Posted by Charm_AL on 9/19/07 4:38pm
Msg #212086

these times - somewhat of a poll...

are slow for all full timers. I get on the pc everyday in the morning and apply and touch bases with my old and new companies to see who's doing what. Educational to say the least...

I had to force myself until I got some butt kickin' music to play while typing away.

What's your fav? I don't have a link for this one, it's in my I-tunes. Maybe a google will find the download. Fun stuff. (Dinner Music - Classical Spanish Guitar - Armik - Gypsy Flame.)

What do you do to self motivate and keep your nose to the grindstone?

Reply by ToniK on 9/19/07 4:41pm
Msg #212089

have you listen to Amy Winehouse?

Reply by Charm_AL on 9/19/07 4:49pm
Msg #212100

Re: these times - somewhat of a poll...Toni...

no, but I'll check it out. thanks - I'm into smooth jazz and instrumentals. Lots of great music out there until someone opens their mouth

Reply by BetsyMI on 9/19/07 6:00pm
Msg #212112

Re: smooth jazz and instrumentals

Charm, have you heard of Alexander Zonjic? He and the others in his group are locals here in Michigan but they play all over and haves CD's out there. I absolutely love his music....Oh! And no one opens their mouth! LOL! Check him out if you get a chance.

Reply by Charm_AL on 9/19/07 8:18pm
Msg #212148

Re: smooth jazz and instrumentals -cool...

thanks for the leads on the good tunes guys. At it again in the am, soon as I get the kiddo out to school...for now, color me gone.

Reply by Kevin/Ct on 9/20/07 7:48am
Msg #212193

Re: these times - somewhat of a poll...Toni...

Bob Seeger's "Roll me away"

Reply by Lee/AR on 9/19/07 4:41pm
Msg #212090

I'm taking a popcorn ceiling down. It's been on hold for waaay too long. And, no, I didn't put it up. This was my break. Back to work.

Reply by DellaCa on 9/19/07 7:47pm
Msg #212141

Re: Popcorn

I always wanted to take mine down also but did not have the guts,I thought it would be such a mess! Did you have a plan so it would not be so messy and what do you do after its down? Resurface or just paint? So many questions I know. I just hate mine!!!

Reply by Larry/Ca on 9/20/07 1:48am
Msg #212178

Della, popcorn use to contain...

asbestos so wear a mask as breathing it is very harmful. Remove your furniture and place visqueen on the floor wall to wall. Using water and a sprayer , soak the popcorn. This helps to keep airborne asbestos particles to a mimium and lets you scrape off the popcorn with ease leaving a clean drywall surface. If the original taping job was bad or you gouge the sheetrock when scraping the popcorn off you may need to refloat areas with sheetrock topping compound before painting. If you texture it with drywall compound sometimes these defects will not show. The secret to a good job is soaking the popcorn with water and use a 10-12 inch drywall knife to carfully scrape off the popcorn. wrap up the whole mess with the visqueen on the floor, done deal.

Good luck, Larry

Reply by jba/fl on 9/20/07 2:45am
Msg #212182

Re: Della, popcorn use to contain...

Larry is correct on this procedure - it is so FAST when done this way, and the ease in removal is astounding! Just finished w/the last of my ceilings, doing whole thing in one day - scraping, priming and painting.

Reply by LisaWI on 9/19/07 4:41pm
Msg #212091

See post below to you. It is whats been keeping me positive. Cant post it here, it would be advertising.

One thing I can talk about though, is I learned how to create and use an electronic signature. Kind of nifty. Its www.mylivesignature.com

Reply by OR on 9/19/07 6:21pm
Msg #212116

My new love is "Joss Stone" she is young with an old soul. My daughter introduced me to her. We got to see her in consert this year for her 29th birthday. I heard that she was on the Oprah show. She sings like Aritha Franklin.

Check her out.

http://music.aol.com/artist/joss-stone/577920/main?flv=1&ncid=RpWxcJEVXc0000000073&icid=rbox_musicians.M

Reply by janCA on 9/19/07 6:30pm
Msg #212119

I had to get away from my computer so I took a drive out in the country. Very relaxing for me.

Reply by Ndwa on 9/19/07 6:32pm
Msg #212120

Replacing the whole house carpet with those nice looking wood laminate flooring. Been at it for over a month now, got one of the kids room done and the utility room is almost there. You know how this business goes. The phone will start to ring as soon as you ignored it.

Reply by spnotaryplus on 9/19/07 7:18pm
Msg #212133

Started doing some light temp work to get out of the house 1-2 days a week. For the past few days I've been working on the car. Small stuff like changing hoses and clamps nothing big unless you consider car detailing to be hard work. Just making sure it's ready in case business turns around.

Reply by cntrlcalntry on 9/19/07 7:46pm
Msg #212140

Coffee, lots and lots of coffee! n/m

Reply by Susan Fischer on 9/19/07 10:09pm
Msg #212161

Ok. This is me - ignoring the phone. Ignore.ignore.ignore

some more.

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Still ignoring.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzmoreignoringzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ignore!

Riiinnnngggg. AHA!

pfft. That was *not* funny, SOX!

Reply by SoCalcloser on 9/19/07 10:28pm
Msg #212163

For flamenco music, I like Govi - Seventh Heaven album, Ottmar Liebert. B-tribe also has spanish guitar and is great for those massages I used to be able to afford and calms me down during L.A. traffic that I'll never get used to. I like indie music, so if you like something different - Bitter:sweet and Gotan Project.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 9/20/07 2:40am
Msg #212181

Ottmar Liebert is one of my favorites!! I also have an old CD by Laurindo Almeida (I think) that I really like - and Gypsy Kings always get me going...

Reply by Becca_FL on 9/20/07 12:51am
Msg #212177

I listen to talk radio. No, it's not your father's talk radio. It's modern, conversational, in your face, todays news + talk. Try it, you might like it.

http://wzzr.com