Post by decemberwedding07 on Dec 28, 2015 18:31:19 GMT -5
Since this has kind of turned into a randoms thread... I live in the DFW area and I have been seeing stories all day long of pets being reunited with their families after the tornadoes. These things make me cry like a baby! www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/news/local/Happy-Reunion-After-Texas-Tornadoes/363622801 www.facebook.com/AstridNews/videos/1111742268866624/
My kitchen floors are uneven because my house is old so the floors "roll." I would like to put the tile that looks like hard wood in my kitchen but can't because the floor is uneven. Is there a nice laminate (for flexibility) that looks like hardwood? I do not subscribe to the all-laminate-is-ugly school of interior design. I don't want to pour the concrete evener out on my kitchen floor because that seems like a big project andplusalso concrete is heavy and I don't want to make the floors heavier.
It won't look like hardwood but we have cork floors in our kitchen and they are amazing! It's really soft on your feet and warm so it's fabulous for a kitchen. It's flexible and it was laid down in sections, just like laminate.
The question is, "If we were to see one movie that will be a contender for best picture, what would you recommend?"
First, here are the movies that are likely to be nominated for Best Picture. (The Academy can fill 10 slots but are likely to have only 8 or 9.)
top tier: Mad Max, The Martian, Carol, Spotlight, The Revenant middle tier: Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Inside Out, Room possible: Trumbo, Brooklyn, Hateful Eight
Of those, I have seen The Martian, the beginning of Mad Max, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies. I'd recommend The Martian and Spotlight because they'd appeal to the greatest possible number of people.
Spotlight has a great ensemble cast working seamlessly together, esp. Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Mark Ruffalo. The story is also important---the way the Boston Globe found out information about pedophilia among Catholic priests in Boston.
Spotlight should get in the neighborhood of 4-6 nominations.
If you like Tarantino and live near one of the 100 theaters doing the hateful right road show this week I would recommend that!!
I am in SAG and will watch a bunch of these over the next few weeks. I love Spotlight it reminded me so much of my print newsroom days and I hope it wins all the awards but I will be voting for Idris in any category where he is nominated. LOL
I'm jealous that you will get to see a bunch of films to which I do not have access. Brooklyn, Carol, Danish Girl, and Room have not shown around here. We get movies for only a short amount of time unless they are blockbusters. If we hadn't seen Birdman and Theory of Everything the week we did, we would not have been able to.
Supporting Actor is very, very, very stacked this year. There are around 10 contenders. Idris Elba is probably going to get in, but it's not a sure thing. I could see Mark Rylance winning; Stallone, Dano, Shannon, Tremblay (category fraud!), Ruffalo, Keaton, and Bale are also in the mix. Personally, based on movies I've seen, I'd have to rank them Stallone, Rylance, Dano, Ruffalo, Keaton, with Elba 6.
Have you talked to a hardwood floor specialist about fixing the wood floors and found that it's going to be too difficult/impossible, or are you just nervous about having wood floors in a kitchen? If it's the latter, we still have the original wood floors in the kitchen of our 100 year old house and they look perfec. We had the floors refinished before moving in, but they didn't look bad in the kitchen. We didn't even want or need to refinish the floors, but there was an unfortunate water damage issue that happened right before closing that necessitated refinishing all of the floors.
How formal is your kitchen? I am vaguely recalling your house as being from the 20s, but maybe I'm wrong? I've seen a lot of kitchens redone to look original with black and white linoleum squares and they look gorgeous. I haven't seen any that look like wood.
There's laminate in there now. Under the laminate is plywood, but I don't know if that's the true subfloor or just something placed over the previous floor. The house has been remodeled a few times now and I wouldn't be surprised if there was more than one kind of flooring under it - like that the kitchen used to be two separate rooms or is half original and half add on.
At any rate, the kitchen is not formal. At the end of the day, I want it to look like a "family kitchen" and not a show piece. And the only thing I've done to it so far is paint the walls. I guess I just have heard that laminate has come a long way since the days of your grandma's orange and yellow "tile" and I thought maybe some of the hard wood impostors would be acceptable.
Got it. I haven't seen any, but it seems like it should exist? If you don't fine what you're looking for, I love all the Arts & Crafts flooring that people are doing in their older houses now.
