Tracer, totally.
There are things that would just go undone if I didn't outsource them. Especially shirt ironing.
And house cleaning to the point where things are actually really clean and tidy. Do you know how good that feels? And after 20 years as an adult I know myself enough to know that I'm not going to achieve that myself.
Wash and fold laundry service is also a source of joy for me.
― Je55e, Sunday, 30 July 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
I am way more meticulous than our housekeeper about the bathrooms.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 30 July 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
We get a maid service to come in every now and then and I'm grateful, not firstworld-guilty, about it.
HOWEVER, you need to tidy before the maids come. Like, they can't clean surfaces that are covered with toys and books and shoes and dishes, so you do a Big Tidy beforehand.
I sometimes wonder how much of the "Aaaah, things are CLEAN" comes from the actual maid activity and how much is from "Thank the gods that there aren't fifty-seven Matchbox cars on the stairs for once."
I tend to DIY a lot of house/yard/stuff. That said, there are lots of services that I will probably never use, but I won't judge others for using. With some exceptions.
http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 30 July 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
Wowee.
The need to have keep things clean enough for the cleaners is a huge benefit for me. It keeps me from letting things slide.
― Je55e, Sunday, 30 July 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
Isnt it a bit whats the point of the cleaner, then tho?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 31 July 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
(basically: I want to hire a cleaner. but I want one who will also do all that stuff y'all j ust said. Put toys away. Throw rubbish out thats been left under couches/beds by kids. Tidy up shelves. Etc. )
IDK. I know that "cleaning for the cleaners" is a thing. I'd bet untold stand-up comedians and sitcom writers have relied on that concept.
I guess to me it's like how, in a hotel room, before housekeeping comes, I put cans, food wrappers, receipts, etc. in the trash can, and put away my dirty clothes. They still have plenty to do -- actual CLEANING, as in washing stuff, vacuuming floors and furniture, mopping, dusting, and more detailed tidying.
― Je55e, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
A previous cleaner I had was very into tidying, which seemed great, but turned out to be a problem b/c she and her helper would put things away in places I couldn't find them. I appreciated the effort, but it made every evening after her visit like an Easter egg hunt. Like, fingernail clipper doesn't go in the drawer with the batteries, IMO.
― Je55e, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Exactly. I also prefer to hide my own drugs and sex toys, thanks.
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 31 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
I cleaned houses one summer during college and we had one client, who we were pretty sure was straight, who sometimes left his suction cup dildo stuck to the wall in his shower.
― Je55e, Monday, 31 July 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
booooooyeah
urk
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 31 July 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
xxxxpostyou stay in HOTELs? well la dee da, mr ruling class moneybags!
― Bnad, Monday, 31 July 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJDlW23UQAA6YoW.jpg:large
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
obv
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
I like the ad libs look of that. keep it on file and update the names as needed.
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
mad libs sorry
What the Rich Won't Tell You
"There's nobody who knows how much we spend. You're the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/opinion/sunday/what-the-rich-wont-tell-you.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
That's a really good one, because it drops in a few grafs that try to make the article about something bigger, the meaning of inequality in America or something, but then it goes right back to being quid-aggy.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
what the rich won't tell you: their flesh is so exquisitely tender, with such a complex and delicate flavour, even when eaten raw
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
christ that article should have a trigger warning
― rob, Friday, 8 September 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
Another woman, speaking of her wealth of over $50 million, which she and her husband generated through work in finance skimmed off the interest charged to home owners and students
fixed that for you, nytimes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 September 2017 16:43 (six years ago) link
Instead, we should talk not about the moral worth of individuals but about the moral worth of particular social arrangements.
don't hate the playa, hate the particular social arrangement
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 September 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
When I used the word “affluent” in an email to a stay-at-home mom with a $2.5 million household income, a house in the Hamptons and a child in private school, she almost canceled the interview, she told me later. Real affluence, she said, belonged to her friends who traveled on a private plane.
Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.
― silverfish, Friday, 8 September 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
No kidding! How many articles have I read where the subject itemizes their decadent lifestyle (each with a little fig-leaf letting us know they feel it is 'essential'), then concludes by claiming that they are not rich because they don't "feel rich" because they still, somewhere in their mind, have some kind of niggling worry associated with money. bitch so does bill gates
― Dan I., Sunday, 10 September 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
Wow, rich people don't want their servants to envy them? Wealth has like so many more complexities than I realized!
