Outdoor Home Decoration Questions Answered!

1. Outdoor Christmas Decorations - safe while not home?

   I have a timer, and they would come home about an hour before I get home. Is this safe to do? I also have to find another extension cord for outside use. I have 2, but I need 1 with multiple outlets (I don't think that exists). Right now, I have some of the lights on an indoor extension cord. They aren't plugged now. Please advise.

2. Best waterproofing solution to use on outdoor painted glass?

   I'm painting some windows that will be hanging as decorations outside my home. I need to make sure they are waterproof. What is the best waterproofing solution that I can use that will withstand long-term outdoor conditions?? Thanks!!

3. Where to buy an outdoor wall sconce with an outlet built in?

   had an outdoor light, the typical lantern type on my front porch that had an outlet on the side of the backplate and it was used to plug in our decorations. My husband broke it, and now we cannot plug our holiday decorations in anywhere unless we spend major money cutting a hole in our brick and ruining our front room wall. Do they still make these sort of fixtures? Or does anyone have one they'd like to sell or dispose of? We'd hate to be that house with an extension cord coming out of our window! PLEASE!!! I received two answers - but if anyone can help me locate a fixture I'd appreciate it. Believe me, I tried EVERY home improvement store in Chicago. They all say they "don't make 'em any more!" Someone must, to accomodate all the older houses!

4. Does anybody know where I can get replacement light bulbs and cords for my old plastic Christmas decorations?

   I have Santa Claus and Rudolph for inside, and two large candles for outdoor decorations. They are just plastic with a hole in the back for a light bulb with a cord on it. I need to replace the lightbulb and cord set. I've been to Hobby Lobby, Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, etc. and can't find anything like that. Is there anywhere online?

5. What are alternatives to outdoor/indoor holiday lighting?

   For example, what are some good alternatives to strings of indoor/outdor holiday lighting but look just as festive? Although the individual of strings are low wattage, many homes choose to have many strings and will increase energy costs during the holiday season. How can we create a "greener" yet festive holiday decoration?

6. Having an outdoor wedding and we really dont know what to get, and ideas?

   We are having an outdoor wedding and reception in September next year at my future parent-in-laws home. We know that we need tents, the food, music, chairs, tables, decorations, you know the basics. Is there anything that we may need, that you wouldnt think of right away? Or are there any other details that shouldn't be over looked? Oh and any suggestions on colors would be great, we know we want blue (any shade) but any other colors that may look good with it for a September wedding. Thanks

7. Has anyone ever hosted an outdoor reception?

   We are planning on getting married and then coming back home to celebrate. We will invite everyone over to his parent's house. We thought getting married at the beach and then coming home about a week later for the reception would be less stressful for everyone. His parents have a beautiful backyard with a pool. We would like to have the reception bash there. Could someone give me links to a website that could help us with decorations and themes to a poolside reception? I would also love any ideas from someone who has done this before!!

8. Does anyone have any good Halloween decorations?

   We live in a mobile home park with little plants out front,no trees,and the backyard is a little smaller that five ft.from back to front.we have a drive way as i said little plants that's all the room we have in the front its like a little garden but very small room and lots inside.So we can do indoor and outdoor decorations but we have more room in than out.So lots of indoor and lots of out.Id love to hear your ideas and THE MATERIALS HAVE TO BE CHEAP!----------not yelling----------

