Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

In after Baud. Damn.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

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The world was not built for short people, something I’ve known but never think about, but am now being forced to think about in great detail. Joelle’s house is not massive, so it’s important to make really good use of the space, but she just can’t do that because half the space I can use is out of reach. It also makes it super hard for her to clean things like the top of the fridge. Add to it she has a galley kitchen, and you can see where I am going.

I’ve spent the last couple of days mentally reorganizing to make things work better, and it is harder than you would think because I can’t just put things where I can reach them because I will be gone in a couple months and then what is she supposed to do- just not use the fucking colander for six months? It’s challenging. Also, through no fault of her own, I keep finding gross things that she doesn’t even know existed because they are all happening three feet over her head. You hobbits are really missing out on a great deal of the world.

I’ve decided after I get the whole house organized and useful for her, and get some “guy” stuff done (cleaning vents, rewiring some lamps, powerwash the carport and clear out the laundry room, moving heavy shit she has wanted moved for years but couldn’t move, etc.), my first real project is going to be to paint the cinderblock fence. It’s eight feet of just blah, and a little paint after I regrout and seal it will just make it pop. Plus, it’s just a fence. If we like the color, we can use it as a basis for the house and trim and doors. If we don’t, we can just repaint the fucking thing.

Fuck Trump.

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  1. 1.

    Hidalgo de Arizona

    I’d recommend going for a lighter color on the fence; it’ll last longer under the desert sun.  Best of luck!

  3. 3.

    TaMara

    The woman who owned my house before me was almost 6′ tall. It has created some challenges, including trying to check my mail.  That does give the neighbors a chuckle.

    I keep a stepstool between the wall and the refrigerator for kitchen stuff I need to reach and fuck it, any dirt I can’t see just does not exist.

    In the laundry room, I just stand on my tippy toes to reach the detergent from extra-high cabinets. If I had the energy/time/money I’d add shelves under the cabinets.

  4. 4.

    Sandia Blanca

    Can you please stop in Austin on your way back to WV to help reorganize our house? This shortish person would appreciate it. 😁

  5. 5.

    Jackie

    Check paint color with HOA first – if applicable. It may save you money and time, should you have to repaint to the stinkin rules.

  7. 7.

    dexwood

    Welcome to my marriage, Cole. Me, 6′ 2″, she 5′ 0″. Great kitchen cabinets for me. Not fully functional, too high for her. Man, the discussions we’ve had about about where things go. Sometimes, I bend my knees, stoop down just trying to see things as she does.

  8. 8.

    Anoniminous

    Look into the various Rev-a-Shelf offerings. They ain’t cheap but they increase the usable* under-the-cabinet space by 25%. The Rev-A-Shelf Two-Tier Cookware Organizer is an absolute godsend.

    * Unless getting on one’s hands and knees to undertake an archeological expedition in one’s kitchen is your or Jolene’s idea of a Good Time.

  9. 9.

    Omnes Omnibus

    after I get the whole house organized and useful for her

    Have you checked with Joelle as to need for, and advisability of, this? If not, please consider doing so.

  10. 10.

    Matt McIrvin

    Sam used to live in a studio apartment in Malden with kitchen cabinets built so high that she’d just leave the doors swinging open and they’d swing completely over her head with several inches of room to spare. She’d have to stand on a stool to even use them, so it was easier for her this way. But I’d go to get something and constantly be banging my head on the corners of these doors.

  11. 11.

    Jackie

    @TaMara: My 6’ tall son ALWAYS puts items at his convenient level and then complains when I have to make him retrieve for me. “Why did I get stuck with a munchkin mom???”

  14. 14.

    HinTN

    They make two step kitchen ladders. We have one and use it often for accessing the top shelf of cabinets in our 9-foot ceiling kitchen.

    Yeah, I don’t look often at the top of the fridge, FFS.

  21. 21.

    There go two miscreants

    At one point I had a partner who was only 5′ (I am 6′ 2″ after some age-related shrinkage). I removed the bottom drawer and toe-kick  from a 15″ base cabinet in the kitchen and bought a library stool; garaged it in the drawer space. She could snag it with her foot and roll it out when needed.

  23. 23.

    Brachiator

    A coworker was 6 ft tall. In her stocking feet. Her husband was 6 ft 3 in or so. Their kids were tall. I used to call their home the land of the giants because they had big furniture, lots of space and tried to make things accommodating and comfortable.

