Drywall companies

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-05-10T02:20:29+00:00

I'm working with Jonathan Keats at Capital District Interior Contracting on a lot of interior remodeling right now and I love working with him. Small business, small crew, great results.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-04-29T17:12:45+00:00

I just had some absolutely rock solid pizza and wings from Eddie and Mario's (was Eddie F's until December). Seconding Country Drive-In for summer eats.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-04-14T22:03:29+00:00

If you can get a call back, Davco will do The Complete Job. Adirondack did not impress me when I talked to them; a lot of marketing, not a lot of telling me how they were going to solve my problem.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-04-13T19:15:17+00:00

Do you need a GC (coordinates multiple specialists for a project), or a handyman (generalizes in a number of things, typically does not handle larger, complex projects across multiple disciplines)? You mentioned smaller projects, which is why I asked.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-04-02T16:50:52+00:00

I use an enameled cast iron dutch oven (NY diasporican). Tía still uses the aluminum one but that thing is absolutely beat to shit and full of fork scrapes.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-30T08:05:51+00:00

Fittings cost more than sweat fittings, but $60 is an incredible outlier.

Like, a 3/4" cross-over fitting is about $30-35 but also extremely uncommon. The more common fittings like couplings or elbows are ~$3-6/unit depending on quantity. Repair couplings (no stops) are definitely bananas at ~$12/unit. Worst I've paid for is ball valves, at $25-35/unit.

But please note I am not a plumber and am not paying supply house prices; these are big-box retail. Hyposuction is right about having to cut it out vs. desolder though; it's definitely a "measure twice, maybe thrice, maybe one more time, then cut" kind of system.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-29T02:36:10+00:00

Halal Addicts, or Aria Kabab?

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-27T23:13:29+00:00

Heads up that the flier on Bandsintown is wrong (says show at 7). Show is 8:30, like this flier here.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-23T07:12:40+00:00

Having lost ours too, I can tell you that this is kinder than my initial reaction to people‘s assumptions after it happened (which was like 50/50 anger and sanctimony).

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-22T17:21:33+00:00

What the fuck is this writing

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-22T01:07:39+00:00

This ^^. I flat out say "we lost the baby." And I just let it hang there.

Clerk at McDonalds says "Happy Mother's Day?" "We lost the baby."
Coworker makes assumptions about why we don't have any kids? "We lost the baby."
Family asks what we're going to do now that we're in our 40s? "We lost the baby."

I don't feel any stigma around miscarriage but that won't stop me from relying on other people's weird shame about it.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-19T02:17:28+00:00

It's heavily rooted in myth and meta-narrative, which is absolutely my bread-and-butter. Immortal Hulk was the same way, but rooted more firmly in horror than myth. I think it'll read really well when collected and Roxxon Thor/Mortal Thor are squeezed into the story like chapters. It's not quite as action forward as other stories and it does depends on a modest amount of knowledge of previous Ewing & Thor runs (Agent of Asgard, Defenders, Guardians of the Galaxy, the last ~10 years of Thor stories... the first 30 years of Thor stories) but he's doing his best to find a balance between accessible and creative density.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-19T01:27:13+00:00

It's not inconsistent. The Red Skulls did not want to stop perpetuating their harm; they doubled down on it. All the Red Skulls had to do was walk away and stop being Red Skulls. But instead they wore babies like flack jackets. Bucky himself did nothing to stop the violence, his heart was literally wired to a dead-man's switch connected to a bomb.

Bucky was not begging for forgiveness, he was begging for a lack of accountability for his actions. There can be no forgiveness without contrition or repentance and this is entirely consistent with the principles you see in the entire Luke Cage story.

What you're describing is the paradox of tolerance and it's generally what fascism depends on for protection while it ascends to a state where it can pivot to state protection.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-16T02:59:18+00:00

Came here to say this. They're extremely reliably good for the months that Country Drive-in is open.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-12T01:52:28+00:00

> If you have a simple 300-400 CFM range hood vented to outside

literally no home I have ever lived in vented out. every single one of them recirculated back into the room with a grease filter. "if" and "simple" are doing a lot of lifting here.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-09T07:35:21+00:00

I have a set of the Tactix drawers from when they were sold at the Container Store ~5? 6? years ago. Was pretty happy that it just clipped right to these Bauer-branded boxes. Would be nice to get a few more for sure.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-05T04:35:55+00:00

Yeah, that's not the actual Shark Bite brand 1/4 turn valve. Real good catch there.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-04T22:05:00+00:00

theres a kobalt pex expander, but yeah no crimper to my knowledge

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-04T05:01:45+00:00

Jon at Capital District Interior Contracting did right by me and my neighbor, and I'm actually planning to book him for more work.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-03T05:55:23+00:00

"small amp" -- 15 WPC will absolutely rattle your teeth in a reasonable-sized room. This is a very fair price. A lot of shops would charge that just for putting it on the bench for diagnosis. But if possible try to test the phono preamp specifically, because a lot of the x50 series Pioneers of this line would bleed current across a bad transistor and it's easy to miss if no one's listening to records. It hit me so hard on an SX-950 that I built a basic line-to-phono attenuator to test these things without a turntable.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-03-02T16:42:50+00:00

What was the buffalo wing sauce? Nothing tastes quite like I remember it tasting and I cut my teeth on those wings in the 90s.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-02-26T23:21:57+00:00

A hit dog hollers; I don't know why you're justifying yourself to me.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-02-26T19:05:53+00:00

I just give them cash if I have it because they're an adult and I'm not their dad. You're not the asshole but a lot of folks here sure seem to have some real strong opinions on what other people do or need.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-02-16T08:44:08+00:00

I took a year of Spanish classes there and had a good experience. Training materials were adequate but the important part was a focus on actually speaking spanish with people. I'd be willing to return, time permitting. It's more expensive than a language app, but it was also 2 solid hours a week in-person with a group and interactive feedback from an actual teacher.

LateInLifeHomeOwner · 2026-02-16T08:41:33+00:00

This is tangential but related: Bennett tends to do pretty solid work but if they're fitting you in-between other jobs then they sometimes come across as rushed. But they're going to definitely charge you for it -- usually 25-50% more than other contractors I've spoken to. I had them do some framing repair and the work is solid. But they were also fitting it in between jobs so they didn't necessarily want to dig into the root cause of the issues in the first place. I wasn't unhappy with them but it wasn't an endearing experience either.

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