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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, dang SIX! That looks classy!

That's really good looking!

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But what was that border along the ceiling? Wallpaper?

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Wow! That is fantastic SIX.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Wow! That is fantastic SIX.

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The pictures or the health insurance update?





Sounds like you deserve to relax tonight. You going to watch Killers of the Flower Moon tonight?

Figured you would have mentioned if you'd watched it already.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Lots to catch up on with you guys!

BRENDA, I hear you about flat feet and shoe shopping! I've got thst, plus EEEE width feet, and a bunion on my right foot. Once I find a brand and style that I like, I stick with it. Shoe shopping is such a trial!

Glad you noticed your blood sugar bouncing around. As I recall, you have hypoglycemia, right? I'll bet that's no fun.

SIX.
Interesting option on the insurance angle. I guess you report to the IRS as "self employed“. You might want to get a receipt book and save your copies bc I assume you'll be paid in cash? Also not sure what the contractor laws are there, but here any job worth more than $500 requires a license.

Also, don't do what our one handyman did: He did phenomenal work, a perfectionist. But had the strangest hours, would show up at 8PM and work until 3AM. That made sleeping difficult! And ultimately he bailed on a job and we couldn't get hold of him for completion. Once you get the rep for being reliable, people will be banging on your door! Also, have you thought of helping people de-hoard, or at least organize? It's light work but highly valued!

And congrats on getting that door up!

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Dpeaking of de- hoarding... I found dear daughter's secret stash in the front guest bedroom, where I rarely go. So we butted heads and then I sat her down in front of 8 bins ... #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass, aluminum, general recycling, small scrap metal, and trash, and sorted thru the bags with her.

She's still mad at me.

When we get to her room, tho, I won't make her get rid of anything. It'll just be organizing so hopefully less friction.


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SIX.
Interesting option on the insurance angle. I guess you report to the IRS as "self employed“. You might want to get a receipt book and save your copies bc I assume you'll be paid in cash? Also not sure what the contractor laws are there, but here any job worth more than $500 requires a license.

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Yeah. I've got some research to do for sure here. It wouldn't surprise me if there are some limitations to what I could do without a permit. Obviously, unless I really knew people well I wouldn't be doing things like electricity for them and take money in exchange for it. I know my work is up to Cook County, IL code and exceeds code around here in many aspects, but I'm not licensed or certified in the work. It's not exactly trying to get away with doing brain surgery when you never went to medical school, but things like that I would avoid. I know I couldn't install gutters since it requires a $30 permit even just to do your own around here, and I was told by the city it's to verify that the people you're paying to do it are licensed and bonded, or that you truly are doing it on your own and not paying somebody else to do it.

As for job prices, I don't think I'd see to many that were $500. I don't have interest in doing things like half/full bathroom remodels, and literally almost anything to do with a kitchen. I couldn't make money doing that stuff with how slow and perfectionist my work is.

But I could make money doing things like painting bedrooms and hallways and bathrooms and kitchens, or sheds on the exterior, or putting poly on your fence, etc.

I love painting. And I know I'd still take a long time doing it and making everything as perfect as I could, but it's low-danger, medium exertion work that I absolutely love doing. If I were able to get a couple of painting gigs every month, that would probably be all I needed to do.

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Also, don't do what our one handyman did: He did phenomenal work, a perfectionist. But had the strangest hours, would show up at 8PM and work until 3AM. That made sleeping difficult! And ultimately he bailed on a job and we couldn't get hold of him for completion. Once you get the rep for being reliable, people will be banging on your door! Also, have you thought of helping people de-hoard, or at least organize? It's light work but highly valued!

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Oh god. He did what? I know I got weird hours when I'm on my own time, but if the job isn't a 1040/W2 job where I'm scheduled to work overnight, I'm going to be there at banking hours, and only ever earlier if I wanted like some extra drying time between stuff to get it all done in one day instead of finishing it off on a 2nd day, and ONLY if you didn't immediately poo poo that idea because you've got your own life to live.

Nah... I come off like an asshole a lot here, but in real life, The Dude (usually) abides. I'm all about Don't Tread on Me, and when I interact with people in the real world I generally treat people the way that I expect people to treat me until they give me a reason to do otherwise. When it comes to customers, I do have lines, but I'm not going to come right out of the gates stepping all over their lines by inflicting my insomnia and weird sleep patterns on them.

But good lookin' out. You never know. I very well could have been somebody who desperately needed that advice that nobody ever gave him before. It's great advice.

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And congrats on getting that door up!

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Thank you. Pictures to follow in the next post.

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Dpeaking of de- hoarding... I found dear daughter's secret stash in the front guest bedroom, where I rarely go. So we butted heads and then I sat her down in front of 8 bins ... #1 plastic, #2 plastic, glass, aluminum, general recycling, small scrap metal, and trash, and sorted thru the bags with her.

She's still mad at me.

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Oh... Is she saving garbage then? Yikes. She'll get over being mad, but does she understand that you can't do that and what it could lead to if you do and nobody's stopping you?

A little advice that maybe you don't need...

I think your plan on her bedroom is spot on and what she needs after the talking to.

But I think that your end goal should be to really get her to understand why she can't do this and eventually willingly throw out the garbage she's hoarding on her own because she knows it's the right thing to do.

I get it, totally. My hoard tends to be a wide variety of stuff that a lot of people would consider garbage, but I have proven many times over that if I eventually do get to it, chances are I'm going to turn it into something great.

But my buddy and his Dad who I miss the hell out of now are a few steps beyond that. His dad remembered life shortly after the depression and he had an almost impossible time giving anything up. And because of the nature of his work for himself handyman who could do anything, he hoarded a LOT of trash. I'm sure when my buddy was going through it all, there were probably over 100 plastic butter tubs and 500 plastic cups. All sorts of trash that are quite useful to have on hand during a lot of jobs. But it's just all over and it's everywhere. A beautiful 2-car garage that for the 20 years I knew him never was empty enough to park a single car.


Sometimes there is purpose behind saving trash, but she needs to know that saving trash just for the sake of saving it is not an option.

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hmmmmmmm...

Have you asked her why she saves this stuff?

Maybe you should be specific with her about individual items. "What is it about this can that you felt you needed to hide it or else it would be thrown away? What does it mean to you? What were your plans for it?"


That's interesting. I wish you luck with that and I hope you can get her to understand all of it, Sigs.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
I meant the pictures.

Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."

I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.

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Originally posted by Brenda:

I meant the pictures.

Been having a relax rest of the afternoon. I am finishing up watching something else then I will sit down and enjoy "Killers of the Flower Moon."

I will let you know what I think. I want to be good and relaxed for it.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:

One of these days we got to get you real comfortable with that computer. Maybe see if we can get Second to behave like a human being for long enough to get you sailing the high seas and watching movies you want to watch when you want to watch 'em instead of having to wait 2 or 3 years to finally see them.

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