  25. 25.

    eclare

    @TaMara:

    That is where I keep my fold up stepstool!  I made the mistake of buying one of those high efficiency washing machines with a huge drum.  I can barely reach the clothes after they have been washed!

  27. 27.

    teezyskeezy

    Dammit, Cole. I have to move to where you are in the next 6 months. Ya cursed meh!! aaaHHHRRRR….

  28. 28.

    strange visitor (from another planet)

    yeah, no. the world LOVES short people. i’m 6’6″, i can barely get pants or jackets that fit right. can’t fit on a bus seat. can’t fit on most modern jets. there are a few perks, but it’s no fun for myriad reasons.

  30. 30.

    eclare

    @dexwood:

    I seriously dated a guy who was 6’4″, and I’m 5’1″.  His mother always kidded him about falling for me, saying that somewhere there was a 5’11” or 6′ tall woman who would love to date a guy that she could wear heels with.

    I also never realized the importance of shower head placement before I dated him.  On a lot of trips when we stayed in hotels, the shower spray would hit him directly in the chest.

  32. 32.

    eclare

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Seriously.  Thank you.  My ex (notice the word ex) used to reorganize my house and do lawn projects when I was at work.  That led to a lot of frustration and fights.  Redoing my backyard was expensive.

  33. 33.

    Scout211

    Except for the cabinet under the sink and the little skinny cabinet for cookie sheets, all of our lowers consist of two super large drawers the width of two regular cabinets.  Similar to this.

    The drawers were recommended to us by the cabinet guy who made and installed the cabinets. They are awesome and so easy to use for tall and short people alike.  No more bending down to try to find a pot or pan that got shoved into the back of a cabinet.  You open the drawer and can see everything.  And it’s the whole drawer, not just a pull-out so you can stack things to the top of the drawer.

    Of course, this doesn’t do anything to help not-tall people reach the uppers.  I guess that’s what step stools are for.   We have several throughout the house.

  35. 35.

    twbrandt

    I am 6’1”, which is not that tall, but I would not want to be any taller than what I am. I barely fit into economy airplane seats, most driver seats in cars don’t go back far enough or if they do leave no legroom for backseat passengers, and I too often bang my head on furnace ductwork in basements. OTOH I have full use of my kitchen cabinets.

  36. 36.

    RevRick

    I never cease to be amazed that the Dutch/Anglo Saxon word for sex has also come to mean “I wish you were dead.”

  41. 41.

    Mousebumples

    @Brachiator: A coworker was 6 ft tall. In her stocking feet. Her husband was 6 ft 3 in or so. Their kids were tall. I used to call their home the land of the giants because they had big furniture, lots of space and tried to make things accommodating and comfortable.

    Lol, sounds like my family. I’m 6 foot, Mr. Mouse is 5’11”. My 4 year old is already closing in on 4″ (about 44″, I think, last I checked). We’re alllll tall, lol.

  44. 44.

    wjca

    JJoelle’s house is not massive, so it’s important to make really good use of the space, but she just can’t do that because half the space I can use is out of reach.

    As @There go two miscreants noted, the solution is a library stool.  Gave my wife one very early on.  Best thing I ever did for my marriage.

  45. 45.

    eclare

    @Mousebumples:

    The guy I dated who was 6’4″ had a brother who was 6’5″ and mom and dad were 5’11” and 6’2″ or so.  I was taught growing up that when you are a dinner guest, don’t take as much as you want on the first pass, be polite.  I unlearned that very quickly as all the dishes were emptied on the first pass.

  46. 46.

    strange visitor (from another planet)

    @schrodingers_cat:  lolol…probably my perspective bias. anything below, say 5’10”, is short to me.

    same way  mrs visitor (who is from poughkeepsie) cringes every time i call yonkers upstate

    @eclare: would you believe i’m the shortest guy in my family? brother was 6’7″, father 6’8″, grandpa 6’9″ and great grandpa was the big one at 7’0″. relatively, i’m wee.

  48. 48.

    laura

    powerwash the carport – that’s a paddling. Get Joelle the step ladder/kitchen chair of her dreams that passes all manner of safety and stability standards- and good luck agreeing on a galley layout. I’m crazy about my kitchen~and it’s unlikely to burn the house down or shock the spouse in his nether regions unlike our old squalid kitchen. Here’s a few: https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/kitchen-step-stools/

  49. 49.

    wjca

    @strange visitor (from another planet): the world LOVES short people. i’m 6’6″, i can barely get pants or jackets that fit right. can’t fit on a bus seat. can’t fit on most modern jets.

