BMW X3 Forum
BMW X3 Forum
Welcome to the ultimate BMW X3 community.
BMW Garage BMW Meets Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Post Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      03-20-2019, 05:50 AM   #507
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by irishbimmer View Post
Is your blanket on fire?
Nope, but I did have to remove all pillows from the couch cuz the dog tried to haul them in to the fireplace so he'd have a soft place to lay down on. I have to make him a fireplace pillow from some fireproof cloth as soon as I figure out one.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 0
      04-05-2019, 04:38 PM   #508
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

"The colours are right but the room is wrong. I want the book secret garden. I want super girly, but I need it to be strong like me. I'm going to be a pilot, I want my friends see me, and wonder how I can be that tough and still this girly!"

The harebell bedroom had a makeover cuz I failed. I have extra kids if someone wants to help me out. Be warned, they're all horrible.

So, we went from a simple room to this:




And of course, the book:



"Yes, this is passable."

I get the best compliments after I spent a month going through cloths to find violet roses for the bedside curtains, and an other fighting to get my own furniture from my mom's house to give to a 10 year old.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 3
Soul_Glo13282.50
wrickem2101.00
      04-08-2019, 11:00 AM   #509
UncleWede
Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner
UncleWede's Avatar
United_States
17871
Rep
9,376
Posts

Drives: G01 X3 M40i Dark Graphite
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oxnard, CA

iTrader: (0)

Someone let you use a SEWING MACHINE????? How many tires did you puncture with flying needles?????
Appreciate 2
Lups11819.50
Run Silent15127.00
      04-09-2019, 08:26 AM   #510
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleWede View Post
Someone let you use a SEWING MACHINE????? How many tires did you puncture with flying needles?????
just my finger.and the kids learned a ton of new curse words
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 1
      04-09-2019, 12:29 PM   #511
Soul_Glo
Major General
Soul_Glo's Avatar
United_States
13283
Rep
7,483
Posts

Drives: G20
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Manhattan, NYC

iTrader: (1)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleWede View Post
Someone let you use a SEWING MACHINE????? How many tires did you puncture with flying needles?????
just my finger.and the kids learned a ton of new curse words
List the words... if there is a classy way of saying Dunt in Fin. it would be good to know.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      04-09-2019, 12:33 PM   #512
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chelsea_Tractor View Post
List the words... if there is a classy way of saying Dunt in Fin. it would be good to know.
It was more like brother fucking shithole machine you fuck with me, I got a sledge hammer and a permission to use it and I will fucking do it!
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?

Last edited by Lups; 04-09-2019 at 12:55 PM..
Appreciate 1
Soul_Glo13282.50
      06-21-2019, 06:13 PM   #513
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

I painted the old side of the house and our flag pole. I cant post a pic of it, but happy Solstice you all.

I also inherited a wood burning stove and it'll be in my living room soon.

Normal week.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 0
      06-21-2019, 06:15 PM   #514
Captain Blood
Banned
United_States
13866
Rep
14,519
Posts

Drives: Audi S3....don't judge me
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Alph Ceti VI

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2016 Audi S3  [9.50]
2012 135  [6.83]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
I painted the old side of the house and our flag pole. I cant post a pic of it, but happy Solstice you all.

I also inherited a wood burning stove and it'll be in my living room soon.

Normal week.
Did you need a ladder for the flagpole, or were you able to climb up there and paint it? How do you paint the top of a flagpole?
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      06-26-2019, 02:40 AM   #515
adamlimbrent660
Registered
1
Rep
3
Posts

Drives: BMW x5
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: New York

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
I keep insisting I'll blog this project of mine, but obviously I'm not going to so I thought I could make a thread about how not to renovate a house.

If anyone has missed, I'm a fucking idiot. If there is a way to make life harder for myself, I'll do it.

I've been shopping for a house for a year now again, nothing felt right. I made a bid in one and it got accepted but I just couldn't find the motivation for it. It was too new, it had straight corners, it had a roof that wasn't leaking. Obviously it wasn't for me, I truly tried but I just couldn't buy it.

A few months ago my aunt told me she wants to sell my great aunts home. It has busted windows, no heating, the house has to be basically redone from top to bottom and my husband hates it, my kids try to grow up faster so they can have me sent to a mental institution, my dog refuses to go near the place...

Anyway, I got some bids from excavator contractors and after reviewing them I decided those fuckers are highway robbers and now I'm stuck digging by hand 8 ft under ground by hand for about 250ft. While doing that, I managed to get a tree crash my pit while I was winching a rock out of my ditch, I may have fucked up everything else imaginable too and I have decided we won't be discussing that particular part of this project ever.

I wouldn't bring digging up at all but this weekend our lovely and eager family was doing the new sewer line. I had so much fun making this 2 meters long ditch for the new line with a few broken ribs and mild bruises to my ego I lost my tape measurer.

I was a bit pissed with myself, so I decided to drop a kid in the ditch and take a photo so I could get a measurement when I'd find the stupid tool.

