This isn't just "replace the sink drain", I believe. The sink is from the '40s, and I think it's not coming apart easily.

It's not just "replace the sink", either, it's a top mount sink mounted in an under-mount fashion, in some used up, distorted, swollen wood with laminate on top.

Once the counter comes off, I can't think of a reason not to replace the cabinets with ones that are full depth, have drawers and doors that work, and has space for a dishwasher.

It's not the timing I'd planned, but it *is* something I'd intended to do anyway. Now I have a significant motivation.

My experience using Windows can be summed up kind of like this:


I go into a nice looking restaurant, things look unusual, but not too ugly, clearly someone's put a bunch of work into the surfaces and shapes and colors, although the arrangement of the tables and bathroom and kitchen is a little odd.

A super friendly waiter comes to my table and offers me a menu, equally polished. The waiter says, "Good evening sir, we have several wonderful specials in addition to our usual offerings. First we have a salad with bubblegum tasting vinagrette, it's not exactly what we intended, but we believe most people will like it. Next we have a pate made from horse, it tastes nearly identical to beef. Finally, we have a superb triple layer chocolate cake with raspberries, with some house made vanilla ice cream made from the cream of grass fed, free range cows that get massages. It's $1,394.95, and has to be ordered a week in advance."

I notice that the salads others are eating look tasty, but the pieces of lettuce and carrot and tomato are way too big, they haven't been cut up at all. Whole carrots and tomatoes and heads of lettuce. I also notice there's no silverware.

"huh..." I say, "is it possible to have a salad with a couple changes?"

"Certainly sir! We're a very accomodating restaurant, you can have anything you want here."


"Great! Can I have the salad cut up into bite sized, manageable pieces, and perhaps just some oil and salt instead of the regular dressing?"

"fuck you, make your own dinner. I'm sure you've got your own tools and ingredients. If you do anything wrong, we're going to set fire to your car."

too perfect/funny not to share:

It's a short video of a horse race, one of the horses (the winner) has a hilarious name and the caller is having fun with it. Safe for work, requires sound.

http://www.wimp.com/horsename/

or rather, "made in 60 seconds"

http://www.savorhomeblog.com/2012/04/60-second-chocolate-cake.html

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm going to as soon as I can.

and you know they're delicious...

Don't eat chocolate chip cookies for dinner.

Or... don't eat *only* cookies for dinner.... no matter how good they look.

Ugh..

Dear Roto-Rooter,

"Estimate" means "guess", but in "look how smart I am" language.
"Quote" means "This is what it's going to cost, and we'll stand by it."

They're not the same thing. When you use the two interchangeably or insist that they mean the same thing, you sound like idiots, and it doesn't make me trust you.

Furthermore (unrelated to language) if you can't tell me the cost, and that only the technician can give me an "estimate" once he gets here, that doesn't make me want to do business with you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843yH_0RMIA
http://www.bakersgreenacres.com/ (start at Feb. 8 in their blog)

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has declared (nearly) every kind of pig "feral" and illegal to posess, even on a farm. So they force them to be destroyed, without (nearly enough) hearing or other recourse for the farmer.

The definition of "feral" seems to favor the big commercial pig farmers, and penalize small farms.

The reasoning goes like this: Feral pigs do lots of damage to "stuff", so feral pigs are bad. Heritage breeds of pigs are feral. Therefore heritage breeds are bad.

That's a snarky oversimplification, but not completely wrong. Most (nearlyl all) "wild"/feral pigs are escaped games animals from hunting reserves. They're much sneekier than deer or other game animals. However, the laws are writen such that it covers farms just as much as game reserves. The enforcers don't seem to care.

Here's a good FAQ:
http://vbs20.com/bakers/?p=1378