Backsplash

[Ed Pawlowski]

Finally got the backspash installed today.

https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

[Jeßus]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:19:10 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
>https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

Nice, is that tile?

[Sum...@nomail.invalid]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:19:10 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
>https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?

[jmcquown]

On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

That's a nice looking backsplash, Ed. :)

Jill

[Sumbax]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:36:32 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Trippy!

[US Janet]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:19:10 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
>https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

very nice!
Janet US

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 3:19:18 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
>

Nice! What did you have before??

[Thomas]

Will it melt?

[Ed Pawlowski]

Just painted wall for 3 years. Amazingly, it was still fairly clean.
We did not like the builder's offerings so did nothing at the time.

The grout was still wet when I took the photo so it is going to be a tad
lighter.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Yes, it it porcelain so will melt at about 1600C degrees.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

It looks great, you chose well.

[Thomas]

Thanks. It looked too nice to be real.
What I just said makes no sense, lol.

[Gary]

On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

I like it, Ed. Looks nice but... you "finally" got it installed? You've
been living there for a few years now. ???

[Dave Smith]

It looks great Ed.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I like it, am thinking of changing mine out.

[Ed Pawlowski]

It was 3 years in December. Was not a top priority. Finally started
seriously shopping a month ago.

[Ed Pawlowski]

There is an incredible number of tiles to choose from. Went to a few
places and this finally struck home.

[Dave Smith]

Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many different
sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard to chose. I have done a
few tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work myself. I would
probably recommend getting a professional to do it.

I had strange experiences with the store I dealt with for the first two
jobs. The let customers borrow the tools with a $25 deposit. | opted for
that the first time, got the tile cutter, the glue spreader, squeegee
etc, paid the $25 deposit, did the job, returned the tools promptly and
got the deposit back. Close to two months later I got a call from the
tile store saying their records showed that my deposit had been returned
in error and they wanted me to return them. I was surprised that they
could be so dense and explained to then how it worked... I borrowed the
tools, I paid the deposit, I returned the tools and they returned my
deposit. They were quite convinced I had not and that my deposit had
been returned in error but they finally clued in.

A couple years later I did another tile job and went back to the same
store because they are local. I got the tiles, paid the deposit to
borrow the tools. I finished the work, returned the tools and got my
deposit back. Son of a bitch..... a month or so later they called
looking for the tools and once again claiming the deposit had been given
to me in error.

The next time I had tiling to do I went to a different store.

[Bruce 6.2]

Q: What happened in RFC this month?
A: Ed got a backsplash!

[dsi1]

That is one heck of a nutty story alright. Sorry it happened to you but it's a heck of a nutty story.
When my brother-in-laws were working on our kitchen, they asked me about what to do with the back-splash. I was busy at work and told them to install some small glass tiles that looked nice with a dark grout. My wife and bros done a good job.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6BRKoAUgBEbsBaNVA

[Bruc...@nomail.invalid]

We Dutch have a saying about froggers like yoos, which is KILL
YOURSELF you loser. no friends no real job no money no sex and no hope
for the future. Loser. Ghe Ghe Ghe.

[Bruc...@nomail.invalid]

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))

[Bruc...@nomail.invalid]

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 2/22/2022 1:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many different
> sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard  to chose. I have done a
> few tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work myself.  I would
> probably recommend getting a professional to do it.
>

I know "how' to do it but never have so left it to the pro. Took him
four hours but probably would have taken me four days. There are four
receptacles and a phone jack to cut around too.

Tile cost is anywhere from $3 to $40 sq. ft. The one I chose was $13
and with labor was still under what I hoped to pay total.

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-02-22 2:08 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 8:38:19 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>> A couple years later I did another tile job and went back to the
>> same store because they are local. I got the tiles, paid the
>> deposit to borrow the tools. I finished the work, returned the
>> tools and got my deposit back. Son of a bitch..... a month or so
>> later they called looking for the tools and once again claiming the
>> deposit had been given to me in error.
>>
>> The next time I had tiling to do I went to a different store.
>
> That is one heck of a nutty story alright. Sorry it happened to you
> but it's a heck of a nutty story.

Yeah it was pretty weird that it happened the first time. I was
disgusted when it happened the second time. That's really bloody
incompetent.

