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Customer appreciation day.
They put up with me and my hours.
......and this three day job interrupts their lives for 5 intermittent days....... I finished up today and left with a thank you card.
Why do I do what I do?
Well, when I get done with a job, it usually takes so long that I'm just inches away from being written into their will.
Blessed are the patient.
I apologized for how long it took to do the repairs to make this job right. She said she would not let the original installer back in her home. I can understand that from what I saw.
Anyway my job's done and is trying to move on to the next customer.
The cards neato isn't it?
 

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Highup, I'm sure we've had some large critters crawling around in our attic. We also had bees. They made a hive directly over my parents' bed and the honey started soaking through the ceiling. That happened in two different houses we lived in. First was our house in Virginia. The hive weighed over 50lbs and almost fell through the ceiling. Second time was here & the hive was smaller. Had to call in exterminators (this was 30 years ago) to get rid of them. I know there are mice up there. Awesome that the customers were so happy with you. Yikes about the air quality.

I like the Superfreak song.

Bladder woke me up this morning and then kitties were wanting to be fed. So I have drained my bladder, gave the dog filtered water, refilled the Brita filter, fed kitties, and am now checking the forums. I plan to take it easy today. I may have a bit more energy but I need to keep in mind that my back is fickle. I sneezed so hard earlier it made my back and shoulders hurt. So I took my allergy meds and vitamins.

I found my floor cleaner so if my body cooperates I might try to clean the floor. I do need to have it done before we get the toilet installed. Trying to figure out the best way because mopping wasn't working. Maybe I can get some gloves, hot water in a bucket, and sit on my Kobalt mat and scrub. I might do that in the afternoon. I want to be lazy this morning.

I got all cleaned up and this morning I noticed a dirt spot that wouldn't come off my arm. Scrubbed and then realized its a bruise. LOL. I can't even feel it but its purple and I have no idea how I got it. I had dreams about perimeter taping the floor last night. LOL.
 
We had a squirrel family living in our attic. I had to kill them to finally get rid of them because once they know that’s their home they will keep finding ways to get back in.

I gotta great way for you to get rid of mice and rats for ya. You mix cornmeal muffin mix with baking soda and leave it out where the rodents frequent. The baking soda reacts with their stomach acid and starts to bubble up. Mice n rats can’t burp or fart so they die because of the baking soda reaction in their stomach. Best part is this mix is harmless to other animals than may run across it and eat it. The downside is you’ll have dead rodents in your attic. Better than live ones I guess.
 
I wish I'd known about baking soda years ago. My father put out rat poison and one of our favorite cats got ahold of a poisoned mouse & the rat poison killed the cat in a horrible way. We got rid of all the rat poison after that.

I'm still relaxing and am thinking of having breakfast if my back cooperates.
 
Went to the shooting range yesterday with my son's 3 gun group. One of the guys owns a gun shop, and has a level 3 FFL, so out came the fully auto machine guns. Holy crap, there is nothing like the sound of 5 fully automatic rifles firing at the same time.
How many dollars per minute do five fully automatic rifles cost. I'm kind of betting you can buy a new car for the same price. 😁
 
Hey Zan. If you're having dreams about taping the perimeter of the bathroom floor that just means that you've turned pro. I sometimes have dreams like that before I get an installation started running over and over again in my head how I'm going to start. The problem is I never finished the installation because it's like a tape loop going over and over and over the same thing. 😖
 
I wish my body agreed today. LOL. I don't know how you guys do it. My knee doesn't even want to bend enough for me to lift my leg to walk and I nearly fell down when trying to sit because I hit a certain point and my legs said "nope". Super stiff and sore today so I didn't get anything done. I made sure I located my toilet jack and got my toilet tank out from under the pieces of my brother's desk. I need to find more tools but it involves using steps and my legs are barely cooperating with walking on level ground. Even my hips are protesting. LOL.
 
I always had all jobs set up in my head. As each seam cooled I knew exactly what I would be doing.
I get too many jobs that are different than anything I've ever done before, so it's a bit like learning something on each job with nothing consistent or repetitive. Normal or typical jobs don't make me lose sleep. I get too many of those "special" jobs.
 
I just got a song lyric in my head "You're so f***ing special. I wish I was special". LOL.

Visited my friend briefly and helped him move his small freezer back in. It had been completely filled with ice and he had to thaw it out. I didn't feel like cooking so called Mom to ask if she wanted takeout. I mentioned the toddler was nearby so she said his name and he looked at the phone and made babbling noises. 2 yrs old and can't even say mama or dada or understand any words except his name.

Friend was tired and sore from cleaning up and doing yardwork. Ever since the mayor opened his own lawn business, he changed the city ordinances to demand people have their lawns cut and stuff. And if they don't do it within the time he wants them to (sometimes as little as 1 to 2 days) he will have his lawn company cut it and charge the people for it & fine them if they tell his people not to touch their yards. He got mad that someone across the street from my friend hired someone else to cut their lawn so he made up some bs reason to fine them. It rained nonstop for weeks so people couldn't cut their lawns and he had threats sent out to people to cut their lawns or else. Now my friend is sore from the yardwork and I'm hoping he will feel better tomorrow.