Can you even the floor out without it making the adjoining floors look odd?
How? I would love to make them even and yes, I could do it without making anything else look weird, but I haven't heard of anything other than the concrete evener which I think would make my floor too heavy for the support beams.
It can be done with plywood (basically making a super-thin platform) but it's difficult to do and keep the floors even with the adjoining rooms.
There's laminate in there now. Under the laminate is plywood, but I don't know if that's the true subfloor or just something placed over the previous floor. The house has been remodeled a few times now and I wouldn't be surprised if there was more than one kind of flooring under it - like that the kitchen used to be two separate rooms or is half original and half add on.
At any rate, the kitchen is not formal. At the end of the day, I want it to look like a "family kitchen" and not a show piece. And the only thing I've done to it so far is paint the walls. I guess I just have heard that laminate has come a long way since the days of your grandma's orange and yellow "tile" and I thought maybe some of the hard wood impostors would be acceptable.
Got it. I haven't seen any, but it seems like it should exist? If you don't fine what you're looking for, I love all the Arts & Crafts flooring that people are doing in their older houses now. [imh]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/44/e1/5b44e15935a6fb12d02713ad1b854317.jpg
[/img][/quote] Wait, do you mean laminate like Pergo or like vinyl sheets? Because I love the shit out of my vinyl. If/when we ever replace our flooring that's what I'm putting in. I drop at least a dozen things a week and breakage is at a minimum.
I am too because to be honest, I'm less certain than he is that it's an infection. There's no pain and the ear drum isn't red. But we'll see what happens and he was at least sensitive to the fact that it's a "real" problem. When I told him I don't have any hearing in the other ear, he immediately got that that meant I would have no hearing at all if this ear didn't clear up. That was part of his, "Let's do abx right away" mentality. So, I appreciate that.
My goal is plain as possible. I strive for plain because I know that cute is out of the question. Forgettable is the best I can hope for. Weep for me.
No. You can have cute and comfortable shoes. This is what I mean, I don't buy uncomfortable shoes. So, if I recommend a brand, I''m usually doing so because I've worn the shoes. I'm not sitting at a desk all day. There are several days where I'm running back and forth for meetings. Any shoe I buy needs to be comfortable enough to go an entire 12 hour work day.
I mean....have you ever had foot problems? Because I've had to decide if I want to wear heels or cut back running and the heels lost. Don't matter how cute or comfy, if they're more than a 1" heel it's going to aggravate my foot. There's comfy cute shoes and there's "I have a diagnosed orthopedic problem" shoes.
Those damn booties I JUST bought being number one on the list of "would be comfy except no"
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Dec 28, 2015 18:52:48 GMT -5
I'm only on page 4 but I have to jump in and say this:
If you aren't even paying enough attention around here to know that the poster whose marriage you're "innocently" inquiring about STILL FUCKING POSTS HERE, you don't get to ask your question, full stop.
Unless we are referring to Dyl, Dyl's very aggressive penis, Emmy, Emmy's confusing fascination with vinegar and vinegar-adjacent solutions, and Dev and her multiple blind eyes, in which case all bets are off.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
I'm jealous that you will get to see a bunch of films to which I do not have access. Brooklyn, Carol, Danish Girl, and Room have not shown around here. We get movies for only a short amount of time unless they are blockbusters. If we hadn't seen Birdman and Theory of Everything the week we did, we would not have been able to.
Supporting Actor is very, very, very stacked this year. There are around 10 contenders. Idris Elba is probably going to get in, but it's not a sure thing. I could see Mark Rylance winning; Stallone, Dano, Shannon, Tremblay (category fraud!), Ruffalo, Keaton, and Bale are also in the mix. Personally, based on movies I've seen, I'd have to rank them Stallone, Rylance, Dano, Ruffalo, Keaton, with Elba 6.
What about dicaprio for the revenant?
DiCaprio's lead actor in Revenant and a very strong frontrunner. I don't see a scenario where he loses.
