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Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Yay!!! for my man!! I knew he was talented, I just didn't know how talented he was! Oh I would give a million to see his bare ass!! LOL

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
GAL, I am putting Bigdog on a plane right now to, uhhh ... save Colossus's ass. He is a professional carpenter. He probably won't let you have the cathedral ceiling, but he'll keep Colossus's privates from getting sheared off in the falls.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
I think I'm going to be laughing for at least a week, not only at Colossus' latest antics but at the idea of Bigdog flying out there to protect the essentials.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Now that's a picture I want to see.. both Colossus AND Bigdog working on that ceiling!

Tess
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04-13-2001

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
The ceiling doesn't stand a chance!!

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 1:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
LMAO at GAL's story! Too, too funny.

Baby
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01-08-2006

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 1:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Baby a private message Print Post    
Hi GAL,

I just finished writing a post over in the prayer section about how important I believe prayer is.

Now, I come over here and read your story and realize how important laughter is also!

Thanks to you, Colossus, his hiney and handyman adventures, I am going to sleep tonight with a big, old smile on my face!

I agree with Huk! This should be published! It's just too funny!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Granny, it's a mighty fine hiney I recommend seeing it bare LOL.

Juju, tell Bigdog I'll meet him at the airport in an hour. Fair warning, though . . . Colossus swears he's going back up there naked again but this time his respirator mask is going to be strapped to a different place (he's interested in saving his jungle junk, too). Being a guy, Bigdog will probaby understand.

Baby, I couldn't agree more about the power of prayer AND the power of laughter. Fortunately Colossus has a great sense of humor, too, or I'd have had to move back in with my parents for posting that story LOL.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Well get the camera ready!

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Hilarious story Goddess. That insulation must have been cellulose and not fiberglas or I would have expected Colossus having a fire in the loins that no one could have extinguished.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Hey Glenn, ya smartie! I just asked Colossus and he said the insulation is cellulose. I dunno 'bout no stinkin insulation, I'm a chick like that. As you might guess, Colossus figures the gauntlet done been thrown down and it's him against the ceiling now. What had been an argument between Colossus and me over whether the crawlspace would come down has now turned into an epic battle between Colossus and the satanic hole in the ceiling. Round one: Lucifer. I think I'll hedge my bets (and keep 911 on direct dial).

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
My bet is on Colossus now that I know he didn't get nekkid in fiberglas insulation.

A satanic hole can be a good thing. It allows light to penetrate the space and use his head for something besides holding a flashlight.

If someone were to ask me for advice and I know that they haven't, I would suggest going ahead and pulling down the sheetrock that covers the area you want to convert to a cathedral ceiling. It could prevent damage to his most important tools.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
You trying to spoil my fun, Glenn? Or are you trying to save it? (Wanders off to ponder yay versus nay.)

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Oh come on Goddess, surely you know I like having fun as much or more than yourself. What is even better is that both of us are having fun.

For example, I am on pins and needles to see what happens when Colossus starts removing the framing that supported your flat ceiling in order to make the cathedral ceiling. Will you now have a skylight you previously had not planned for?

Heck, maybe I should just be quiet and wait for the story and not give in to satisfying my immediate gratification needs. Maybe some fast food will satisfy me instead.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Glenn!!

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
If the pic in your profile, GAL, is of Colossus, then I'm betting it's a nice hiney.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I was wondering why he didn't just use a hack saw(?) and cut thru the ceiling too. And he can certainly do that nekkid also. In fact I encourage it cuz with the motion and all and oh just let me shut up now.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
ROFL Mocha!!!!! (Runs to wake up Colossus and tell him to get working on the ceiling)
Wendo, that's the big galoot himself.

Glenn we already have one skylight in there - nothing like climbing out of the shower and having a previously unanncounced roofer peering down on you. Would two skylights be so different? You decide. I should send Colossus in here to detail the problems. I don't need to worry my pretty head with them, I just want what I want . Truthfully, our bathroom is a very weird space and profoundly un-roomy. Upward is the only way we have to go.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Mojo...damn! now ya got me picturing that also.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Wendo, isn't that pic hot!!! and he is even hotter in person!!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
knowing how heat rises, i'm betting Colossus got all hot & sweaty up in the crawl space and that is why he shed his clothes.

that's a wonderful, funny story, goddess.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I concur, that's one hot picture. Lucky GAL.

