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8h ago
inPulled 47 nails out of one wall in my Nob Hill bungalow, and that was just the first layer
Did you ever look into the mesh tape and setting compound trick for lathe? I read somewhere that the rough plaster gives the mud something to grab onto, so you just skim over the lathe in thin coats and sand it flat. Sounds easier than hauling a full sheet home for one wall, anyway.
1d ago
inMy uncle showed me a $2 DVD at a flea market in Tulsa and it ruined normal movies for me
Troll 2 is Italian, though. That's the part people always skip over. Claudio Fragasso directed it and the whole cast was Italian, most of them didn't speak much English, which is why the lines come out so weird. The town in the movie is actually Nilbog, and the whole "goblins" thing is because they wanted to make a sequel to Troll but the movie has zero trolls in it, just goblins and vegetarians. So when your uncle says masterpiece, he's not wrong, but the making of it is almost better than the movie itself. There's a documentary called Best Worst Movie about it from 2009 that his kid made, worth tracking down if you haven't seen it.
1d ago
inQuestion about hitting 40 species in my yard and missing the one that got me started
The line about keeping score of the wrong thing really hits. I did the same thing with a life list when I started. Chased new birds every weekend and burned out on it fast. What fixed it for me was going back and just watching the regulars. Sat with chickadees for a whole morning and it was honestly better than any rare bird I ever found. The cardinal will show up when it shows up. Maybe try putting out sunflower seed if you have not already, they cannot resist it. But the notebook is not the problem. You just forgot you were supposed to enjoy the coffee too.