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The TV is definitely not my noise box of choice.

In reference to sleeping noise: my husband recently generated 8 hours of grey noise to distract himself from my snoring at night, [well soooooooory! ; ) ] and I see there are several recordings available on YouTube. Might just be what some of you are looking for.

Wood work surfaces give me the creeps. Like a petri dish. Yarg.

I'm amazed no one went off about the photo accompanying this story — that only one seated person gets to see the TV in this room.

I'm disappointed. I've love a good AT sh!tstorm. : D

Never understood the "cute" underwear thing. I wear underwear that can't be seen through my clothes. I don't know how anyone coordinates a chartreuse bra.

And if my husband cared about my plain-jane underthings (or unshaven legs), I probably wouldn't have gotten involved with him. He's certainly allowed to make requests, but an on-going situation would be tedious.

Take twisty, steep stairs and then add a bunch of decorative tripping hazards — an excerpt from "How to Kill Your Spouse".

I don't see anything "hacked" either. Maybe the kitchen. Tired of seeing paint as "hack".

Check the windows for air leaks, too. My 1940s (wood) windows are like sieves and will collect condensation like that in the cold months (and then freeze completely opaque), so we have to put plastic up.

Your windows appear to have metal frames, but the putty that holds the glass in place may have decomposed and loosened up (or fallen out in places), or the outer edges may have gaps, allowing the cooler outside air to waft in.

All the comments about the humidity in your place are valid, but if your windows are in bad shape, there's nothing you can do about that aspect until you get them fixed. (at least in my experience)

I'm thinking what Tfiggy is thinking: your building may be grandfathered into a pre-code situation. Move out and look for something "correct".

You really need to put some kind of "footing" under them to keep them out of direct contact with the ground, but that's not a big deal. They make special concrete blocks for it.

In addition to not needing a railing on such a short deck, you also don't need a permit to build it. It doesn't attach to the house, so you don't have any complicated fastenings.

To keep critters out from underneath, just get two corgis. Works very well at my house. ; )

We built a 10 x 12 (or is it 12 x 16?) deck in our backyard last summer in 2 days for about $650. Best thing ever.

Just had to haul three loads of vinyl from my mother-in-law's, left from my husband's DJ days. Now it's sitting, pending a place to put it, outside his studio in our basement. Why's it got to be so dang big??? (But hey: if you want more vinyl, please check out Dirty Knobs on Kickstarter! I won't link it out because I don't want to be marked as spam.)