<When my brother-in-laws were
> working on our kitchen, they asked me about what to do with the
> back-splash. I was busy at work and told them to install some small
> glass tiles that looked nice with a dark grout. My wife and bros done
> a good job.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/6BRKoAUgBEbsBaNVA
>

That looks pretty good. We ended up doing a brownish coloured tile on
our back splash. I wish we had used something lighter just to brighten
things up a bit.

[Bruce 6.2]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-02-22 2:39 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/22/2022 1:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many
>> different sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard  to chose. I
>> have done a few tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work
>> myself.  I would probably recommend getting a professional to do it.
>>
>
> I know "how' to do it but never have so left it to the pro.  Took him
> four hours but probably would have taken me four days.  There are four
> receptacles and a phone jack to cut around too.

Tiling isn't all that difficult.They are easily cut with a proper cutter
and it is pretty easy to set them into place but the can slide out of
place while the cement before the cement cement sets. Grouting with
the dry mix stuff is easy.

>
> Tile cost is anywhere from $3 to $40 sq. ft.  The one I chose was $13
> and with labor was still under what I hoped to pay total.

My brother and his wife have the worst luck with contractors. When they
did a lot of renovations to their house about 10 years ago they hired
some guy who was a friend of a friend. They live in a side split and
wanted him to do the hallway in the basement and on the entrance hall.
The guy did a good chop but he had mis-measured or under-ordered and
ended up short one tile. Luckily, he was able to get one locally. Tile
stores don't usually stock tile. They have to order it, sometimes from
overseas sources, and it can take weeks or months to ship.

[Bruce 6.2]

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:51:43 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> They have to order it, sometimes from
>overseas sources, and it can take weeks or months to ship.

Probably similar to where you are, but ordering and waiting for stuff
in Australia has been painful for the past year. I'm rebuilding an
engine and I think it's been around 5 months now since I ordered the
parts. Have most but still need some more crucial parts.

[dsi1]

I grew up watching "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." The TV series had a panel that flashed square lights. I loved that stuff. It obviously left a big impression on me. As an adult, I now realize that the lights probably had no useful function at all - except maybe to fill up some space on the set wall.

http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/scifi/VTTBOTS/Voyage-3L.jpg

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:03:00 -0800 (PST), dsi1
<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:


>I grew up watching "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." The TV series had a panel that flashed square lights. I loved that stuff. It obviously left a big impression on me. As an adult, I now realize that the lights probably had no useful function at all - except maybe to fill up some space on the set wall.
>
>http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/scifi/VTTBOTS/Voyage-3L.jpg

I used to watch that as a kid in the 1970's, along with Lost in space,
etc etc...

[Bruce 6.2]

[Bruce 6.2]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:03:00 -0800 (PST), dsi1

[Bruce 6.2]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:51:43 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

[Bruce 6.2]

We send and receive stuff all the time. Yes, delivery has slowed down
due to covid, but only by a couple of days domestically and a week or
two internationally. Five months??? Maybe you ordered something that
had to be invented first.

[Bruce 6.2]

[Bruce 6.2]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:01:46 +1100, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))

[dsi1]

My understanding is that kids used to watch this show in Australia. That's so weird!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmCQsYyOyYA

[Bruce 6.2]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:32:35 -0800 (PST), dsi1

<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

>On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 11:07:32 AM UTC-10, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:03:00 -0800 (PST), dsi1
>> <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >I grew up watching "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." The TV series had a panel that flashed square lights. I loved that stuff. It obviously left a big impression on me. As an adult, I now realize that the lights probably had no useful function at all - except maybe to fill up some space on the set wall.
>> >
>> >http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/scifi/VTTBOTS/Voyage-3L.jpg
>> I used to watch that as a kid in the 1970's, along with Lost in space,
>> etc etc...
>
>My understanding is that kids used to watch this show in Australia. That's so weird!
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmCQsYyOyYA
>

[Bruce 6.2]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:19:10 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
>https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:32:35 -0800 (PST), dsi1

<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

>On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 11:07:32 AM UTC-10, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:03:00 -0800 (PST), dsi1
>> <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >I grew up watching "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." The TV series had a panel that flashed square lights. I loved that stuff. It obviously left a big impression on me. As an adult, I now realize that the lights probably had no useful function at all - except maybe to fill up some space on the set wall.
>> >
>> >http://q7.neurotica.com/Q7/scifi/VTTBOTS/Voyage-3L.jpg
>> I used to watch that as a kid in the 1970's, along with Lost in space,
>> etc etc...
>
>My understanding is that kids used to watch this show in Australia. That's so weird!
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmCQsYyOyYA

Yay, back online with this godawful Win 10...

