OT:Dukes Kitchen - The Sequel
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OT:Dukes Kitchen - The Sequel
Well we are officially in phase two of the kitchen building discussion.
This is so hilarious to me. That I build my kitchen with instructions from people I have never met and that I in most cases dont even know the real name of. lol
Anyway, to my dismay I have done a whole lot of re-wireing in vain. I am an idiot listening to my stupid neighbour about how much power the appliances needed. Since he had bought the same things as I did and already plugged them in I actually thought he knew what he was talking about but I guess it is true. You either have looks or brains and since this guy looks like freaking Rambo without a shirt on I guess we can figure out what line he was in when God handed out the brains (the one opposite of TK ).
Sooooo, I need to get back to the good ol' three phase outlet and still have enough amps to run the rest of the stuff.
Things that has surprised me part 1:
A toaster consumes more power then a microwave
Things that has surprised me part 2:
The ceiling and the floor in a room doesnt necessarily need to be perfectly horizontal. In fact it could differ several centimeters from one side to the other.
Damage report:
Things I have broken while building:
One hammer (broke right off!)
One pair of scissors (oh, I couldnt cut tin with those?)
One screwdriver (I didnt think I needed a crowbar
One lamp (knocked it over while fixing an outlet. The blast scared the bejeezus out of me)
A "thingy" used for expanders you put in plasterwalls. (bended it all out of shape)
I'll keep you updated. I know you follow this with great excitement
This is so hilarious to me. That I build my kitchen with instructions from people I have never met and that I in most cases dont even know the real name of. lol
Anyway, to my dismay I have done a whole lot of re-wireing in vain. I am an idiot listening to my stupid neighbour about how much power the appliances needed. Since he had bought the same things as I did and already plugged them in I actually thought he knew what he was talking about but I guess it is true. You either have looks or brains and since this guy looks like freaking Rambo without a shirt on I guess we can figure out what line he was in when God handed out the brains (the one opposite of TK ).
Sooooo, I need to get back to the good ol' three phase outlet and still have enough amps to run the rest of the stuff.
Things that has surprised me part 1:
A toaster consumes more power then a microwave
Things that has surprised me part 2:
The ceiling and the floor in a room doesnt necessarily need to be perfectly horizontal. In fact it could differ several centimeters from one side to the other.
Damage report:
Things I have broken while building:
One hammer (broke right off!)
One pair of scissors (oh, I couldnt cut tin with those?)
One screwdriver (I didnt think I needed a crowbar
One lamp (knocked it over while fixing an outlet. The blast scared the bejeezus out of me)
A "thingy" used for expanders you put in plasterwalls. (bended it all out of shape)
I'll keep you updated. I know you follow this with great excitement
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Re: OT:Dukes Kitchen - The Sequel
Oh, yeah! In a house that old don't count on anything to be at right angles to anything else.Duke wrote: Things that has surprised me part 2:
The ceiling and the floor in a room doesnt necessarily need to be perfectly horizontal. In fact it could differ several centimeters from one side to the other.
Try this. Place a marble on a hardwood floor. Which direction does it roll and how fast does it accelerate? Some of the old farmhouses I was in as a kid felt like I was climbing stairs just to cross the room!
A word of advice. If hanging wallpaper, measure each piece before cutting. As I am sure you have found out, don't assume that the distance from floor to ceiling is a constant in any room.
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hehe, As we get back our marvels at Dukes kitchen, I have to once again return to my dorm room, as those are FAR from square as well. You would think that an Engineering school would have picture perfect buildings right? This makes getting into my loft at night even scarier. Well, so good so far.
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Re: OT:Dukes Kitchen - The Sequel
In a house that old? This is a rather new house with Europeean standards. My grandparents house is from the 50:ies 1850ies that is. The house across the street has parts of the first floor that dates back to early 1700. 1962 - old? You Americans crack me upBjorn wrote:
Oh, yeah! In a house that old don't count on anything to be at right angles to anything else.
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Re: OT:Dukes Kitchen - The Sequel
I'd like an update report when you start laying floor tilesOh, yeah! In a house that old don't count on anything to be at right angles to anything else.
...and talking about things being old .... I've got a favourite axe that my father got from his grandfather. 120 years old it is. It's been used so much we've renewed the handle 25 times and the head 6 times. Bet they don't make 'em like that nowadays
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We have here a good example of how the mentality of a young person is different from how an older person thinks.
TK thought that renewing meant exchanging some used replacable parts. (that was also my first thought). But what GH actually meant was probably sharpening the head and doing something else with the handle. And that's what he also meant when he wrote: 'they don't make 'em like that nowadays'.
We are the 'throw away generation', TK. They don't make solid things nowadays. They make things that one hasn't got a problem with throwing away and buying a new one. And that's why things aren't made solid. They are cheaper and also make us buy another one.
Today it's not what you own that counts, it's what you buy.
Anyone up for a discussion?
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TK thought that renewing meant exchanging some used replacable parts. (that was also my first thought). But what GH actually meant was probably sharpening the head and doing something else with the handle. And that's what he also meant when he wrote: 'they don't make 'em like that nowadays'.
We are the 'throw away generation', TK. They don't make solid things nowadays. They make things that one hasn't got a problem with throwing away and buying a new one. And that's why things aren't made solid. They are cheaper and also make us buy another one.
Today it's not what you own that counts, it's what you buy.
Anyone up for a discussion?
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Hmm, yeah this got me curious as well. If you renwed the ax, by getting a new head for it, it really isn't the same az anymore is it. The handle, probably being made of wood is likely to break at some point from frequent usage and changing that would still make it the same ax.
Trewq's comment was interesting though so GH my old friend, please enlighten us. What is the deal exactly:?:
Trewq's comment was interesting though so GH my old friend, please enlighten us. What is the deal exactly:?:
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Grotesque? We are talking about Pratchett here right? Discworld?trewqh wrote:I was wondering if what you wrote was serious.
Never got by to read Pratchett. I rarely read grotesque literature.
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This axe discussion was quite amusing however. My view on this is that you may sharpen and otherwise reshape the head and you may totally change the handle. The moment you change the head however it stoppes being the same axe. From my point of view it is the head that IS the axe. The rest is just the handle.
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