Post by oscarnerdjulief on Dec 28, 2015 19:01:22 GMT -5
LoveTrains,
I may end up seeing "Hateful Eight" at some point, but its length and violent content will likely keep me from seeing it at the first-run theater. My husband and I are seeing "The Big Short" on New Year's Eve. I really want to see "Brooklyn," but I doubt it will ever come to our area. :-(
I liked Inglourious Basterds a lot and enjoyed Django Unchained, but I don't have the same excitement for this one even though there was an intriguing interview with Samuel L. Jackson on one of the awards podcasts.
No. You can have cute and comfortable shoes. This is what I mean, I don't buy uncomfortable shoes. So, if I recommend a brand, I''m usually doing so because I've worn the shoes. I'm not sitting at a desk all day. There are several days where I'm running back and forth for meetings. Any shoe I buy needs to be comfortable enough to go an entire 12 hour work day.
I mean....have you ever had foot problems? Because I've had to decide if I want to wear heels or cut back running and the heels lost. Don't matter how cute or comfy, if they're more than a 1" heel it's going to aggravate my foot. There's comfy cute shoes and there's "I have a diagnosed orthopedic problem" shoes.
Those damn booties I JUST bought being number one on the list of "would be comfy except no"
I said upthread that I'm not talking about people with serious foot issues. I'm talking about folks who come in here posting "Help me find a shoe" and then hem and haw about how they can't wear such and such because of of blah blah.
You don't want help finding a cute shoe. You are wearing boring shoes because you are afraid of something fashionable or you think it requires wearing 4 inch heels.
I don't wear 4 inch heels so I'm not about to post sky high shoes for you. Even lower heels folks don't seem interested, so I'm not understanding what the issue is other than you are afraid. Boring is safe. Folks just need to own that.
Post by iammalcolmx on Dec 28, 2015 19:15:54 GMT -5
Speaking of shoes, I need to file a formal compliant against 1234FIF! for being selfish and not giving me her bad ass Manolo Blaniks ! Her buying them in Spain means nothing. Why won't she SHARE??
No. You can have cute and comfortable shoes. This is what I mean, I don't buy uncomfortable shoes. So, if I recommend a brand, I''m usually doing so because I've worn the shoes. I'm not sitting at a desk all day. There are several days where I'm running back and forth for meetings. Any shoe I buy needs to be comfortable enough to go an entire 12 hour work day.
Do you have favorite brands? I need something to take on trips. I've yet to find something with a heel to wear to nice dinners that doesn't make my feet so sore that I can't enjoy touring the next day. The other issue is all of the damn uneven cobblestones that old cities have! I can't do stiletto heels on that shit!
I do. I love Dillard's Gianni Bini shoes. These are my new go to dress/glam shoes. I find their shoes to be well padded and have a bit of a platform in them so t makes it more comfortable to walk in. I also like Dillard's Antonio Melani shoes for the same reason.
I am also becoming a fan of Crown Vintage and Franco Sarto. And I picked up a pair of Van Eli's that wear pretty well. And I got a pair of boots from Sole Society that are very comfortable, so I plan to order another pair of shoes from them to see if those work as well as the boots.
I don't bother with Nine West anymore. I find their sizing to be a little narrow and it doesn't work well with my right foot (which seems to be a little larger than my left). I try to fit the shoes with pads and heel grips and it just doesn't work well.
For travel shoes, I prefer Easy Spirit e360 shoes. I like these better than the Sketchers Go Walk. They seem to have a better support for me than Sketchers.
It was gorgeous. But I have a few thoughts of caution about laminate in the kitchen: 1) I'm a sloppy dishwasher so water often gets all over the floor by the sink, and I just wipe it up with a towel and toss the towel in the laundry. You can't let water just sit on your laminate - it will warp it. 2) Things drop in the kitchen too. We had a very sharp pointed object drop and it made a tiny scratch in the top of the laminate. A wood marker covered it up which was nice, but that could happen all over the kitchen. It will tear up faster. 3) Our floors had to be leveled with cement. Once leveled, there was no extra noise in the laminate as compared to hardwoods. They looked real and people went nuts over them when we had our house on the market. But in places where the leveling wasn't as good, the laminate sort of squeaked a little. That would be really annoying if it was all over. 4) I wish I would have remembered to insist on the thickest padding possible under the laminate. That is a must with uneven floors.
If you decide to go with it, look for 12.3 mm laminate - the thicker it is, the more like wood it seems. We have a lab with long nails and they never scratched even though she ran all over the place.
