Art_Critic Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 It kinda sounds like Missy's BF isn't really renovating.. it sounds like he likes the demolition portion of renovation and he has no clue how to take it from the demo on.. I'm still trying to figure out why a wishing well and also why a hole had to be cut into the floor ?.. WTF kind of wishing well was he building.. one that actually went 70 feet into the ground ?.. Who in their right mind would ever want one let alone build one ? Nothing like ruining the resale value of a home with DIY projects that never get finished or done right..
cn283 Posted May 19, 2007 Posted May 19, 2007 Three things I hate about my ex: 1. He had no job (sold stickers at the beach) and complained I was spoiled because my mom was helping me out in school. 2. Was a poser hippy that would drag me to protests and made me quit eating meat. 3. Made it a point to tell me I was too young to understand "the world", but he acted like a 10 year old.
Flyin in Clouds Posted May 20, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 1. my wife isn't into sex the way I am. 2. my wife is way prudish about anything the least bit kinky, i.e. she isn't into sex the way I am. 3. my wife doesn't like oral sex, i.e. she's not into sex the way I am. If my wife turned into an absolute slut in the bedroom nothing else she ever did or didn't do would bother me at all...
Missy27 Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 It kinda sounds like Missy's BF isn't really renovating.. it sounds like he likes the demolition portion of renovation and he has no clue how to take it from the demo on.. I'm still trying to figure out why a wishing well and also why a hole had to be cut into the floor ?.. WTF kind of wishing well was he building.. one that actually went 70 feet into the ground ?.. Who in their right mind would ever want one let alone build one ? Nothing like ruining the resale value of a home with DIY projects that never get finished or done right.. The thing is though AC, is that he's actually AMAZING at DIY and things like that. He works for himself as an engineer (fixes farm machinery etc), but he's one of those types that people ring up for EVERYTHING. If their cars break down, they ring him, if they need a window put in they ring him, if they want a tree taken down, they ring him, if they want their god damn backsides wiped etc etc , drives me crazy cause we can't get a minutes peace together without SOMEONE ringing and wanting SOMETHING. I must admit, he's VERY good at what he does and can pretty much make most things work, its just that he gets these ideas and rather than think them through he just charges into them like a bull in a china shop and they don't always go according to plan.
Missy27 Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 Just in case your all interested, this weekend he decides he wants to put a veggie patch in our garden, so he cuts up some old wooden railway sleepers to make a square to put the soil in. I think its about 6ft by 6ft so we need quite alot of soil. He's made his little square up and gets all excited cause he wants to plant his spring onions (he's on a big gardening spree at the moment cause he's got some competition going on with our neighbour ) Soooo.... anyway, he goes and buys some soil but then decides that the veggie patch would benefit from having some manure in it cause the onions will grow better then We live on a farm, which has stables and people keep their horses down their so there's a BIG muck heap down at the bottom of the yard. He takes his skidsteer down their and brings up bucket and bucket fulls of sh~t and dumps it on the veggie patch. This is fine, but its now about 7pm so he decides he'll finish it off tomorrow. I come home, go inside and start to make dinner (we've got friends coming round ), and all I can smell is freaking sh~t. Its EVERYWHERE, wherever I go in the house, it stinks and I mean STINKS. I'm panicking cause our friends are due in about an hour, I'm going round everywhere with air freshener trying to get rid of this stench, but its not working. Even the dogs gone into hiding cause she can't stand it Suffice to say that our friends didn't stay long. They sat there through the whole meal gagging from the smell whilst saying "oooh yes, this potato gratin's lovely!!" trying to be as polite as they possibly could about it all. Its THESE types of things that make we wanna kill him sometimes, he's a damn liability at times
Author a4a Posted May 21, 2007 Author Posted May 21, 2007 Just in case your all interested, this weekend he decides he wants to put a veggie patch in our garden, so he cuts up some old wooden railway sleepers to make a square to put the soil in. I think its about 6ft by 6ft so we need quite alot of soil. He's made his little square up and gets all excited cause he wants to plant his spring onions (he's on a big gardening spree at the moment cause he's got some competition going on with our neighbour ) Soooo.... anyway, he goes and buys some soil but then decides that the veggie patch would benefit from having some manure in it cause the onions will grow better then We live on a farm, which has stables and people keep their horses down their so there's a BIG muck heap down at the bottom of the yard. He takes his skidsteer down their and brings up bucket and bucket fulls of sh~t and dumps it on the veggie patch. This is fine, but its now about 7pm so he decides he'll finish it off tomorrow. I come home, go inside and start to make dinner (we've got friends coming round ), and all I can smell is freaking sh~t. Its EVERYWHERE, wherever I go in the house, it stinks and I mean STINKS. I'm panicking cause our friends are due in about an hour, I'm going round everywhere with air freshener trying to get rid of this stench, but its not working. Even the dogs gone into hiding cause she can't stand it Suffice to say that our friends didn't stay long. They sat there through the whole meal gagging from the smell whilst saying "oooh yes, this potato gratin's lovely!!" trying to be as polite as they possibly could about it all. Its THESE types of things that make we wanna kill him sometimes, he's a damn liability at times If he is using railroad ties they are severly soaked in chemicals which can get into your veggies...... and if the horse poop really stinks.... there is something wrong... good chance it was not turned or properly "cured" ... horse poo in general will not give off such a stench. The poo may also burn the hell out of your veggies.... horse poo has to set or it is too "HOT" to be used as fertilizer. Most likely the smell you smell is mold and fungus..... not the poo.... our poo which is spread, raked, sunned and turned is similar to peat..... not smelly at all.