    Also makes it hard traveling in Europe.  Even at only 6’3″ I’m forever laying open my forehead on low lintels when I’m there.

  50. 50.

    Brachiator

    @twbrandt:

    I am 6’1”, which is not that tall, but I would not want to be any taller than what I am. I barely fit into economy airplane seats, most driver seats in cars don’t go back far enough or if they do leave no legroom for backseat passengers…

    I was looking at YouTube reviews of various EVs. There were some vehicles that stupidly had insufficient leg room. Even the SUVs. On a Honda or Fiat model, if you had the driver’s seat pushed back, you could not fold down the rear seat fully.

    Rear seat headroom was also a problem.

    A notable exception was a Kia 7 seat SUV. It was boxy, but had great headroom and leg room, even with front seats pushed back. This was also the case with the Tesla Cybertruck. Sorry. It was roomy, comfortable and apparently fun to drive.

  51. 51.

    Pete Downunder

    My last house before I moved down under was owned by a very short couple. I’m not that tall, 5′ 11″ or so and shrinking with age, but I had to re-model the bathrooms as the basins were so low I just could not bend over far enough to brush my teeth. Along the same lines an English friend who lives in 16th century farm house outside London has to be very careful as the beams in the older rooms are so low. Folks were shorter then it seems.

  52. 52.

    Soapdish

    Get her one of those little plastic folding step stools. They store flat and take up hardly any space. We call it “The Extra Eight Inches” because what girl doesn’t sometimes need an extra eight inches?

  55. 55.

    JCJ

    @strange visitor (from another planet):  A few years ago a 6′ 7″ friend visited when we were staying in Bangkok.  It was interesting watching him have to duck his head when getting on the commuter train and watch out for the hand rails.  We also took a commuter boat where he had to tilt his head to the side to walk to a seat.  As a 5′ 7″ person I had no such problems

  56. 56.

    frosty

    Kitchen solution for short people and cabinets that go to the ceiling: get a stepstool if Joelle doesn’t already have one.

    This is pretty much what we’ve got. Folds flat, stays parked against the refrigerator.

    Step stool (two steps)

    ETA What @TaMara: said. And stop calling me a Hobbit! You’re an Ent!

  57. 57.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Brachiator: I walked by a Tesla store over the weekend and they had a cyber truck right in the window.  I had seen lots of photos but you have to see it in real life to understand just how ugly and stupid looking it is. I mean wow.

  58. 58.

    satby

    @Jackie: @TaMara:  I’m 5’1″. My oldest son is 6’5″. He used to put cookies and potato chips on top of the cabinet over the fridge, telling me “so little people can’t get into mischief”.

    Little prick is lucky he survived his teenage years.

  62. 62.

    Another Scott

    @frosty: Ladders and step-stools can be dangerous, of course.

    OSHA pamphlet (15 page .pdf) – from 2003. I understand there are newer rules about some types of steps requiring handrails now.

    While this is overkill at home, seriously, it’s very easy to trip on those things, and tripping can cause serious or deadly injuries. (My step-mom’s mid-50s doc died when she fell on her basement stairs.) If there are ways to store stuff so that it doesn’t require a step stool then that’s better.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  63. 63.

    NotMax

    Two words: collapsible colander.

    Stores flat in a drawer or on its edge in a lower cabinet. Well worth spending a smidgen more for ones with the stainless steel base as opposed to 100% silicon models.

  64. 64.

    Tony G

    My wife is a foot shorter than me, and the house is organized accordingly.  However, there are things that I have trouble finding because they’re on low shelves.

  66. 66.

    frosty

    @Another Scott: Well, yeah. I’m done with getting on extension ladders.

    But if you have a small kitchen and you need cabinets that go to the ceiling so you can store everything, there’s no alternative to a stepstool. When I get to the point that I can’t use it we’ll probably be moving because we won’t be able to handle the stairs either.

    Or getting in and out of the shower that’s over a clawfoot tub. 100-year old foursquares are nice until they’re not.

  67. 67.

    Ohio Mom

    @Brachiator: In fifth grade in NYC, we had a social studies unit on our state. One of the projects involved filling in a map of New York with such things as geological features, major cities, etc.

    I was shocked to discover that “upstate” as I had understood it, that is the Catskills, did not border Canada.

