Shit that annoys you

Customers that watch too much HGTV, have no idea what they are talking about and then double down on stupid.

"What kind of tile?"
"subway tile, beige about 18"x24" "
"subway tile is while usually no bigger than 3x6"
"It's named after the tiles in a subway, have you ever been in a subway?"

Words have meanings, sometimes it is important.

Plus subway tile is sooo overdone.

And it's not 2009 anymore.

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Originally Posted by pisteoff

Plus subway tile is sooo overdone.

And it's not 2009 anymore.

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I’m hoping to get a bathroom redone this summer. What are the cool kids doing?

composting toilets....

https://tinyhousesupplyshop.com/prod...iABEgLvpPD_BwE


and you’re in luck.... with the $400 off sale, it’s now just $1399.99!

such a deal & you get to save the planet too!

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

I’m hoping to get a bathroom redone this summer. What are the cool kids doing?

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If you're doing it to sell, then whatever was on tv last year. If you're doing it for yourself, whatever catches your eye.

As for the trends, patterned tile is big right now. Metal and metal + glass too, although that might be 'last year' at this point. There are some nice stone tiles out there right now too.

My brother and I used to have a little side business doing all things related to property, and Houzz is a good website for ideas.

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Originally Posted by pisteoff

If you're doing it to sell, then don't do it.

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Fixed that.

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

Customers that watch too much HGTV, have no idea what they are talking about and then double down on stupid.

"What kind of tile?"
"subway tile, beige about 18"x24" "
"subway tile is while usually no bigger than 3x6"
"It's named after the tiles in a subway, have you ever been in a subway?"

Words have meanings, sometimes it is important.

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My favorite is when they call columns beams, and vice versa.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

I’m hoping to get a bathroom redone this summer. What are the cool kids doing?

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Wanna be cheap? Go find the cheapest fairly cool 3x6 tile you can find at home depot/lowes. Should be less than $4/ft. Dal white 3x6 is totally fine if you want to be simple and is like $3/ft. Put it in vertically, stacked bond. If anybody asks, the MOMA bathrooms are done that way - so it's art. It looks cool and it's literally the cheapest tile you can buy.
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Ok, so you really are a cool kid and wanna impress your cool kid friends? Wood tiles. Running or stacked bond. Again buy it at home depot and you can get it for $4/ft or less. Generally I have found lighter/oranger to look better in bathrooms - brighter.
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Home Depot carries it cheap:
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Flooring...vZb97mZ1z0jipd

Congrats. Either way you are now at least partially cool. Enjoy your new friends.

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Originally Posted by pisteoff

If you're doing it for yourself, whatever catches your eye.

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Right, subway tile it is. ;)


Although,

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There are some nice stone tiles out there right now too.

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Hmmm, thanks for the tips and pointers.

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Originally Posted by pisteoff

If you're doing it to sell, and you have the time and skill to do it with your own two hands, you can make a good return on a new bathroom. paying someone else, not so much.

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re-fixed it.

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Originally Posted by pisteoff

re-fixed it.

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I guess that might be true, as long as you don't factor in the value of your own time...

Mine is, personally, too valuable.

:D

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Right, subway tile it is. ;)

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lol. Subway tiles are like subway sandwiches: they only just discovered sriracha.

beece is right, vertical is in now too. I like that wood tile idea.

I suck at tile, as demonstrated several times IRL.

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

I guess that might be true, as long as you don't factor in the value of your own time...

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When we started we were young(ish) and under-employed, so our time wasn't worth much, and we made ok money.

Now that I'm a cog in the corporate machine, I've been valuing my own time a little higher because it's in such short supply.

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

I suck at tile, as demonstrated several times IRL.

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A good tiler is worth their weight in gold.

I live in the Chicago area. Its January and its going to snow and be cold. Shut up and deal with it or move to Florida.

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I live in the Chicago area.

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++vibes

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So, I had the headphone jack repaired on my lgv30 last Friday. Noticed Saturday that (likely) his soldering iron burned two black spots next to the headphone jack obscuring the clock. Brought it to him today, and he was incredulous that I didn't contact him immediately( it was a holiday weekend), and tried to hem and haw that maybe it wasn't his fault. Bullshit...he may have to buy me a new phone, and he isn't happy about it. Glad I paid with American Express.
It's a shame because I like him.
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So, I had the headphone jack repaired on my lgv30 last Friday. Noticed Saturday that (likely) his soldering iron burned two black spots next to the headphone jack obscuring the clock. Brought it to him today, and he was incredulous that I didn't contact him immediately( it was a holiday weekend), and tried to hem and haw that maybe it wasn't his fault. Bullshit...he may have to buy me a new phone, and he isn't happy about it. Glad I paid with American Express.
It's a shame because I like him.
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Thought those rabidly right wing Wydahoans were all about personal responsibility and accountability. Do as I say, not as I do. :rolleyes:

I think they’re mostly about talking that game while taking social program handouts.


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I think they’re mostly about talking that game while taking social program handouts.

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Don’t get me started on (some of) those ranchers there grazing on BLM/FS land.

Very annoying.

When you're young if you fall hard or run into something skiing you might hurt yourself. When you're my age you can hurt yourself skiing normally--ribs two years in a row, back tweak this year. Stay young if you can.

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Originally Posted by old goat

<snip> Stay young if you can.

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I'm with this old codger. He's wise.

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

Customers that watch too much HGTV, have no idea what they are talking about and then double down on stupid.

"What kind of tile?"
"subway tile, beige about 18"x24" "
"subway tile is while usually no bigger than 3x6"
"It's named after the tiles in a subway, have you ever been in a subway?"

Words have meanings, sometimes it is important.

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As long as they don’t ask you to make shit from pallets

Probably my biggest frequent irritant is when people make simple shit hard. I don't mind hard shit, I'm not afraid of a challenge. But something as simple as, oh, for example, cooking a decent simple dinner, shouldn't become an exercise in frustration because of other people's ignorance, impatience and/or apathy. Not naming names. But tonight I really began to think I was being gaslighted.