Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

[timtune]

Massive clear-out of my recently late wife's sewing room. Borderline hoarder in my opinion, but her quilting friend who helped clear the room assured me it's "normal"

Yeah @crankcall is right. My wife has a small room we call the "office" that is entirely filled with yarn.

 

[GreyGhost]

Your wife’s quilting buddy is correct , my mom is a knitter , former sewer , apparently you have to own ALL the spools of wool , incase you wake up at 3am and need toque. Its normal .


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I gave my mom a bag of alpaca yarn for her collection. Frig me. I think yarn is the female equivalent of motorcycle parts. Tell the spouse you bought it for a few bucks a skein and they won't suspect the bag is worth $300. She made some stuff for her friends that they appreciated.

 

[klr_guy]

Frig me. I think yarn is the female equivalent of motorcycle parts.

Can confirm, or firearm "prices". With my wife passing, her friend let me into the circle of truth about fabric/batting/yarn pricing.

 

[crankcall]

Firearm prices are completely different , every o/u shotgun I own , even the grade V stocks cost $299.00 ………..retail…….


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[mimico_polak]

Dad was asking to buy a new water tank at the cottage because the one we had was rented and has been going for 24 or 28 years…$100 buyout.

Total cost of tank was close to 13,000$ since start of contract.

He was tired of paying $44/monthly when it wasn’t being used at all.

Tank looks brand new. No leaks.

We’re just keeping it until it dies.

 

[crankcall]

$44 a month?? 13,000 over 24 yrs and it’s still sitting there ? Might have been cheaper to get a camp stove and a big pot and boil on demand water using $20 bills …..


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[mimico_polak]

Fak. I knew I was gonna run out of bricks….

Good thing too it’s getting late.

MP MASONRY is open for business!



I’ve still got 2 small sections to tidy up so another box of bricks should be it.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

I try not to poison mice. Sadly really easy to kill owls that way.

I have a handful of snap traps in the attic and and working on a multikill solution. There is no magic Sadly. There is a balance between price, capacity, smell, quick death and safety. Bucket trap of some variety is cheap and effective. For exterior use a handful of snap traps in a box with access hole works well. Keeps the cat out of the traps and doesn't need to be reset as often as a single trap. For placing in soffit, something like the mouse delete-r is small, effective, high capacity and shouldnt smell much as you arent dumping them in liquid. Pricy bugger though. A24 has similar properties.

Thanks. I took your tip and made a “Death Box” with five snap traps inside for an outside area they’ve been seen by the house as well as a “Death Bucket” with the usual PB can on a wire.