<shrug> it was very popular here and elsewhere. When I think about it,
there used to be a very wide variety of stuff for kids/teens, a lot of
it rather strange by today's standards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cgIHS7am9g

[Michael Trew]

On 2/22/2022 13:38, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many different
> sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard to chose. I have done a few
> tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work myself. I would
> probably recommend getting a professional to do it.

For most people, yes. I never found tile installation to be
particularly taxing. The worst part is finding tile that you like that
is also affordable. Many of those decorative back-splashes are very
costly per square foot. I never bothered installing one in my kitchen;
maybe some day.

> I had strange experiences with the store I dealt with for the first two
> jobs. The let customers borrow the tools with a $25 deposit.
>

> I finished the work, returned the tools and got my

> deposit back. a month or so later they called
> looking for the tools claiming the deposit had been given
> to me in error.

I bought a wet-saw with a diamond-tip blade to cut tile, it's not hard
to use, and didn't cost a lot. I did my whole kitchen floor in it. It
sounds like your store has a racket going on, to swindle money out of
people.

[Michael Trew]

On 2/21/2022 23:16, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/21/2022 8:44 PM, Thomas wrote:
>> On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 5:08:15 PM UTC-5,
>> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

>>> On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 3:19:18 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>>>>
>>>> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
>>>>

>>> Nice! What did you have before??

>> Will it melt?
>
> Yes, it it porcelain so will melt at about 1600C degrees.

LOL Ed, your posts crack me up; you're one of the funniest posters on
here.

The tile back splash looks very nice.

[Bruce 7.3]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))

[Cindy Hamilton]

Oh, it's possible to find tile that's a lot more than $40 per square
foot.

If I had a ton of money, I might buy my tile here:
<https://www.pewabic.org/pages/architectural>

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Bruce 7.4]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:47:43 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
<hami...@devnull.com> wrote:

>On 2022-02-22, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>> On 2/22/2022 1:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many different
>>> sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard  to chose. I have done a
>>> few tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work myself.  I would
>>> probably recommend getting a professional to do it.
>>>
>>
>> I know "how' to do it but never have so left it to the pro. Took him
>> four hours but probably would have taken me four days. There are four
>> receptacles and a phone jack to cut around too.
>>
>> Tile cost is anywhere from $3 to $40 sq. ft. The one I chose was $13
>> and with labor was still under what I hoped to pay total.
>
>Oh, it's possible to find tile that's a lot more than $40 per square
>foot.

Is your father stronger than everybody else's father?

[Bruce 7.4]

[Bruce 7.4]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:47:43 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
<hami...@devnull.com> wrote:

Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?

[Gary]

On 2/22/2022 10:43 PM, Je�us wrote:
> Yay, back online with this godawful Win 10...

Wait until you see how they demand constant updates. It's not pretty.

[Dave Smith]

I can't see it being a very profitable racket. The first time it
happened I assumed it was stupidity on their part. That was confirmed
when it happened a second time.

[GM]

Not a real problem, I simply hit "restart" usually daily and no issues with updates...

Got a new work laptop the other day, it did take about thirty minutes or so
to get updated/set up right outta the box, but no worries after...

--
GM

[Bruce 8.1]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:44:43 -0800 (PST), GM
<gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Gary wrote:
>

>> On 2/22/2022 10:43 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> > Yay, back online with this godawful Win 10...
>> Wait until you see how they demand constant updates. It's not pretty.
>
>
>Not a real problem, I simply hit "restart" usually daily and no issues with updates...
>
>Got a new work laptop the other day, it did take about thirty minutes or so
>to get updated/set up right outta the box, but no worries after...

[Bruce 9.1]

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:36:04 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>On 2/22/2022 10:43 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> Yay, back online with this godawful Win 10...
>
>Wait until you see how they demand constant updates. It's not pretty.

