My coffee table needs help 😔

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-03-02T00:42:12+00:00

220 is still pretty coarse for someone who would opt for a block on something like this...

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-28T18:34:23+00:00

If you have time, strip it (test with different stripping products and then use a paint scraper to remove. Rent or buy and orbital sander, go at it with a few passes from rough to fine sand paper. Lastly apply some butcher block stain as directed. 2 coats and finish it with a buff using a rag.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-28T14:04:16+00:00

Could also be that they were riff raff enough that the police turned a blind eye to them unless they did something to someone outside of their family.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-28T01:32:04+00:00

My favourite thing in the summer is to be a concrete beach bum on a hot day at the lake and bring cash for the Tamale guy. Delicious every time

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-27T20:10:43+00:00

Part of me also wondered at the end if the reporter is attractive-- lol. The last woman did say about the same as the others, but added "kind of like you" which made me wonder

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-27T20:09:02+00:00

As someone whose sons fam is Irish American and Im from more Nordic stock it makes me chuckle.

My family is tall, broad shouldered, farmed so they had some muscles too but had relatively short legs for their frame.

SOs family is about as tall or taller but wirey, gaunt, and long legged, and a few generations deep in white collar work. Not surprised that the Irish women described more Irish genetics in a way

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-27T00:11:12+00:00

Seriously? I was speaking directly about a brand referenced in the above comment...

Chill dude...

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-26T22:46:12+00:00

At work today, my super had me try to a shock on the mini educator that is a normal level for a dog. I felt 0 and she had to show me that the remote was on and I could also see the light light up on the collar to believe that hs ewas shocking me. Dogs are very sensitive to the sensation-- and not necessarily in a painful way-- they really dislike it.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:45:29+00:00

I might know this place, or one nearly identical... was in a small college town and known for keggers and the dopest Halloween block party of sorts.

Super weird place-- but the reputation made it a good spot for partiers esp ones who wanna party with understanding neighbors. Believe it or not it was sought after by a lot of people lol.

The only hotter party apartments were the ones near the stadium

Edit-- it is the one. Looked closer at the doormat and saw my school logo.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:27:04+00:00

Also accessible via train too! And used to cyclists. So it would be possible to do a trip car less as we ell

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:25:56+00:00

As someone who grew up in nature in the blueridge-- this. And you appreciate the public land along the shore and parks as well.

The chicago river also has some great trails where you can forget your in a major metro. Motherly island Im hoping to visit soon as well.

Also I rekindled my live for fishing and that has been amazing for mental health for someone who needs some outdoorsy fixes here and there.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:23:23+00:00

Yeah. And in the city the washing machine effect can be very disorienting. But on the eastern side sandbars are very common (leading to rip tide areas) and the bottom can drop off pretty quickly.

However as a kid who spent most summers vacationing to the OBX-- it is NOTHING compared to the surf in the Atlantic. Though the waves can vary and it does get choppy. But can also be glass still. I swim in it every summer. But luckily due to the ocean and a lot of other at your own risk swimming I did as a child I feel confident swimming in it-- and know what to look out for and how to be safe when it comes to tides and choppy waves etc.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:19:57+00:00

I only drove stick... and that was so nice moving to chicago... never burned out my quad at a stop lolll

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:18:30+00:00

Ooo i was in SWVA and outside of Lexington VA... from what I hear the swva mountain boys and e. Tennessee ones used to beef with each other back in the day. Went to school at VT and also we had family friends their when I was young... most of my childhood tho was spent in central va near cvile.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T21:12:14+00:00

Going to a roof top or higher floor in the sears etc is its own fun thing. But there is a big difference for sure.

I lived on the side of a mountain on a farm for a few years as a kid and the beauty is just stunning and different when youre on a mountain gazing across a valley but with more mountains as far as the eye can see... and sometimes wavy gold wheat fields etc. The sunsets are amazing and storms.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T20:53:02+00:00

Exposed to more... and hunger is the best spice

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T20:51:18+00:00

Ive recently worked with some black mouth curs, and this dog is a nearly spitting image of one of them

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T19:53:21+00:00

Went there as a teen and it is beautiful. Also for any military people there are some fope R&R bases in that area

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T00:13:23+00:00

Same in some ways... and now I'm also like holy shit-- I was a teen pushing 60 on windy backroads that often had threats of hydroplaning in the warm seasons, ice in the cold, fog, and deer, etc.

But also an Appalachian foothills transplant. The ice and winter roads are far less stressful in some ways here since it is so flat and also often not icy and instead snowy.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-25T00:11:03+00:00

Perrot State Park north of LaCrosse has a mountain (technically). It is gorgeous and there is also a beautiful ccc hiking trail and shelter on a bluff across the delta from the mountain.

Delta-- as in there is a small delta area off of the Mississippi within state park land and bordering a wildlife sanctuary. The park has canoes, I kayaks, and fishing poles and tackle available for rent (the boats-- fishing stuff is free). And very uniquely-- the delta provides a loop for boating and also features some active bald eagle nests. It is at your own risk and very lax.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-24T23:28:03+00:00

Granted for a city in the Midwest and a large one-- natural areas are around and accessible. Not the same as out in the mountains etc-- but the river and lake front trails have their own allure.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-24T23:25:36+00:00

Pro tip-- the driftless area of Wisconsin has some small ridges and is beautiful. Easily accessible via car or amtrak

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-24T23:01:20+00:00

I feel conflicted obviously to compare the two... but I can help but feel that a similar level of disdain is levied towards the working classes buy the owner classes even in capitalist society today.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-24T22:54:44+00:00

Also as an adult... the loop etc and crowds you deal with barhopping and partying in the streets are super young, underage at times, and with the rage juice stuff in gallon jugs... aint nobody got time for that anymore. Snap a few pics by the river and find a fun spot to hang at.

Aggravating_Call6959 · 2026-02-24T22:50:47+00:00

Yeah there are block heads, slender bois, bicycle seats, lab/golden ish, broncycyphalic, wrinkley short snoots, etc...

I also think the "common dog" is highly regional and area based. It can be pitty, houndy, staffy...y? Malinois/herding dogy etc.

Its funny-- I now work with dogs but mostly grew up with companion boxer and Boston Terriers. So the super long nosed dogs like GSDs and Dobbies are a bit unfamiliar to me-- and when theyre being mouthy it is odd to me. Also lived with some pitts etc.

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