"cshenk" wrote
I don't understand the fascination with glass doors. Our cabinets are stuffed full with "stuff" and very utilitarian. Do you want to see all my mismatched cups and glasses? Or the one with every spice imaginable in every type of container imaginable?
You did the right thing.
Oh, yeah.
No gas can is 'fully sealed' if the lid/spout is not put on tightly and correctly every time. Plastic cans UV weaken from sunlight, and can get damaged by winter weather or improper handling. The now-rare(for new ones) metal cans can rust. And yes, there are still a whole lotta old cans with vent doohickeys on them. Wish I could find one- these modern no-vent cans are a major pain to pour from without splashing. Careful people would likely never have a problem, but non-careful people are the reason we have fire departments.
Secondary containment doesn't work for buried tanks, still dirt-common around here. When those leak, cleanup is an expensive PITA.
It would be a waste of my time. I'm just not interested.
You do know that you smell natural gas way before it reaches dangerous levels?
I just bought a gas "can" after my last move. It *cannot* be sealed tightly, particularly with the spout attached. The only worthwhile feature of the can is that the vent is part of the spout, which aso acts as a cut-off when the tank if full. If the spout is stuck far enough into the tank the vent goes under the fuel, cutting off the vent. Sure, it's possible to spill, but you have to try. Believing that gas cans are sealed is lunacy.
People with glass dood kitchen cabinets, its a show display for a kitchen they probably never use.
n you need it.
I saw some OLD style cans at a flea market and bought them all:)
On the way back to the vehicle people were trying to buy them back off of me.
one guy offered me 20 bucks for a 2.5 gallon can.
For those of us of a certain age who can't remember where we put it...
Or the name of the person into whom we put it...
Or what to do with it once we discover where we put it...
Why do you hate granite? SWMBO loves the granite tops all though the house. She particularly loves the granite topped island. I do too. It makes great cookies. ;-)
Yep. One of he houses I liked (*huge* unfinished basement) was vetoed because of the kitchen. It had a stove and a sink; looked fine to me. ;-)
My kitchen is decidely non-foody, but when we bought the house we figured we could add on. Doesn't look like that'll be possible anymore.
Still, I've cooked meals on everything from a two-burner hot plate, to a campfire, to a big commercial stove. My 81-square-foot kitchen may be crowded, but it gets the job done.
Cindy Hamilton
We suffered through a couple short lived generations of piss poor vent free spout designs, but the current generation of vent free spouts (which are available separately for $5 or so and fit the earlier cans) are pretty good. Give one of the new ones a try.
If you are sound asleep, away from home, or the leak is in a closed room, the methyl mercaptan won't help you. An gas detector with a shutoff valve will.
Never had a buried tank, only the 275 or 300 gal in the basement.
"h" wrote
Same here. What was amusing to *me* was the owner was so proud of her unsuable kitchen remodel. She even had before and after pictures sitting out. The before remodel kitchen was perfect for a real cook. The after set wasn't useful to do more than nuke pre-made TV dinners. Highly suspect it was so spotless, because it had never been used. LOL!
"h" wrote
Same here. What was amusing to *me* was the owner was so proud of her unsuable kitchen remodel. She even had before and after pictures sitting out. The before remodel kitchen was perfect for a real cook. The after set wasn't useful to do more than nuke pre-made TV dinners. Highly suspect it was so spotless, because it had never been used. LOL!
Same here on cooking, but I don't want to daily have to do that. Current kitchen is NOT perfect but it's workable.
Best small kitchen, Hawaii. Oven right across from the fridge was the only real problem (couldn't open both at the same time but there was 2 inches clearance for both to fully open if the other was shut). Small but very usable.
Smallest, made it work, Cho apartment in Japan. Fridge about 5ft tall and thin, Oven 20 inch. Counter space was 6 inches at one side of sink, and just enough for a small dish drain on the other. Had a tea cart for appliances and another for the computer station. 'Living room' had the china cabinet.
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote
Hehehe same here. My china cabinet had solid doors too.
I did stay long enough to poke about a little to see if it could be made functional (was being sold with all appliances as is so checked them). The house did sell in a month, but to a mostly non-cook. I know because it's down the street from me and have seen the rest now. I'm much happier with the one I got (for much less money) and they are jealous as mine is bigger and nicer.
Kitchen not perfect (counterspace and pot storage issues) but it can be fixed and is quite usable as it is. Plotting a kitchen re-do eventually.
(omitted other issues with kitchen)
Don't like it. I dont like the looks, the care, and the shatter of a glass item if you hit it just wrong. They have other issues but those are mine. To me, a granite countertop is a detraction of house value.
Hehehe. Hope you got a basement in the one you picked!
keith wrote: (snip)
Chortle. I resemble that remark. Wish I had held out for a bare concrete basement. No SWMBO to blame, my mortgage broker told me rates were soon to rise, and I wanted to get something before they went back from 5.37 to the close to 7 that they were for the next couple of years.
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