Nah. I disabled that nonsense by editing the local group policy. Win
10 install takes about 15 minutes... the next 3 hours are all about
disabling shit in Windows.

It's noticeably slower than Win 7, but it got to the point where I was
having issues with some websites and the only fix was an 'upgrade' to
10.

[cshenk]

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 2/22/2022 6:40 AM, Gary wrote:

> > On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > Finally got the backspash installed today.
> > >
> > > https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
> >

> > I like it, Ed. Looks nice but... you "finally" got it installed?
> > You've been living there for a few years now.  ???
> >
> >
> >
> It was 3 years in December. Was not a top priority. Finally started
> seriously shopping a month ago.

Normal Ed. Most of us don't try to do everything at once.

[jmcquown]

There's the fact that they had just built the house and moved into it
while his wife was ill and she died. That was a factor. I'm glad to
see he found a back splash he likes. There is no back splash in my
kitchen nor to I plan to install one.

Jill

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 2/23/2022 7:45 PM, cshenk wrote:

It is the only "major" thing we wanted to do. We intentionally did not
get the builder offering. The painted surface was still clean so it was
not a high priority.

Still happy with the house and neighborhood. No steps is a nice feature.

[Bruce 10.0]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))))

[Ed Pawlowski]

Things didn't work out as hoped for. Still glad I made the move but do
miss some friends up north. My kids are here though.

I had thought of not doing the backsplash too. It really is more
decorative than useful for my needs.

The tile though, has more gray in it than when looking at it in the box.
Optical illusion? I considered a plain white subway tile but that is
too common so did not.

[jmcquown]

That's the one thing I like about this house and my apartment in West TN
for 12 years before I moved here. No steps. :)

Jill

[Dave Smith]

On 2022-02-23 7:45 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>

>> It was 3 years in December. Was not a top priority. Finally started
>> seriously shopping a month ago.
>
> Normal Ed. Most of us don't try to do everything at once.

My father was not one to put things off. When I was a teen he was
transferred to another city and we moved into a brand new house on Dec.
1. He would get home from work at 5:15 have supper then have a short nap
and start working on the house. The floor had just been finished the day
before we moved in. He put me and my three brothers to work.

We pained the living room/dining room, hallway and three bedrooms
upstairs, papered the kitchen and two bathrooms. They had carpeting
installed and drapes hung. There was a finished den in the basement. He
dry walled the laundry room and work shop and installed the ceilings and
tiled the basement floor. Everything was done by Christmas.

[Hank Rogers]

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/23/2022 7:45 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/22/2022 6:40 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>> On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
>>>>
>>>> I like it, Ed. Looks nice but... you "finally" got it installed?

>>>> You've  been living there for a few years now.  ???

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It was 3 years in December.  Was not a top priority.  Finally
>>> started
>>> seriously shopping a month ago.
>>
>> Normal Ed.  Most of us don't try to do everything at once.
>
> It is the only "major" thing we wanted to do.  We intentionally did
> not get the builder offering.  The painted surface was still clean
> so it was not a high priority.
>
> Still happy with the house and neighborhood.  No steps is a nice
> feature.

You could have had steps. Goats can scramble up steps in a wink :)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 8:12:20 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> The tile though, has more gray in it than when looking at it in the box.
> Optical illusion? I considered a plain white subway tile but that is
> too common so did not.
>

The lighting at the store I'm sure is different from your house. And most
likely that tile will appear lighter or darker depending on the time of day
and how much sunlight your kitchen receives.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Same here and I am VERY thankful it's a single story house. I do have a
dugout basement and pull down steps to the attic but I only access those
areas perhaps twice a year.

[Bruce 11.0]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:23:01 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

You're called McBiddie for a reason :)

[Bruce 11.0]

[Bruce 11.0]

[Bruce 11.0]

[Gary]

I have only 10 steps up to my apartment. I don't mind the little bit of
exercise.

[waif69]

On Monday, February 21, 2022 at 4:19:18 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>
> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N

That's one fine looking backsplash.

[Gary]

Yes. Goats even climb trees.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Get back to us when you're 90 years old.

Until we moved the washer/dryer out of the basement, I figured I'd die
at the bottom of the basement steps in a heap of laundry.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Janet]

In article <evBRJ.58364$OT%7.3...@fx07.iad>, e...@snet.xxx says...