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 11 September 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
is this already somewhere else on ILE? i don't even know where to put it. memorably sad though. for all the wrong reasons. this made me think of this thread though. ugh. "And Chicago is an incredible city to do just that: find a way of life that’s comfortable (provided you’re white, of course)."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/goodbye-chicago-what-its-like-to-live-in-a-city-you_us_59ac5f1de4b0bef3378cd9ba
― scott seward, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 2:51 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 2:51 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is super common too ime
― marcos, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
god that chicago huffpo thing is so bad. i keep seeing it linked elsewhere and it is trash
― marcos, Monday, 11 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
Xp that attitude is very typical of corporate lawyers who feel they are not the "real" rich because they serve even richer clients.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 11 September 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
The Chicago HuffPo guy has been adequately dispatched: http://www.avclub.com/goodbye-huffpost-guy-who-hates-chicago-and-please-sto-1802762287.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 11 September 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
When I used the word “affluent” in an email to a stay-at-home mom with a $2.5 million household income, a house in the Hamptons and a child in private school, she almost canceled the interview, she told me later. Real affluence, she said, belonged to her friends who traveled on a private plane.Few things enrage me as much about rich people as this kind of attitude.― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 11:51 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― silverfish, Friday, September 8, 2017 11:51 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
super otm, though its particularly galling with literal multimillionaires. I mean, it annoys me enough when it's people who make 250K+ protesting that they're middle class; it takes a particular obliviousness to be in the 99.9% and insist one isn't affluent.
― intheblanks, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
it's the equivalent of being 6'7" and denying you're tall because of Manute Bol
― intheblanks, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
And yet more on HuffPo bro: https://medium.com/@allyssabujdoso/i-happened-by-chance-on-the-goodbye-chicago-blah-blah-blah-article-b85b08bf7e11.
Now everyone in NYC will be like, oh yeah you're that douche who hated Chicago.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
But being new to the midwest and making friends here can be a struggle. It’s a big city, and more importantly a very spread out one. Its population density is low for a major city.
?????????
New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density
― chinavision!, Monday, 11 September 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
who needs editors eh
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 September 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
metropolitan diary always a real treasure trove of this shit
Dear Diary:I had the opportunity to attend the Tony Awards and arrived home at midnight, happy but also ready to get out of my gown.I was able to unzip it about three inches by pulling the zipper from above, but when I twisted my arm around to complete the job, I couldn’t reach the zipper.After struggling for a few minutes, I put my shoes back on, walked to the building next door and asked the doorman if he could please unzip me. He kindly assisted me.I thought about how, in their acceptance speeches, a number of the Tony winners had acknowledged their dressers. I returned to my building with a smile.“I have one now, too,” I thought.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
i just puked so much that an entirely new me assembled itself in puke on the carpet right next to where i had been standing
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
my new thing is to imagine all of these being voiced by Lucille Bluth
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
or i guess more Lindsay really, idk
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Is that letter like the insane rich smugnut's version of "dear penthouse letters"?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 14 September 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
bashō, this ain't
Dear Diary:Airplane wingsCroissants on traysBut when will I sleep?Cobblestone streetsUphill for daysBut when will I sleep?Gaudí and churchesCaught in the rainBut when will I sleep?We fly to SardiniaBurnished in sunlightBut when will I sleep?Rome is impressiveCappuccino is greatBut when will I sleep?The Colosseum is oldThe fountains are wetBut when will I sleep?St. Peter’s a boreWalking a choreBut when will I sleep?Lights over ManhattanThe plane landsMy photo is takenI find my bagA taxi appearsI stare out the windowQueens. La Guardia.The Triborough Bridge.Harlem. Central Park.We turn down BroadwayI see my buildingI see my doorstepI see my home.Now I will sleep.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
not nyt but this seemed a good place for this upcoming workshop i just saw.
Spoon Carving WorkshopGood Goods, a new collaborative lifestyle store that represents a new generation of makers hosts a special workshop with wood specialist Abby Mechanic. The first portion of the class will revolve around design and development of an object: you'll learn how to plan, mark, and prep material for shaping. Then you'll explore various shaping techniques with the use of hand tools. At the end of the workshop, you'll leave with a spoon of your own. Class is $125 and includes all the materials and toolsGood Goods / SoHo121 Prince St.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spoon-carving-workshop-with-abby-mechanic-tickets-37960299277
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
omg "Good Goods" die
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
and you will own the most expensive spoon
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
veg, we all need a spoon of our own
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 October 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
> wood specialist Abby Mechanic
― koogs, Sunday, 15 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
this NYT comment and the three people who recommended it are giving me life this morning pic.twitter.com/kKYf5uLOK0— bergmanj (@bergmanj) October 26, 2017
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
hahaha what
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
Answered the phone while speech to texting, hit "post" somehow.
― .oO (silby), Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
ahhhhhh right speech-to-text. i was trying to figure how they could have thought they were typing text messages, and yet been getting responses...
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 26 October 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link