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I need moderator opinion on a post I recently made in Super Mods section.


Hi, Everyone. I'm super busy these days. How's everyone else?

 

I could be busier.

 

Yay, carpenter ants...




I knew there was good reason to tear out that alcove, other than "architecturally, it sucked..."


There's chipmunk intrusion too... Who knows what else.


Anyways, windows are out but the new doors aren't in yet... That room is basically "wide open" but I need a break.

 

burnt my hand on reciprocating saw...i abuse it because it was a free one anyway

i might bring my good skillsaw next time and just sacrifice a blade because it will work faster and easier

had to come home and switch trucks...leaving in a bit to make another garbage run with the last wall sections and the first piece of floor


hate cutting old wood with my good saw though...

 

Sorry about your hand spaceman, and Ty, your house must be really awesome, or will be once you finish...sounds that way!

 

dennis hopper in the rifleman getting wasted.. his paw dont want him going to school.

 

This is hilarious. Have you listened to the follow up?

 

Oh, no!

 

http://youtu.be/JB1yEcdomt0

I'm probably going to plant some tomatoes on the weekend, I can't be bothered growing any other vegetables right now but I feel like growing some sun flowers so I might plant them too.

 

Id like a aussie winter home. lol..

 

How cold is winter where you are orison?

 

it can get really cold, almost as much as canada..

 

Door is in... need to adjust the rollers at the bottom so it rolls. The opening I made was snug, just like it is supposed to be, slid it in then leaned it back out for caulk and stood it back up again.... perfect! Must have been a zillion screws around the flange.

Have a handle, but no latch and there's no surrounding walls yet, so I need to put that storm window back before dark. Might get a 1/2 way finished photo while I'm at it.


I'm gonna be in great shape for my doctor's appointment tomorrow. OW!

 

system sucks a big one when searching for friends to pm..

 

i think i need some sort of advice or rant..

Can anyone weigh in on this if they have the time please.

Basically I think I've either had or am going through a fallout with my father over what I consider just a stupid thing to get upset over. To cut a long story short, we have both been trying to train up my dog for his first show in a couple of weeks and my father is very good at training dogs and naturally I asked for advice. At first it was all fun and games but then the training turned into every day, weekends etc and put a weight on my personal life and my missus' life as she was with us trying to help. At this point in time I just don't have the time to train every day but he does as he doesn't work etc. and I know that this was a good project for him to keep his mind off things it was like a second calling for him. But he's taken it too far now with me not able to train on call he's taken the dog under his wing and also put the expectations on my missus to pick up the my slack. She's not interested in this at all, she likes the idea and wants to show if it's what I want, but she has no interest getting in the ring herself. She's not a runner etc. it's not her thing. But now dad has these little rules like when we walk the dog it needs to trot all the the way in a specific form of trot. We aren't allowed to wash the dog because it'll make him fluffy, we can't have the dog tired before training or else he doesn't train well etc. I feel as if it's OUR dog, not his. My mother dropped her pup off the other day as we are dog sitting and my dad was furious because naturally the two play together and tire one another out. This isn't good for training and he basically was a fucking **** all training session and stormed off after and I kinda broke down there. I been dealing with a lot of emotional shit lately, just quit a high stress job and trying to move on from this and I decided I didn't have time for this shit anymore, furthermore, how dare he walk into my house and start ranting and raving because he didn't get his way. He'd also started to put my girlfriend down in little subtle ways like blaming her for the way our dog walks.. it's a fucking dog we taught it nothing, it just walks.. anyway enough was enough and I went to the dog club the next night (last night) to give it one more chance. We passed beginners obedience a few weeks back but I had missed the last few classes of intermediate obedience and my plan was to observe so I could train our dog so he won't be too fat behind when we pick it up again the next semester. Dad wasn't happy about this, then wanted the dog to do it himself which I said yes but then he was talked into instructing a class. He then asked my missus if she'd do it, I shook my head at her and she said no and he rolled his eyes. We went on a walk came back he asked if he was in class we said no.. missus isn't doing it, I'm picking it up again next month. And that pissed him off. Mind you, the tension was there from the previous day and I right then and there made up my mind that I'd had enough of his psychological bullshit games. He asked if training was still on tomorrow. I said I'm think about it.
"thinking about what?
training, I'm not sure I enjoy it anymore
"ohh you don't enjoy it anymore"
Thinking to myself 'this is my fucking dog'
"is this because of what happened yesterday?"
yeah, kinda. I mean we love the dog, we don't want to punish him for nothing, we don't want to be glared at with hawk eyes every time we take him for a walk, it doesn't feel like our dog, we can't do anything with him etc.
*arms in the air* "oh well we'll pull him!" (from the show)

and he storms off.

I haven't spoken with him since but I am devastated. I think I'm in the right regardless, but if we have as much in common with our personalities as I believe we do, then I know his emotional state right now and I know deep inside what that must feel like and I know how much hurt he must be going through. There was a lot more going on with the dog than what I had stated etc. but I felt he was trying to live a past dream of his where he'd accomplished a lot but for me personally, I just wanted to have fun. If we took the ring and looked like dickheads that was fine, the dog and I would look like dickheads together, that would be fun, he got too serious, started lining up other people to handle the dog in the ring that knew what they were doing and it didn't feel right, I didn't want someone that I don't even know exists handling my dog and if he fails then what? he's just a **** of animal and not worth the time of day?

It's soooo stupid yet I'm so hurt right now. I dunno, no one around me really gets it, probably cause it's so fucking stupid.

 

sorry too long

 

yeah I'd not bother myself either haha.

 

your dad just wants the best for you ....and sometimes parents do get caught up and think what is the best for them and their wishes and desires is also the best for you .(which always isnt the case) you can be grateful for his advice but doesnt mean you have to act on it...and he should understand that your an adult and handle things in your life the way you want.

 

In the beginning I agree he wanted what was best for me, but it turned from me to what was best for him and that was more or less being told not to have fun with our own dog in fears we would "un-train him". My missus was too conflicted in walking her own dog in fears she might be doing it wrong. And that right there is so fucking retarded it makes my blood boil.