The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLIII

[warpus]

Thanks for the tips! I will try one coat, after wiping it down, and will see how it looks.

I will paint it without removing it, but one thing I'm concerned about is the door moving while I paint it. I don't want to close it, since there is carpeting on one side that I wouldn't want the paint to drip on. *THINKING* I should just close it and put something down on the carpet in case it drips, shouldn't I? Painting an opened door seems like it might be annoying

 

[Gori the Grey]

It is annoying, but I don't think shutting the door while you paint is the answer (there will be some little parts behind the moulding on the door frame that don't get painted. On one side of the door, anyway. And you'll have to tape the door frame in order for it not to get painted.

Someone smart probably knows how to brace the door in place open. It would be good life hack to learn.

Here we go:

Shims are your friend. (And mine going forward)

 

[Samson]

Thanks for the tips! I will try one coat, after wiping it down, and will see how it looks.

I will paint it without removing it, but one thing I'm concerned about is the door moving while I paint it. I don't want to close it, since there is carpeting on one side that I wouldn't want the paint to drip on. *THINKING* I should just close it and put something down on the carpet in case it drips, shouldn't I? Painting an opened door seems like it might be annoying

If it would not be over carpet if open I would wedge it open with some newspaper or something.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

You can put a cloth on the floor to protect the carpet and/or whatever other surfaces you have. When they paint my apartment door, it's always closed. If it was open, you'd need a couple of heavy things on either side of it to make sure it doesn't move.

 

[Cutlass]

Thanks for the tips! I will try one coat, after wiping it down, and will see how it looks.

I will paint it without removing it, but one thing I'm concerned about is the door moving while I paint it. I don't want to close it, since there is carpeting on one side that I wouldn't want the paint to drip on. *THINKING* I should just close it and put something down on the carpet in case it drips, shouldn't I? Painting an opened door seems like it might be annoying

I would paint it open, on the hinges, but take off the doorknobs and latch hardware. it's hard to keep paint off that with just tape. You can tape off the hinges. You'll probably get a little paint on them anyways.

Wash with TSP. Areas where it's got a buildup of oily residue from being handled many times may not paint well if not cleaned.

Open it, fit some sort of drop cloth beneath it, and you can wedge it in place with some folded up cardboard under it. You don't want that door to close such that a painted area comes in contact with the doorframe for, probably days. Even when dry to the touch, paint can be wet enough to stick to something that it is pressed against. Getting a smooth finish with a brush can be really challenging.

Use a smooth roller, depending on how smooth you want the outcome. How is the door built? Does it have a design to it, or just flat?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Use tape and a plastic bag to cover a door knob.

 

[warpus]

Use a smooth roller, depending on how smooth you want the outcome. How is the door built? Does it have a design to it, or just flat?

Good question about the door. I haven't actually been home in about a month now, so I can't remember. I am pretty sure it's textured though. The earlier linked video showed a door that pretty much looks like what I have (I am pretty sure)

Can I use something else other than TSP, like soap? Or do you think TSP is a must?

 

[Cutlass]

Good question about the door. I haven't actually been home in about a month now, so I can't remember. I am pretty sure it's textured though. The earlier linked video showed a door that pretty much looks like what I have (I am pretty sure)

Can I use something else other than TSP, like soap? Or do you think TSP is a must?

Many soaps are oil/grease based. As such, can leave behind a greasy/oily residue. And it is that that some paints may not adhere to well, or cover well. You could solve that issue with a primer instead. Or use a cleanser, like TSP, but there could be others, which removes grease/oil residue.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Yeah, don't use soap. This is the very thing TSP (equivalent) is for: cleaning when you don't want the cleaning itself to leave any residue.

 

[Birdjaguar]

White vinegar?

 

[Gori the Grey]

Dunno. I trust TSP. It's like 3 bucks per bottle, I think, when I last bought it. Splurge!

Amazon says 8 bucks. I don't care. Splurge!

If your paint bubbles up in that spot, you'll come to wish you'd spent the 8 bucks.

