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FranC

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    My wife planted a cherry tomato plant in our little 4x8 raised garden. It’s doing well and she got her first ripe one yesterday. There are about 30 more green ones on it.
    Dd has a Cherry Tomato plant on the deck. Tons of little tomatoes but none ripe yet.
     

    stols001

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    Bride is lovely! Glad you survived, etc.

    LOL why is it youthful "tomato" eaters find a seed and immediately think, "I am gonna grow this!" Like all excitable and stuff and well, it's NOT easy and 95% of the time it's a male plant and is going to grow you the WORST tomatoes. You need to know what you are doing, including these days a lead ceiling to shield your grow lights from overhead surveillance looking for INDOOR tomato plant growers. Really, the difficulty of growing random tomatoes as a youth is God SAVING you from yourselves.

    None of this is construed as advice, intended or implied. Observation merely.

    I thought you liked the contractor?

    I did and do like the contractor.... To an extent. He did a reasonable job on the house for a decent price. It could look FAR worse. I'm not even really mad about elephant poop and peeling paint off windows. If anything, it has only improved my cleaning skills. Although, at my age, if I owned a cleaning business I would be setting up jobs and like, uh, teaching the "girls" to do the cleaning right with all my sneaky tips. Only, I don't really want a cleaning business.

    So yeah it was about right for the price. You will get contractors who will leave your house, ah, pristine, but you pay for that kind of work, whereas my hands and cleansers... well the right cleansers are expensive.

    I do think he was trying to bilk us on the steps though. If you are contractor in bulk the cost of materials would be about 1 K. 32000 bucks in really cheap labor to frame it and whatnot, that's a bit excessive.

    We had already like, decided to do it ourselves anyway but I was like, "Meh, let's see the bid." It was a Not Good bid. This is okay with me honestly because like, I can't face fixing that bathroom AGAIN.

    So yeah, I like him about as much as the industrial cleaning person can like the contractor who came before. ALSO, I like him fine, in the sense that the house is done although it is NOTHING like the husband's work which was like pearls (his work) before swine (contractor's work.) IT does actually look WAY better than it could, and better than I really expected honestly.

    You just have to complain if you are the cleaner. It's the nature of the beast.

    I HURT. Pretty soon here gotta finish my coffee and get moving. Like, finish the fridge, etc.

    LOL.

    Anna
     

    barkfunklerbunk

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    Why is was tomato in quotation marks? Are you not really talking about tomatoes?
    "Tomato" plant is sometimes code for the skunk smelling medicinal and recreational herb. The irony is that I used to enjoy this herb, and longed and yearned for the day I could grow and use it legally. And now that I can do just that, I don't.

    I was just yanking your chain. Some people have a green thumb, and some don't, but I didn't always have a green thumb. it started off with a normal peach-ish color, but now the green won't go away. I might have to go see a doctor
     
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    FranC

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    Bride is lovely! Glad you survived, etc.

    LOL why is it youthful "tomato" eaters find a seed and immediately think, "I am gonna grow this!" Like all excitable and stuff and well, it's NOT easy and 95% of the time it's a male plant and is going to grow you the WORST tomatoes. You need to know what you are doing, including these days a lead ceiling to shield your grow lights from overhead surveillance looking for INDOOR tomato plant growers. Really, the difficulty of growing random tomatoes as a youth is God SAVING you from yourselves.

    None of this is construed as advice, intended or implied. Observation merely.



    I did and do like the contractor.... To an extent. He did a reasonable job on the house for a decent price. It could look FAR worse. I'm not even really mad about elephant poop and peeling paint off windows. If anything, it has only improved my cleaning skills. Although, at my age, if I owned a cleaning business I would be setting up jobs and like, uh, teaching the "girls" to do the cleaning right with all my sneaky tips. Only, I don't really want a cleaning business.

    So yeah it was about right for the price. You will get contractors who will leave your house, ah, pristine, but you pay for that kind of work, whereas my hands and cleansers... well the right cleansers are expensive.

    I do think he was trying to bilk us on the steps though. If you are contractor in bulk the cost of materials would be about 1 K. 32000 bucks in really cheap labor to frame it and whatnot, that's a bit excessive.

    We had already like, decided to do it ourselves anyway but I was like, "Meh, let's see the bid." It was a Not Good bid. This is okay with me honestly because like, I can't face fixing that bathroom AGAIN.

    So yeah, I like him about as much as the industrial cleaning person can like the contractor who came before. ALSO, I like him fine, in the sense that the house is done although it is NOTHING like the husband's work which was like pearls (his work) before swine (contractor's work.) IT does actually look WAY better than it could, and better than I really expected honestly.

    You just have to complain if you are the cleaner. It's the nature of the beast.

    I HURT. Pretty soon here gotta finish my coffee and get moving. Like, finish the fridge, etc.

    LOL.

