2009 18:45 #49980
Almost done with window oneCategory: linwood
This whole stripping, sanding, priming, cutting glass, reglazing is
time consuming. Especially, considering the window is really made up
of 17 panes.
Also just got done painting the dormer we primed last week. It looks
awesome in dark brown like the house is carved from a solid block of
dark chocolate.
time consuming. Especially, considering the window is really made up
of 17 panes.
Also just got done painting the dormer we primed last week. It looks
awesome in dark brown like the house is carved from a solid block of
dark chocolate.
10/09/2009 23:48 #49977
I have the best job in americaCategory: work
Well not my job specifically but the job I do. It even has a projected 45% growth rate over the next ten years according to CNN money 
it seems like there are lots of IT and medical jobs on there. I guess healthcare is where it's at.
it seems like there are lots of IT and medical jobs on there. I guess healthcare is where it's at.
10/09/2009 15:13 #49973
Who eats this shitSomeone I know actually bought this. It kind of blows my mind that
anyone would choose this inedible looking pizza sitting in styrofoam,
wrapped in plastic.
It's just one step away from canned pizza as far as I am concerned.
metalpeter - 10/10/09 19:11
Just thought of why for fruits and vegetables why it is a great idea. For the same reason it is with meats. It means you don't have to have a scale and have someone weigh it then take it to the counter. Plus it also lets you change your price with ease. Lets say something is $5 a pound and you order it but a bunch of the fruit is bad. Well to make up that money you would have to go out and change a sign and that might get tricky. But packaged you just print out a new label.
Just thought of why for fruits and vegetables why it is a great idea. For the same reason it is with meats. It means you don't have to have a scale and have someone weigh it then take it to the counter. Plus it also lets you change your price with ease. Lets say something is $5 a pound and you order it but a bunch of the fruit is bad. Well to make up that money you would have to go out and change a sign and that might get tricky. But packaged you just print out a new label.
tinypliny - 10/09/09 21:04
(e:jenks): I am really not sure they wash the veggies in these packages. I was told that it was a "convenience thing" for the shop because consumers would not be able to:
a) Cherry pick the non-rotten veggies
b) Forced to buy a certain quantity and the stock would be cleared.
Veggies packaged this way are usually a BIG SIGN that they are not as fresh as the loose ones and that the shop is trying to sell them out by packaging them - they are probably last of the lot.
However, I know for a fact that Guercio's packages beans, peppers, snap peas etc. in these packages for no reason at all - because if you ask them for a bigger quantity that is not packaged, they easily bring that out as well. I have a suspicion that the packages are the last of a particular lot of vegetables but when you ask them for loose veggies, they open a new lot.
(e:jenks): I am really not sure they wash the veggies in these packages. I was told that it was a "convenience thing" for the shop because consumers would not be able to:
a) Cherry pick the non-rotten veggies
b) Forced to buy a certain quantity and the stock would be cleared.
Veggies packaged this way are usually a BIG SIGN that they are not as fresh as the loose ones and that the shop is trying to sell them out by packaging them - they are probably last of the lot.
However, I know for a fact that Guercio's packages beans, peppers, snap peas etc. in these packages for no reason at all - because if you ask them for a bigger quantity that is not packaged, they easily bring that out as well. I have a suspicion that the packages are the last of a particular lot of vegetables but when you ask them for loose veggies, they open a new lot.
tinypliny - 10/09/09 20:57
(e:metalpeter) you have a good point. Honestly, I don't find that pizza gross at all. If it were on a plate or just out there, I am dead positive many of us would take it and heat it up in the oven/microwave it without thinking.
BUT, its in THAT hideous packaging - which I hate, even for vegetables. On top of it, the label implies that you could probably just pop it in the microwave, package and all - not a very responsible message.
(e:metalpeter) you have a good point. Honestly, I don't find that pizza gross at all. If it were on a plate or just out there, I am dead positive many of us would take it and heat it up in the oven/microwave it without thinking.
BUT, its in THAT hideous packaging - which I hate, even for vegetables. On top of it, the label implies that you could probably just pop it in the microwave, package and all - not a very responsible message.
paul - 10/09/09 20:53
It was a super deal. It actually came with two pieces.
It was a super deal. It actually came with two pieces.
metalpeter - 10/09/09 19:48
I don't like those toppings, but that is a cheap piece of Pizza with all that stuff on it. Hey if it is ok to buy frozen meat like that what is wrong with pizza. The Part that I find odd is that you can tell that an entire pie was made and then it was cut that way so why not just sell the slices by the slice instead of like that?
I don't like those toppings, but that is a cheap piece of Pizza with all that stuff on it. Hey if it is ok to buy frozen meat like that what is wrong with pizza. The Part that I find odd is that you can tell that an entire pie was made and then it was cut that way so why not just sell the slices by the slice instead of like that?
jason - 10/09/09 16:25
BTW, Paul, I hope this person you know is a poor person that has no other options. I can understand poor people eating that slop but if you have a choice??? Then it's worth an intervention.
BTW, Paul, I hope this person you know is a poor person that has no other options. I can understand poor people eating that slop but if you have a choice??? Then it's worth an intervention.
jenks - 10/09/09 16:24
well that pizza looks gross, but I *do* like the pre-washed/chopped veggies. yes, it's lazy. But, it makes me more likely to eat veggies if I don't have to do the work.
well that pizza looks gross, but I *do* like the pre-washed/chopped veggies. yes, it's lazy. But, it makes me more likely to eat veggies if I don't have to do the work.
mrmike - 10/09/09 16:18
Not to mention really unappetizing
Not to mention really unappetizing
tinypliny - 10/09/09 15:42
But I do. I don't get it. I have suggested that they get rid of this wasteful and downright toxic practice altogether in several written notes to the Pricerite management over the past few months AND personally every time I go to Guercio's (to the great Guercio family members). I have also written in my concerns at the Wegmans and Tops chains in the past (and then gave up because they never listen anyway).
