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xyzzysqrlEXCITING ACTION as woof and sqrl attempt to hang curtains! Sadly, neither of us got the Interior Decorator stereotype at character creation.
We cannot figure out what the fuck the eleven-inch screws shaped like a W are for, we have no idea how to put the brackets up without drilling through the outer facade of the building, we're PRETTY sure we accidentally bought "double curtain" rods (as in, you can hang two sets of curtains) because we wanted to cover two window panels ("Two curtains means "double", right?") ...
Sqrl: "I feel like nothing I learned in school was any use at ALL."
Woof: "No shit. I could for example triangulate the location of a sniper by using trig and measuring the angle and distance from our window to other buildings, but I cannot put up curtains for the sniper to dramatically shoot through."
Sqrl: "Maybe I should just phone my mother up at midnight. "MOOOOM. YOU KNOW THINGS ABOUT STUFF. HOW DO I CURTAINS?" Or I could take photos and put them on Livejournal..."
Woof: "Yeah. At worst I'll hang these up and then they'll fail down and break the window or air conditioner."
Sqrl: "Didn't Tom Hanks make a movie about this once?"
Woof: "You mean about how much it sucks to be a grown-up?"
Sqrl: "Well, I didn't mean about a rack of curtains falling on him."
Woof: "For like two hours. In slow motion. NOOOOOO~~~"
Sqrl: "I for one feel like a total failure of a person now."
Woof: "Pretty much. We'll try this again tomorrow."
Oh well. At least that dental appointment came through. It's on the 3rd next month. I will be ready.
We cannot figure out what the fuck the eleven-inch screws shaped like a W are for, we have no idea how to put the brackets up without drilling through the outer facade of the building, we're PRETTY sure we accidentally bought "double curtain" rods (as in, you can hang two sets of curtains) because we wanted to cover two window panels ("Two curtains means "double", right?") ...
Sqrl: "I feel like nothing I learned in school was any use at ALL."
Woof: "No shit. I could for example triangulate the location of a sniper by using trig and measuring the angle and distance from our window to other buildings, but I cannot put up curtains for the sniper to dramatically shoot through."
Sqrl: "Maybe I should just phone my mother up at midnight. "MOOOOM. YOU KNOW THINGS ABOUT STUFF. HOW DO I CURTAINS?" Or I could take photos and put them on Livejournal..."
Woof: "Yeah. At worst I'll hang these up and then they'll fail down and break the window or air conditioner."
Sqrl: "Didn't Tom Hanks make a movie about this once?"
Woof: "You mean about how much it sucks to be a grown-up?"
Sqrl: "Well, I didn't mean about a rack of curtains falling on him."
Woof: "For like two hours. In slow motion. NOOOOOO~~~"
Sqrl: "I for one feel like a total failure of a person now."
Woof: "Pretty much. We'll try this again tomorrow."
Oh well. At least that dental appointment came through. It's on the 3rd next month. I will be ready.
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Date: 2013-03-27 01:38 am (UTC)Pictures of these 11" "W" screws plz? I'm fascinated!
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Date: 2013-03-28 06:35 pm (UTC)THIS THING.
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Date: 2013-03-28 06:38 pm (UTC)WAT EVEN IS DAT ZOMG
I can't even *begin* to imagine how that shit works, and I worked at 2 different hardware stores for 6 years AND worked construction for a long while.
Rest assured, the FALE is not with you guys. [shudder]
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Date: 2013-03-30 11:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-27 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-27 09:24 pm (UTC)