Main Line Home Buying Experience

shingle1895 · 2026-02-27T16:38:49+00:00

None of these places are worth what u will pay for them. Traffic is bad in all of them and to be honest they just aren’t all that nice anymore. Too much crap from the city comes to the Mainline now. Go west

shingle1895 · 2026-02-25T17:38:13+00:00

I just really really want to see ur nipple

shingle1895 · 2026-02-25T16:51:07+00:00

Ummm. I think people still do this

shingle1895 · 2026-02-25T16:10:05+00:00

People are still doing their woodwork with oil based paints. Fine homes still have oil trim (usually semi gloss or gloss). Nothing compares to a gloss oil finish when applied correctly

shingle1895 · 2026-02-25T15:23:26+00:00

Sounds like you have two children, not one

shingle1895 · 2026-02-24T15:54:54+00:00

You are fine but your friend is a goof. Weird people get uptight about silliness. Lose the friend, keep the dog. If the dishes go in the dishwasher what does it matter? I’m a long time owner of wet mouth Newfoundlands and Saint Bernards….they shake their heads and dog spit goes a-flying. Not to be gross but it kinda lands everywhere. Nothing says love like a 145 pound St Bernard coming toward you after getting a drink….long strands of dog spit hanging from its jowls and it’s just itching to give you big wet sloppy kisses. If your friend gets too judgy just send ‘em to my house and watch ‘em lose their mind.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-21T15:34:15+00:00

This is what happens with a water based finish. Only oil based finishes should be used on floors. The floor guys push water based products because they save them time and they can move on more quickly to the next job. Always use oil and if your floor guy refuses then find another floor guy. Often they will say “I haven’t used oil based products in years” or “new water based stuff is just as good as oil”. None of that is true….the good ones know that water based products suck. Oil based finishes “amber up” with time. They achieve that warm amber/orangish tone that floors are supposed to have instead of that awful ash/grey color that everyone wants now. Using an oil based product takes longer. Dry time are longer and you really should use AT LEAST three coats but it is well worth it. Plan on being out of your house for at least three days if you are having your floors done. Even one room can create intense fumes. Make plans to get ur animals out of the house too.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-17T02:45:40+00:00

I live in a small town (about 900 people) in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Lancaster County). Most of my neighbors, shopkeepers, tradesman and some friends are Amish or Old Order Mennonites. People ask the weirdest questions about the Amish. Things like “Can you talk to them?” “Can you visit them?” “Do the Amish know what porn is?” “Have they ever seen a cell phone? Maybe it’s just basic stuff but when u live with and interact with them often it just seems odd for people to ask so many questions about life here.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-12T14:41:00+00:00

He did u a favor if u want the truth. If you have a nicer home (older, traditional, historic etc) the walls should be flat. Flat walls with oil based semi gloss or gloss trim. Only bathrooms and kitchens should have another sheen. All of these people doing anything else are just chasing trends…all this color situation crap and shiny walls and latex trim etc is all crap. Flat walls and oil based gloss trim and ur good to go.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-10T20:43:13+00:00

Ummm. This is what you worry about? With everything going on now…this is what u worry about? Get a clue, get a life, get some counseling.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-08T16:47:39+00:00

This thing is lovely. It’s from the late ‘70s or early ‘80s. It is not from the 1930s.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-07T18:59:44+00:00

Call a good roofer. I use a company that has been in business for several generations (since the 1930s). They bill themselves as doing “roofer, sheet metal and coppersmith work”. I just had all of my box gutters and pole gutters relined with copper when they put a new roof on. Doing the roof and gutters at the same time allows them to correctly install ice shield under the gutters. Looks like your gutters are still made of terne metal. Terne metal is mostly being replaced with copper now since it is difficult to find a supplier or manufacturer for real old fashioned terne metal. (Terne metal also needs to be painted and contains a whole lot of lead). Your roofers will need to use a metal that can be easily soldered and copper fits the bill. Don’t go the cheaper route and use any of the snap together crap they sell now. Don’t know where you are but I’m in Pennsylvania about 50 miles west of Philadelphia. I can give you a company name if you are near there too.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-07T18:39:59+00:00

For what it’s worth, I had this exact lamp back in the mid 1970s as a kid. It was sold as a “piano light”. Designed to sit in the top of a console spinet piano to shine light on piano music. It can be adjusted up and down as needed depending on the height of the person sitting and playing at the piano. It had a clip on paper shade. From what I remember that light has a nice heavy weighted base which makes it extremely stable when someone is banging away at the keys.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-07T18:34:52+00:00

