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Mad Jockette May 30th 2012 2:17 pm
Re: DIY Central Alberta
 
Piff Poff, sorry to hear you are having a crap time trying to get things done in the new place. Hope it works out for you :fingerscrossed:

M

Piff Poff May 30th 2012 2:21 pm
Re: DIY Central Alberta
 
Originally Posted by Mad Jockette (Post 10091940)
Piff Poff, sorry to hear you are having a crap time trying to get things done in the new place. Hope it works out for you :fingerscrossed:

M
Thanks, just been out there tonight for the window guy to measure up for a quote, our reno guy has pulled more stuff apart. The movers come on the 13th June. I am now completely overwhelmed. I'm tired and premenstrual, so fairly tearful too, i'll have my positive head back on in a couple of days and a deer will visit while I'm painting one of the newly finished walls and I'll think - It will be worth it, I keep thinking happy fluffy thoughts:eek::rofl:

Mad Jockette May 30th 2012 2:30 pm
Re: DIY Central Alberta
 
Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 10091943)
Thanks, just been out there tonight for the window guy to measure up for a quote, our reno guy has pulled more stuff apart. The movers come on the 13th June. I am now completely overwhelmed. I'm tired and premenstrual, so fairly tearful too, i'll have my positive head back on in a couple of days and a deer will visit while I'm painting one of the newly finished walls and I'll think - It will be worth it, I keep thinking happy fluffy thoughts:eek::rofl:
If you want to meet for a coffee to have a face to face rant, or just a relax. Give me a call. I work Mon to Fri now and am usually finished around 4pm. I'll pm you my new number.

it will be worth it :thumbsup:

Souvy May 31st 2012 12:06 am
Re: DIY Central Alberta
 
Originally Posted by JonboyE (Post 10091620)
My experience too. The Home Depots around here seem to employ the older people who know what they are doing in the isles and leave the teenagers on the cash desks. I have frequently sought, and been given, good advice and more than once been told that a $1 widget would do the same job as the tens or hundreds of dollars worth of equipment I was proposing to buy.
I agree with you. The folk in the kitchen/bathroom department are little more than salesmen/order processors. The guys on the specialised aisles tend to know what they are talking about. I've had a few tell me the thing I've just picked up is useless crap (including the store's own brand!). The plumbing guy at HD gave Souvette an on-the-spot lesson in how to install our new bathroom sink.


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