Missy27 Posted May 21, 2007 Posted May 21, 2007 If he is using railroad ties they are severly soaked in chemicals which can get into your veggies...... and if the horse poop really stinks.... there is something wrong... good chance it was not turned or properly "cured" ... horse poo in general will not give off such a stench. The poo may also burn the hell out of your veggies.... horse poo has to set or it is too "HOT" to be used as fertilizer. Most likely the smell you smell is mold and fungus..... not the poo.... our poo which is spread, raked, sunned and turned is similar to peat..... not smelly at all. The railway sleepers here are only wooden, they may have some chemicals in them but they are only being used as an outer edging for the patch. I must admit, i'm not too up on things like that, I do have a horse, but I tend stick to paperwork, accounting and filing !!! He does most of the dirty work. I think the poo smelt so bad because its probably mixed with a load of cow poo, dead lambs and turkeys - EVERYTHING gets chucked on that muck heap, and it doesn't get burnt, it just gets pushed up by the international and chucked into the slurry pit (in fact, he may have even used some of the slurry !!) the farmer is a complete nut job. Whatever it was he used it probably WILL kill his veggies, and then we'll just be left with a 6ft square of poo
katiebour Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Oh, Missy, too, too funny! :lmao: Oh, and I got a good chuckle out of trialbyfire's "I wouldn't help him if he got hit by a bus, but at least I wouldn't be the one driving." :lmao: Oh, god, how funny. You guys gave me such a great start for the day! Ok, here's my annoyances regarding an otherwise darling man: 1. He doesn't pick up on anyone's "I'm not that interested in what you're saying" signals. He'll start talking about cameras or guns, get really specific and start naming off parts or models like 3-year old boys name off dinosaurs, and when my eyes start to glaze over he just gets revved up. When I say something like, "It's all Greek to me," he just tries to EXPLAIN more! Aaargh! One time when I mentioned that there are some topics that I'm not all that interested in, he said something to the effect of "Yeah, but I like talking to you, because you'll just give me that 'uh huh, yeah,ok honey' response and it's so easy to talk to you!" The man likes hearing himself talk with an occasional non-commital response from me! Aaargh! 2. He has real difficulties throwing things away- "I can use it for a prop" or "I can fix it." We just don't have the room to keep two broken heaters, bits and pieces of miscellaneous metal, and 3000 knicknacks of the Cracker Jack box variety. 3. Before we lived together, he claimed he was naturally a neat and tidy man. Lies, lies, all lies! I woke up at 6 this morning with the cat licking the remains of the spaghetti sauce from the bowl he left on the bedside table- underneath that was an empty container of potato salad with a spoon in it. I got up and took it to the kitchen- the cat doesn't wake HIM up, after all. Soda cups and bottles all over the house- whenever he finishes one it's like he just drops it wherever he is. Empty cigarette packs and all the little plastic bits that come off them when they're opened. Dirty socks left next to shoes in the living room. A minimum of two dishes in the computer room at all times. 4. His inability to deal with paperwork without getting irate. I filed his taxes and filled out his FAFSA- doing stuff like that just seems to overload his brain and he'll start ranting darkly about bureaucracies and how difficult they've made everything. 5. He is SO forgetful. I asked him to put some clothes that I had run through the washer into the dryer for the next day's work (I was going to bed.) I NEEDED those clothes for work- we were catering two very large and formal parties. I woke up an hour before I needed to be at work, and the clothes were TADA! Still wet in the washer. I was almost late for work waiting for them to dry, and from the bedroom came a very sheepish "Sorry sweetie!" Thanks hun but it's not you that would've had to wear wet underwear to work. XD But I still love him, warts and all. (no he doesn't really have warts, it's a figure of speech )
Woggle Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 I am a pack rat myself and ot probably annoys her but so is she. I just like old stuff for her some reason. If I see something at the flea market more than 20 years old I will buy it and use it as decoration.
wellanydaynow Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 1. Hate her 8 cats 2. Hate that I am # 4 on her priority list (last)(parents, cats, kids, me) 3. Hate her "perfect" parents, Everything has to be run past her parents, for their views and insights.
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