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I've taken both approaches. If it's just smaller hairline stuff I'd try to just use mud. If I find myself going 4-6 inches along a corner, then I'll often strip it down and retape. One thing for true tiny hairline cracks, I've used paintable elastomeric caulking for a tiny crack, especially...

Let's just be honest here. The more she was on the screen in Snow White the more people would realize the Mirror had serious issues thinking Snow was "fairer"..... Does the Mirror also say Gal's knees are too sharp?

Remaining an unborn soul in the Guf if you believe most Judeo-Christian stuff.

Yeah, but the hypothetical isn't about getting a "do over", it's about if you'd chose to be born or not.

So for the people talking about higher interest earing savings accounts. Found a bank today that is dropping 4.74% on savings, no minimum, and has brick and mortar branches in Dallas. Should I be wary? https://www.texascapitalbank.com/personal-banking/star-savings-texas

NOTE ABOUT THAT CLICK DOWN WOOD TILE : (for @lurkingdirk ) It is fir, that's the type of wood. It's not an incredibly hard wood. So if you have something really heavy (like a loaded fridge) with hard plastic rollers on the bottom, it will be capable of damaging it if you roll it across this...

I figure if they had told me... You're going to have a good childhood, but you'll get picked on some. You're going to have a blast in high school (but you'll be one of the nerds that isn't ever super popular), be the center of a social circle throughout your 20's, then marry a woman who...

Side note I'd also say to be on the safe side get a test kit and swab that area to make sure it's "just mold" and not "You're about to have respiratory issues and need a hazmat suit" mold.

It can be glued down. In fact on my front patio right at the edge there were a couple taht wiggled a little when people would step onto the patio, so I used some pretty standard construction adhesive (in a caulk gun compatible tube) , put a few dollops on some of the bottom stand offs and...

I have kinda fallen in love with this stuff. It's a drop down click wood tile. Just snaps into place. Floating floor. Wood strips are on a plastic under-panel with stand offs. It's nice because water will run through it and out under it rather than collecting on top. I originally got this...

Allow me to further your case... My house also had a "sunroom" on the south side. 14'x30' All glass walls and a semi transparent roof on it. It was built by the previous owners to be a greenhouse. Essentially un-climate controllable. I did as you said and put in a window unit. It could...

Your top two investments there are in an industry the US Federal Government has all but declared open war on.

I currently have one with AM/PM slots for each day. But since I only take pills in the morning I just use it so I can rack up 2 weeks of pills at a time.

There's a service you can get in DFW where they auto-contest your appraisal every year for you. You only pay if it's reduced. Essentially their fee is a % of whatever they get it lowered by. The problem is the city will try to push it up 15%, they will contest, take it down to 5%. You still...

I've fought my assessment in Dallas and had the assessed value dropped before. But it's becoming a more and more difficult fight to pick.

It's not when you have one that you're old... It's when you realize and embrace that it's one of your favorite convenience items and an essential to your survival.

I can't remember who but I saw a tweet earlier from someone today that said... "The Barbie movie unironically uses the word patriarchy more than 10 times, that should be all you need to know about it."

It will be just like when the British Pound Sterling faded. It was the default global reserve currency before the USD. Then as the British empire was fading (i.e. post WWI) they had this thing called Bretton Woods. Which was a big summit where the (at the time) gold backed USD effectively...

It's starting to sound like the two highlights of the film are "Hey, remember me from the 80's???" and what was considered one of the more possibly divisive decisions made (swapping in a latina Supergirl).

I think the real test would be if/when BRICS effectively decouples from USD based pegging/valuation through this new "BRICS gold/whatever backed reserve". At that point there will be far more honest "competition" in the currency market, and the house of Saud will have to look at which currency...

The dollar is backed by the "full faith and credit" of the US government. A government who, if I read correctly, will be at the point of it's debt being 200% the size of it's GDP before the end of next year. That is like someone making $100k a year and having $200k in credit card debt. But...

Not that Ms Woody here isn't a little ball of bank material and all but.... When did a chick with one tiny spot of ink and pierced nips qualify for SG? Have they wandered that far off brand? Unrelated:

I think it's more that some people are starting to realize that at some point the "your money is based on nothing besides you saying your money is valuable" rooster will come home to roost. Now his idea of backing USD with BTC has so many issues as to be preposterous, even to those of us who...

I have lived this cycle and living it a third time right now. Had to live through and help with my grandfather slipping away in the late 90's. Then my grandmother around 2010. Now my mom is showing the signs and very probably going to have to either come live with me, or move into an assisted...

I believe the official term for what you have there is a "She Shed"... I took the opposite approach. I cobbled together an adapter for my shop vac. Now twice a year I just vacuum out anything, then pour half a cup of bleach down the condensate line for good measure and call it a day.

Ah yes.. the Certification dance. This year I had pop up on my yearly "goal requirements" going to get three certifications, one which was essentially my exact job, then certifications on the two biggest products we sell. They are also essentially over glorified vocabulary and memorization...

I'm gonna have to say "can confirm" on this one... Unrelated :

I'm ashamed of how long I stared at that with my mind trying to assemble whatever secret message the red letters must obviously spell out... Unrelated :

This was a big part of what led to us paying a color consultant. heh I will also step in to defend Ryobi tools. I'm a DIY/hobbiest builder and the Ryobi tools have been damn solid for me. @Mrs. Haus got me one of the older 8 port chargers and it died... well.. it died after around 11 years of...

When it is the heat of the day on the hottest day of the year and an electrical Transformer in your alley decides to explode and take out power for 4 hours

My money is on one of two scenarios... Base level flippers, who will do basic renovation/remodel. And turn around and hopefully sell for a profit. You'll know because it will be sold.. then fixed up, then back on the market within 6 months at a jacked up price. Large companies that are...

"This group has a lot of troublemakers in it, and we're here to get to the bottom of it.... And while we're at it.. let's investigate the new retarded kid in the class too!"

Yeah, this is still the biggest hurdle I run into. Effective and easy fiat on/off ramps. Until that's in play it will be a severe limiter to things involving crypto becoming anything serious in terms of a cash alternative.

I think there needs to be somewhere I can get a "Creepy Nadjia doll". Drop in a mildly modified version of Alexa/ChatGPT and hilarity ensues.

The darker tone is "Mega Greige" - Sherman Williams number SW 7031 The lighter is "Agreeable Gray" - SW 7029 The door is "Newburyport blue" - Benjamin Moore color HC-155 - Also denoted on the list here with "603/15.996/244.260" Neither of the other swatches I have have the three number notation...

I thought about that, but for whatever reason, I just can't stomach the number of "all white painted brick houses" I see from the flippers in my neighborhood. It's like you can identify the flipper houses that way. heh The white just doesn't work for me.