    I used to be five feet tall but in my late 60s, I am shrinking. There are step stools in almost every room of the house. Most have been chosen to complement the decor in the room.

  69. 69.

    Brachiator

    @Steve in the ATL:

     I had seen lots of photos but you have to see it in real life to understand just how ugly and stupid looking it is. I mean wow.

    Yes. It’s ugly, but now that they are shipping the thing to customers, the bigger question is how it performs.

    In some of the YouTube videos, people smile and wave and take pictures when they see the thing driving down the street. And passengers and drivers kinda like the thing.

    A lot of these people are Tesla enthusiasts, so they may be biased. But in perusing YouTube videos, the vehicles that stand out for comfort and performance have been the Cybertruck, the Kia and the EV Rolls Royce Spectre, but the latter is $600k.

  70. 70.

    like a metaphor

    My x-wife was over 6 feet tall.  Quite a bit taller than me.  When it was decided that we needed a new car, I pushed for the Mini-Cooper.  She was like WTF are you thinking? Have you ever even seen me?

    I was like, yes, honey, that’s why we are getting the optional sun roof

  71. 71.

    Shalimar

    @Brachiator: Why be sorry the Cybertruck is roomy, comfortable, and fun to drive?  It looks like a free-range toaster.  We hope Tesla designed it towards having some positives.

  72. 72.

    Sure Lurkalot

    I recommend a 2 stepper with a frame…I have a bog standard one that folds flat enough to hang on the inside of the pantry door. I’m the average five four.

    Kitchen is strange…9’ wide by 20’ long with half of it a galley kitchen and the other half a nook. It’s nice to have tall cabinets in the small space. The rarely used stuff gets stored up top, the stepper is a must but not that often used.

  73. 73.

    Jackie

    I have a two step foot stool, but I only use as a last resort. It doesn’t have arms to hold onto if I need the taller step. So, please tall people, don’t put the items I need to reach on the top shelves!

    And when hands are full with what I needed, even more precarious stepping down.

  74. 74.

    strange visitor (from another planet)

    @JCJ:  it’s a problem from time to time and from place to place. sometimes a much more serious problem than others, but yeah.

  76. 76.

    Lyrebird

    @eclare: ​
     

    Those are probably sturdier than this one, but if it’s a smaller galley kitchen, there might be less space next to the fridge. My grandma had one like this, just white, that slid into a teeny space in her apartment. Top shelves were for grandchildren to handle, but with the small stepstool, she could actively use the rest.

  78. 78.

    Poe Larity

    Cabinets are a manifestation enforcing order on unstructured objects. You know what that led to.

  80. 80.

    eclare

    @NotMax:

    Didn’t Clarence vacation there for free?

    Yep, per Google Harlan Crow has a place there, Camp Topridge.

    Beat by Chetan Murthy!

  82. 82.

    Burnspbesq

    There are these things called step-ladders. Might make a perfect Valentine’s Day gift if covered with red roses.

  85. 85.

    prostratedragon

    @TaMara:  Just had my 6-6 brother in town over the holiday. That always leads to comedies like reaching for the Italian herbs while the oil is heating, and finding them on a cabinet shelf so high I didn’t even look up there for several minutes. They live in a different world.

  88. 88.

    opiejeanne

    @NotMax: That was Lee Pace????

    My sister’s ex worked as an extra in Hollywood after the divorce, and he was paid to eat pie in that shop. I mentioned that it was great that he was getting to work with her and Swoozie Kurtz, and he had no idea who they were.

  91. 91.

    Gretchen

    My first house was built in 1926, and the kitchen was obviously custom-build for a very short woman. I’m 5’6 » and I had to bend down to use the counters.

  92. 92.

    Gretchen

    When we had Volvos I was interested to see that they are scaled for different sizes. The station wagon was perfect for my 5’6inch self, while the sedan was scaled for the over 6 foot Swedish man. The interior or the station wagon was smaller, steering wheel smaller, everything fit me better, while everything in the sedan fit Mr. Gretchen.

  93. 93.

    frosty

    @Gretchen: That’s really interesting! So Volvo figured the women would drive the station wagon and the men the sedan. A little bit sexist but probably accurate.

  95. 95.

    Searcher

    @Gretchen: Fun fact: it was potentially a later owner who added the cabinetry.

    Standard cabinetry only became popular in houses in the 30’s and 40’s.  Prior to that, it was more common to have a kitchen table as the primary workspace and free-standing cabinets (like the famous Hoosier Cabinet) to hold dishes and food.  Your stove (and sink, post-plumbing) would be freestanding appliances of any shape or size.

