Comments on: Hand upon the plow. http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hand-upon-the-plow one writer's daily download Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Jarosh http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84661 Andrew Jarosh Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:27:38 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84661 Once you've owned a condo, you can never go back to weedwackers. Andrew Once you’ve owned a condo, you can never go back to weedwackers.
Andrew

]]> By: DWF http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84165 DWF Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:56:57 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84165 We are renting a house in Seattle. Renting. We just spent $2700 to put in a fence, because we have a very large dog and a very large yard, and it needed a fence. Renting. And that's money we'll never see again, either. Though maybe we can take the fence with us when we move and burn it for firewood, since we won't be able to afford heat. We really love our dog. We are renting a house in Seattle. Renting. We just spent $2700 to put in a fence, because we have a very large dog and a very large yard, and it needed a fence. Renting. And that’s money we’ll never see again, either. Though maybe we can take the fence with us when we move and burn it for firewood, since we won’t be able to afford heat.

We really love our dog.

]]> By: LA mary http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84091 LA mary Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:40:20 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84091 Brian Threatening to shoot the former could motivate the owner as much as threatening to shoot the owner. michaeJ I'm going to tell my kids what you said about Smokey's name. They will likely cry, and I hope you feel terrible about that. Brian
Threatening to shoot the former could motivate the owner as much as threatening to shoot the owner.

michaeJ
I’m going to tell my kids what you said about Smokey’s name. They will likely cry, and I hope you feel terrible about that.

]]> By: michaelj http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84024 michaelj Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:01:38 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84024 LA Mary. It's criminal to name any dog Smokey. Like branding him (I'm assuming) with the effulgent crimes of Phillip (Can't Fool the Fatman) Fulmer. As far as Silvio is concerned, the great moment was his dream about the missing cheese. I think this was an inside joke. There was never any cheese missing on <i>The Sopranos</i>. There was <i>The Godfather</i> and then everything else, including <i>Goodfellas</i> that was purely the crappiest movie critics went nuts over that wasn't called <i>Raging Bull</i>. Really asinine, by <i>Rocky</i> standards. <i>Sopranos</i> is undeinably entertaining, but when people start in on "morally ambiguous", well so's Karl Rove. Jesus, creeps are creeps. Lee Atwater wouldn't tolerate Karl Rove. It's the HBO flagship, but one. That would be <i>Deadwood</i>. Can Robert Altman sue these people? We'd rather watch <i>McCabe & Mrs. Miller</i>, and the outright theft of intellectual property is stunning. They couldn't duplicate the incandescence of Julie Christie, or Senator Bulworth, for that matter. Actually, and I'm certain about this, the quintessential mob movie is <i>Atlantic City</i>. Elmer Gantry a tired old oil tycoon at the beach. We'd all have been a whole lot better off if he'd been president. Or Atticus. Instead we got the guy that wished he was Charlton Heston, and thought Grover Cleveland had been president. LA Mary. It’s criminal to name any dog Smokey. Like branding him (I’m assuming) with the effulgent crimes of Phillip (Can’t Fool the Fatman) Fulmer.

As far as Silvio is concerned, the great moment was his dream about the missing cheese. I think this was an inside joke. There was never any cheese missing on The Sopranos. There was The Godfather and then everything else, including Goodfellas that was purely the crappiest movie critics went nuts over that wasn’t called Raging Bull. Really asinine, by Rocky standards.

Sopranos is undeinably entertaining, but when people start in on “morally ambiguous”, well so’s Karl Rove. Jesus, creeps are creeps. Lee Atwater wouldn’t tolerate Karl Rove. It’s the HBO flagship, but one. That would be Deadwood. Can Robert Altman sue these people? We’d rather watch McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and the outright theft of intellectual property is stunning. They couldn’t duplicate the incandescence of Julie Christie, or Senator Bulworth, for that matter.

Actually, and I’m certain about this, the quintessential mob movie is Atlantic City. Elmer Gantry a tired old oil tycoon at the beach. We’d all have been a whole lot better off if he’d been president. Or Atticus. Instead we got the guy that wished he was Charlton Heston, and thought Grover Cleveland had been president.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84023 Dorothy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:59:31 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84023 Oh Pam I think it will take me about an hour for my mouth to stop gaping open after reading all that. Great googly moogly!! And Nance, you really made me laugh with that comment! Oh Pam I think it will take me about an hour for my mouth to stop gaping open after reading all that. Great googly moogly!! And Nance, you really made me laugh with that comment!

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84012 nancy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:22:39 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84012 This is what will happen to Carmella Soprano's spec house in a few more years. This is what will happen to Carmella Soprano’s spec house in a few more years.