9. Keeping my dog at home?

   I have a lab who is about 9-10 months old. She always wants to go out and play with the neighbors puppy who is about the same age, but she annoys the neighbor (who's had many dogs that ironically annoy all of the other neighbors, but then again so does he...). We have about 6 acres out in the country, so there is lots of room for her to run so it's not that she is always cooped up. The yard is fenced but the front is a simple 3 board fence (more for decoration and boundary marking). We give her attention and such everytime we are outside which is a few times a day. Anyway, I'm looking for a way to let her be in the yard without going to the neighbors. We do have an outdoor cage (the tall square ones, not like an indoor kennel) which she goes in for a while when she wont stay home, but i hate having her in there, even though theres room and she has a dog house, toys, food, water, etc. I feel like she is cooped up. im in college and my dad wont let the dog in the house. theres no question, we sneak her in sometimes, but dont suggest that please because its not a possibility. also, anything too expensive like an electric fence or redoing all the fencing in the front is not going to work for my dad either. He puts her in the pen, which like i said is big enough for her to paly a little and for her house, but i wish she could roam the yard. so please, no rude answers like "duh, put her in the house" i am looking for a good way to train or any other suggestions u have, thank u! we do put her in the big pen when she goes to the neighbors. we call her back and (she usually comes) when she comes she goes over there cuz she knows she has to go in. we live in a place where everyone knows everyone else and their business, and she has a collar so i dont think she would be thought of as lost. she only goes across the street but we cannot change the front fence it would be expensive (it was to put it in) and she is spayed

10. Reuse Real estate Photos from previous Owner?

    We sold our house to a couple two years ago. We recently drove past the house and saw a for sale sign and this prompted us to do an online search to see the changes they made to our old home. While looking through the pics we noticed that some of the pictures were the ones we used to sell the house. Our outdoor furniture and decorations are in the backyard. Are they allowed to reuse these photos?

11. Wedding reception at my home...?

    I need some unique ideas for decorations for an outdoor reception in my back yard. It will be held in the evening, and it is just a small group of people, approximately 45-50. This is for my daughters wedding.

12. Outdoor fence??

    I'm moving into a new apartment at the end of the month. The patio is open and I was told I should get a fence that will stick into the ground for privacy/decoration. I'm looking to buy one at home depot but I am not sure what it would be called. I was looking through "fencing" and could not really find what I need. Any suggestions?

13. How To Tell If You're A Grinch?

    Your only contact with three spirits on Christmas Eve is gin, vodka and bourbon. You turn on the lawn sprinklers on Christmas Eve to keep carolers away. You buy all of your Christmas gifts at a store that also sells gas. Your idea of Christmas dinner is a six pack of beer and a cheese log. You use your Christmas Club money to buy wrestling tickets. Your only holiday decoration is a rotting pumpkin. You reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under your own name. You steal light bulbs from you neighbor's outdoor display to replenish your own supply. After an invitation to a friend's house, you bring a commercially produced fruitcake and try to pass it off as home made. You steal gifts from the Toys-for-Tots collection bins. You put out last year's stale candy canes for children.

14. Help with copy-cat neighbours!?

    We moved to our house last summer and since then have done a lot of landscaping outside. As we were progressing with the yard we started to notice our neighbours on one side were starting to copy our ideas-not exactly but close-and bigger and better. I waited until they planted their flowers so I could purposely plant something different. I waited for 2 weeks after they were done and when I planted mine, they went and bought the same plants and added them to their already planted garden. They had made their whole backyard gravel and told us when we first moved that they didn't want any plants back there but once we planted our beautiful pots, they did they same thing. We put a garden bench in the yard a couple of weeks ago and this morning when I woke up and looked out the window, guess what they had in their yard....? One of the other neighbours even made a comment in passing one day that there seemed to be a competition going on. Everything we do, they have also done and have even had the nerve to look over our back-yard fence and ask us where we had bought certain items. At Christmas they copied our outdoor decorations and after we renovated the inside of our home they went and did the same things in their house-even down to the same paint colors. They are driving me crazy, to the point I want to move already! What can I do to get them to stop this stupid behaviour?

15. Wedding theme ideas for an outdoor April wedding....?

    My wedding is this April. It's being held at an 1850's antebellum/type home. The ceremony will be around 6pm-ish outside in the back yard garden and then the reception will be in the house as well as the back yard. I want to have some type of them to tie everything together but something more specific than just "garden/spring" theme. My dress is a strapless ballgown of white tulle. I'm leaning towards bridemaids (only 3) dresses in a shade of pink. Or possibly an aqua type color. I want to do something that I can incorporate into the decorations, cake, invitations, etc.... Any ideas would be so appreciated! Thanks!