You know it's bad when you need to know how far you still have to go, and you pick a kid for the job that'll be just tall enough to make you feel better about your progress.

Anyway...



Happy Monday everybody! I'll be reporting all my fuck ups here so each of you can feel better about your own life!
Thank you my friend. It’s not a Monday but the day was really bad..
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      06-26-2019, 02:47 PM   #516
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by adamlimbrent660 View Post
Thank you my friend. It’s not a Monday but the day was really bad..
Oh trust me, it's never a bad day if you're not married to me!

My current obsession is stoves. I had 3 fire places, but I currently am building two new ones because "omg those are too pretty be destroyed. I must save them!"

My husband has to be the most tortured man on earth. He has the whole July off so he can put his epic skills in masonry to use, since that's the one thing I suck at. No jury will convict him if he murders me one day.

I do hope your day improved.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 1
      06-26-2019, 02:56 PM   #517
upstatedoc
I'll get back to you
upstatedoc's Avatar
7556
Rep
2,132
Posts

Drives: blue streak
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: not downstate

iTrader: (2)

Quote:
Originally Posted by adamlimbrent660 View Post
Thank you my friend. It’s not a Monday but the day was really bad..
tell us more
__________________
2018 Stinger GT
2009 E90 N51 /Active Autowerke Stage 2 tune/BMW Performance Exhaust/
Countermeasure enthusiast.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      06-30-2019, 10:36 AM   #518
Maynard
Colonel
United_States
3805
Rep
2,860
Posts

Drives: 228iX & M2C
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Upstate NY

iTrader: (1)

Wood stoves are the best. You haven't lived until you crank one up, open the damper, and get the stovepipe glowing red. But best to try this with somebody else's stove, kind of like learning to drive stick.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-01-2019, 01:31 AM   #519
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maynard View Post
Wood stoves are the best. You haven't lived until you crank one up, open the damper, and get the stovepipe glowing red. But best to try this with somebody else's stove, kind of like learning to drive stick.
Ha, true!

I have my trusted (and untested) winch, 250 kilos of some shit I need to resurface the chimneys with, all sorts of tools needed and worthless all hauled up to the roofs. Today the final push of this construction starts. Today marks the end of my herding. Today finally I will get this project on track.

Few tiny issues have emerged. I don't mind being on roofs, if I built them. I fucking hate hights on roofs in general. I cant believe i have to do this shit, why the fuck cant I just hire someone for this bs.

Also, it's apparently my birthday. It's 9 am, i have time sensitive shit to do for at least 10-14 hours now, and my stupid friends just showed up with beer and lawn chairs. They're apparently going to sit in the garden shoot shit and get drunk while i go die on my roof. Fuck me all.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 1
      07-01-2019, 09:59 AM   #520
Maynard
Colonel
United_States
3805
Rep
2,860
Posts

Drives: 228iX & M2C
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Upstate NY

iTrader: (1)

Here in 'Murica, this combo (roofing work + beer + friends/audience) is like a signal from God that you need to perform some crazy death-defying stunt. I'd vote for something that involves spraying lit gasoline, or perhaps a you can work in a pipe bomb somehow. At least try using the garden hose to get somebody to 'beer-bong' a gallon or so from up on the roof - and we need pictures, don't forget.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-01-2019, 10:22 AM   #521
Captain Blood
Banned
United_States
13866
Rep
14,519
Posts

Drives: Audi S3....don't judge me
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Alph Ceti VI

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2016 Audi S3  [9.50]
2012 135  [6.83]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
Ha, true!

I have my trusted (and untested) winch, 250 kilos of some shit I need to resurface the chimneys with, all sorts of tools needed and worthless all hauled up to the roofs. Today the final push of this construction starts. Today marks the end of my herding. Today finally I will get this project on track.

Few tiny issues have emerged. I don't mind being on roofs, if I built them. I fucking hate hights on roofs in general. I cant believe i have to do this shit, why the fuck cant I just hire someone for this bs.

Also, it's apparently my birthday. It's 9 am, i have time sensitive shit to do for at least 10-14 hours now, and my stupid friends just showed up with beer and lawn chairs. They're apparently going to sit in the garden shoot shit and get drunk while i go die on my roof. Fuck me all.
Don't end up like this again!
.
.

Last edited by Captain Blood; 07-01-2019 at 02:39 PM..
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-01-2019, 12:09 PM   #522
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Schwarzschild Radius View Post
Don't end up like this again!
.
.
Turns out my aunt has adopted the family curse and she has an infection in her tummy, her infection levels are shooting up and she's horrible with meds so I took her to the hospital, got her to see a doctor and now I'm shoveling pills in her mouth. I'm drinking non alcoholic beer and sitting in my porch while those so called friends of mine are being hauled home by their wives. My aunt is notorious for getting a bad reaction from anything so two simultaneous antibiotic courses 3 times a day will mean a ten day delay in my renovation projects.

