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[Missk_2022]

Man, modern "architecture" is getting to be as nutless as Soviet bloc buildings from the late 20th century.


Fuck that shit!!!


And that limp dick metal siding on apartment buildings for faux "ambiance."


Need some real ambulance . . . .

Our building g is a 2 story brick building...it will be beautiful once we git it fixed up...it was neglected and had bad people living in it.... prob making meth.... it smelled like cat pea burnt plastic and dead animals when we took possession. It was owned by the odd fellow society

 

[Wonderer67]

This is a marvelous way to assess fines!

You said asses

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I kept directing them to where their friends were... "go to ballroom b your friends are there" I even told a few I dont know where they are but I fill find them

I have vivid dreams

I don't really. I get more snapshots than movies, usually. It's rare that I remember them.


I like it this way.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We had an old fashioned hardware store like that...Walmart put them out of business....

I remember going in there and telling them to put it on our tab....my dad will pay later

When the world worked better . . . .

 

[Missk_2022]

Man, modern "architecture" is getting to be as nutless as Soviet bloc buildings from the late 20th century.


Fuck that shit!!!


And that limp dick metal siding on apartment buildings for faux "ambiance."


Need some real ambulance . . . .

Right

 

[Missk_2022]

Really?


Petunia is getting new tires.


So it's kinda the same thing, really.

Absolutely the same thing.... esp since will require a belt sander to get the dry skin of my heels

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Our building g is a 2 story brick building...it will be beautiful once we git it fixed up...it was neglected and had bad people living in it.... prob making meth.... it smelled like cat pea burnt plastic and dead animals when we took possession. It was owned by the odd fellow society

There's an old Odd Fellows building downtown here. I haven't been over that way in a while, so I don't know what has become of it. I'm sure it's renovated and not bulldozed.


There is a church/school in the town I'm working in that it a slice of Colonial Williamsburg. The center building looks like it's styled after the Governor's Palace. It's a styling I strongly support. This area was built on that.

 

[Missk_2022]

You said asses

I sure did...ass fines

 

[Wonderer67]

Patrick's Hardware in Hampton VA is still in the same building since Christ was a corporal. Been in business since 1892 or something like that. It has That Hardware Store Smell that I knew and loved from childhood.


It smells like Progress. Fixing Shit. Making Stuff Gooder. Gooderer.

We had the Califon lumber company which was a pretty good hardware store. But the best by far was Finkels in Lambertville. There was stuff my dad would need that he could only get there.

Best place ever.

Rip- I just googled it to see if it was still in operation. I was there maybe three years ago. They closed for good last year.

https://imgur.com/a/4jPJD3E

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Absolutely the same thing.... esp since will require a belt sander to get the dry skin of my heels

Cheap socks and Eucerin before bed. It works.


The cheap knockoff of Eucerin is half the price.

 

[Missk_2022]

I don't really. I get more snapshots than movies, usually. It's rare that I remember them.


I like it this way.

Sometimes my dreams are sad and I cry.... I don't get a lot...butt occasionally they are like a movie

 

[Missk_2022]

When the world worked better . . . .

And people weren't all people-y

 

[Missk_2022]

There's an old Odd Fellows building downtown here. I haven't been over that way in a while, so I don't know what has become of it. I'm sure it's renovated and not bulldozed.


There is a church/school in the town I'm working in that it a slice of Colonial Williamsburg. The center building looks like it's styled after the Governor's Palace. It's a styling I strongly support. This area was built on that.

Wow..that sounds cool!!

 

[Missk_2022]

We had the Califon lumber company which was a pretty good hardware store. But the best by far was Finkels in Lambertville. There was stuff my dad would need that he could only get there.

Best place ever.

Rip- I just googled it to see if it was still in operation. I was there maybe three years ago. They closed for good last year.

https://imgur.com/a/4jPJD3E

Big box stores=Walmart
I hate Walmart

We also got a lowes Menard and home depot all within 10 miles.....

 

[Missk_2022]

Cheap socks and Eucerin before bed. It works.


The cheap knockoff of Eucerin is half the price.

Oh yeah.... I need to do better.... not that I can see my feet...haha

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We had the Califon lumber company which was a pretty good hardware store. But the best by far was Finkels in Lambertville. There was stuff my dad would need that he could only get there.

Best place ever.

Rip- I just googled it to see if it was still in operation. I was there maybe three years ago. They closed for good last year.

https://imgur.com/a/4jPJD3E

Here, we had Beckstoffer's and Siewer's, both lumber yards and millwork. Germans, of course. Beckstoffer's bellied up sometime 20 years ago of so - dated from the late 1800s. New apartments were built on the yard, and the old mill building and offices were converted into lofts. Some of the old wood was incorporated into the redo. That was a job I build and didn't get, which made for a very lean 2011. I did get all the cabinets in the apartments and in the apartment building across the street, so that helped me make up for it.


Siewer's is still doing well and has found their niche in the rehabs of the old townhouses in the yuppie sections. They have all of their millwork knives form long ago and can still run trim from 100 years ago that they don't sell any more except by special order.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

And people weren't all people-y

Less so, anyway.

 

[Missk_2022]

Here, we had Beckstoffer's and Siewer's, both lumber yards and millwork. Germans, of course. Beckstoffer's bellied up sometime 20 years ago of so - dated from the late 1800s. New apartments were built on the yard, and the old mill building and offices were converted into lofts. Some of the old wood was incorporated into the redo. That was a job I build and didn't get, which made for a very lean 2011. I did get all the cabinets in the apartments and in the apartment building across the street, so that helped me make up for it.


Siewer's is still doing well and has found their niche in the rehabs of the old townhouses in the yuppie sections. They have all of their millwork knives form long ago and can still run trim from 100 years ago that they don't sell any more except by special order.

I am glad they found their niche.... all these old companies are important.... we need them

 

[Boat1]

Morning everyone @View attachment 2516952

Good morning to you and all the fine people of the Spoon!
I hope you all have a great weekend!

 

[Mittering]

Good morning.




Stole it but I thought it was funny.

 

[Wonderer67]

Morning all! Finishing up a bunch of stuff around here before we go away tomrrow. Quick trip to Texas to see a few friends and get away from it all for a few days.

 

[dkak001]

I suspect that Something Happened between then and Gen Z.

And it was something that shouldn't have happened . . . .

I think we became a first world country, and that was the change.

 

[Missk_2022]

Oh yeah.... I need to do better.... not that I can see my feet...haha

Now

Not...NOT

 

[dkak001]

I remember going in there and telling them to put it on our tab....my dad will pay later

I could still do that at the local store not too long ago. You didn't get a tab, unless you were local and everyone knew you, and knew you'd pay it off eventually.

I haven't bothered to ask if they're still doing it, although they must be. A local walked out with his six pack, even though he was short on cash the other day.

That store has been in the same family for over 100 years. It's small, but you can get nearly everything you want there. Although the meat counter is closed, which means the local beef is vacuum packed and frozen. But still good.

 

[dkak001]

Absolutely the same thing.... esp since will require a belt sander to get the dry skin of my heels

What is it about winter? My heels like 80 grit sandpaper right now!