Floof: What would you ask?
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Comments (13)Regarding the driveway/half-circle, there is a huge price difference between pavers and blacktop. Besides the cost of labor and the pavers themselves, they also require a lot of base prep. Blacktop will require base prep but not with the precision pavers need. If you're enjoying the semi-privacy of the the shrubs and want to keep cost down, you could leave them and work with what you have. First talk to a nursery about how much they can be trimmed (without killing them), tear out the short concrete walkway, plant more grass and leave it as it is.........or you could set a bench to the right or left of where the walkway was. Ideally, I'd tear them out and put in new landscaping, but I suggested leaving them since you state you don't have extra time to spend in the yard. My guess is the gravel driveway was an afterthought with the previous owners and someone removed a portion of the walkway when they put in the gravel. I would do a slightly raised bed along the front of the house, and I would make it deeper than it is now.....bringing it out close the edge of the porch landing. I also wouldn't hesitate to add some soft curves to it! Since you have the vents to worry about (I also have them) the beds can rise from the grass area, then slope back down toward the house. IOW's, don't want to raise the level of soil against your house. As others mentioned, I definitely talk to your local nurseries since they usually have someone on staff that can help with basic layouts and will also be able to recommend the plants that work best in your area....See MoreWhat discount would you ask for if...
Comments (8)If your neighbour decides to keep the cabinets, she should pay for them. I do think that the cost of the hardware is sufficient penance for the cabinetmaker to have to put up with. That said, different door styles are often different prices. I would think that she ought to be charged for whichever is the cheaper of the two doorstyles between the one she ordered and the one she got. Personally, I don't like the persian bazaar style of wringing businesses to the point of hurt when things go awry, as the previous poster mentions. If you don't like the product, return it; if you can live with it, don't do so by stealing just because you know that the contractor will tolerate something of a loss of revenue to avoid the hassle of dealing with the returned product. We are asking for ethics from the business men and women, it is only fair that clients operate the same set of ethical conduct. Finally, she would, IMO, be well within her right to return the cabinets and try to get the ones she contracted for....See MoreWhat would you ask your deceased parent?
Comments (31)Kinda long, but some maybe worthwhile suggestions at the end. My dad was 28 when I was born and my mom 26, I think. My youngest brother was born when I was 5 and mom went to psych. hospital about 6 mos. later, as I neared 6, first in a city nearby and later, I think when she got TB (common at the time), in a city some miles away, where she died of it in 1942, when I was 13. She, having lost her father when young, had become good friends with dad's father, and he died shortly after she went to hosp., so dad was wondering how to break that news to her ... but when she saw him, she said 'Grandpa died, didn't he?". Grandma, living with her sister, came to live with us. There are many things I'd like to talk about with them, and each. So I'd like to talk to them about those years. Hired farmhands are often single males, but from '34 we had some young couples, the wife helping in the house - until pregnancy. World War II started for many countries iin 1939 and when one such husband went to war, his wife made a deal with dad to have her return with small daughter to have a home with us, while helping our family. Soon after that war dad sold the farm near here in Ontario and moved to Saskatchewan, where he farmed for much of the rest of his life. Brother left that farm to retire in Regina last year, at 90. For those of you with parents still alive, give a thought occasionally to what you'd like to ask them - and ask it, while answers still available, and they not dealing with dementia - (yet?). Also - partners should learn the essentials of what your partner takes care of in your family ... while assistance in learning is still at hand. Learning those essentials while grieving the loss of your loved one, is no picnic - and with the one who could have helped till yesterday - gone! ole joyful ... 50+ years survivor of divorce...See MoreFloof: Food combos you would say 'yes' or 'no thank you' to
Comments (70)I'm seeing double comments 🤔 Everybody in my family loved pickled herring, but not me. I do like many kinds of fish, and regular herring too. I used to make my own ceviche with freshly caught fish when I was a kid - no precooking either. We mainly caught grunts from our dock. Never had pineapple on pizza, never want to. I eat a lot of cottage cheese, and like to cook with it too - but nothing sweet. I do like a number of sweet combinations with meats - sausages and maple syrup is classic, IMO, and I love cranberry sauce on roast turkey - just had plenty of that today 😀 Ketchup tastes pretty sweet to me as well, and I like it on hotdogs and hamburgers, mixed with yellow mustard. I like blue cheese very much all by itself, and do not want to dip anything into blue cheese dressing....See More- 5 years ago
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