House

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:27 pm

Congrats again on the elephant house, Wade. I'm really happy for you.

Mojo workin' · Post by **Mojo workin'** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:34 pm

I was with you on the Mexican food and margaritas, then you lost me when you whipped out the White Label.

I'm sure it's a fine whiskey, but I have too many regurgitory memories of whiskey consumption, looking at street signs to find my way home in an 8 street neighborhood (that I'd lived in all my life) that I'm a beer only man. Except after 8 or so beers, then a shot or two of some rotgut Smirnoff or Yukon Jack suddenly become feasible.

Come back to the nectar that is Paulaner, Spaten and Hacker-Skorr. They await you with open hops!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:39 pm

Happy ownership, and many happy returns!
(Because if you walk into the wrong house, the neighbors get upset...

)

Just have your wife slip her hand into your bell tonight!

Biggs · Post by **Biggs** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:31 am

Congratulations Wade! Home ownership is an achievement that can take a lifetime for some.

And additional congratulations on spending that lifetime cultivating a fine taste in spirits.

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:42 am

Mazel Tov, Wade! Now you won't be able to get out of a Home Depot for less than $100 a trip. It is an awfully cool feeling, though.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:35 am

Welcome to the World of remodeling, fixing leaking roofs, cutting grass, and toilets that go beserk in the middle of the night! I've been in the same place since 1974. There ain't no place like home. Congratulations!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:51 pm

The gift that keeps on giving
(and you'll keep on paying, paying, and paying for...

)

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:47 pm

I have a picture of the house, including the former owner, which shows why it was available at such a reasonable cost...

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:26 pm

Nice house, Wade. Best of luck with it. BTW- does the stove actually work as it should? Personally, vintage gas stoves scare the crap out of me.

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:30 pm

I'll make elephant noises on my horn tonight in honor of the new digs!

One unsolicited advice:
Unless you like broken glass and crockery, don't put tile on the a)floor in the kitchen or b) the kitchen counter. Trust me on this one. Granite may look amazingly cool but when you break Anonymous Wife Person's jelly dish that she inherited from her great-great-grandma, the granite will look a lot less cool.

2300 square feet for a FIRST house?!?! sheesh. My second house, known as the Mansion, has 2319 square feet in it and I still have more room than I could ever need. Of course I am not an Elephant, own only three smallish tubas, and do not have an Anonymous Wife Person sharing it.

Cheers!
MA

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:58 pm

MaryAnn wrote:Of course I am not an Elephant, own only three smallish tubas, and do not have an Anonymous Wife Person sharing it

Where do Gilligan and the Skipper sleep?

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:26 pm

MaryAnn wrote: One unsolicited advice:
Unless you like broken glass and crockery, don't put tile on the a)floor in the kitchen or b) the kitchen counter. Trust me on this one. Granite may look amazingly cool but when you break Anonymous Wife Person's jelly dish that she inherited from her great-great-grandma, the granite will look a lot less cool.

Kind of like the huge cast-iron sink (with drainerboards on both sides) I have in my kitchen. Very cool, but very, VERY glass-unfriendly.