- ....the guys at the scrap metal yard are constantly astounded by the amount of aluminum siding you bring in.
- ....you take scrap metal to the junkyard so often that the attendants start asking how your week has been.
- ....you wear your respirator like a backwards baseball cap so often that you often forget to take it off for trips to the grocery store.
- ...earplugs are always dangling around your neck, even when you're doing the dishes.
- ...white t-shirts are no longer white
- ...you buy gloves as frequently as you buy toilet paper.
- ...you know the employees at the city Environmental Service Center on a first-name basis.
- ....the local grocery store is nicknamed "Combat Kroger."
- ...while removing rotten wood from the backyard, you are disappointed to find a post that no roaches came running out for you to stomp on.
- ...you realize that picking an exterior paint color is one of the toughest decisions you've ever made.
- "You have 17 extra doors, and none of them fit any of the door-frames that are missing doors in your house!" (from my blogger friend Daniel Meyer, ourvictorianbingalow.com)
- ...you despise people who only build new and won't even consider reusing materials.
- ...you wonder why people pay so much for simple things like drywall repairs
- ...you neglect your friends and your job just for a few extra hours to work on the house
- ...you're no longer petrified of crawl spaces
- you trade out your car for a pickup
- ...you start selling junk on Craigslist, just to get the few extra bucks for building materials
- the ladies at the salvage warehouse keep a running list of things you need
- priorities are set based on a) what's sparking* b) what's leaking c) what's causing you to trip all the time
[*just kidding about the sparking part—thankfully haven't had, nor ever expect that issue to arise] - you constantly find yourself saying, "yea, I was working on that but... [then X happened]"
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
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