Don't knock it until you've tried it. Shaving is by far my least favorite part of getting ready, but I would go for in for a shave everyday if I had the time and money. It involves a reclining barber's chair (I hope to have a barber's chair in my man cave some day because they are so nice), hot towels, facial…

I pay $15 for my shave, and I thought that was on the cheap end. I know of other places in the area that charge closer to $30. I love getting a shave the way my wife loves getting pedicures. As strange as it is to say it, a shave is one of the most relaxing experiences I have had.

That is assuming that the water heater continues to heat the water. If it doesn't the water can become stagnant and it is a common breeding ground for the bacteria that causes legionnaire's disease. https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/l…

I think you bring up a point that a lot of people overlook in the spanking debate. I rarely see anybody define what they mean by "spanking." My parents spanked me on occasion, but it was pretty rare. They also used open hand three to five times and stopped when I was still pretty young. My wife's parents used wooden…

I think it is kind of assumed that you are going to dress appropriately for the temperature and that applies to using proper bedding.

My house is horribly cluttered. I am especially bad at collecting DVDs, CDs and books. For years, my wife and I would hit up thrift stores and pawnshops on a weekly basis and it was rare to walk out without at least one purchase. It is easy to justify a purchase when it costs the same/less than a rental.

If I were single, I could easily get by in a place like she described (although I would really miss the garage). As it is, I am married with kids and that makes it a lot harder for me to get rid of things. Hell, we bought kids books at thrift stores years before we had our first kid and we've been dragging them around…

Agreed. And even with books, she advocates getting rid of most of them. I have boxes of books around my home, but if I were to follow her advice, I would only have enough to fill a couple of shelves on a bookshelf.

I have little to no handyman skills, but I am always trying to get better at it. It has gotten to the point where the people at the local hardware store just assume that I will need help finding the right tool or part when I stop in, rather than letting me wander around the store.

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That was our first thought, but there is literally no room up there for a laundry room.

I clean my gutters on the addition, but there is no way I am climbing a ladder up to the second story to clean those gutters. Especially after having to rescue a maintenance guy this morning when his ladder tipped over, leaving him hanging from a beam on the gym ceiling.

I haven't looked into it beyond the conceptual stage, but the closet/new laundry room is directly over the old one (and right off of the bathroom) and the plumbing costs would likely be minimal. If I did move the laundry room upstairs, I would likely convert the old room into additional storage.

This seems like a good place to ask a question that I have been thinking about for a while. I live in a two story house with a laundry room in the basement. The basement is semi-finished, but the laundry room is terrible (bare concrete, one wall is bare cinder block, the other two are bare studs, exposed pipes, bare…

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I keep thinking that I would like to make an MAME arcade. This may just be what puts me over the edge.

Loved the TigerSharks! I had a VHS tape of Saturday morning cartoons that had a few episodes on it (along with the rest of Comic Strip and various others). I watched that thing into oblivion without even thinking to back it up. Twas a sad day (20 years later) when it stopped working.

Bravestarr is still one of my favorite cartoons. As much as I love He-Man and Thundercats, I really think that Bravestarr holds up better today.

Got this guy sitting on my shelf right now. Unfortunately, I think the little bird is either lost or in a box at my parents' house.