Fuck these Fucking Fucks

[Marko69]

FOUR HOURS?!! Holy shit. Those guys must've been going at it. That is tremendous work.

Can I ask......, were they like a couple of blokes my buddy hired down in Port Seton to build a concrete partition wall in a house??
Maybe 20ft long, 9ft high.
On arrival, my buddy asked if they wanted a bacon roll and coffee prior to starting. They both declined and one said, "we got breakfast here." Couple speed tabs!
Guys were Road Runner / Coyote speed and had the wall done in a few hours

When was the last time major work was done on that kitchen? Looks 80s.

[CGVT]

FOUR HOURS?!! Holy shit. Those guys must've been going at it. That is tremendous work.

Can I ask......, were they like a couple of blokes my buddy hired down in Port Seton to build a concrete partition wall in a house??
Maybe 20ft long, 9ft high.
On arrival, my buddy asked if they wanted a bacon roll and coffee prior to starting. They both declined and one said, "we got breakfast here." Couple speed tabs!
Guys were Road Runner / Coyote speed and had the wall done in a few hours

When was the last time major work was done on that kitchen? Looks 80s.

Yep. 1986 or so. Mother in Law had the cabinets painted, papered the walls and had the floor done.

I put a used stove and range hood in a few years ago. I replaced the original 1960s era stove. It was the same color as that metal backsplash behind the stove. Hideous. Ha!

We are going with a coastal blue on the cabinets, the same color that we used on the beadboard in our rental house. You can see that I put a little on the cabinet doors to get an idea of what it might look like. I'm not sure what color for the beadboard yet. I'll get a feel for it when the cabinets are in and come up with a color. The nice thing about going with beadboard rather the tile is that all it takes is some paint to change the look.

I'll put the beadboard over the wall on the sink side as well as the other side. Maybe beadboard and a chair rail in the breakfast nook?
Not sure.

The beadboard backsplash color is what we will have on the cabinets

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[Marko69]

That floor would've been the tilers pride & joy back in the 80s and it looked a great job. And knowing exactly how difficult it is to lift a tiles from a solid floor, those guys did a great job in that time. And if they took all the debris away as well ---->> that 500 bucks was the deal of the century.

Picture above looks great as well........, and i've only ever seen a hood / light above a cooker? Is that a microwave? Never witnessed that over here. Doesn't moisture & heat from steam affect that?

[CGVT]

That floor would've been the tilers pride & joy back in the 80s and it looked a great job. And knowing exactly how difficult it is to lift a tiles from a solid floor, those guys did a great job in that time. And if they took all the debris away as well ---->> that 500 bucks was the deal of the century.

Picture above looks great as well........, and i've only ever seen a hood / light above a cooker? Is that a microwave? Never witnessed that over here. Doesn't moisture & heat from steam affect that?

Yeah that is a microwave. It has a fan and is vented to the outside. It is pretty common over here, although I have read that it is going out of style. I don't really care because it is so practical. We bought a slimmer microwave that is about the size of a normal range hood for our kitchen. With so little counter space it will make a huge difference for us.

You are right. The floor was a solid job. The tilers did it right.

The guys who removed it hauled everything off and cleaned up. It was worth every penny. The same guys will be installing the new flooring.

This is the microwave we bought

Above the Fold Image - Low Profile Microwave - Whirlpool WML55011HB.webp

[Marko69]

That picture is confusing the crap outta me! The underside of that microwave looks like a regular cooker hood (with light & couple of filters) ......, is that manufactured as a microwave / cooker hood. Apologies for the confusion. Nice appliance though.

I'm guessing the hexagonal mosaics are just there as its a random pic of the microwave you bought?

Mosaics are a strange thing aren't they? Especially coloured or different shaped like those hexs. For me they're a novelty, for few a week tops. (Like in a holiday hotel or something.) But in your own house? We had a checked royal blue / white mosaic in our bathroom. Lasted about 4 months. Said to the Mrs, "I can't look at that shit any longer, can we change it?" "It was your fickin idea!"
"I know. And AGAIN---->> I was wrong!"

