ghost of miles Posted October 18, 2003 Report Posted October 18, 2003 On my mind simply because today I cleaned the gutters. Lots of clambering about on a ladder and the roof, yanking out plugs of mucky leaves, getting blackish crap all over my gloves & clothes--gotta be one of the things I like least when it comes to doing work around the house. I always give myself some kind of incentive, such as, "When I finish this f#*#ing job, I'll sit down with a cup of coffee and enjoy the new Lee Morgan and Andrew Hill Connoisseurs." What's your least favorite job at home? Quote
jazzbo Posted October 18, 2003 Report Posted October 18, 2003 Cleaning the oven and cleaning the refrigerator. UGH. I reward myself big time for these! Quote
vibes Posted October 18, 2003 Report Posted October 18, 2003 I hate cleaning bathrooms. We have two bathrooms, one for me and one for my wife, and I pay her to clean mine. Quote
Soul Stream Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 Laundry. In particular...folding it and putting it away. I've got 2 kids and a wife who wear a lot of clothes. Me, I'm happy to wear the same thing endlessly if it means less laundry. Quote
Late Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 Ghost, I use that exact same kind of reward! If you're a "househusband," which I essentially am, you have to like, or really get used to, all of the chores. Plus side: music is on for the dishes, the cleaning of the bathroom, the laundry, the occasional washing of the windows, and even the vacuuming. What I dislike? Dust bunnies. The wife has long hair, and we have three medium-longhaired cats, so I'm often waging war against numerous dust-bunny colonies with either a broom or our dirt-devil. Maybe I should try a "swifter"? Is that what they're called? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 I can't stand cleaning bathrooms. My wife doesn't mind. She can't stand washing dishes. I don't mind. I tell ya, we were made for each other! Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 Anything which requires a noisy and loud machine like vacuuming. Quote
jacknife Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 vacuuming Ya, that task really SUCKS! The timing of this topic is perfect, just this morning I got the "you don't do shit around the house" speech from the wife. So I spent the day cleaning the house and I tell you..I hate it all. Then the wife comes home and puts on the white glove and gives me hell for not doing a perfect job...I sure wish I could afford a maid, butler, gardner etc.! Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 I actually don't mind any household chore so long as I can pump out the music. Problem is that when it's time for me to clean the floor or something, my wife then decides to pound on the piano. Quote
.:.impossible Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 I can identify with that Jim. Unfortunately, I don't think its a healthy answer... I have always despised yardwork. "Good answer. Good answer. Suuuuuuurvey SAYS? Oh-ho! 41 people chose YARDWORK as their least favorite household task!" Quote
JSngry Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 Oh, I'm fine once I get woke up. It's getting there that is a challenge. All the sleep I thought I could do without the first half of my life is coming to stake a claim on the second, so it seems... As for REAL household chores, it's a no-brainer for me - doing windows and doors. My wife insists on doing'em every spring ("so the sunshine can come in" ), and I'm sorry, but it ain't me, babe. We got one of these "newer" houses (built in 1991) that's damn near all windows and they're all like 8-feet tall. The go damn near all the way around the house, and they're a major pain in the but to get truly clean, thich is how she likes'em. No, no, no. No. Quote
ralphie_boy Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 Cleaning gutters sucks - did a few this morning. Another lously chore is cleaning ceiling fans, especially if you have one in the kitchen and it builds up that grease-laden dust. Quote
jacman Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 as a stay at home (most of the time) dad, i get to do all of the household chores. my wife however is kind enough to take care of the bathrooms. that is the one chore i despise. it's not even a bad job as my kids wife and i pretty much pick up after ourselves. i had plenty of barracks duty in the military, and i got used to really hating cleaning latrines. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Another lously chore is cleaning ceiling fans, especially if you have one in the kitchen and it builds up that grease-laden dust. Man, I'd hate to look at my ceiling fan underneath my stereo. I've been playing a lot of Larry Young and Grant Green lately. All that greeeeaazzzze! Quote
catesta Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Laundry...it never ends!!!! Word. Doing the dishes is a close second. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Laundry never ends, but it's not all that bad either. I never buy anything that need ironing, so that helps a whole bunch!!! Quote
couw Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 ... I never buy anything that need ironing... in whose opinion? Quote
JSngry Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 (edited) I knew a guitar player in college who once pulled out a bunch of ECM albums w/pictures of John Abercrombie on them. "Look at this cat", he said. "Every f--kin' thing he wears is wrinkled all to hell. But it's all new and it's all expensive. THAT'S the secret - if everything you wear is new and expensive, it doesn't matter HOW wrinkled it is!" He said this with the enthusiasm of a man who had just discovered something obvious yet heretofore unknown. Having not solicited ANY of this (ECM, Abercrombie, or clothes), I was more than a little, uh, taken aback by this sudden turn in the conversation, but as the initial shock wore off, the point began to seem sound, and it grows more sound every year. The "expensive" part I compromise with as much/little as I have to, and the "new" part varies in direct conversion to the "expensive" part, but the "it doesn't matter HOW wrinkled it is part" remains a staple of my esthetic. Get good stuff, take good care of it, and the wrinkles will indeed become a "look" that, with a LOT of personal confidence and proper attitude and posture, almost anybody can pull of with style and elan. Here's to ya', John Abercrombie. Your fashion sense reached me in a way your music never did! Edited October 20, 2003 by JSngry Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 I knew a guitar player in college who once pulled out a bunch of ECM albums w/pictures of John Abercrombie on them. "Look at this cat", he said. "Every f--kin' thing he wears is wrinkled all to hell. But it's all new and it's all expensive. THAT'S the secret - if everything you wear is new and expensive, it doesn't matter HOW wrinkled it is!" He said this with the enthusiasm of a man who had just discovered something obvious yet heretofore unknown. Having not solicited ANY of this (ECM, Abercrombie, or clothes), I was more than a little, uh, taken aback by this sudden turn in the conversation, but as the initial shock wore off, the point began to seem sound, and it grows more sound every year. The "expensive" part I compromise with as much/little as I have to, and the "new" part varies in direct conversion to the "expensive" part, but the "it doesn't matter HOW wrinkled it is part" remains a staple of my esthetic. Get good stuff, take good care of it, and the wrinkles will indeed become a "look" that, with a LOT of personal confidence and proper attitude and posture, almost anybody can pull of with style and elan. Here's to ya', John Abercrombie. Your fashion sense reached me in a way your music never did! Great post Jim! Hehe Sort of like a person's visage: show the right expression in your eyes and it doesn't matter how many wrinkles are there. Quote
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