Good luck!
Some pics of the flooring right after install and before we got an area rug for the living room or moved our dining furniture back in.
I went to the doctor this morning. It doesn't *look* infected and there are no spiders in it, but there is a lot of fluid behind both ear drums. Current plan is abx and a decongestant. If the hearing is not 100% restored by this weekend, I'm supposed to call back and they will get me in with an ENT. Doc said he's about 70% sure this is some kind of infection and is comfortable with abx as the first line of defense. We shall see.
[/quote] I missed what happened but this sounds like what happened to me last year. I thought I was full of wax or something. Abx and a decongestant cleared me right up!
I'm jealous that you will get to see a bunch of films to which I do not have access. Brooklyn, Carol, Danish Girl, and Room have not shown around here. We get movies for only a short amount of time unless they are blockbusters. If we hadn't seen Birdman and Theory of Everything the week we did, we would not have been able to.
Supporting Actor is very, very, very stacked this year. There are around 10 contenders. Idris Elba is probably going to get in, but it's not a sure thing. I could see Mark Rylance winning; Stallone, Dano, Shannon, Tremblay (category fraud!), Ruffalo, Keaton, and Bale are also in the mix. Personally, based on movies I've seen, I'd have to rank them Stallone, Rylance, Dano, Ruffalo, Keaton, with Elba 6.
What about dicaprio for the revenant?
My H went on and on about DiCaprio last night. It went like this ...
*commercial for Revenant ends*
H: "Man, why don't they stop fucking with Leo and just give him a damn Oscar." Me: "LOL. I didn't appreciate Leo until the Aviator; he owned that crazy." H: "YES. See, they just need to give that man his Oscar. I became a fan after Blood Diamond. He's playing role after role. I thought they were going to give it to him for Wolf of Wall Street - but NO. Damn, give this man his Oscar."
I have no further information, but supposedly, there's very good linoleum flooring now. Kind of thick and comfortable under the feet. I think on HGTV, someone said, "not your grandmother's linoleum." I suggested it to a friend who was looking for a different option for her home gym, but I don't know what happened there to say whether she has an opinion.
Is anyone else just an awful cook? I can do basic stuff, but for the most part it's just bad. Poor DH has to eat my cooking on top of having a lame foot.
Is anyone else just an awful cook? I can do basic stuff, but for the most part it's just bad. Poor DH has to eat my cooking on top of having a lame foot.
I can cook anything as long as I have a recipe. Throwing shit together is no bueno. I have a delicious recipe for cod with artichokes, tomatoes, and olives that I may make tonight just for me.
I'm sure we could come to some sort of arrangement. ::wiggles brows::
My kitchen floors are uneven because my house is old so the floors "roll." I would like to put the tile that looks like hard wood in my kitchen but can't because the floor is uneven. Is there a nice laminate (for flexibility) that looks like hardwood? I do not subscribe to the all-laminate-is-ugly school of interior design. I don't want to pour the concrete evener out on my kitchen floor because that seems like a big project andplusalso concrete is heavy and I don't want to make the floors heavier.
Yes. A friend of mine just bought a house with the wood-look laminate and they are actually really nice looking. That'd be a good idea for covering uneven floors, plus the texture of the laminate would hide any obvious flaws.
Is anyone else just an awful cook? I can do basic stuff, but for the most part it's just bad. Poor DH has to eat my cooking on top of having a lame foot.
Well as long as you're feeding him. I'd hate for his mother to worry ;p
She asked him again today if I was taking care of him. sigh...
Is anyone else just an awful cook? I can do basic stuff, but for the most part it's just bad. Poor DH has to eat my cooking on top of having a lame foot.
Don't you dare say that. My Grandma( who couldn't cook when she got married, who was a great cook ) said " If you can read you can cook". Do I need to send you some cookbooks?
Is anyone else just an awful cook? I can do basic stuff, but for the most part it's just bad. Poor DH has to eat my cooking on top of having a lame foot.
I used to be a terrible cook. But DH convinced me to take a Cooking 101 class, which was awesome, and I learned several different ways to prepare meats. Since then I've had a lot more confidence to try different recipes and can cook some decent meals now. The class I took was just a 3 hour course and worth every penny.