I'm hoping my body will cooperate tomorrow as well.
 
My grandson was out running around with friends last night when his mother called and told him to come home. 30 minutes later, 3 of the 4 he had been with died in a car wreck.
 
Wow man, I'm certainly glad your grandson wasn't involved. But the poor other kids and their families. 🙁

I'm constantly in the kids ears that are around me about "hot dogging" with the vehicles and toys. Most of the kids I know have hot rods they built/bought with their dad's. I live in a small town and there's burn out marks on almost every street. Small/light cars & trucks with big engines & twin turbos. All tuned to get every HP they can get out of them. In my opinion it's way too much muscle for kids that haven't even been driving more than 2 years......
 
When we lived in California I used to walk to school until my parents suddenly started making me ride the bus or get rides from them. Turns out some Iranian terrorists my father had his people tailing were tailing him & started calling and making death threats to him and our family. He didn't tell us at the time, but we were no longer allowed to go run off to friends and had to have friends come over. We moved down here not too long after that.

I got up and mopped the bathroom floor but it still wasn't getting the grime up (I used the floor cleaner for vinyl). So I got down on a kneeling pad and scrubbed the **** out of every individual square. Then I discovered somehow a small screw had gotten under the vinyl right in the damn middle of the floor. I had to figure out where to pull the vinyl up to get to it. Managed to get it out, but it had put a small puncture in the vinyl. You can't see it though. I moved the toilet base into my room and cleaned it up. Cats had shredded the box so it was covered in cardboard flakes and cat vomit. Set it on a large piece of paper on the floor (the kind of paper they use under products at Samsclub (employee practically begged me to take them so he didn't have to deal with them). I drew around the toilet base to get the shape for when I make a platform later on. I can use it as a template for both my toilet and my brother's toilet since they are the same one. Got the tank moved in, got my tools set up, & had stuff ready for my friend. He was at an appointment for his gf. Her fetus is "high risk" bc it is low weight-- probably because she's been smoking and vaping constantly. I went to the store to get some more stuff (could not for the life of me find the waxless seal at home and I know I had one). Had a 3-bag laundry hamper I didn't want (still in box unassembled) so I brought it along. Let myself into his house (he gave me the code so I can come in whenever I want) & assembled the hamper. I give it maybe 2 days before it breaks. It was crappier than I thought, but maybe the bags will come in handy. I also brought over a rake and told him to tell the crackhead who broke my previous rake that if he breaks this one I will throat punch him. Friend got back just as I was pulling the last corner of the last bag over the nub.

Got back my my house with him and he was surprised to see stuff was ready. I had the bolts in the flange, put the waxless seal on, put straws on the bolts to help line it up. He got it put on and then trimmed the water supply line (I had marked with tape where I wanted it cut). He then said "Where's the toilet supply line". I knew I forgot something. And I knew I had one somewhere. Looked all around for it and then said "I'll go buy one and put it on later". So I had him put the knew ball catch in the door and get the dummy knob on. I couldn't get the screws to line up and was having trouble. He needed a socket wrench (I had bolts with locknuts instead of screws to hold it on) and found my supply line in the tool bag with the socket wrench. LOL. I said "Hey, guess what I just found?" "Toilet supply line?" "Yup!". So he put that on as well. I tried but my monkey hands kept crossthreading it. So, now my toilet works!

Dropped him off at home after he gave Mom a hug and went back to Walmart (per mom's request). Got myself a better laundry hamper (to be assembled) made out of metal and cleaned up a bit on my bathroom and put in my new trash can. Ate a salad and a chicken drumstick, got food for mom, and then went and glued the broken piece off the toilet seat that is needed to secure it to the toilet. It will take 24 hours to cure. I used the sticker from my trash can to lay over where I wanted to attach the piece and then attached it and the sticker helped it stay in place. Held it for 45 seconds (it said 15 to 30 but I wanted to err on the side of caution). Got some TP and wet wipes in there so the bathroom can be used.

Need to clean up the vanity, get the door back on it, and get my tp holder up. I'll post pics in my thread about my bathroom floor project.
 
Customer appreciation day.
They put up with me and my hours.
......and this three day job interrupts their lives for 5 intermittent days....... I finished up today and left with a thank you card.
Sounds more like repair contractors appreciation day 🤗 Fantastic Job Highup

My sister ( customer rep. ) would pass on customer compliments and that’s nice 🙂, but A CARD WITH 💰 that’s the 🐝 knees….. buy yourself something special !

When a flooring contractor has YOU ! On his side, it almost makes sense to purposely botch a job and then send Super Randy to save the day 🤗
 

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