Pricerite took some steps (or at least I think they did)when they stopped putting peppers and string beans in these stupid packages - for almost 2 months. I think now they are back to doing the same thing. I intend writing once again and/or speaking with the management. It is unacceptable. :/
But I do. I don't get it. I have suggested that they get rid of this wasteful and downright toxic practice altogether in several written notes to the Pricerite management over the past few months AND personally every time I go to Guercio's (to the great Guercio family members). I have also written in my concerns at the Wegmans and Tops chains in the past (and then gave up because they never listen anyway).
Pricerite took some steps (or at least I think they did)when they stopped putting peppers and string beans in these stupid packages - for almost 2 months. I think now they are back to doing the same thing. I intend writing once again and/or speaking with the management. It is unacceptable. :/
jason - 10/09/09 15:34
Tiny - please tell me you don't offer these "suggestions" to Guercio's, etc.
Tiny - please tell me you don't offer these "suggestions" to Guercio's, etc.
tinypliny - 10/09/09 15:30
Not very different from all those veggies that are chopped up and put in styrofoam padding and then wrapped in cling film. Try telling the shop how wasteful and silly all of it and they turn a deaf ear - including Guercios, Wegmans, Pricerite etc.
Not very different from all those veggies that are chopped up and put in styrofoam padding and then wrapped in cling film. Try telling the shop how wasteful and silly all of it and they turn a deaf ear - including Guercios, Wegmans, Pricerite etc.
10/08/2009 23:50 #49966
Weird 24 hoursCategory: life
I was up late last night with the tortoise who was wretching up bird.
Then I went to work. I ended up getting into something that should take like 3 days but i didn't have three days so I compressed it into a 13 hour stretch with no lunch. In fact I just did not eat today and there is only a half hour until tommorow. I figured it was worth getting it over with so that I could actually have tommorow and the Monday holiday off without having to stress about it. That way I can work on the house this weekend.
Then I went to work. I ended up getting into something that should take like 3 days but i didn't have three days so I compressed it into a 13 hour stretch with no lunch. In fact I just did not eat today and there is only a half hour until tommorow. I figured it was worth getting it over with so that I could actually have tommorow and the Monday holiday off without having to stress about it. That way I can work on the house this weekend.
10/06/2009 19:45 #49948
Basra The sulcata tortoise eat a birdCategory: pets
Never having owned a cat this is the first time I ever had to deal
with one pet eating another. I just can't believe he ate the whole
parakeet. I took this picture at 2 in the afternoon today and you can
still see blue feathers in his mouth and arm scales.
It sos crazy because this kind of tortoise does not eat any meat. Well, to be honest I had one in the 90s and it ate a crow, so maybe they have a secret love for dead birds.
I can't imagine being eaten by a tortoise. What's worse is the other
bird in his cage 3 feet away witnessing the tortoise eat his buddy.
My theory us the bird didn't think the tortoise was a threat and got
too close.
with one pet eating another. I just can't believe he ate the whole
parakeet. I took this picture at 2 in the afternoon today and you can
still see blue feathers in his mouth and arm scales.
It sos crazy because this kind of tortoise does not eat any meat. Well, to be honest I had one in the 90s and it ate a crow, so maybe they have a secret love for dead birds.
I can't imagine being eaten by a tortoise. What's worse is the other
bird in his cage 3 feet away witnessing the tortoise eat his buddy.
My theory us the bird didn't think the tortoise was a threat and got
too close.
tinypliny - 12/10/11 17:30
AHA! you didn't use the word murder. Now it makes sense.
AHA! you didn't use the word murder. Now it makes sense.
ladycroft - 10/08/09 12:57
i really had no idea they ate birds....
i really had no idea they ate birds....
metalpeter - 10/07/09 18:09
The thing is a you have multiple kinds of tortoises and people think of Turtles as slow. But this guy does move faster then you think he would. But he also isn't a turtle. I think what did the bird in is the same thing that gets cats beaten up if they go outside. Cats that don't have claws still think they do and fight and birds try to fly and can't. Once a bird is walking and not flying it most likely is the slower animal, and smaller also, it had no chance.
The thing is a you have multiple kinds of tortoises and people think of Turtles as slow. But this guy does move faster then you think he would. But he also isn't a turtle. I think what did the bird in is the same thing that gets cats beaten up if they go outside. Cats that don't have claws still think they do and fight and birds try to fly and can't. Once a bird is walking and not flying it most likely is the slower animal, and smaller also, it had no chance.
theecarey - 10/07/09 17:11
I imagine that a tortoise masticates very slowly? leading me to believe that maybe the parakeet had unchecked suicidal tendencies?
I imagine that a tortoise masticates very slowly? leading me to believe that maybe the parakeet had unchecked suicidal tendencies?
jbeatty - 10/07/09 16:56
I had always assumed he was a vegetarian.
I had always assumed he was a vegetarian.
paul - 10/07/09 10:25
They did make a lot of noise in his room. Maybe he just hated that.
They did make a lot of noise in his room. Maybe he just hated that.
lauren - 10/07/09 10:16
but he looks so satisfied.
but he looks so satisfied.
paul - 10/06/09 23:01
Ours, we had two.
Ours, we had two.
libertad - 10/06/09 19:55
I'm confused. Whose Parakeet was that?
I'm confused. Whose Parakeet was that?
No. I was wearing pants I had just painted in and was sitting on the couch to do this but in like 20 minutes I had to go do a second coat. I decided out of laziness that it was easy to just pull them down while I worked on the window so that I could sit on the couch.
Are you naked?