ESC: Kev! if the steelers lose, I’m afraid you’re not going to get anything tonight.
Kev: Oh REEEALLY? Maybe I’ll take back all those cabinets, then.
ESC: UH HUH! YOU COULD TRY!
a dry run of the countertop fitting.
it’s actually a dark grey faux granite - it just looks black in the picture.
we’re going on without moving the chairrail. For the reason I said in the comments below, because it’s easier, and because the pre-cut holes in the cabinets match up perfectly with the chairrail and we can drill RIGHT into it!
So NOW the problem is…there is a bulge in the wall, preventing the countertop from fitting in square.
I wish I had the bastard who built this condo so that I could WRING HIS CROOKED UN-PLUMBED NECK!!!
bonus boring bit - I dyed my hair tonight! it was the most productive thing I did all day, aside from snap the two hinges in one door in the pic above. Fingers crossed I won’t look like an oranged haired freak for my wedding!
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Oh, ESC, you and the Steelers. If my girl (assuming I had one at this point in time) had the same thing going with the Lie-Downs, my testicles would turn puce.
Good luck on not looking like a freak!
There’s a bump in the wall? Morons.
OK, DON’T WORRY…
the steelers lost, yet Kev was well taken care of.
Not me, though, because I was NOT IN THE MOOD I CAN’T BELIEVE THE STEELERS LOST FUCK FUCK FUCK!
Okay, four things to consider:
1.) Historically speaking, with the exception of last year, the Steelers ALWAYS lose the first away game of the season.
2.) Ben was rusty and in pain last night. He will be better next week. Of course, I won’t get to watch next week because of the fucking JETS on my fucking TV, so I will huddle over my computer and watch the play-by-play on the Steelers website like the deprived football fiend I am.
3.) Troy Polamalu? Basically playing with one arm last night. He hurt his arm in the game last week and refused to sit out this week. So we have a rusty Ben and a one-armed Troy - we were obviously not at peak playing capacity.
4.) Even though the score was 9-0, our defense didn’t let them score a touchdown. All of those points were fieldgoals. Our defense kicks ass. Even when I thought there were going to be touchdown returns on interceptions, there weren’t!
Dude, we’ll be fine. Realistically speaking, this was to be expected. Didn’t make it any less frustrating, but we’re okay. Now your bulge in the wall is a different story.
yeah yeah, I know. Ben was playing with a 103 fever. If I had a 103 fever, I would be in BED moaning DON’T TOUCH ME to anyone who got within 10 feet. NOT having big strong men tackle me to the ground.
That’s for when I DON’T have a fever
yeah…wall bulge. we’re thinking about some kind of somewhat flexible backsplash to cover the gaps. maybe a stainless steel strip? how about roof flashing? anyone who is handy have any advice?
I don’t follow football. Just baseball. Are the Pittsburgh Steelers as good as the Pittsburgh Pirates? ’cause, uh, the Pirates suck.
When you show the condo, decorate that countertop with something floral and fussy, and hope it detracts the eye from the idiocy of the builders and the bulging wall.
Jeebus, bulging walls…
Mikey - *bitch slap upside yo fool head*
Serra - clicky the picture to see approximate location of wall bulge. IT IS SMALL! AND YET SO VERY FRUSTRATING!!!
Sorry about your Steelers. Julie said it best. Good defense, offense was rusty as hell.
Some places are built so shoddy these days. How hard is it to get a wall nice and plumb?