The Question Club

I'm having vinyl plank flooring installed in four rooms of my townhouse. This is a smaller local business - not a large chain, so the installers are employed directly by the shop. The installation is all being done by one guy, Bob. The condo is currently empty, and I gave Bob permission to leave half of the appliances in the garage rather than move them back in, since I'm replacing those. Appliance moving is included in the labor charge. I'm moving in Tuesday and he has offered to finish up the work by working Saturday morning, so I can resume painting etc. It may be that he's paid by the job rather than by the hour - I didn't ask.

Normally I would make or buy lunch for someone working like this rather than tip in cash, but right now eating/drinking inside with strangers is not happening. I think it would be nice to offer a tip, but how much? The estimated labor charge for this job is about $4100. I want to be considerate but not profligate.

Is there a song you used to sing as a child that would give you pause to hear a child sing now?

thought of while listening to the one-hit-wonder of the 70s "Afternoon Delight". My parents had it as an 8 track in the car. I used to love it because I thought it was pretty and about being happy in the afternoon...which it was...

Also, I remember when I worked at Borders Books and Music hearing a little girl loudly singing the chorus to Lady Marmalade and thinking about asking her dad if he knew she was propositioning people in French. 😅

So far in my new townhouse I have discovered a subfloor structure that evokes this response in every handy/building contractor who's visited: "Wow! What is that? I've never seen anything like that before!" and also a lot of dirt and the formerly hidden smell of cat pee but I can't tell exactly where, and contact paper in every cupboard where you can't remove the adhesive without scraping off the laminate...I'm sure I will find more fun things as I go.

What are some WTF/funny/scary things you've found upon moving into a new house or apartment?

One of the last weird, wild places on the Internet is going away. Yahoo! is shuttering Answers after almost two decades of service. The answers were questionable, the questions even more puzzling. In tribute, I present some of the most giggle worthy questions in poll form.

Does anyone else have nightmares of being inside a public place and suddenly realizing you're not wearing a mask and you've been breathing heaven knows what for like half an hour?

This dream happens to me so often and it's so unsettling. IRL I don't even leave my apartment to go to the laundry room without a mask, but the dreams persist.

Hi peeps, I'm crowdsourcing my homework again. For my entrepreneurship class, we have to come up with a business plan for a pretend business.

Which sounds better to you as the tagline for the business name?



TIA!

So, my better half had never seen "Arrested Development", and I shared this infamous clip with her. It's become something she says to me when discussing costs of things. It got me thinking about what are some of our favorite quotes from movies/pop culture that have infiltrated our lives and become part of our shared vernacular.

So, with this in mind:
1) What are some of your favorite quotes from movies/pop culture that you frequently say yourself in your daily life?

2) What sayings that are from movies/pop culture that you frequently hear in daily life?

For example: from a former government employee, we got a variation that I just heard at work
"He's just a low level covfefe boy"

With what would you fill your Cadbury egg if you could?

...thought of while i am breaking my diet and seeing how high i can raise my blood sugar at one sitting...🤤

I'm in the process of buying a townhouse condo, and of course there is a COA with its nosey rules. One rule is that we all have to have the same lamp post in front. It looks kind of like this except white. We can't change the style or the color.

Totally not my style - if it were my choice I'd pick something more like this. I hate "colonial" stuff. I plan on repainting it so at least it looks newer/neater, but what else could I do to make it less depressing? Srs and non-srs answers welcome.