[Fraquar]

You told the missus you was wrong.
She must have been giving you shit and grinning for many a day after that. Probably still is???
"What do you think? No, don't bother - you'll just be wrong anyway"...

[Marko69]

It became so much more than that, Fraquar. The way those mosaics were dancing around in my peripheral vision while brushing my teeth was driving me insane. And we never start house "remodels" without discussions first. And they WERE my idea. ........, so (<--legal) this was my exact phrasing......, "Yes, I was indeed wrong and would it be ok if we change those since you kerbed the new wheel on my van last week?"......., a sort of levelling up, 1-1 type scoring system.

But in reality, I am soooooooo (<<--- legal for emphasis purposes) wrong more than her.

[edindetroit]

There is a couple that live across the street from us that we've become friends with thanks to my wife being a social butterfly. He doesn't like football but she does. On game day she and I would be trading messages on Facebook about the game as much as I would be here with you all. A few years ago she found that she has terminal colon cancer. She's been doing chemo and doing mostly good but recently has been telling my wife the pain was getting bad and they found more tumors. This morning we found out she is in the hospital and will be coming home today for hospice care. The doctor told her she has about a week to live. Eff effing cancer and eff you William Clay Ford you gin addled brain dead thought you were the smartest guy in the room football idiot! Another faithful fan isn't going to see the Lions lift the Lombardi because of your pride.

[-Deborah-]

Very sad. Hope her final days are painfree and full of good moments and Lions wins.

[DanO]

Sorry to hear that ed.

[Marko69]

Don’t know if you’ve ever worked with the general public in the trades area, CGVT but just this morning experienced the worst type of customer.
Long story short:
Towel warmer in bathroom not working.
“When did it stop working?”
“Just at the weekend. Used to get roasting hot.”
Hmmm. Ok.
Checked valves, spindles etc. All ok.
Disconnected both sides, water at one side, nothing on the other. Ok, blockage. I’ll try and clear it.
Had wet n dry vacuum on it trying to suck water through, had rods down the 15mm pipe. Nothing.
Eventually said, “ok i’ll need to go below floor to check out it is piped correctly.”
”oh, it MUST be piped correctly, was really hot.”

Went under the floor. Was piped in Hep20 plastic. One of the supplies was double-backed on itself and kinked SHUT!!! 🤬

un-kinked it and WHOOSH!

“So errr, that was working at the weekend yes?”

“oh aye, son, roasty toasty.”

The urge to say, “NAW IT FKN WUZNAE!!!” was overwhelming.

There is this weird notion with some people that if they say something once worked, then the “fix” is easier. If she’d said it never worked, it’d have cost her less as id have been away quicker.

General public arseholes.

[Marko69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBfH3vw7Wk

[froot loops]

Don’t know if you’ve ever worked with the general public in the trades area, CGVT but just this morning experienced the worst type of customer.
Long story short:
Towel warmer in bathroom not working.
“When did it stop working?”
“Just at the weekend. Used to get roasting hot.”
Hmmm. Ok.
Checked valves, spindles etc. All ok.
Disconnected both sides, water at one side, nothing on the other. Ok, blockage. I’ll try and clear it.
Had wet n dry vacuum on it trying to suck water through, had rods down the 15mm pipe. Nothing.
Eventually said, “ok i’ll need to go below floor to check out it is piped correctly.”
”oh, it MUST be piped correctly, was really hot.”

Went under the floor. Was piped in Hep20 plastic. One of the supplies was double-backed on itself and kinked SHUT!!! 🤬

un-kinked it and WHOOSH!

“So errr, that was working at the weekend yes?”

“oh aye, son, roasty toasty.”

The urge to say, “NAW IT FKN WUZNAE!!!” was overwhelming.

There is this weird notion with some people that if they say something once worked, then the “fix” is easier. If she’d said it never worked, it’d have cost her less as id have been away quicker.

General public arseholes.

Perhaps someone was trying to sabotage her by making her use ROOM TEMPERATURE towels

[CGVT]

[QUOTE=Marko69;n1924278]Don’t know if you’ve ever worked with the general public in the trades area, CGVT but just this morning experienced the worst type of customer.
Long story short:
Towel warmer in bathroom not working.
“When did it stop working?”
“Just at the weekend. Used to get roasting hot.”
Hmmm. Ok.
Checked valves, spindles etc. All ok.
Disconnected both sides, water at one side, nothing on the other. Ok, blockage. I’ll try and clear it.
Had wet n dry vacuum on it trying to suck water through, had rods down the 15mm pipe. Nothing.
Eventually said, “ok i’ll need to go below floor to check out it is piped correctly.”
”oh, it MUST be piped correctly, was really hot.”

Went under the floor. Was piped in Hep20 plastic. One of the supplies was double-backed on itself and kinked SHUT!!! 🤬

un-kinked it and WHOOSH!

“So errr, that was working at the weekend yes?”

“oh aye, son, roasty toasty.”

The urge to say, “NAW IT FKN WUZNAE!!!” was overwhelming.

There is this weird notion with some people that if they say something once worked, then the “fix” is easier. If she’d said it never worked, it’d have cost her less as id have been away quicker.

General public arseholes. [/QUOTE

Never worked in the trades, but dealt with the public on the water for a loooong time.

When I was stationed in Key West I was doing safety boardings of lobster boats early in the lobster season. I had a brand new ensign (lowest ranking officer) fresh out of the academy along that I was training.
It was about two weeks before Christmas and we were about 12 miles offshore. We came up to a lobster boat (about 45-50' long) dropping traps. These lobster (and shrimp boats) are a far cry from what you see on the Deadliest Catch. Mostly ancient wooden boats held together with duct tape and bailing wire. Most of the guys that run them are barely scraping by and they cut corners where ever they can.

The Coast Guard had just changed some regulations and now required different levels of life raft depending on how far offshore a boat went. I could see as we came up to the boat that it didn't have the required raft.

We went on board and checked his gear to ensure that he was in compliance. He said that it was his first trip of the year. When we were just about done, I asked the captain to see his required SOLAS (safety of life at sea) raft.

He played dumb as if he didn't know that they were now required. I explained the new law and told him what level of SOLAS raft he needed. He was worried because we could send him back to shore and a fine would be pretty hefty

I played along and acted as if I believed that he didn't know (yes, he fucking knew. They all know. Ha!) I told him to get a couple trips under his belt and make a few bucks and get the raft as soon as he could, but I couldn't guarantee that another CG unit wouldn't write him up for not having it

He responded, "Thanks, man. Those things are really expensive". The look on his face when he realized that he just told me that he knew he needed the raft was priceless. I just gave him a little smile, told him I know and winked at him.

When we were in the small boat on our way back to the ship the Ensign said the he would have written him up.

I looked at him as said, It's two weeks before Christmas, he'll get the raft when he can afford it.

I wanted to add, "you fucking heartless cunt" but refrained. Ha!

[Marko69]

That is superb that you cut the guy some slack......, and refrained dishing it out to the Ensign.

Did the Ensign go on to be a total strict as fk CG officer?! They could make another one of those reality TV shows, TGCGAS --->> The Gestapo CoastGuard At Sea --->> your Ensign being the star of the show.

Talking of realisation on the lobster guys face......, true story from easily 10 years ago when I asked my son to stop in at the shops for milk on his way.
"You forgot milk!"
"Aw dad, sorry, I didn't stop at the shop."
"Ah right ok."
Couple hours later, he's talking to my daughter.
"Was picking up a birthday card at Tesco for Jamie, saw yer pal, Sarah."
I march into the kitchen.
"You stopped in at Tesco?"
That BUSTED realisation face!