I went out and bought a very nice LARGE computer monitor several years ago because my eyes were getting bad. I know that’s not the same sort of thing at all, but hear me: I couldn’t use it comfortably: It was TOO big, and I had to hold my head in uncomfortable positions to see the various windows. You might be able to reasonably use a 50" TV because you CAN get far enough away. But some of the larger ones are simply too big to let people enjoy them in a normal room.
Spackle isn’t bad stuff to work with, but if you’re talking grout do yourself a favor and hire a pro before you waste a lot of your own time — and then need to hire the pro to fix both the original problem and your attempts to fix it.
Currently using a 55 incher cause, at the time of purchase, a 75 incher would have cost three times as much. I spent most of the savings on beer and liquor. The rest I just wasted.
Having just spent the last two weeks cleaning and polishing the hard water spots off the tile in the master bath, etching the floor, resealing the floor, caulking the floor/wall joint and resealing all the grout in the four walls, uuuuhhhh…Thanks, but NO!
Love baseball and football on the big screen, the colors, the backgrounds of movies (old movies show old LA, NY in the background). But…..the faces can be a problem. Lovely actresses with eyes the size of golf balls. Giant Pores in the skin of news announcers. Action sequences that fill up the screen and are unwatchable except for segments on parts of the screen. Still, overall its nice compared to our 14" screen in 1962.
About two years ago we bought a Samsung 65" 4K tv which is awesome. I replaced our home theater system and it is actually better than the theater. The only problem is that my wife doesn’t like the home theatre set up because it makes her vibrate! ;-p
allen@home over 1 year ago
Good call, Earl. Maybe you can talk, Opal into the fifty inch flat screen later. The other two probably not.
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Pool sounds like a good hobby for a retired person. One of my aunts was good at pool.
catchup over 1 year ago
Wait, a ‘new’ boat?! I didn’t know they had an old one!
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
I went out and bought a very nice LARGE computer monitor several years ago because my eyes were getting bad. I know that’s not the same sort of thing at all, but hear me: I couldn’t use it comfortably: It was TOO big, and I had to hold my head in uncomfortable positions to see the various windows. You might be able to reasonably use a 50" TV because you CAN get far enough away. But some of the larger ones are simply too big to let people enjoy them in a normal room.
Botulism Bob over 1 year ago
She read his mind and changed it!
californiamonty over 1 year ago
You’re learning, Earl!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 1 year ago
Practically the same thing.
Skeptical Meg over 1 year ago
Is Earl finally learning to think before he answers Opal?
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Earl is me. I have been working on that grouting job for a few days. Should have taken one. But, then, I have never been one to rush a job.
H-m-m-m-m. Come to think of it, maybe I should wash our cars. Been about a decade since the last time. Yep. I’ll add that to the plan today?
jagedlo over 1 year ago
“read my mind”…and found it to be a work of fiction!
Frank Salem Premium Member over 1 year ago
This made me laugh today.
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
Spackle isn’t bad stuff to work with, but if you’re talking grout do yourself a favor and hire a pro before you waste a lot of your own time — and then need to hire the pro to fix both the original problem and your attempts to fix it.
brick10 over 1 year ago
Well played, Earl!
bmckee over 1 year ago
A 50" flat screen TV? Why so small Earl? Mine’s 55" OLED and the only reason why it’s not a 65" is that the cable drop is in the wrong place.
Doug K over 1 year ago
It’s like it … except you see and read what you want to see and read while I’m seeing something else.
ANIMAL over 1 year ago
Yeeeeeeah………… sure……………
morningglory73 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think Earl is a tad self centered.
assrdood over 1 year ago
Currently using a 55 incher cause, at the time of purchase, a 75 incher would have cost three times as much. I spent most of the savings on beer and liquor. The rest I just wasted.
akiprev04 over 1 year ago
Or even better steer away of it altogether.
TMMILLER Premium Member over 1 year ago
Having just spent the last two weeks cleaning and polishing the hard water spots off the tile in the master bath, etching the floor, resealing the floor, caulking the floor/wall joint and resealing all the grout in the four walls, uuuuhhhh…Thanks, but NO!
royq27 over 1 year ago
They have a boat?!?
trainnut1956 over 1 year ago
Spackle, Grout and Fixit sounds like a law firm…
ladykat over 1 year ago
If you could read my mind, love…
MeGoNow Premium Member over 1 year ago
A short story…. abridged.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wrong again………
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Hardly! Now get to work, Earl!
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Bookworm over 1 year ago
Nice save, Earl. Happy Wife, Happy Life, eh?
LeftCoastBoomer Premium Member over 1 year ago
This was a pleasant change of tone ;-
zeexenon over 1 year ago
Earl, by now you know what they say about buying and selling a boat. Wise up old boy.
1967Falcon over 1 year ago
50"? Lame. The TV I play Fortnite on is a 60". 82 in the living room, 75 in the bedroom, waiting on 90 or 100 before any updates.
catmom1360 over 1 year ago
Love a big screen!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 1 year ago
I need a longer lasting battery for my Jetson-Pro e Bike so I can visit my son among other things
T... over 1 year ago
There he goes again, smooth talking Earl…
whulsey over 1 year ago
Love baseball and football on the big screen, the colors, the backgrounds of movies (old movies show old LA, NY in the background). But…..the faces can be a problem. Lovely actresses with eyes the size of golf balls. Giant Pores in the skin of news announcers. Action sequences that fill up the screen and are unwatchable except for segments on parts of the screen. Still, overall its nice compared to our 14" screen in 1962.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
About two years ago we bought a Samsung 65" 4K tv which is awesome. I replaced our home theater system and it is actually better than the theater. The only problem is that my wife doesn’t like the home theatre set up because it makes her vibrate! ;-p
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Same planet, different worlds.