I just can't say never again, yet. I need a real windfall to feel like I can afford to pay pros to do this stuff. A skilled craftsman is worth every penny they ask for, and probably then some. I can't even afford the schmucks that don't half know what they're doing. At least I'm confident it is water tight and strong. It's why I went with 1/4" grout lines, to hide my imperfections. I'm glad I did because if I tried 1/8", i don't think I would have gotten to the ceiling without a nice fuckup glaring at me right at eye level.
“By God, Woodrow, it’s been one hell of a party.” No one will ever play Gus McCrae like Robert Duvall.
A while back I posted about an animal possibly getting under our house. We finally had the pest dude out and he didn't see anything but is going to come back and set a one way "trap" so that if it's still under there, it will be able to get out but not back in. Cool, that's taken care of. Well, until the dingus fuck face went to lock the gate and did the lock backwards so wouldn't swivel towards me to put the key in. It would only swivel inwards but wedge between the gate and the pole. I had a shitty day today and this was the icing on the cake. Had a stage four meltdown and eventually beat/pried the lock apart while simultaneously shouting curse words. Eventually I was able to get a pry bar in there and use leverage to bend the shackle to the point of failure. Now I have to get a new lock, make extra keys and hope the wife is home to give them to the pool & yard people. Left the house at 6:30am, got home at 6:30pm and spent 30 mins dealing with that bullshit. Plus, I only have some Budweiser's to drink. And I really hope my neighbors weren't home.