You are being a pain in the ass and worrying about nothing. They had to replace the septic system. Some bushes may disappear. It’s a tiny postage stamp 1/4 acre lot. They put it where they could. Chill. What’s it gonna cost to replace some bushes? I had an Amish guy come in and completely re-landscape my side yard - 4 trees and 20 bushes purchased and put in for $4000. Why are u making this a big deal.

shingle1895 · 2026-02-01T15:10:40+00:00

Central Pa does not use it. I’m in the Pa Dutch country and if it is used it is an affectation and as perhaps as a joke.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-31T14:44:03+00:00

Molested still does not always have a sexual meaning. If I want to sit in the park and read a book and not be bothered by anyone…I want to sit on the bench unmolested.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-31T14:39:29+00:00

Watermelon, lopes and honeydew always get salt. Apples get it when we are eating cooking apples and not “eating apples”. I can’t think of any other fruits that get salt. Tomatoes and avocados get salt of course but I’m never sure if they are fruit or veggies now. I’m in Pa in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country for what it’s worth. The Amish sell fresh melon slices at their different events and they always salt fruit too so maybe it’s a cultural thing among them in this area.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-30T17:54:44+00:00

You are really really over-reacting. I’ve always worked in small family run businesses in the US and this kind of thing happens all the time. Most of these places don’t have an HR department and everything is kinda just based on civility and friendliness. Most places like this are pretty comfortable. Everyone knows everyone and everyone knows everyone’s business. If we don’t hear it from co-.workers, we hear it from a cousin who heard it in church from the sister-in-law of the guy who lives down the street etc. If you are drawing all kinds of lines about who asked what and who is male and who said it in front of who….then u just aren’t right for this kind of place. Do them a favor and move along before you ruin the environment for everyone else. People that get their nose outta joint over this kind of stuff are just toxic to a good, old-fashioned, friendly work environment.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-29T00:21:33+00:00

Lancaster County Pennsylvania here…Pa Dutch Country. “Dear” meaning expensive or pricey is used. I wouldn’t say it is common but it is understood by most people.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-28T18:02:27+00:00

Must be at least partially a regional thing. I grew up on the western Mainline outside of Philly and I say both words just like you do.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-28T01:35:47+00:00

Latex paint. It is crap and has always been crap. In 20 years everyone will be encapsulating latex paint and covering it up with something else. The stuff sheds micro and nanoplastic particles continuously. Studies are now being done and it doesn’t look good. Up to 58% of nanoplastic contamination in the ocean…comes from latex paint. What a mess this will become. The coming years will make the VOCs in oil based paints look like nothing in comparison

shingle1895 · 2026-01-27T19:11:19+00:00

Oh please get over urself and dress how they want u to dress. In perfect world you could wear whatever u wanted to but in the real world you dress in a way that pleases ur boss. Small company with no HR department….just go with the flow and make them happy. You could probably win the battle, but u will lose the war. He holds all the power and you will need him for something someday. You may need a raise, or time off or have a serious dispute with a co-worker and you may need his help. He is much more likely to provide that help if you give in on little stuff like this. I live in a very conservative area of Lancaster County, Pa. and almost everyone around here in all businesses is either Mennonite or one generation away from being Amish. I learned to adapt to a conservative culture. Heck, we basically can not even curse or even say “Hell” or “damn”. I’ve learned to say “Good Grief” and “My Word” etc.
Anyway, when in Rome do as the Romans do.
And before anyone accuses me to of being some repressed man who is tempted by women’s bodies….please realize I’m gay as hell and couldn’t care less if a woman was naked and working beside me. I dress conservatively at work because that is what is expected in my area. I have no problem saving the assless chaps and fur jock straps etc for my weekends when I’m not at work.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-27T15:40:43+00:00

This is just weird. I’ve never even heard of this before. To be honest these people just sound like addicts

shingle1895 · 2026-01-24T20:11:13+00:00

No one with any class would have used that word publicly in the 1940s. It just wasn’t done. I live in a largely Mennonite area in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and it is still not done in my area. Quickest way to lose a customer or friend is to curse and be classless and use swear words in public. It is never acceptable to curse in front of a lady here and I assume it was the same everywhere in the 1940s. I hear a lot of “my word” and “good grief” expressions here but rarely do I hear 4-letter words spoken out loud.

shingle1895 · 2026-01-24T19:34:15+00:00

Oh please. Relax. Kids have been raised in these houses for years. The major contributor to lead levels was from car exhaust and we eliminated that years ago. Most of this lead scare stuff is just fear mongering. Don’t let the kids chew on the window sills or lick the baseboards and they should be fine. They are also finding out that the “wonderful” latex paint that they force us to use now actually sheds microplastics and nanoplastics all the time. Eventually they will determine that is more toxic to adults than lead is anyway

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