16. Christmas Lights?

    I am the only one who finds it odd that people are spending so much money on Christmas Outdoor Decorations and Lights? It seems that each year the Christmas Lights get more elborate and can light up towns for miles. Don't assume I am a Grinch or anti-Christmas as I will drive around looking in awe at lights . Its just with so many screaming GREEN conserve energy that they have not yet ruined this costly display of money? I am talking about homes who use many computers to program lights and decorations outside. It just not make sense to me at all does it to anyone else?

17. joke? is it funny?

    The Most Complete List Of Ways To Annoy People, Cops, Your Roommate, And More. Annoy People 1. Pay tolls with $100 bills 2. Leave your supermarket cart on the street or in the middle of the parking lot 3. Eat produce at the market; don't buy it 4. When giving directions, leave out a turn or two 5. Leave the outdoor Christmas decorations up until March or April 6. Before exiting the elevator, push all the buttons 7. Knock and ask "How is it going?" to someone constipated in a public bathroom stall. 8. Develop at least three strategies for cutting into the front of lines 9. Announce when you're going to the bathroom 10. Chew other people's pencils 11. Invite lots of people to other people's parties. 12. Wear large hats during the movies 13. Touch strangers 14. Tell little children the truth about Santa Claus 15. Bite your dentist's finger 16. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times. 18. Leave lipstick prints on people's cheeks and foreheads 19. Don't stand during hymns and anthems 20. Dance fast to slow music and vice-versa 21. Tell people they have bad breath 22. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance. 23. Flirt with a friend's spouse 24. Sit in the home bleachers and cheer for the other team 25. Shake with your left hand 26. Use the quote bunnies after every other word you say when talking to someone. 27. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way". 28. Drum on every available surface. 29. Staple papers in the middle of the page. 30. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go". 31. Honk and wave to strangers. 32. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange. 33. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show. 34. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register. 35. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets. 36. Pay for your dinner with pennies. 37. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes. 38. Repeat everything someone says, as a question. 39. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles. 40. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day. 41. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think." Annoy Cops 42. Say out loud when he/she approaches you "You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?" 43. Ask to see his gun. 44. When he's telling you what you did wrong, start repeating him, quietly. 45. Say out loud "Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me! Good job!" 46. Slap his hand and say "Bad cop! No donut!" 47. When he frisks you, say "You missed a spot", and grin. 48. After every other sentence oink like a pig quietly to yourself but loud enough for him to hear you. 49. Refer to him by his first name. 50. When he comes up to the car, say "License and registration, please" right when he says it. Annoy Your roomate 51. Smoke weed. Do whatever comes naturally. 52. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class. 53. Twitch a lot when you guys eat dinner. 54. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep. 55. Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them. 56. Ask him/her to do you a favor and get you a drink, then when they bring it, slowly pour it on the floor. 57. Clip your toenails while watching a movie or eating dinner. 58. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin. 59. Speak in tongues. 60. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtlely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling. 61. Walk and talk backwards. 62. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them. 63. Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, "They're more than meets the eye." 64. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g."The Road Warrior," "Repo Man," Casablanca,") almost inaudibly. 65. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance at art class (or hit him/her with the wrench). 66. Collect all your urine in a small jug. 67. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food. 68. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are. 69. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks." 70. Buy as many back issues of Field and Stream as you can. Pretend to masturbate while reading them. 71. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened. 72. Eat glass. 73. Smoke ballpoint pens. 74. Smile. All the time. 75. Collect dog shit in baby food jars. Sort them according to what you think the dog ate. 76. Burn all your waste paper while eying your roommate suspiciously. 77. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you. 78. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of grievances. 79. Paste snot on the windows in occult patterns. 80. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly. 81. Dye all your underwear lime green. 82. Spill a lot of beer on his/her bed. Swim. 83. Bye three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet. 84. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it. 85. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's parents (postage due). 86. Pray to Azazoth or Zoroaster. Sacrifice something nasty. 87. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks. 88. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them. 89. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley. 90. Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why...." Be creative. 91. Shave one eyebrow. 92. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently. 93. Put horseradish in your shoes. 94. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want. 95. Always flush the toilet three times. 96. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often. 97. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class. 98. Give him/her an allowance. 99. Listen to radio static. 100. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up. 101. Wear sunglasses at night. Bump into things often. Swear loudly. Annoy your examiner during a Driver's Test 102. Turn the radio on. When the testor goes to turn it off slap his/her hand. 103. Beep your horn at everything. 104. When you stop at a light, start revving the engine while looking back and forth between the person next to you and the light 105. Get in the car, look down at the pedals, and say, "now which one is the gas again?" 106. After the examiner gets in the car, pop the hood, and get out and check the oil. 107. Fill your car with beer bottles. 108. The whole time driving, talk about how Aunt Gertrude smells like mothballs. 109. In the middle of driving, put your arm around the examiner. 110. Swear at everybody on the road. 111. Break off your rear-view mirror and then ask the examiner to hold it up. its a freakin joke people! (people like bigboy..)