    Anna
    Well I hope you finish there soon and sell the dang place.
     

    stols001

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    The person in question is discussing a marijuana seed they tried to grow. But failed.

    I gotta go bathe, gear UP WEIGHT LIFTER's BELT and then, well I am going to freaking.... Do Some Stuff now.

    The husband has given me leeway this am because I did ALL The work yesterday but it's getting toward 8 am the normal time where you turn your mind toward "getting ready for the day."

    Only like, THESE days it's been more like, "How the holy hell do I MAKE It through this day toward blissful unconsciousness. Also a worthy goal."

    I know I am gonna get to outdoor windows soon NOOOOO.

    Anna
     

    Redbird11

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    Be careful of the seeds you plant. Don't forget about that kid named Jack!
    Jack Bauer?

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    Redbird11

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    "Tomato" plant is sometimes code for the skunk smelling medicinal and recreational herb. The irony is that I used to enjoy this herb, and longed and yearned for the day I could grow and use it legally. And now that I can do just that, I don't.

    I was just yanking your chain. Some people have a green thumb, and some don't, but I didn't always have a green thumb. it started off with a normal peach-ish color, but now the green won't go away. I might have to go see a doctor
    Oh, I just buy my recreational herb. I like to support my local entrepreneurs.
     

    Koolkiz

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    I'm going to try and set up a Vapresso swag kit I won on ECF. I'm not sure I will like the tank since I am a MTL but I will try the 0.5 ceramic coil.

    I need to get off my lazy dupa and mix. I'm on a mandated vacation (due to covid symptoms) at least till Wed. I also need to get a new exhaust system for my car.
     

    DLKnives

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    I have a friend who pretty much only plays that game. If I recall correctly, it kind of got bashed by critics and gamers when it first came out. I think there were a lot of glitches or it didn't live up to the massive hype. But then they released a bunch of patches and expansions for the game. Now people love it.

    That's exactly right! All updates are also free and they've really made the game special. As I understand it Hello Games is only 8 people but they have done stellar work. Heh. :lol:
     

    stols001

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    Be careful of the seeds you plant. Don't forget about that kid named Jack!

    I could see that being a deeply subliminally tale about caution what you plant. Tomatoes have a lot of nic in them though so does eggplant. BOTH things I eat whenever I can.

    OMG I just finished the fridge.

    I swear, forget making a time travel machine, forget making a teleporter. If I could invent ANYTHING (and I bet it's doable I now want to go on shark tank or whatever) it would be a SELF CLEANING refrigerator.

    I mean, you take your stuff out, and then instead of SUFFERING for hours/days depending on how long it was you last cleaned it which for here must have been OVER a year because I found a shriveled cherry in it) WELL, BOOM you just press the "self clean" button and it just SPRAYS hot water and detergent (which you keep filled) and BAM.

    Especially because horrible refrigerators have SO many parts, depending on how high end it is there are a MILLION moving parts.

    I would be a billionaire. I'm trying to get the husband to think about designing it, but he says I am an idiot.

    Yes the woman who cleaned the damn REFRIGERATOR back to NEW because she is an evil cleaning GENIUS and who even PUT down paper towels and wrapped the handles (I know how it is when you stagger inside and you are like "I MUST FREAKING get something to drink") instead of "I should clean me in ANY fashion."

    Damn it. Apart from a little picking up and organizing all my tasks are now outside. I was getting ready to like start on the windows but the husband says it is too hot. I think it's probably fine but I have to get to Walmart anyway, we are running out of food, and if I do not get some "KABOOM-- industrial strength" cleaner I might go into like, um withdrawal, lt gets anything up and your hands are fine.

    I am not entirely sure I want to continue to live. I suppose the one good thing is like, well, my back hurts slightly less today. It is adjusting to the horror I am putting it through. IDK. The husband gouged a hole in his toenail he is not happy.

    I might eat something here (I AM LITERALLY ALWAYS HUNGRY NOW it's impossible to keep up with my caloric needs) and then go. I'm not worried about the heat. I told the husband I had to do yoga every other day, not because I need the exercise ,but I do need to be able to stretch.

    OH MAN YOU EVER GET a little just "kill me" in your day. Yep. Me and the husband are there. Gah. ARGH.

    This is the worst. I don't get why it has to be a HEAT wave but I feel really, really bad for the husband. I want to help him and he is a NICE boss to everyone but ME. He insults me, he tells me I "can't" help. He is appreciative of my labors but you know he really is gonna have to LET me help pretty soon here. Oy.

    Anna
     

    Nailz

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    Mixing day for me today, got 2 new banana's from my last bcf order to test on my banana honeycomb recipe, to see is it improves on the original one I mixed.

    Also got the licorice to try out, know going to add masrhmellow to it, but think I am also going to add some sort of custard/cream to it, aiming for a creamy licorice, fingers crossed comes out half decent :)
     

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