>
> On 2/23/2022 7:45 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >> On 2/22/2022 6:40 AM, Gary wrote:
> >>> On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>> Finally got the backspash installed today.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
> >>>
> >>> I like it, Ed. Looks nice but... you "finally" got it installed?
> >>> You've been living there for a few years now.  ???
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> It was 3 years in December. Was not a top priority. Finally started
> >> seriously shopping a month ago.

Only three years?
Several houses ago we bought an old house whose previous owner was a
trendy male architect.The sitting and dining room were the colour of
tomato soup; our bathroom walls and ceiling were dark forest green.
The soup was a priority in the first few weeks, and while painting it
out (white), I painted on the green bathroom wall " This <deleted>
colour has to go NEXT".
The green and the graffiti, were still there 10 years later...you
can get used to anything.

> >
> > Normal Ed. Most of us don't try to do everything at once.
>
> It is the only "major" thing we wanted to do. We intentionally did not
> get the builder offering. The painted surface was still clean so it was
> not a high priority.
>
> Still happy with the house and neighborhood. No steps is a nice feature.

The older you get, the more it matters for you and your kids to have
each other close by, and to live in a house that matches your needs.

Janet UK

[Gary]

A very nice looking stove too! :)

[Ed Pawlowski]

Nor did I when younger and did not have arthritis in the knees.

The first 35 years of my life I lived in houses with stairs going up to
the bedroom and down to the basement. Thought nothing of it.

[Gary]

On 2/24/2022 7:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-02-24, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>> On 2/23/2022 9:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 2/23/2022 8:50 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> Still happy with the house and neighborhood.  No steps is a nice feature.
>>>
>>> That's the one thing I like about this house and my apartment in West TN
>>> for 12 years before I moved here.  No steps. :)
>>
>> I have only 10 steps up to my apartment. I don't mind the little bit of
>> exercise.
>
> Get back to us when you're 90 years old.

Cindy, I like the evil McDonald's food. I'll never see age 90.
I'm not so sure I'd even want to. That's almost 22 years from now and
downhill all the way. gasp.
Bryan will agree with me there. 22 more years without old sex?

Good point though. My mom is 90 and she takes small steps now. If she
ever moves in here, those 10 steps would be good exercise for her to
keep her muscles working. (use them or lose them)

[GM]

Now when I'm moving really slow some days, I jokingly tell peeps, "You know,
when I was young, I once walked the entire length of West Berlin - AND I also climbed up
to the top of the Washington Monument..."

And it's not really a joke, I did do that, lol...

--
GM

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:36:04 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>
> My mom is 90 and she takes small steps now. If she
> ever moves in here, those 10 steps would be good exercise for her to
> keep her muscles working. (use them or lose them)
>

The NUMBER ONE cause of death in the home for elderly people are
steps. It has nothing to do with working muscles either.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I mentioned the houses I lived in the past. There were tens of
thousands that style One bathroom on the top floor. With a family of 4
or more the stairs carpet wore quickly.

Washing machine was in the basement to you carried the laundry down two
flights to start. They you went up to the living floor until done, then
went down to hang laundry, then up, then back to take it down and carry
it up two flights of stairs to the bedroom.

I had to take a Tylenol for my knees just writing about it.

[Sheldon Martin]

We have four steps whether at the front door, the back door, or from
the garage into the kitchen... I never considered them an
inconvenience. I wouldn't want a house directly on a slab on the
ground with no steps. There are 14 steps from the kitchen down to our
basement, the goats never complain.

[Michael Trew]

On 2/23/2022 4:47, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-02-22, Ed Pawlowski<e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>> On 2/22/2022 1:38 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Shopping for tile can be a pain in the butt. There are so many different
>>> sizes, colours and, textures that it is hard to chose. I have done a
>>> few tile jobs in the house. I ended up doing the work myself. I would
>>> probably recommend getting a professional to do it.
>>>
>>
>> I know "how' to do it but never have so left it to the pro. Took him
>> four hours but probably would have taken me four days. There are four
>> receptacles and a phone jack to cut around too.
>>
>> Tile cost is anywhere from $3 to $40 sq. ft. The one I chose was $13
>> and with labor was still under what I hoped to pay total.
>
> Oh, it's possible to find tile that's a lot more than $40 per square
> foot.
>
> If I had a ton of money, I might buy my tile here:
> <https://www.pewabic.org/pages/architectural>