  96. 96.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @Shalimar:

    Why be sorry the Cybertruck is roomy, comfortable, and fun to drive?  It looks like a free-range toaster.

    I call it the Cylon Troop Carrier. I’ve seen one of the “release candidates” multiple times here in Silicon Valley. I hope it’s comfortable and fun to drive because god lord the body panel alignment was horrendous. Major gaps, panels not lining up, etc. And ever uglier in person — the ’80s called and they want their 8-bit video game vehicles back.

  99. 99.

    BigJimSlade

    @Scout211: I’m just about 6′ 2″ with bad knees. I hate looking for shit at ankle-height. But our most-used bit of lower cabinetry is in an inside corner (cabinet on both sides of the corner – the 2 little drawers we have at the top have no handles, or else each drawer wouldn’t be able to open very much), so the drawers wouldn’t reach most of the space back there :-(
    I’ve gotten accustomed to just crawling on the floor for crap that’s down there – it’s easier than struggling with bending over upside down.

  100. 100.

    BigJimSlade

    @satby: lolol. I know you used the past tense there regarding his habits, but I would recommend using a ladder, getting those items out, and putting them at the back of the lowest, most inconvenient cabinet you have. Behind as much crap as possible, like behind a pile of pot lids.

  101. 101.

    BigJimSlade

    @Another Scott: I used to go to a place in East Boston (and later in Revere, of the big hair) called Uncle Pete’s. It was a smokehouse and had delicious pulled pork. Well, one day Pete fell off a ladder and was gone about a week later from head injuries. It was very sad – he was very nice and would walk through the restaurant chatting with everyone.

  102. 102.

    BigJimSlade

    100 comments in and no one has mentioned Julia Child? She was 6′ 2″ and had custom high counters to accommodate her height. But do I (same height) have custom high counters??? Noooooo. 😠
    Lol.

  103. 103.

    BethanyAnne

    I haven’t priced them, so I assume they are stupid expensive. But there are cabinet mounting hinges that let you grab the cabinet and pull it down to a short person level. Strange visitor’s family sounds like mine. Effectively, anyone under 6 foot married in. Mom was 6’, Grandma was 6’3”. Almost all the men are between 6’4” and 6’9”.

  104. 104.

    wjca

    @BigJimSlade: no one has mentioned Julia Child? She was 6′ 2″ and had custom high counters to accommodate her height. But do I (same height) have custom high counters??? Noooooo

    So, you get yourself a YouTube channel (the modern equivalent of her TV show), and make enough off it to get some built.**  Problem solved.

    ** Execution left as an exercise to the student…. 😕

  105. 105.

    LiminalOwl

    @Brachiator: In third grade, I had a friend who was 5’2”.  We were both eight years old. Her mother was 5’1” and her father was 6’8”.

    I was maybe 4’6” then, reached my maximum of 5’3” in college. We lost touch after fourth grade, and I sometimes wonder how tall she grew.

  106. 106.

    Hidalgo de Arizona

    @Mirona: hey, I’ve been less of a lurker since Cole started mumbling and grumbling about one of my personal favorite topics to mumble and grumble about; my home town.

  108. 108.

    Ann Marie

    Jackie, I have a similar problem.  I bought a two-step stepladder years ago and it worked fine for me, but now at 68 I have balance issues and I feel very unsafe standing on the top step.  Nothing to hold onto.  I had bookshelves built into a entire long wall of my living room and they go to the ceiling.  I felt fine reaching the top shelf then, but now I’m afraid of falling.  I need to do some light culling of my books to make room so I’m considering hiring a handyman just to help me with the top shelves.

  109. 109.

    Ruckus

    @satby:

    OK that was worth a laugh.

    I’m 5’10”. But my fingers come within about 4 inches of my knees and I have a 36″ inseam. But I had encephalitis when I was 7, from the measles. My legs and arms grew but my body barely did. With the arm reach and inseam I should have been at least 6’1″ to 6’2″.  Or taller. Oh well, too late now to contact the complaint dept…..

  110. 110.

