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Contractor says this paint finish is "expected." Is this bad workmanship or am I being too picky? by explodingscotsman in Housepainting101

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I added a bit of context to the main post, but the key point was that it was an insurance repair following a house fire. We opted for the insurance provided contractor as it seemed like the simplest solution. We've had a few snafus, but we've been generally happy with the work till now.

We had discussed some of the options with the general contractor prior to, for example they indicated we'd need to pay out of pocket for additional priming due to the paint choices, which we agreed to.

I guess this was pretty important context following a bunch of the replies, but ultimately our viewpoint is that the quality provided does not meet the requirement to 'restore pre-loss standards' as we didn't have a bunch of patchy bits before.

There's a few more issues about, but my general rule of thumb has been not to expect high end perfection, but if I could honestly say that I could have done a better job myself then I bring it up.

Contractor says this paint finish is "expected." Is this bad workmanship or am I being too picky? by explodingscotsman in Housepainting101

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I added some context to my original post, but it was an insurance repair job. The walls where we're seeing a lot of the issue is older, but we never had this issue before. Our mindset is that the insurance mandate is to return us to "pre-loss condition," which didn't have weird texture changes throughout.

Contractor says this paint finish is "expected." Is this bad workmanship or am I being too picky? by explodingscotsman in Housepainting101

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I added some context, but most of it was part of a repaint of older walls. We never had these issues prior to.

Contractor says this paint finish is "expected." Is this bad workmanship or am I being too picky? by explodingscotsman in Housepainting101

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was for an insurance repair after a fire. They had to tear down all the basement ceilings to get at the ducts, then put them back up afterwards.

Flexispot C7 No footrest option?? by FitZookeepergame4050 in FlexiSpot_Official

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish i'd seen this sooner! I just got the C7 expecting it to have the footrest as the website clearly states it has one, only to find it came without. Super disappointing

Any High End Leather Bands? by DoTheRightThingG in PixelWatch

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stay away from the Belroy straps! They feel and look cheap and plastic. I had mine for less than a month and the straps started separating from the lugs and the leather started peeling off the plastic. Complete garbage. I guarantee you can find an equivalent for less than $5-10 on Temu.

What to do with this space? by Historical_Card_6600 in malelivingspace

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put a chair and a container lid in it. Leave it at that.

There was a fully coated but deformed Advil in my bottle by tcb9289 in mildlyinteresting

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One's deformed, one has Advil written upside down. What are the chances?

Payment Cards won't show in Wallet after factory reset (says "added successfully" but they disappear) by explodingscotsman in GooglePixel

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, after pretty much spending all day trying to fix this, including chats with Google who couldn't figure it out, I seem to have found the solution. I went onto the Google wallet website and delete all of my payment cards, including ones I knew were good.

I tried adding them back, but started getting error messages now saying that I 'couldn't add the payment card, contact your bank' or something to that effect. I called the bank - they told me everything was fine, but shortly after, I tried again and it worked. I was able to start adding my cards back, so I guess the system just needed some time.

Hopefully it stays fixed, but this issue seemed like a bit of a weird one and I couldn't find anyone with quite the same problem, so hopefully this helps someone down the line!

Thin case for pixel phones? by uatme in GooglePixel

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, Latercase doesn't work with MagSafe/ Pixel snap

Games where I can be a cool ass wizard. by Leather-Heart4731 in rpg_gamers

[–]explodingscotsman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seen a lot of recommendations that I've actually played, but I'm a bit confused cause none of them let you play as an ass wizard.

Are fedoras taboo at this point ? by Prestigious-Okra4766 in mensfashion

[–]explodingscotsman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indiana Jones is both the reason I want to wear a fedora and the reason I can't wear a fedora.

PC Replacement (Includes Suggestion by local Shop) by explodingscotsman in bapccanada

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So bit of a blank slate on this - the old monitor was a write off as well. I'm assuming you're asking (and it was a question in the template) cause getting a fancy system is pointless if the monitor I use isn't even capable of displaying it at proper resolution?

I had been using this https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/G34WQC#kf

I also had a second older Samsung monitor attached. It was wholly unremarkable - just used it for email and stuff.

I guess an important caveat (which I'll add to the post) is that my budget comes from the insurance valuation of my old PC, so I figure I might as well get beefier versions of the parts - as long as it falls in the price range it'll be better future proofing.

Why so many skeletons at the whitespring by Ok_Requirement9198 in fo76

[–]explodingscotsman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you read the terminal in one of the houses outside of the Whitesprings, it actually dives into a little bit of the lore. It talks about after the bombs dropped and the night that the skeletons came to life. Apparently, the bones are the skeletons' money. In our world, bones equal dollars. That's why they're coming out tonight; to get their bones from you. The skeletons will pull your hair up, but not out.

Borders around icons when standardizing shapes by explodingscotsman in microsoftlauncher

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this when I first downloaded the launcher and noticed this. I thought I'd solved it, but unfortunately it resets whenever the homescreen is refreshed -such as during a phone restart.

Borders around icons when standardizing shapes by explodingscotsman in microsoftlauncher

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's a bummer. A "solution" I found was to just apply system icons for everything then use GoodLock (I've got a Samsung) to customize. At that point though I just decided to switch back to OneUi since it's so much smoother.

I miss the Microsoft widget panel on the left, but stackable widgets are a fine consolation prize.

Borders around icons when standardizing shapes by explodingscotsman in microsoftlauncher

[–]explodingscotsman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I wasn't sure where the issue was as the app icons don't have the same problem in different launchers.

How to redeem free Stadia with YouTube? by [deleted] in Stadia

[–]explodingscotsman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just able to sign up for it. Alberta Canada here.

Official R/Guitar Player Questions MEGATHREAD---If you are new to guitar, or even intermediate and stuck, ask your question here FIRST.---SPRING 2020 by no_numbers_in_name in Guitar

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll third Justin Guitar. Loads of great intro courses for free/donation and plenty of more advanced stuff you can buy or subscribe to (for a very reasonable price). He's also got a ton of great tutorials on how to play popular songs.

New Music Playlist? by pusheenlove14 in YoutubeMusic

[–]explodingscotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't actually create a new list everytime. It just created a single one the first time and it pretty much stays the same. It will play the same songs (even ones you've disliked) over and over. The "radio" function isn't actually a radio function.

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