There is a retail store near Pittsburgh called "the tile shop". I
stopped in a few times, just for the fun of it. They had
mother-of-pearl tile, and good golly, was that expensive. I don't
remember the price, but it was substantially more than anything else in
the store. I can't find it on their website now.

https://www.tileshop.com/store-locator/robinson/

[Michael Trew]

I'm not sure how high the Washington monument is, but I climbed the
tallest light house in the country a couple of years ago. As Ed said,
as I am now, I think nothing of the steps to the second floor of my
house, or the basement... or the walk up attic for that matter (until
it's time to carry boxes and boxes of Christmas stuff up two flights of
steps). That being said, that light house was really a work-out. The
tour guide type person said that in the old days, the light house keeper
carried oil up the steps EACH DAY, several times per day, to keep it
lit. They must have been in good shape. Otherwise, they probably had
lots of knee and back issues when finally retiring.

[Michael Trew]

On 2/24/2022 7:59, Janet wrote:
> In article<evBRJ.58364$OT%7.3...@fx07.iad>, e...@snet.xxx says...
>>
>> On 2/23/2022 7:45 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/22/2022 6:40 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>> On 2/21/2022 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>> Finally got the backspash installed today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://postimg.cc/QFM7pz5N
>>>>>
>>>>> I like it, Ed. Looks nice but... you "finally" got it installed?
>>>>> You've been living there for a few years now. ???
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It was 3 years in December. Was not a top priority. Finally started
>>>> seriously shopping a month ago.
>
> Only three years?
> Several houses ago we bought an old house whose previous owner was a
> trendy male architect.The sitting and dining room were the colour of
> tomato soup; our bathroom walls and ceiling were dark forest green.
> The soup was a priority in the first few weeks, and while painting it
> out (white), I painted on the green bathroom wall " This<deleted>
> colour has to go NEXT".
> The green and the graffiti, were still there 10 years later...you
> can get used to anything.

Haha, that's true. The last house that I lived in with my family, my
bedroom had a tiny en-suite bathroom. It was done in the late 40's, and
it had tile on the floors and half-way up the walls, as well as the
shower, in cotton candy pink, with cotton candy blue trim. The rest of
the walls were floral wall paper. It took me a couple of years to strip
the wall paper, and when I finally painted, they miss-tinted the beige
paint, and it had a pink-ish hue to it. I eventually got used to having
a bathroom with pink walls, and pink tile.

[GM]

Back in the day, people would generally live until maybe 45 or so, no
"retirement" for them, many succumbed to simple exhaustion...

--
GM

[Bruce 11.0]

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))))

[Cindy Hamilton]

Yeah, they don't seem to carry it anymore. I found it for a meare
$15.95 per square foot here:

<https://oceanmosaics.com/south-seas-super-white-mini-brick-seamless-pearl-shell-tile/>

That's not very much at all.

Ah, here we go:
<https://www.pinterest.com/pin/137711701078597993/>

About $1 million per square meter.

Although I think the company has gone out of business.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Bruce 14.0]

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))

[Bruce 14.0]

Uhm, Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :))))

[Bruce 15a]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:40:00 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
<hami...@devnull.com> wrote:

[jmcquown]

On 2/24/2022 7:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On 2022-02-24, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>> On 2/23/2022 9:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 2/23/2022 8:50 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> Still happy with the house and neighborhood.  No steps is a nice feature.
>>>
>>> That's the one thing I like about this house and my apartment in West TN
>>> for 12 years before I moved here.  No steps. :)
>>
>> I have only 10 steps up to my apartment. I don't mind the little bit of
>> exercise.
>
> Get back to us when you're 90 years old.
>

Speaking of 90 years old, I got a call from my 2nd cousin (my paternal
grandmother's nephew) the other day. We talk on the phone a couple of
times a year. He turned 90 last December; I think his wife is 87.
They'd just gotten back from visiting a step-daughter in the San Diego
area. Their house is on one level but they do have steps up to their
front porch (crawlspace underneath) which are problematic. Carrying
groceries up the steps is problematic. It's not from lack of excercise,
it's a simple fact of aging. Stairs get harder to deal with.

