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April 21, 2009

I'm Getting Too Old For This Shit

I learned a few lessons this weekend.

1) Moving a 32" television by yourself could easily qualify you as insane.

2) It is not recommended to attempt things that were easy at 21 when you are 29.

3) Dollies are your friend.

4) 3 story houses are tall. They invented ranch style housing for a reason.

5) The location of the breaker for the boiler falls into the category of "critical information" when you move into a new house.

6) I hate moving with the deepest burning passion. There is no activity I'd rather avoid. If I could facecock a verb I'd facecock the hell out of it.

But... we're in the new house. All is well. After a few more improvements the house will be comfortable and livable. I'm sure in a few months the nightmare of this weekend will fade and only the pleasures of home ownership will remain.

Now, does anyone know tips on installing tile slate on the kitchen counters?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at 09:32 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Congrats on the move! I would rather burn everything I own than pack and move, so I understand.

Tips on tile slate - have a family member who is skilled in such things do it for you.

Posted by: alexthechick at April 21, 2009 10:47 AM (SHHaV)

I feel for you.

During my 20s I moved a lot. From when I was 19 until I was over 30, I moved more than once a year (something like 15-20 moves in those 13 years).

Now?

If the house burns down but there's a piece of roof still standing I ain't moving. I chose my current apt because it was on the first floor.

Posted by: Veeshir at April 21, 2009 12:16 PM (ThMnZ)

3 Moving is one of those "hell on earth" deals. I'm glad you're finally done. You will chuckle about the moving crap in a year or two (if you work hard to scrub the memory from your consciousness).

Posted by: mare at April 21, 2009 01:02 PM (X1fsj)

4 Scrub it with Vodka?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at April 21, 2009 01:06 PM (83gRI)

5 Vodka is good. Any alcohol is acceptable really.

Posted by: mare at April 21, 2009 01:49 PM (X1fsj)

Now, does anyone know tips on installing tile slate on the kitchen counters?

YES PAY SOMEONE to do it right

Posted by: Jones at April 21, 2009 06:08 PM (KOkrW)

2) It is not recommended to attempt things that were easy at 21 when you are 29.

wait il you're 50- you will curse heaven and earth for having forsaken you

Posted by: Jones at April 21, 2009 06:09 PM (KOkrW)

8 Having done fairly large tiling jobs (no, I won't do yours), I'll never do it again unless it's absolutely necessary and I'm too broke to pay someone. It's back-breaking work, for a counter it's going to require a lot of precision cuts (no shoving the counter corners under a baseboard), and it's not the sort of job you can just stop doing when you're tired or you smash a finger or your daughter needs a diaper changed - you have to clean all your tools and make sure all the thinset is cleaned off the tile surfaces and out of the grooves enough for when you grout or you will be scraping thinset off the tiles later, and with slate you might damage them with the scraping.

Plus, one of my neighbors has tile counters and she's forever bitching about how hard it is to keep the grout spaces clean.

Posted by: Alice H at April 22, 2009 08:44 AM (qJHYy)

9 Ah, moving.

Like the bumper sticker on my old truck said:

Yes, this is my truck
No, I won't help you move

Posted by: XBradTC at April 22, 2009 11:00 AM (p/ZA5)

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