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Goddess, maybe you should send Colossus in here to represent himself.

Since he has already lost one side of his closet by dangling on the shelf that supported his suits, maybe he could find another closet to store them in. Somehow, I would suspect he would have no difficulty in walking to another room to put on some clothing from what you have shared so far. He always seemed such a giver to me and you are a lucky person to have turned his head.

Think about it, what would be possible if you had some horizontal space as opposed to the vertical option you presently envision if you were to utilize his closet. By the way, I like the idea of using a cathedral ceiling in a bathroom and I especially like the use of the barrel ceiling.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
whenever i see that picture, i always want to know what the neighbors that were outside and saw him looking out, what they were thinking.

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Landi, if I remember the story correctly, that window was in a hotel room that was very high in the sky. My guess is that anyone viewing it was thinking they caught a glimpse of heaven.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Glenn!

Coco
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07-13-2000

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Glenn, that last post of yours made me lol. I really enjoy your creative expressions and I wish you would post more often. And I'm being sincere.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, March 13, 2006 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I think Glenn is onto something with enlarging the bathroom into Colossus's closet!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Glenn remembers the story correctly, Landi LOL.

Glenn, trust me we would be opening up some space into the closet if the configuration of the bathroom allowed it AND we had extra closet space (which we don't). And any attempt on my part to annex his side of the closet would be construed as permission to throw out all his clothes and run around nekkid full time. Which would be his favorite anyway. HEYYY wait a minute. That little butt-baring free-for-all was Colossus totally trying to trick me into bogarting his closet space so he could sally forth buck nekkid and dongle the world. E-VUHL!! I'm telling you, the shit you guys don't come up with to get your way. (Meanders off to administer unceremonious ass-kicking of monolithic proportions.)

PS that was a very sweet post. Too bad Colossus has to be disciplined because of it ROFL!!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I'm looking for a little advice on outdoor wood finishing.

I have an outdoor seat on my patio. Here's a pic as it looked 2 summers ago. I had just stained it with a Minwax combo stain/polyurethane. It's not teak, so I had stained it to look teak.

bench

NOW, 2 years later, and after enduring an especially rainy winter this past season, it needs to be sanded, re-stained & polyurethaned. It's not looking quite so nice anymore!

My question is: what are the steps I should take to do this? Should I sand it first? Or do I strip it? Then stain, then polyurethane? I'm thinking I won't go for a combo stain/poly again, to make it last longer... (?)

Can anyone recommend a process? Or anything else that might be useful to me? As you can see, it's quite detailed and I don't really trust the people at our Home Depot to give me the real scoop on how best to start this task.

Thanks so much in advance!!!
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Strip, sand, stain, polyurethane. Look for an outdoor or a marine poly (I know they have marine varnish, but not sure about poly).

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, May 07, 2006 - 10:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Yanks I just saw your post I'll see if Colossus has any advice to go along with Prisoner's.

Well, the crawlspace is torn out, the cathedral ceiling has been framed, insulation stapled in, electric moved to the newly-appointed places and the drywall is now being installed. Plumbing and jacuzzi installation were completed a few weeks ago. I got me a big, fat, cathedral ceiling to go along with my big, honkin garden tub and Colossus even admitted I was right about needing to raise the ceiling and he'd have never done it for anyone but me. That in and of itself was worth waiting six months for the project to really get moving. I'm a happy GAL. But of course the battles over decorating are about to commence, so I'm enjoying my happy day while I can.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Yankee: Just in case you haven't done anything about your outdoor bench yet (it's beautiful btw!)...I emailed my dad who does woodworking and he recommended you clean it off with a pressure washer and let it dry thoroughly. To finish it he said to use either marine varnish or spar varnish. They're meant to withstand the outdoor elements - rain, UV radiation, and such. Hope this helps.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
HI I just popped in here cuz I MISREAD the title. Thought it said Handyman Music! LOL.