> Until we moved the washer/dryer out of the basement, I figured I'd die
> at the bottom of the basement steps in a heap of laundry.
>

Good move. :)

Jill

[Quakko]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:19:48 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

[Quako]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:19:48 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe

:)))))))))))

[Hank Rogers]

jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/24/2022 7:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2022-02-24, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>> On 2/23/2022 9:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 2/23/2022 8:50 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>>>>> Still happy with the house and neighborhood.  No steps is a

>>>>> nice feature.
>>>>
>>>> That's the one thing I like about this house and my apartment
>>>> in West TN

>>>> for 12 years before I moved here.  No steps. :)

>>>
>>> I have only 10 steps up to my apartment. I don't mind the little
>>> bit of
>>> exercise.
>>
>> Get back to us when you're 90 years old.
>>
> Speaking of 90 years old, I got a call from my 2nd cousin (my
> paternal grandmother's nephew) the other day.  We talk on the phone
> a couple of times a year.  He turned 90 last December; I think his
> wife is 87. They'd just gotten back from visiting a step-daughter
> in the San Diego area.  Their house is on one level but they do
> have steps up to their front porch (crawlspace underneath) which
> are problematic.  Carrying groceries up the steps is problematic.
> It's not from lack of excercise, it's a simple fact of aging.
> Stairs get harder to deal with.
>

> Jill

Send Popeye over. He'll drag all their shit up the stairs, then put
a smile on the old woman's face before he leaves. Just like he does
for yoose.

[Michael Trew]

OK, it wasn't that expensive, but it was well over $16/sq ft. I think
it was in the ball-park of a few hundred dollars/sq. ft. -- several
times higher than everything else in the store.

[Flying Fox]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 01:02:23 -0500, Michael Trew

[Gary]

Michael Trew wrote:
> I'm not sure how high the Washington monument is, but I climbed the
> tallest light house in the country a couple of years ago.

What is the tallest light house in the country, Michael?
Cindy will google it but I'll just ask you.

I've climbed up 2 lighthouses in my days.
The very tall Cape Hatteras lighthouse several times back in the 1970's
before they moved that giant thing inland. We surfed right out in front
of it and it was fun to climb in the afternoons while taking a surfing
break.

Then the smaller but older (historic) Cape Henry lighthouse right here
in Virginia Beach. The lighthouse is shorter but you have to walk up
1,000 steps just to get to the base of it, so it's equally high above
sea level.

Both had a continuous metal spiral staircase. Very steep with no landings.

Then I've also climbed the Washington monument several times as I grew
up in that area. That staircase has landings every 10 steps or so - just
like any high rise has now. Much easier to climb.

I haven't been there in years but I heard that they eventually closed
off the stairway and make people use the elevators.

I'd love to do the Saint Louis Arch tour. That one is probably elevator
only. John and Bryan live there. Wonder if either of them has checked it
out? I seem to remember Bryan saying he never has.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2022-02-25, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
> Michael Trew wrote:
>> I'm not sure how high the Washington monument is, but I climbed the
>> tallest light house in the country a couple of years ago.
>
> What is the tallest light house in the country, Michael?
> Cindy will google it but I'll just ask you.

No, she won't. I don't care about the tallest light house in the
country.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[jmcquown]

He's still ticked because you know where Belgium is. :)

Jill

[Gary]

On 2/25/2022 9:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

Well darn you, Cindy. You made me look it up.
To my surprise, it's the one that I've climbed many times back in the
1970's before they moved it inland.
---------------------------------------
Where is the tallest lighthouse in the United States?
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ~ America's Lighthouse

The Cape Hatteras lighthouse in North Carolina is the tallest in
America, at 210 ft. tall.
It was designed to assist sailors navigating the treacherous
Diamond Shoals.
There are 269 steps to climb.
The lighthouse was moved in 1999 to avoid erosion.
------------------------------------------

The second tallest (Cape Charles lighthouse) is only about 30 miles from
me...right across the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay.

On my side of the Chesapeake Bay entrance is the Cape Henry lighthouse
(only 5 miles from me). I've been there several times.

[Gary]

Cindy googles all of her "intelligence."
I know where Belgium is for sure now but I still don't give a rat's ass
where it is or why.