18. did you ever try all of these?

    The Most Complete List Of Ways To Annoy People, Cops, Your Roommate, And More. Annoy People 1. Pay tolls with $100 bills 2. Leave your supermarket cart on the street or in the middle of the parking lot 3. Eat produce at the market; don't buy it 4. When giving directions, leave out a turn or two 5. Leave the outdoor Christmas decorations up until March or April 6. Before exiting the elevator, push all the buttons 7. Knock and ask "How is it going?" to someone constipated in a public bathroom stall. 8. Develop at least three strategies for cutting into the front of lines 9. Announce when you're going to the bathroom 10. Chew other people's pencils 11. Invite lots of people to other people's parties. 12. Wear large hats during the movies 13. Touch strangers 14. Tell little children the truth about Santa Claus 15. Bite your dentist's finger 16. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times. 18. Leave lipstick prints on people's cheeks and foreheads 19. Don't stand during hymns and anthems 20. Dance fast to slow music and vice-versa 21. Tell people they have bad breath 22. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance. 23. Flirt with a friend's spouse 24. Sit in the home bleachers and cheer for the other team 25. Shake with your left hand 26. Use the quote bunnies after every other word you say when talking to someone. 27. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way". 28. Drum on every available surface. 29. Staple papers in the middle of the page. 30. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go". 31. Honk and wave to strangers. 32. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange. 33. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show. 34. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register. 35. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets. 36. Pay for your dinner with pennies. 37. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes. 38. Repeat everything someone says, as a question. 39. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles. 40. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day. 41. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think." Annoy Cops 42. Say out loud when he/she approaches you "You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?" 43. Ask to see his gun. 44. When he's telling you what you did wrong, start repeating him, quietly. 45. Say out loud "Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me! Good job!" 46. Slap his hand and say "Bad cop! No donut!" 47. When he frisks you, say "You missed a spot", and grin. 48. After every other sentence oink like a pig quietly to yourself but loud enough for him to hear you. 49. Refer to him by his first name. 50. When he comes up to the car, say "License and registration, please" right when he says it. Annoy Your roomate 51. Smoke weed. Do whatever comes naturally. 52. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class. 53. Twitch a lot when you guys eat dinner. 54. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep. 55. Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them. 56. Ask him/her to do you a favor and get you a drink, then when they bring it, slowly pour it on the floor. 57. Clip your toenails while watching a movie or eating dinner. 58. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin. 59. Speak in tongues. 60. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtlely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling. 61. Walk and talk backwards. 62. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them. 63. Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, "They're more than meets the eye." 64. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g."The Road Warrior," "Repo Man," Casablanca,") almost inaudibly. 65. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance at art class (or hit him/her with the wrench). 66. Collect all your urine in a small jug. 67. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food. 68. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are. 69. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks." 70. Buy as many back issues of Field and Stream as you can. Pretend to masturbate while reading them. 71. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened. 72. Eat glass. 73. Smoke ballpoint pens. 74. Smile. All the time. 75. Collect dog shit in baby food jars. Sort them according to what you think the dog ate. 76. Burn all your waste paper while eying your roommate suspiciously. 77. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you. 78. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of grievances. 79. Paste snot on the windows in occult patterns. 80. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly. 81. Dye all your underwear lime green. 82. Spill a lot of beer on his/her bed. Swim. 83. Bye three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet. 84. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it. 85. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's parents (postage due). 86. Pray to Azazoth or Zoroaster. Sacrifice something nasty. 87. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks. 88. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them. 89. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley. 90. Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why...." Be creative. 91. Shave one eyebrow. 92. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently. 93. Put horseradish in your shoes. 94. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want. 95. Always flush the toilet three times. 96. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often. 97. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class. 98. Give him/her an allowance. 99. Listen to radio static. 100. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up. 101. Wear sunglasses at night. Bump into things often. Swear loudly. Annoy your examiner during a Driver's Test 102. Turn the radio on. When the testor goes to turn it off slap his/her hand. 103. Beep your horn at everything. 104. When you stop at a light, start revving the engine while looking back and forth between the person next to you and the light 105. Get in the car, look down at the pedals, and say, "now which one is the gas again?" 106. After the examiner gets in the car, pop the hood, and get out and check the oil. 107. Fill your car with beer bottles. 108. The whole time driving, talk about how Aunt Gertrude smells like mothballs. 109. In the middle of driving, put your arm around the examiner. 110. Swear at everybody on the road. 111. Break off your rear-view mirror and then ask the examiner to hold it up.

