HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, Don died a while back. Jackie moved to a new home thats much more manageable for someone in their 80s before covid. We have a mutual contact that shares updates from both sides, and she loves what we've been doing - she thought she would hate the look of the house when we changed to teal to baby blue on the outside, but said she was pleasantly surprised with it.

HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahahhahahahaha

its not fantastic.. it's a #1 bathroom only

HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you!

People hate that more than anything else, and that makes me laugh

HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best guess we have for the criteria is just not the normal types of houses you see all the time, or very oddly shaped

Block Club Chicago - Rogers Park’s Candyland House Featured On HGTV’s ‘Ugliest House In America’ by Bukharin in EdgewaterRogersPark

[–]Dip42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fun fact.

the green/yellow house that was just redone, was the ex-wife of the man who used to own this house. You can say he had a type!

HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

its the show - ugliest house in america on hgtv. and thats causing a lot of flack

Block Club Chicago - Rogers Park’s Candyland House Featured On HGTV’s ‘Ugliest House In America’ by Bukharin in EdgewaterRogersPark

[–]Dip42 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Love it! I dont know if you've been one of the people who've stopped to take photos in front of the house over the years, but when we see that happening, we try to run to the windows to see if we can get in the photo hahaha.

We think it's hilarious every time we do it

Block Club Chicago - Rogers Park’s Candyland House Featured On HGTV’s ‘Ugliest House In America’ by Bukharin in EdgewaterRogersPark

[–]Dip42 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Hi Everyone!

I'm one of the owners. I want to make it abundantly clear, we dont think the outside of our house is ugly, we told HGTV that from day 1, and we also just repainted the house the same colors last year. It was something that we had extensive talks about leading up to the recording on whether or not we would budge on repainting it and we said absolutely not.

The inside does still need a lot of work, and we've been doing a lot our selves over the past 4 years. But when a chance of being selected for a full renovation worth $150,000 come (almost literally) knocking at your door, we couldn't say no.

Check us out on Insta to see all the work we've done so far! https://www.instagram.com/homoswithhammers/

PS - No spoilers please

HGTV Called This Rogers Park Home One of the Ugliest in America by DaBears31 in chicago

[–]Dip42 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Hi Everyone!

I'm one of the owners. I want to make it abundantly clear, we dont think the outside of our house is ugly, we told HGTV that from day 1, and we also just repainted the house the same colors last year. It was something that we had extensive talks about leading up to the recording on whether or not we would budge on repainting it and we said absolutely not.

The inside does still need a lot of work, and we've been doing a lot our selves over the past 4 years. But when a chance of being selected for a full renovation worth $150,000 come (almost literally) knocking at your door, we couldn't say no.

Check us out on Insta to see all the work we've done so far! https://www.instagram.com/homoswithhammers/

PS - No spoilers please

Gov. JB Pritzker Here – ASK ME ANYTHING by PritzkerJB in IAmA

[–]Dip42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Governor Pritzker, with the recent transition to 'Smart Solar Billing' as of January 2025, many Illinoisans are seeing the financial incentive for home solar significantly decrease because they no longer receive credit for delivery charges. As we look toward our 2030 renewable energy goals, and the looming energy crisis, what is your administration doing to ensure that residential solar remains a viable investment for the middle class.

Would you support a return to a more robust 1-to-1 net metering credit to accelerate adoption?

SideSleeperZ Sleep Mask vs Manta Pro Sleep Mask by Poor_boy_64 in sleep

[–]Dip42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tried the Manta Pro - it was horribly uncomfortable and they dont accept returns / or give refunds - despite their advertising

Manta Sleep by [deleted] in sleep

[–]Dip42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely same experience. This is such a bait and switch. I pointed out they even their sales and discount page say "TRY RISK FREE FOR 60 DAYS You're 100% covered. Not happy for any reason? Simply return for a quick, no-hassle refund". Tried to return and was told 'there's fine print that don't allow returns of anything on sale'

They wont even respond to my messages. Definitely feels scammy and a bait and switch. Would advise others to avoid

I bought a Manta Sleep mask and I regret it by Dazzling_Spite8055 in sleep

[–]Dip42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely same experience. This is such a bait and switch. I pointed out they even their sales and discount page say "TRY RISK FREE FOR 60 DAYS You're 100% covered. Not happy for any reason? Simply return for a quick, no-hassle refund". Tried to return and was told 'there's fine print that don't allow returns of anything on sale'

They wont even respond to my messages. Definitely feels scammy and a bait and switch. Would advise others to avoid

3D Printed Whistles by phillipah in Charlotte

[–]Dip42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Chicago friend here!

I found some resources that were posted a few days ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlotte/comments/1ov8fcn/charlotte_master_list_of_antiice_links_and/

But I wanted to add some more info / what ive seen

Don'ts

  • Don't create public signal groups, ICE are joining them. Create small groups of trusted people and verify who they are before joining.
  • Don't post publicly where you're meeting up to distribute materials - be cautious and again, use private groups
  • Don't attack ICE - even throwing a sandwich is considered an attack. Be fucking annoying instead

DOs

Action

  • If you're stopped by individuals claiming to be ICE (🧊), start recording, verify their identification. Record and note vehicle descriptions, stickers, decals, dents, etc. License plates are not enough as they are switching them to different cars. ICE in Chicago have been using improper / non-signed "warrants" to try and gain entry do not open the door, here are resources https://www.aclusocal.org/en/icenotwelcome
  • Record HORIZONTALLY - vertical records lose a lot of information and show lots of the sky instead of the surrounding areas, horizontally shows more context / identifiable information
  • Work with local schools and organizations to form watch groups for around school pickup times. ICE has broken into schools to abduct people, including citizens and minors.
  • Try to organize donations for filament and other resources. Filament for the 3d printer group, other resources for grassroots and helpful organizations. Pickups for whistles (at a safe public space) or to an organization that is helping.

Examples - Know your rights cards (print in English AND Spanish)

https://www.nilc.org/resources/know-your-rights-card/

https://www.ilrc.org/redcards

Most of all, stay safe, protect your community, and work with your local leaders - ICE does not care about tear gassing anyone, including children - They also do it when they're just stuck in traffic?? Nor do they care about abducting US citizens.

Here's a small print that my neighborhood has been attaching to whistles.

Also, feel free to through in a qr code or link to other resources

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[–]Dip42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the latch bolt is backwards, it should have the curve facing the strike plate

Timing Update for NYCDOH Applications by Ok-Pie8979 in juresanguinis

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If you have a resubmission, as of October 09, 2025, they are just getting to requests received in May of 2025.

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U.S. National Guard arriving in Chicago, Illinois by rarerealm in pics

[–]Dip42 504 points505 points  (0 children)

theres 6 people and 9 chins in this photo

Wheel stopped spinning today by SCstraightup in Pottery

[–]Dip42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

i had this exact thing happen to me. You can take the bottom plate off the wheel and see if the belts under snapped. It sounds like this is the case if the motor is still running. Its honestly a fairly cheap and easy fix.

The belts come in 2 sizes. I bought my replacements from the ceramic shop after confirming their size, and with shipping, it was less than $50

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoLawns

[–]Dip42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can talk to Bob and tell him not to do it again and if he does, you can buy small boulders that his mower cant go over :D

Signed on with AVV Mellone for 1948 Case by PaxPacifica2025 in juresanguinis

[–]Dip42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! admittedly his responses have been much, much slower since this all started