]]> By: Pam http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84010 Pam Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:15:26 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84010 I know no one will read this because I'm maybe the twenty something-th poster but...... You think you got problems? Wait 'til you hear this! Got a quote for $8K to reface the front of the house with Hardie siding, reframe the windows etc. Lots of wasps nests behind the old cedar and all the boards were splits and popping off the house. Things go fine until they start the front windows. I will make a real long story very short. They discovered that the reason all the boards in front were popping off and not level is because the whole front wall of the house bows out!! Upon further inspections and quotes, the house has jumped the foundation due to a very very faulty installation of support beams in the basement when the house was built. One of the guys who looked at it got visibly agitated! It was probably one of the most exciting things to happen in his basement foundation job all summer! The final tab is not in, but I'm pretty sure it will be about another $8K or more. Here's the REAL FUN -- we have to remove ALL of the landscape plants and bushes and stacked stone wall in the front so that they can excavate down to foundation level and hydrolically push the wall back in place. The guy said we might not want to be here when that happens. He said the noise is really bad! Have you ever tried to get a landscaper on short notice in the summer?? We may end up doing this ourselves. But I just don't know how we can get the heavy root balls up. We're thinking about just trashing 2 of the bushes and planting new ones. Boo Hoo!!! I LOVE each one of those dearies! We are already executing Part I of my master plan. They need 10 feet of clearance in front of the basement walls so the basement is getting a MASSIVE CLEANING OUT. We're doing more basement stuff next Monday because Tuesday is trash day in W'ville. Then we have to address the water in the basement problem which I'm fairly sure (because our luck has been so bad on this) is going to involve removing all the heavy stones in the shade garden, trenching for a new drain system, and re-installing the heavy stones. Hello, Dean? Can I afford this? Needless to say, we are FREAKING out!! I would never have contracted a bathroom remodel if I'd know that we would have this escalating series of foundation, drainage and brick problems. Oh, did I mention? Guy says, "You may want to call a mason, the bricks on the front might collapse when we do this." Argh! Too bad you can't get rid of the entire landing strip in your back yard. But at least you now have a little greenery. And the birds will appreciate the raspberries. RV owners can be totally nuts about their vehicles and it's a passion I don't understand. A man I knew at my last job had an RV. When everyone knew we were all getting laid off, he had a 2nd garage added on his property with 2 of those GIANT doors to park his RV in. The cost of the doors alone!! I can only imagine. And yes, he got laid off about 3 months after the garage was built. I know no one will read this because I’m maybe the twenty something-th poster but…… You think you got problems? Wait ’til you hear this! Got a quote for $8K to reface the front of the house with Hardie siding, reframe the windows etc. Lots of wasps nests behind the old cedar and all the boards were splits and popping off the house. Things go fine until they start the front windows. I will make a real long story very short. They discovered that the reason all the boards in front were popping off and not level is because the whole front wall of the house bows out!! Upon further inspections and quotes, the house has jumped the foundation due to a very very faulty installation of support beams in the basement when the house was built. One of the guys who looked at it got visibly agitated! It was probably one of the most exciting things to happen in his basement foundation job all summer! The final tab is not in, but I’m pretty sure it will be about another $8K or more. Here’s the REAL FUN — we have to remove ALL of the landscape plants and bushes and stacked stone wall in the front so that they can excavate down to foundation level and hydrolically push the wall back in place. The guy said we might not want to be here when that happens. He said the noise is really bad! Have you ever tried to get a landscaper on short notice in the summer?? We may end up doing this ourselves. But I just don’t know how we can get the heavy root balls up. We’re thinking about just trashing 2 of the bushes and planting new ones. Boo Hoo!!! I LOVE each one of those dearies! We are already executing Part I of my master plan. They need 10 feet of clearance in front of the basement walls so the basement is getting a MASSIVE CLEANING OUT. We’re doing more basement stuff next Monday because Tuesday is trash day in W’ville. Then we have to address the water in the basement problem which I’m fairly sure (because our luck has been so bad on this) is going to involve removing all the heavy stones in the shade garden, trenching for a new drain system, and re-installing the heavy stones. Hello, Dean? Can I afford this? Needless to say, we are FREAKING out!! I would never have contracted a bathroom remodel if I’d know that we would have this escalating series of foundation, drainage and brick problems. Oh, did I mention? Guy says, “You may want to call a mason, the bricks on the front might collapse when we do this.” Argh! Too bad you can’t get rid of the entire landing strip in your back yard. But at least you now have a little greenery. And the birds will appreciate the raspberries. RV owners can be totally nuts about their vehicles and it’s a passion I don’t understand. A man I knew at my last job had an RV. When everyone knew we were all getting laid off, he had a 2nd garage added on his property with 2 of those GIANT doors to park his RV in. The cost of the doors alone!! I can only imagine. And yes, he got laid off about 3 months after the garage was built.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84000 Dorothy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:42:54 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-84000 'twasn't a priest - it was a guy in a black shirt and pants. No priestly collar on that guy. I rewound it 3 times to be sure. Painful to see Sil get shot over and over again like that!! ’twasn’t a priest – it was a guy in a black shirt and pants. No priestly collar on that guy. I rewound it 3 times to be sure. Painful to see Sil get shot over and over again like that!!

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-83855 brian stouder Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:14:36 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-83855 We're about to do the roof and gutters - and indeed the cost estimates are through the roof, prompting guttural groans all around. But here in good ol' Fort Wayne, and in our neighborhood - I am relying heavily on a hybrid of Nance's <i>“Ah, but the house will be worth 4 percent more at the end of this year whether I do anything or not, so it’s just gravy.”</i> nugget, modified by my firmly held belief that we've put it off for so long that we really cannot help but <i>gain</i> from the improvement (even if the gain is only to being us up from sub-par to par value!) We’re about to do the roof and gutters – and indeed the cost estimates are through the roof, prompting guttural groans all around.

But here in good ol’ Fort Wayne, and in our neighborhood – I am relying heavily on a hybrid of Nance’s “Ah, but the house will be worth 4 percent more at the end of this year whether I do anything or not, so it’s just gravy.” nugget, modified by my firmly held belief that we’ve put it off for so long that we really cannot help but gain from the improvement (even if the gain is only to being us up from sub-par to par value!)

]]> By: Cathy http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-83829 Cathy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:54:20 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/06/04/hand-upon-the-plow/#comment-83829 The big joke around our house is that our new $12K roof is my 50th birthday present. It is, after all, big and expensive. The big joke around our house is that our new $12K roof is my 50th birthday present. It is, after all, big and expensive.

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