19. Decorating the reception venue, what do you think (September/October wedding)?

    Tenatively we will be having our reception at a state park, where my man proposed to me. The ceremony will also be there, in mid afternoon, so the reception should a bit past sundown... Here is my idea for decoration, its an outdoor pavillion that has a stone fireplace and is made of old logs, it can hold about 100 people (my guest list is only 40 people). I'm wanting this to be formal, but not too formal. What I'm wanting to do is string white lights across the rafters and then tulle, to cover up the lights a bit and some of the new 2x4s they've put up because the logs are old. For the table center pieces I'm wanting to have glass vases with dark purple floating candles and a mirror underneath and ivory rose petals sprinkled around it. For the wedding party table I'm thinking of having a dark cloth table cloth, lights strung around the table and tulle over that as well. If weather permits I'd also like to light the fireplace. At the corners of the pavillion I'd like to hang some tulle and use ribbon to tie it back. The pavillion has electric but no light. My colors are eggplant and ivory. I'm trying to create a warm romantic, but not too romantic, feel for my guests, I want them to feel at home. What do you think of my ideas? Also, they have a rule that you can't remove the picnic tables from the pavillion, so I'd have to use them for seating, what can I do to make them not look like picnic tables? And how can I make them comfortable? And, this pavillion has a concrete floor, any suggestions for keeping my gown clean, considering ill be dancing and all, what could I put down that is safe to walk on (slip proof)? My gown is a floor length ball gown with a corset back. Its going to be ivory with egg plant beading. Or maybe I could get the dress in eggplant and ivory beading? What do you suggest?

20. joke?think its funny?