This final push is going as well as all my best plans ever have.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 0
      07-01-2019, 12:38 PM   #523
Rmtt
Colonel
Rmtt's Avatar
United_States
8206
Rep
2,250
Posts

Drives: 2011 BMW 128i, 2008 LS3 C6
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: South Carolina

iTrader: (3)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
Turns out my aunt has adopted the family curse and she has an infection in her tummy, her infection levels are shooting up and she's horrible with meds so I took her to the hospital, got her to see a doctor and now I'm shoveling pills in her mouth. I'm drinking non alcoholic beer and sitting in my porch while those so called friends of mine are being hauled home by their wives. My aunt is notorious for getting a bad reaction from anything so two simultaneous antibiotic courses 3 times a day will mean a ten day delay in my renovation projects.

This final push is going as well as all my best plans ever have.
It's good she has someone who will take care of her.

As for your roof plans......I have never been one afraid of heights. I used to do Radar Level Gauge installations on huge tank farms out in the middle of no-where....being so far up in the air it was crazy. Never gave it a second thought.

But as I have got older...for some reason it has begun to catch up with me. Maybe it's because the pitch of our current roof is so crazy....or the fact of not being "tied-off" when up there awhile back doing some inspecting.

Either way...be safe!
__________________
Everybody has a gameplan....until they get punched in the mouth.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-01-2019, 12:49 PM   #524
UncleWede
Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner
UncleWede's Avatar
United_States
17871
Rep
9,376
Posts

Drives: G01 X3 M40i Dark Graphite
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oxnard, CA

iTrader: (0)

I LOVE getting on the roof.



Getting down is a whole 'nuther drama. Last time I wandered around for almost 30 minutes before I finally got the attention of my son who was playing video games. Jumping on the roof over his room, texting, calling. . .
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-01-2019, 01:06 PM   #525
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rmtt View Post
It's good she has someone who will take care of her.

As for your roof plans......I have never been one afraid of heights. I used to do Radar Level Gauge installations on huge tank farms out in the middle of no-where....being so far up in the air it was crazy. Never gave it a second thought.

But as I have got older...for some reason it has begun to catch up with me. Maybe it's because the pitch of our current roof is so crazy....or the fact of not being "tied-off" when up there awhile back doing some inspecting.

Either way...be safe!
It's funny what old age does to you! My first job, and I earned a Guns and Rose's tape for doing it, was to strip my family home from the roof tiles and throw them down. Never bothered me, I was 8. I've done every roof, every damn repair, gutters, paintings, you name it, I've done it. Ive climber trees, rocks, I have even hauled my dog from a tree after he went after a cat while firemen laughed at me.

I was used to it. Now I'm a big old wuss who let's the hubby do inspections. He's always had the same life insurance, so it's not even that I'm after that, it's just harder to make myself go up there.

He thinks this is funny. He endured a roof repair when I climbed up on our old house 35 weeks pregnant and refused to let him do it.

Oh well, gimme a day or two.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 1
Rmtt8206.00
      07-06-2019, 06:37 PM   #526
Captain Blood
Banned
United_States
13866
Rep
14,519
Posts

Drives: Audi S3....don't judge me
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Alph Ceti VI

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2016 Audi S3  [9.50]
2012 135  [6.83]
I thought I was having a great day!
Then, in the middle of the lake as we were, a huge thunderstorm pops up.
Turned out we had adventure we weren't expecting. Almost LUPS like.
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
      07-07-2019, 06:43 AM   #527
Lups
...
Lups's Avatar
11820
Rep
15,400
Posts

Drives: I don't own a car.
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lost as usual

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Schwarzschild Radius View Post
I thought I was having a great day!
Then, in the middle of the lake as we were, a huge thunderstorm pops up.
Turned out we had adventure we weren't expecting. Almost LUPS like.
Do share!

I'm fucking everything up, again.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joekerr View Post
You're still a little new here, so I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever Lups types gibberish, this is an opportunity for you to imagine it to be whatever you'd like it to be.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Delta0311 View Post
How would you know this? Did mommy catch you jerking off to some Big Foot porn ?
Appreciate 0
      07-07-2019, 09:43 AM   #528
Captain Blood
Banned
United_States
13866
Rep
14,519
Posts

Drives: Audi S3....don't judge me
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Alph Ceti VI

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
2016 Audi S3  [9.50]
2012 135  [6.83]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lups View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schwarzschild Radius View Post
I thought I was having a great day!
Then, in the middle of the lake as we were, a huge thunderstorm pops up.
Turned out we had adventure we weren't expecting. Almost LUPS like.
Do share!

I'm fucking everything up, again.
Are you familiar with "Gilligans Island"? We were almost there. Whenever I hit the water with this old college buddy, we always seem to have mishaps. Last time is was "Chappaquidick" like.....
Appreciate 1
Lups11819.50
Post Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:46 AM.




xbimmers
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST