Sock's House of Jorts

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Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Goober Peas posted:

Better yet, start Baby Socks' toolbox now! My dad did this for me, and I got a tool (or 2 or 3) at every gift-giving holiday/birthday/etc. When I was 18 I had a full set of stuffs

When I was little I had a plastic hammer and screwdriver set, it was awesome, I hit all the stuff with it. As I got older I got a real hammer and some nails and some scrap wood, I'd hammer nails into it (accomplishing nothing) and it was so much fun. Later I got a hand drill and some screwdrivers!

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 07:29

drVoodoo: Jan 10, 2008; Pillbug

Congrats Sock!

# ? Aug 15, 2010 01:41

MonkeyNutZ: Dec 26, 2008; "A cave isn't gonna cut it, we're going to have to use Beebo"

A 9 month turnaround has got to be a record on one of your projects, congratulations!

# ? Aug 15, 2010 02:48

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Sockington posted:

YAY TEENY TINY BABY :neckbeard:

'Grats, dude!

leica posted:

AI dads represent

3x here, all boys, ages 19, 10, and 20 mos.

MonkeyNutZ posted:

A 9 month turnaround has got to be a record on one of your projects, congratulations!

loving

# ? Aug 15, 2010 02:55

Shpidah!: Mar 13, 2002; Wordsmythe

I don't care what anyone says, Patina is a pretty name.

Congratulations!

# ? Aug 15, 2010 05:40

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

MonkeyNutZ posted:

A 9 month turnaround has got to be a record on one of your projects, congratulations!

I laughed.

It does say something about the age of AI these days, though, when "I'm having a kid" is followed up with congratulations instead of "give her a falcon punch". :corsair:

# ? Aug 15, 2010 05:59

Z3n: Jul 21, 2007; I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.

Congrats on the kid! I think the toolbox idea is a great one :3:

# ? Aug 15, 2010 06:37

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Goober Peas posted:

Better yet, start Baby Socks' toolbox now! My dad did this for me, and I got a tool (or 2 or 3) at every gift-giving holiday/birthday/etc. When I was 18 I had a full set of stuffs

That's pretty much the best thing I could think of for a kid, keeps 'em off of barbie anwyays.

# ? Aug 15, 2010 06:58

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

MonkeyNutZ posted:

A 9 month turnaround has got to be a record on one of your projects, congratulations!

Be fair, though: someone else did pretty much all the work.

# ? Aug 15, 2010 07:10

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

Leperflesh posted:

Be fair, though: someone else did pretty much all the work.

And she didn't leave parts all over the garage and basement

:laugh:

# ? Aug 15, 2010 15:30

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

Wanted to thank all you guys for the congrats and well deserved ribbing. I did finish one project that has been on the "to-do" list for about two years. Lots of random crap popped up that delayed/extended the project to a Frozen Phil calendar time line.

(still have to add a new door when I get chance, but really a non-issue for now)

Between three project cars, work, a kid, and a 50year old house built by the wife's grandfather (PROJECT!), I should be pretty well booked up.

# ? Aug 15, 2010 23:15

Oshata Hyotesti: Sep 27, 2003; Ultros

Sounds like you should build another house out of spare car parts.

# ? Aug 16, 2010 00:19

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

Looks like some one has put my a/w setup in a 323/Protege.

# ? Aug 16, 2010 23:45

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

IOwnCalculus posted:

I laughed.

It does say something about the age of AI these days, though, when "I'm having a kid" is followed up with congratulations instead of "give her a falcon punch".

A vague sense of maturity? Horrors!

# ? Aug 16, 2010 23:48

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
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Congrats!

# ? Aug 17, 2010 03:15

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Sockington posted:

Between three project cars, work, a kid, and a 50year old house built by the wife's grandfather (PROJECT!), I should be pretty well booked up.

Owning a house is like a never ending project pretty much.

# ? Aug 17, 2010 14:49

extreme_accordion: Apr 9, 2009

Congrats Sock on the baby! Some will say your life is over. I say it's just beginning. When you surface for air in about 2 years time by the 3rd year you'll be left wondering where it all went. This new project is likely to surpass any time line you can set and your other projects will pale in comparison. It does have the most reward along the way. Always keep that in mind.

# ? Aug 17, 2010 16:44

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

leica posted:

Owning a house is like a never ending project pretty much.

Oh hey, guess we're digging the front out of the house to replace the weeping tile this weekend.

Not much else going on.

# ? Aug 20, 2010 02:08

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Sockington posted:

Oh hey, guess we're digging the front out of the house to replace the weeping tile this weekend.

Cool, I got to trim my 15 foot roach/spider infested palm trees yesterday!

But today I got to put a new radiator in my old 323

# ? Aug 20, 2010 03:16

8ender: Sep 24, 2003; clown is watching you sleep

Finally finished removing all the sand and dismantling the giant sandbox the previous owners built. Underneath was a giant stump :suicide:

# ? Aug 20, 2010 03:48

LloydDobler: Oct 15, 2005; You shared it with a dick.

Hey congratulations on the mini-sock! Enjoy the help in the garage, I'm afraid my girl is succumbing to stereotypes and is slowing down on the car help. Best wishes for happiness, health, and beefy breaker-bar pulling forearms.

# ? Aug 20, 2010 06:02

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

So..

The old step.

What lies under the old step.

Home ownership, you're so splendidly delightful sometimes. :allears:

(ps - not doing the work this time. poo poo like this goes to professionals)

# ? Aug 20, 2010 21:07

blindjoe: Jan 10, 2001

What did that used to be? Looks like its not a window well or something, its just something creepy like a place to hide bodies or drugs or something. Or a hidden septic well.

# ? Aug 20, 2010 21:10

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Well that's just strange why the hell is that there.

# ? Aug 20, 2010 21:21

extreme_accordion: Apr 9, 2009

Sockington posted:

So..

The old step.

What lies under the old step.

Home ownership, you're so splendidly delightful sometimes.

(ps - not doing the work this time. poo poo like this goes to professionals)

You never would have had this problem if you had installed a Wilson Trapdoor!
(God does saying that date me if anyone here knows their SNL)

# ? Aug 20, 2010 21:55

PBCrunch: Jun 17, 2002; Lawrence Phillips Always #1 to Me

MonkeyNutZ posted:

A 9 month turnaround has got to be a record on one of your projects, congratulations!

That is only phase I.

This project won't be done for oh another eighteen years or so. Maybe longer.

# ? Aug 20, 2010 23:22

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

leica posted:

Well that's just strange why the hell is that there.

So, we dug out the length of the house. Turns out, there's a cement pad that runs half the length of the house at the very bottom. They made this weird retaining wall that allowed water to collect inside the unfinished ("interior") walls. Then for some reason, they packed half of it with dirt and left the other portion unpacked.

Seriously :wtf:

stuff going on there.

This would seep through our bricks and into our crawlspace. Also, the clay weeping tile was full of poo poo and was packed with clay.

# ? Aug 21, 2010 01:30

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Wow, that's odd. Were you having mold issues due to the moisture?

# ? Aug 21, 2010 03:19

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extreme_accordion posted:

You never would have had this problem if you had installed a Wilson Trapdoor!
(God does saying that date me if anyone here knows their SNL)

With Wilson Trapdoors....
It's 'outta sight!

(I love that skit

)

I know nothing about houses but that looks like it's going to suck to get fixed up, good luck.

# ? Aug 21, 2010 04:28

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

That Mike Holmes show where he goes around inspecting homes for people (usually in ON) almost always has weeping tile problems leading to weird temperature differentials or mould problems inside the house. Maybe quickly blast the remaining walls with an infrared thermometer to see if you can figure out if that's hosed anything up in the walls, unless you don't have a basement (instead just a crawlspace).

Beats me how people gently caress up a weeping tile install. It's not rocket science, assholes. There might be a class action going on against your builder for doing so, too - so check to see if you can get in on that.

# ? Aug 21, 2010 04:56

madattheinternet: May 8, 2004; PLEASE STOP! PLEASE!

As a new homeowner I can only cringe along with you at those images. Christ that looks expensive. My congratulations on the baby and condolences on the repair bill.

# ? Aug 21, 2010 05:48

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

ow people gently caress up a weeping tile install. It's not rocket science, assholes. There might be a class action going on against your builder for doing so, too - so check to see if you can get in on that.

Didn't he say it was his grandfather-in-law who built the house?

# ? Aug 21, 2010 08:53

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

Seat Safety Switch posted:

There might be a class action going on against your builder for doing so, too - so check to see if you can get in on that.

I'll get the papers filed to bring the wife's now-deceased grandfather to court!

Also, the front of the house just has a 4' tall crawlspace (full of MR2 stuff, the wife LOVE that...). There's a 6" drain in the middle of the concrete floor that I just squeegee the water into, so there is never really any built up water issues inside the house.