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Old 04-02-2015, 01:36 PM
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I was looking at 60-65, and just happened to find the right deal on a 70
I hate you.




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Don't hate him, go buy one!
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Don't hate him, go buy one!
If I do...somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad. Somebody.
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
I hate you.




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You'd hate me even more if you knew how much I paid for it
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
You'd hate me even more if you knew how much I paid for it
Please do rub it in...the wound is already open and you already dumped salt on it.
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Please do rub it in...the wound is already open and you already dumped salt on it.
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Alright, here's what happened 2 weeks ago...
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Action shot while the tree is falling
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Bye Bye trees...
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The 2 bushes by the house on the far left were taken out too
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Bye Bye bushes...
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That's a lot of wood.. Maker.
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Maker is jealous of my wood...
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Yummy is jealous of my 70 inches
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Yummy is jealous of my 70 inches

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Now you've got me curious. How much did you pay for the 70"?

That would be too large for my living room but it's ok to dream, right?
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$34.50. Fuckin' DUH.
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You dream of having 70 inches?!?!?

Can you imagine what that would do to your poor colon and intestines?!?!
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Yummy's not even 70" tall
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Alright, so this was last Saturday...
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Now we're gettin somewhere...
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Big dude checking things out
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My dog the billy goat
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Trying to capture just how tall the hill is, didn't really work
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Top of the hill
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Larger excavator should be there today
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What are you doing? Putting up retaining wall back there to give you more usable backyard space?
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Whoa...lookit all though relatives of mine in those pics.
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Big dig. Looking good.
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
What are you doing? Putting up retaining wall back there to give you more usable backyard space?
Adding 12-15 ft of useable yard

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Whoa...lookit all though relatives of mine in those pics.
All your relatives went through the wood chipper, and then my dog peed on them
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You're a terrible man, Ack.
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Love the updates! The kitchen is looking great!

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Thanks Jake, it's called LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) It looks like ceramic tile, but it won't crack if you drop something on it (already confirmed), or if the floor settles. It's great stuff, and looks and feels like tile
Do you know if LVT is suitable for bathrooms? My bathrooms currently have linoleum flooring and my wife and I were going to go with tile, but I like the idea that LVT will "settle" with the floor. Also, is the grout actual grout or is it a part of the flooring?
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Are you running some sort of massive french drain? Or just a really solid retaining wall that's anchored into the hill they're digging into?

Just curious...15 feet is no fucking joke and I live in Florida...you already know I ain't diggin more than 6 inches without hitting limestone.
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Please do rub it in...the wound is already open and you already dumped salt on it.
You can buy my 81, if you like. I need to downsize.
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It would probably take 2 years to get to you though....

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You have an 81 inch fucking television?

You lookin to adopt?
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Loving everything you've done so far. Looking forward to seeing the backyard finished.
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Originally Posted by thunder04
Love the updates! The kitchen is looking great!
Thanks! I'm really happy with it

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Do you know if LVT is suitable for bathrooms? My bathrooms currently have linoleum flooring and my wife and I were going to go with tile, but I like the idea that LVT will "settle" with the floor. Also, is the grout actual grout or is it a part of the flooring?
Yep, I'm getting it in both my bathrooms, probably next year. And yes, it's real grout. They're actual square tiles that they glued down and grouted around. Looks so much like ceramic tiles

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Are you running some sort of massive french drain? Or just a really solid retaining wall that's anchored into the hill they're digging into?
Yes, there will be 2 french drains, 1 behind the wall off to the left toward the road, another down the smaller hill behind the house.
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You have an 81 inch fucking television?
I do in my basement
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I don't even have a robot that's 81 inches.
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Good shit...man...I figured you took drainage into account!

Wow...I would totes live in your basement. Down by the river.
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Nice updates!

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Whoa...lookit all though relatives of mine in those pics.
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All your relatives went through the wood chipper, and then my dog peed on them
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I don't even have a robot that's 81 inches.
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Alright, so here's 1 more before of the hill, you can see how steep and tall it is compared to my 100 lb dog.
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So this brand new beauty showed up at my house on Friday, only had 16 hrs of runtime on it.
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And then the real insanity started...
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And we're off...
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This thing works a lot better than the first backhoe that he brought
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From the rain/snow, the main pad of my yard was a nice mud pit, but it quickly warmed up and dried up
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View from my front door
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Here's where he stopped on Saturday
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