[Magdalen] Appliances was Medical update (& honestly, getting' a little scary).

[Jay Weigel]

Our Formica is just not going to be done anything with. We're both too done
with it to even give a damn...if that makes sense. Wipe it off and ignore
it, mostly.

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jay, did you know that Formica can be sprayed with a kind of epoxy paint
> and it does provide an excellent finish and holds up really well. I've
> known several people who have had this done with outdated solid colored
> Formica with great results.
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 9:53 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Appliances was Medical update (& honestly,
> getting' a little scary).
>
> Well, mine has kind of mauve-ish ceramic tile FLOORS that extend clear out
>> through the dining area, 12-inch tiles that I hate with a passion because
>> they show every speck of dirt. AND the countertops are teal formica
>> without
>> any pattern! Plus the fact that the island, which I otherwise love, does
>> not square with the line of the floor for some reason.
>>
>> The house was built by the contractor who lives across the road,
>> apparently
>> with materials he, um, appropriated from building sites where he was
>> working. Also apparently without use of a plumb line. Nothing is *quite*
>> square. It's a beautiful house, but it has some serious peculiarities,
>> most
>> of which I love, but a few of which drive me crazy.
>>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Mmm.  My kitchen area features lots of fake granite counter-space, rather
>>> swell after the inherited pinkish formica or whatever it was that I
>>> endured
>>> for nearly 25 years in Whitevale. It shows nothing. :-)))  What with my
>>> stainless steel appliances and all, my kitchen would give you the
>>> jim-jams.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/7/2016 9:43 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>
>>> I use that, but in two shakes the stuff is nasty again. I absolutely
>>>> DETEST
>>>> stainless appliances! There, I've said it. Oh, and you can have granite
>>>> countertops, too. There are none in our kitchen and never will be.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> White vinegar is the answer to almost everything except "what is the
>>>>
>>>>> meaning of life?" (42).
>>>>>
>>>>> Molly
>>>>>
>>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>>>>> no
>>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 6, 2016, at 11:47 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/6/16 4:31 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have stainless, purchased before I moved here or we wouldn't. I
>>>>>>> hate
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> stuff. It's impossible to keep clean in a hard water area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> White vinegar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sibyl Smirl
>>>>>> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
>>>>>> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>