I don't understand from the problem description why removing the concrete is not an option. Reconsider it. If money is an issue (as it always is) then I'd counsel waiting until you have the budge...
I don't see the point of Krugman's column except that you need to carefully think about things you might do before you actually do them. E.g.:
(1) Balloon mortgages are bad. ...
Thanks to terrakeramik for the extensive post. I appreciate your position, but I think what disturbed me (and others) was that this post on this blog was a thinly-disguised advertisement without a...
The enviro-feel-goodism has the ring of a press release. I thought that the electric grid was interconnected, and that it was impossible even in principle in today's system to guarantee where your...
I have to think that these things are not "green" at all, even though there is a superficial temptation to think the opposite given the reuse of waste paper. I'd bet that the furniture is more tha...
I find that a drain hose is not essential, though people who disagree should take comfort that almost any decent unit either comes with a hose or has an adapter for one. We bought this model from ...
Not a fair comparison to Chicago itself, perhaps, but in our yard in suburban Hinsdale, I've seen raccoons, coyotes, red and grey squirrels, ground squirrels (chipmunks), rabbits and bats hunting i...
I'm sort of afraid to answer this because it sounds like a setup.
I don't see any indication that the doctrine of stigmatization exists in Illinois, and I see no reported cases ment...
It's true that going midweek, late in the evening is way better than going on the weekend. But the bottom line is that the store is big and labyrinthine that you just can't make a "quick strike" a...
Based on personal experience:
(1) If you have to remove antique radiators, it will be expensive and messy. You may have to drain the entire system to a level below that of the radiato...
Forgot to mention one more nitpick - it sure looks from the picture as if the closet door hinges also were painted. That's another classic sign that someone took shortcuts instead of taking the ti...
Yes, jick, the Tivoli's are not very cost-effective if you want to go beyond their Model One or Model Two. For a clock radio in my bathroom, I use the Boston Acoustics Receptor. Not as stylish, b...
Besides looking, um, "bad," (sorry) the main thing is that when someone paints existing moulding the same color as the wall, it looks amateurish - like the homeowner didn't want to bother taping it...
Personal experience, I always thought that Tivoli was a step up from Crosley quality-wise. I always thought Crosley was kind of gimmicky whereas Tivoli just concentrated on delivering the basics v...
Slightly off topic... Until now I never zeroed in on how capricious these subdivisions are. Just two among many examples, I think it's pretty counterintuitive to think that Florida belongs in the ...
Sometimes the best solution is to realize that there is no good solution (without changing the furniture you have to work with). See if you can swap pieces between other vignettes elsewhere in you...
Astonishing. The "early spring quilt" is almost identical, nearly indistinguishable in design and materials, from one I bought from Target (of all places) for around $70.
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I don't understand from the problem description why removing the concrete is not an option. Reconsider it. If money is an issue (as it always is) then I'd counsel waiting until you have the budge...
I don't see the point of Krugman's column except that you need to carefully think about things you might do before you actually do them. E.g.: (1) Balloon mortgages are bad. ...
Thanks to terrakeramik for the extensive post. I appreciate your position, but I think what disturbed me (and others) was that this post on this blog was a thinly-disguised advertisement without a...
The enviro-feel-goodism has the ring of a press release. I thought that the electric grid was interconnected, and that it was impossible even in principle in today's system to guarantee where your...
I have to think that these things are not "green" at all, even though there is a superficial temptation to think the opposite given the reuse of waste paper. I'd bet that the furniture is more tha...
I find that a drain hose is not essential, though people who disagree should take comfort that almost any decent unit either comes with a hose or has an adapter for one. We bought this model from ...
In Jamaica, hot. Next to a pool, hot. For general use in the upper Midwest, not.
Not a fair comparison to Chicago itself, perhaps, but in our yard in suburban Hinsdale, I've seen raccoons, coyotes, red and grey squirrels, ground squirrels (chipmunks), rabbits and bats hunting i...
Perhaps some of the people on this thread would enjoy this website: http://www.randi.org/ Seriously, it's the 21st century.
I'm sort of afraid to answer this because it sounds like a setup. I don't see any indication that the doctrine of stigmatization exists in Illinois, and I see no reported cases ment...
It's true that going midweek, late in the evening is way better than going on the weekend. But the bottom line is that the store is big and labyrinthine that you just can't make a "quick strike" a...
Look at the Chicago Bungalow Association's website, esp. the page discussing the different neighborhoods and related links:
Based on personal experience: (1) If you have to remove antique radiators, it will be expensive and messy. You may have to drain the entire system to a level below that of the radiato...
Forgot to mention one more nitpick - it sure looks from the picture as if the closet door hinges also were painted. That's another classic sign that someone took shortcuts instead of taking the ti...
Yes, jick, the Tivoli's are not very cost-effective if you want to go beyond their Model One or Model Two. For a clock radio in my bathroom, I use the Boston Acoustics Receptor. Not as stylish, b...
Besides looking, um, "bad," (sorry) the main thing is that when someone paints existing moulding the same color as the wall, it looks amateurish - like the homeowner didn't want to bother taping it...
Personal experience, I always thought that Tivoli was a step up from Crosley quality-wise. I always thought Crosley was kind of gimmicky whereas Tivoli just concentrated on delivering the basics v...
Slightly off topic... Until now I never zeroed in on how capricious these subdivisions are. Just two among many examples, I think it's pretty counterintuitive to think that Florida belongs in the ...
Sometimes the best solution is to realize that there is no good solution (without changing the furniture you have to work with). See if you can swap pieces between other vignettes elsewhere in you...
Astonishing. The "early spring quilt" is almost identical, nearly indistinguishable in design and materials, from one I bought from Target (of all places) for around $70.