 

[warpus]

Where did this celebration originate, what are its origins? -> You put your hands into fists and have the insides of the fists face your face. Then you pump the left fist in the air, as you perform a mild dancing motion, then pump your right fist up, as the left one comes down, and continue alternating your fists as the rest of your body follows the motion. Sort of like you're alternatively pulling on two pulleys, first the left one, then the right, and so on.

The alternate version of this celebration is this -> You put your hands forward, don't think there's any fisting here, but this time have the insides of the palms face down. Then you move your hands up and down, one at a time, and alternate until the celebration is complete. Sort of like a Donkey Kong type motion.

Somehow I am unable to locate any videos of these types of celebrations.. but from what I have seen they mainly happen in British football/soccer matches, usually after a big win or trophy presentation. The main common element is the alternating fist or hand up and down/pumping motion. I am curious because here in North America we don't celebrate like this, from what I have seen.

Curious about the celebration cultural divide that's lead to this nuance in how fans celebrate a victory.

I have a bad video of this sort of celebration in action:

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Note the shirtless gentleman making his way from the left to the right, alternatively pumping his fists up and down, near the beginning of the video. It almost looks like he is trying to milk a large cow

 

[Birdjaguar]

The gestures in the first ten seconds of the video?

 

[warpus]

The gestures in the first ten seconds of the video?

Yeah. You can see the second variant (that I described in my post) in this short clip:

Spoiler :

There are several people doing alternating arm up and down motions.

Here is another example straight from the English men's national football team players:

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Are these alternating up and down arm movements a reference to something? A remnant from some other type of celebration from day's gone past? Does it have its origins in some other sport maybe? What's the story here? Is there even a story? Or is this just a cultural artefact that's evolved over the years the exact causes of which are unknown? This is just how British people sometimes celebrate and we don't know why? Do British people think we are weird for not celebrating like that and instead having our own hand movements? I'm open to all answers, whatever they might be.

 

[Gori the Grey]

To my British fellow-posters in particular, @EnglishEdward, @Gorbles. (I'm sure I should be able to think of others.)

For the word "enterprise," the Oxford English Dictionary gives the UK pronunciation and the American pronunciation. For the American pronunciation, they put a secondary stress on the last syllable, but for the British pronunciation they do not.

Does that correspond to how you feel yourself to pronounce the word: that there's not even the whiff of a secondary stress on the third syllable? It would be entirely like, say, GLEEfully, in other words.

How do my friends down under pronounce it, by the way? @Comrade Ceasefire, @Zardnaar, @Arwon? (Again, I'm sure I should be better at remembering others).

 

[Samson]

To my British fellow-posters in particular, @EnglishEdward, @Gorbles. (I'm sure I should be able to think of others.)

For the word "enterprise," the Oxford English Dictionary gives the UK pronunciation and the American pronunciation. For the American pronunciation, they put a secondary stress on the last syllable, but for the British pronunciation they do not.

Does that correspond to how you feel yourself to pronounce the word: that there's not even the whiff of a secondary stress on the third syllable? It would be entirely like, say, GLEEfully, in other words.

How do my friends down under pronounce it, by the way? @Comrade Ceasefire, @Zardnaar, @Arwon? (Again, I'm sure I should be better at remembering others).

I am so bad at analysing pronunciation that way, but the cambridge dictionary sounds pretty close to how I would say it.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Thanks @Samson. Cambridge does sneak a whiff of a secondary accent on -prise, to my ear. But both Oxford and Cambridge suggest that you hit the ent- harder than we USians do.

 

[Farm Boy]

Those Rs scare 'em off.

 

[Gori the Grey]

In the song "Hotel California," what do you think that little "uhn" means right after the line "She's got a Mercedes-Benz"?

 

[Cutlass]

In the song "Hotel California," what do you think that little "uhn" means right after the line "She's got a Mercedes-Benz"?

Song lyrics are often just what can make a melody work. Even if they don't make sense when spoken. They have a concept of where they want to go, even if they don't entirely know how to get there. The writer probably just felt a syllable was needed, and nothing else fit.