    Ruckus

    @Sister Golden Bear:

    If you look at a Tesla much of the body work is sub par. A lot of mismatch on body parts. Saw one the other day the trunk lid was about 1/2 inch too long. Pathetic is the word I’d use. I saw one a few years ago, someone I knew bought one and it didn’t look as bad as some I’ve seen lately. My mom’s 47 Ford coupe, olive drab, I think it was war surplus, had a better built body. Paint sucked though. As long as people buy them I’d bet he really doesn’t give two seconds thought to overall quality. I wonder if the quality of Tesla might be one reason that EV sales are not taking off all that strong.

  112. 112.

    NotMax

    @Ann Marie

    Random idea. Maybe instead hire someone to install grab bars high enough up that you can use them as support. Won’t look as out of place if they are painted to match the shelves?

  113. 113.

    sab

    @laura: I highly recommend any of those two step ladders with the handle on top. After a certain age we all need the handle for balance. My two step ladder will stand on its own when half folded, so it can stand around in the kitchen taking up half the floor space it needs when open.

    I’m 5’4″ and spouse is 6’2″ so I need something so I can reach whatever he has put on the wrong shelf.

  114. 114.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Martin: ​
     

    You can use anything with holes to occupy the kallikantzaros, it doesn’t have to be a colander.

    You’re right, anything else with holes would do. But why have anything else with holes if you’ve got a colander?

  115. 115.

    Spanish Moss

    I am average height for a female but still can’t reach the uppermost shelf in my cabinets. I use a step stool with a long handle, something like this:

    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1274343983/step-stool-with-handle-wood-bench-solid

    The long handle makes all the difference because I can move the stool without bending down, and hold onto the handle for balance when standing on it. Since it is made of attractive wood I just leave it in the corner so it is always handy.

  118. 118.

    ColoradoGuy

    Thinking about paint colors for Arizona. Here in Colorado, where we have even more UV in the sunlight, people find out the hard way that some outdoor colors shift dramatically over time.

    Reds shift a lot and turn into a garish color of pink (unless it is barn red, which is stable). Bright greens fade very quickly and quickly turn into odd shades, like dull army green. Yellows fade but remain yellow. Blues are stable and look the same decades later. White stays the same. Black fades and turns gray with off-tints.

    Unless your windows have UV filters, interior paint colors fade also, just not as much.

  119. 119.

    AlaskaReader

    Cinder block fence can be stuccoed with pigment and then you don’t stop the breathability of the concrete.

    Paint will act like a sealant and promote failure of the paint’s ability to bond with the block.

  120. 120.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Soapdish:

    Get her one of those little plastic folding step stools. They store flat and take up hardly any space. We call it “The Extra Eight Inches” because what girl doesn’t sometimes need an extra eight inches?

    Avoiding the temptation to go all BJ After Dark there, is this what you had in mind?  I’ve got one, and just ordered a couple more because even at 5’9″ I find it handy when I need to see what’s on that top shelf in the closet.

  121. 121.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Brachiator: ​
     

    A lot of these people are Tesla enthusiasts, so they may be biased. But in perusing YouTube videos, the vehicles that stand out for comfort and performance have been the Cybertruck, the Kia and the EV Rolls Royce Spectre, but the latter is $600k.

    The Cybertruck may be a perfectly good passenger car. But it’s supposed to be a truck, and it’s hard to imagine that it would have much utility as a truck. The truck bed looks like a waste of space.

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    Rugosa

    @eclare:

     That gave me a laugh. The condo I live in bought one of those machines a few years ago. I keep a grabber on the shelf next to it so I can retrieve clothes from the bottom.

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    kalakal

    I’m 6ft and my wife is 4’11”. The top shelves in the kitchen are for the “we only use that every few weeks” classification.

    One thing that really helps her are lazy susans and rolling shelves in the cabinets, no having to reach to the back

    Other than that my role in life is to be an ambulant crane

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    Quinerly

    @eclare:

    I had a boyfriend once who built a goldfish pond in MY backyard. I was away dealing with parent’s stuff in NC. He was house sitting and looking  after my dog. He used the money I left for an “emergency.”

    I had never expressed an interest in having my prized  hosta bed dug up (and thrown away) and having it replaced with a goldfish pond, with a plastic liner. Gary was GONE before I even got my car totally unpacked.

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    Ann Marie

    @NotMax: ​
      That’s an interesting idea, but I’m not sure the vertical elements of my bookshelves could handle grab bars.

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    Hidalgo de Arizona

    @Paul in KY: Believe it or not, pastels are legal too!

    A good thing too, because just about every bright color becomes a pastel *real* quick around here.

    (Legal note; the legality of pastels depends entirely on the sanity of your HOA.)

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