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| Household chores; Which one do you despise the most? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 9 2008, 01:05 PM (477 Views) | |
| plays88keys | Jan 9 2008, 01:05 PM Post #1 |
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Pisa-Carp
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We all have chores that must be performed to maintain our homes. Some aren't that bad; others are...well, we HATE doing them. Mine is cleaning out the cat's litter box. I'd rather be set on fire than have to do it, so I put it off until the smell forces me to change it. Which chore do you hate the most? |
| You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. | |
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| Frank_W | Jan 9 2008, 01:13 PM Post #2 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Vacuuming. I thoroughly despise it. I hate dusting too, but vacuuming is so damn loud and annoying... |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| The 89th Key | Jan 9 2008, 01:14 PM Post #3 |
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Vacuuming sucks. Seriously though - most likely cleaning the bathroom. |
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| Frank_W | Jan 9 2008, 01:14 PM Post #4 |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 9 2008, 01:17 PM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Today? what I hate most today is getting up on the high ladder and re-caulking a window. Did I mention our dining room window had a little leak last night? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jan 9 2008, 01:17 PM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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WORST CHORE EVER: My grandmother's house has a very nice back porch. It takes up the entire back side of her property. The porch is all brick, and has three different levels; I guess you could call them tiers. One easter, my uncle handed my cousin and I each a screwdriver, and said it was our job to clean out the grout between each brick for the whole damn porch. It was a very old patio, and the sand between the bricks had turned into mossy, dirt-filled crap that had all sorts of things growing in it. Why a screwdriver? It was actually the best tool we could find for that kind of chore. It took 3 whole days, one for each tier. Then we had to open up what seemed like a thousand sand bags, and sweep new sand into the cracks. After of course, we re-set the bricks that had become crooked. So it took 4-5 days to do the whole thing. My cousin had a few tapes of The Police that we listened to so it wasn't all that bad. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 9 2008, 01:18 PM Post #7 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Should have gotten two spray bottles and some bleach.![]() |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jan 9 2008, 01:22 PM Post #8 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Nahh, wouldn't have done it. The dirt plugs went down as far as each brick, often times a lot farther. When you pulled them out they looked like slivers of chocolate cake. The sand held all the bricks in place; no concrete to be found, except around the perimeter. Ironically, I had a similar job every time I closed up shop in a restaurant I used to work in. Only we used a butter knife, not a screwdriver. Turned out to be an even better tool but I don't think my grandmother would've taken to that idea. |
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| JBryan | Jan 9 2008, 01:24 PM Post #9 |
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When I was a kid a butter knife was a screwdriver. With that and a pair of pliers I could take anything apart. It used to drive my parents nuts when every time they bought me something and I had it all in pieces in an hour or so. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 9 2008, 01:24 PM Post #10 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I would be tempted to use a saw of some sort at least - maybe a grinder with a metal cutting wheel on it that would fit between the bricks. Zip zap done. |
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| Frank_W | Jan 9 2008, 01:25 PM Post #11 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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I did that too!!
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jan 9 2008, 01:27 PM Post #12 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Not bad! The bricks were crooked but as I remember there were enough of them lined up to make that a quicker way, prob'ly. Of course, I was never trusted with power tools. :lol: |
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| big al | Jan 9 2008, 01:31 PM Post #13 |
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Bull-Carp
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I hate cleaning gutters. I'm generally not fond of anything that involves ladders and heights. I think I'll have to get some kind of gutter guards if the time comes when I have no children nearby to do the job. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| LWpianistin | Jan 9 2008, 01:58 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Cat litter box and bathroom cleaning, which go together. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Jan 9 2008, 02:52 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Emptying out the recyclables. I don't do it, my husband does. Vacuming I love, b/c it makes a vast improvement. I also wipe counters incessantly. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| DivaDeb | Jan 9 2008, 04:14 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Things I don't mind: doing floors bathrooms dusting, cleaning glass etc ironing Things I can't stand to do: load/unload dishwasher (it's in a terrible place and makes my back hurt) laundry (same reason) I wouldn't mind either of those if using the machines was easier for me |
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| dolmansaxlil | Jan 9 2008, 06:25 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Dishes. I haven't had a dishwasher in over a decade. Sigh. My next apartment, that's non-negotiable! I also hate laundry, but that's because I have to schlep to the laundromat. I actually kind of enjoy laundry when I have a machine here. Also non-negotiable next time around.
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson My Flickr Photostream | |
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| Rick | Jan 9 2008, 06:43 PM Post #18 |
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Senior Carp
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the yard. It's a weekend long event. blow, rake, mow, blow rake mow. |
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| Frank_W | Jan 10 2008, 06:07 AM Post #19 |
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Same here, Rick. I pay to have mine done. I plant stuff, water it, and for $75/month, there's a guy and his son who take care of our two acres, all the mulching, fertilizing, aerating, and weed-killin. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Rick | Jan 10 2008, 06:13 AM Post #20 |
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does he travel? the gardeners here would laugh at me for $75 a month. |
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| Frank_W | Jan 10 2008, 06:24 AM Post #21 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Well, I do all the gardening and landscaping.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| sarah_blueparrot | Jan 10 2008, 08:13 AM Post #22 |
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Cleaning the shower. I get wet, and the water runs up my sleeve, the limescale doesn't come off and there are 5 sides to scrub, and don't even talk to me about the hair in the drain... I don't mind doing the bathroom because it's not too hard, and everything looks so nice and shiny when it's done.
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Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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| apple | Jan 10 2008, 08:19 AM Post #23 |
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one of the angels
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i hate to sort and fold underwear. |
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| Frank_W | Jan 10 2008, 08:49 AM Post #24 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Clean the shower WHILE you are taking a shower. No problem. If you need some help...
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| sarah_blueparrot | Jan 10 2008, 09:01 AM Post #25 |
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I can't - I have to take my lenses out and then I can see almost nothing It's only ever a problem if I look into the shower when I'm not headed for it... Otherwise it doesn't bother me as I can't see the dirt!!
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Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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I did that too!!



I don't mind doing the bathroom because it's not too hard, and everything looks so nice and shiny when it's done.
It's only ever a problem if I look into the shower when I'm not headed for it... Otherwise it doesn't bother me as I can't see the dirt!!

4:33 PM Jul 10