07.31.03
The correct question
We’re learning in these past two years that even though the Hamptonian Trendiods might be flocking out here to “The New Anti-Hamptons” in Gucci’ed droves, the days work still passes in glacial episodes. You have to get used to service up here being so slow as to think you’ve been left out or forgotten. There just isn’t any where or any reason to rush. That all being said, we often forget that basic underlying current up here so when we asked our very humpy, very bear excavator how long our driveway extension would take back in June, he said four days and we were happy homos. Knowing what we know, what we should have asked next was, “Is that four consecutive days…or four days over the course of the next six to eight weeks?” One would assume four days is four days, starting fresh on a gorgeous Monday in early July and finished on Thursday with Friday as a backup rain day. Well, here we are in August and truthfully, they’ve been here three days already…spread over the last month and still no gravel in place. I’m not saying the placing isn’t coming around, I’m just saying, when the contractor tells you they haven’t come back to work on the job because they’re working on another job “…but don’t worry, they’re coming back so just make the check out for half right now,” it doesn’t instill a lot of confidence. Unfortunately it’s not an isolated incident, that’s just the way things work up here. That’s why when we ordered our new kitchen counter and sink, Jeff and I will be ripping out the old one, tearing out the backsplash tile replacing it with bead-board, and installing the new one with the sink. When you want something done right, just do it yourself. Right?
August 1, 2003 at 10:00 am
Oh Beau honey. You are scaring me! So how long do you think it will take to build a house? Thnak God I have a handy hubby, just incase.
August 1, 2003 at 12:20 pm
Beau, honey, I think it’s time to admit that you have a bead-board problem, and perhaps try to seek some help before it gets out of hand.
August 3, 2003 at 2:29 pm
Just remember…you don’t rip it out UNTIL the new pieces have ARRIVED!!! You never know how long it will take for them to get your new top and sink in. You don’t want to be without a kitchen because the store didn’t get your order in on time.
August 3, 2003 at 2:29 pm
Just remember…you don’t rip it out UNTIL the new pieces have ARRIVED!!! You never know how long it will take for them to get your new top and sink in. You don’t want to be without a kitchen because the store didn’t get your order in on time.
Susie said,
August 4, 2003 at 9:34 am
So so true! And good on you for giving props to the food here. There’s way more happening in the way of restaurants here than one would guess, certainly more than by my friends in Columbia county — an area the Times dubbed “the new Hamptons” last year.
Hey did you see the link to some absurdity re: the Catskills? The link is from gawker.com and it says, “Pre-ironic homesteading is the new gentrification. Take the Catskills for an example.” I’ve been trying to get my head around this comment for the past 24-hours.
Oi. Anywho, good luck on your drive, backsplash et al.