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06-09-2011, 04:21 PM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | | Why does it take me all day to hang a set of blinds?
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Musicians shouldn't have to do these things. Just venting. |
06-09-2011, 04:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Winnipeg | | | I can build a house from scratch myself...but I'm not a musician, I'm just a guy who plays bass in a cover band, lol. |
06-09-2011, 04:25 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Jeez. One set of blinds should take maybe 30 minutes (that includes drinking a beer while you're standing back and admiring your work). |
06-09-2011, 04:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | I drink the beer while hanging the blinds and let my **** do all the hard work.
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06-09-2011, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | I hear that. I hung blinds in my place on only 4 windows and it took me all day. In my defense I can't stand on a ladder for very long so I had to keep taking a break lol
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06-09-2011, 04:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La. | | | You should have all the necessary tools assembled; a phone to call the local handyman. Drink beer and supervise until the job is done. If you help, the cost should increase by at least 50%.
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06-09-2011, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania  **** | Dishwasher?
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06-09-2011, 04:44 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones Dishwasher? | I think he was referring to a part of his own anatomy. |
06-09-2011, 05:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Part of it is that you don't do it every day, so it takes longer to double-check yourself and make sure you're doing it right.
The other part of it is that you actually care HOW they are installed, because it's your house. As a result, you spend more time checking and re-checking and sweating details than any commercial installer can invest.
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06-09-2011, 05:39 PM
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Endorsing artist: Musicman basses, Hipshot products | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York City | | | OK. I exaggerated. 2 blinds. Half a day. But still.
One is up the correct way. The other, well, if ya ever sleep over my place just don't use it and it'll be fine. |
06-09-2011, 05:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | what, you don't just pop the old blind out of the two plastic thingies, and reuse them with the new blinds? that's what I do.
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06-09-2011, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hover what, you don't just pop the old blind out of the two plastic thingies, and reuse them with the new blinds? that's what I do. | No. There were shades up when we moved in. I actually had to use a drill. And a screwdriver. The blinds have been sitting in front of me since october, waiting patiently for this day. If I could find my camera I'd post pics cuz I know you're all as excited about this as I am. |
06-09-2011, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | Hey, that is a sense of accomplishment style moment, very satisfying, and very deserving of a multitude of beers, and some "reward sex". At least that is how I explained it to my Wife when I fix stuff on the "honey-do" list. 
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06-10-2011, 12:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones Dishwasher? | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF I think he was referring to a part of his own anatomy. | No, I meant dishwasher. Quote:
Originally Posted by hover Hey, that is a sense of accomplishment style moment, very satisfying, and very deserving of a multitude of beers, and some "reward sex". At least that is how I explained it to my Wife when I fix stuff on the "honey-do" list. | Any time I have to put in some extra time to do something around the house I remind my fiancee that grilled cheese is gods gift to man.
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06-10-2011, 12:55 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | We got new blinds last year. A whole house of blinds, 18 windows, and one guy came to install them. He was gone about an hour and a half later. It was really an amazing thing to watch. Whack whack screw screw, hang. on to the next window.
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06-10-2011, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania I drink the beer while hanging the blinds and let my **** do all the hard work. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones Dishwasher? | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF I think he was referring to a part of his own anatomy. | How do you know they're not one and the same?
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06-10-2011, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | My **** is great at washing dishes, if you dont mind the streaks.
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06-10-2011, 01:53 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | That is embarrassing that it took you so long. Maybe you should start attending the free DIY clinics at Home Depot on Saturdays. Brush up on your DIY skeelz.
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06-10-2011, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phalex We got new blinds last year. A whole house of blinds, 18 windows, and one guy came to install them. He was gone about an hour and a half later. It was really an amazing thing to watch. Whack whack screw screw, hang. on to the next window. | We just ordered them ourselves - they are in, and just have to be scheduled for the install! |
06-10-2011, 02:04 PM
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