    The Most Complete List Of Ways To Annoy People, Cops, Your Roommate, And More. Annoy People 1. Pay tolls with $100 bills 2. Leave your supermarket cart on the street or in the middle of the parking lot 3. Eat produce at the market; don't buy it 4. When giving directions, leave out a turn or two 5. Leave the outdoor Christmas decorations up until March or April 6. Before exiting the elevator, push all the buttons 7. Knock and ask "How is it going?" to someone constipated in a public bathroom stall. 8. Develop at least three strategies for cutting into the front of lines 9. Announce when you're going to the bathroom 10. Chew other people's pencils 11. Invite lots of people to other people's parties. 12. Wear large hats during the movies 13. Touch strangers 14. Tell little children the truth about Santa Claus 15. Bite your dentist's finger 16. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times. 18. Leave lipstick prints on people's cheeks and foreheads 19. Don't stand during hymns and anthems 20. Dance fast to slow music and vice-versa 21. Tell people they have bad breath 22. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance. 23. Flirt with a friend's spouse 24. Sit in the home bleachers and cheer for the other team 25. Shake with your left hand 26. Use the quote bunnies after every other word you say when talking to someone. 27. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way". 28. Drum on every available surface. 29. Staple papers in the middle of the page. 30. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go". 31. Honk and wave to strangers. 32. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange. 33. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show. 34. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register. 35. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets. 36. Pay for your dinner with pennies. 37. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes. 38. Repeat everything someone says, as a question. 39. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles. 40. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day. 41. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think." Annoy Cops 42. Say out loud when he/she approaches you "You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?" 43. Ask to see his gun. 44. When he's telling you what you did wrong, start repeating him, quietly. 45. Say out loud "Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me! Good job!" 46. Slap his hand and say "Bad cop! No donut!" 47. When he frisks you, say "You missed a spot", and grin. 48. After every other sentence oink like a pig quietly to yourself but loud enough for him to hear you. 49. Refer to him by his first name. 50. When he comes up to the car, say "License and registration, please" right when he says it. Annoy Your roomate 51. Smoke weed. Do whatever comes naturally. 52. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class. 53. Twitch a lot when you guys eat dinner. 54. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep. 55. Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them. 56. Ask him/her to do you a favor and get you a drink, then when they bring it, slowly pour it on the floor. 57. Clip your toenails while watching a movie or eating dinner. 58. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin. 59. Speak in tongues. 60. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtlely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling. 61. Walk and talk backwards. 62. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them. 63. Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, "They're more than meets the eye." 64. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g."The Road Warrior," "Repo Man," Casablanca,") almost inaudibly. 65. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance at art class (or hit him/her with the wrench). 66. Collect all your urine in a small jug. 67. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food. 68. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are. 69. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks." 70. Buy as many back issues of Field and Stream as you can. Pretend to masturbate while reading them. 71. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend noth

21. People lighting their houses while others were out of power...rude?

    My parents were out of power for around 8 days because of that ice storm. I visited them for a few days and 2 of those were days without power. I noticed that people a few miles down the road, who had already gotten their power back, were decking out their homes with Christmas lights, outdoor light up decorations, etc. Now I know it's the season for that, but I found it to be really inconsiderate of them when they knew that there were tons of homes without power. Is it just me, or do you guys think that's rude too? I find it rude because it was if they were being show-offs about it. You can have Christmas cheer without all the snazzy lights, they could have just lit up their tree and it would have been practically the same. You guys wouldn't it a large meal infront of a starving person would you? And since someone asked, I am 21. And yea, I already know I'm immature...all of my friends would agree haha.

22. How can I pull off a really scary halloween party?

    I'm having a halloween party and I'm inviting about 10 friends. I need some ideas as how to really scare them.. I want them to go home saying that was awesome! Any ideas for.. food outdoor and indoor decorations movies games (we are always up for a laugh, apple bobbing is already on the list!) spooky signs? also, i'm thinking of decorating the hallway like a spooky corridor leading to the living room, the main room where the party will be. Any ideas on how to make that scary? like lights etc.. i was thinking about how to scare them when they arrive ...? thanks for your help!

23. how should we decorate?

    ok so every year we have a neighborhood competition and the winners get like giftcards and get put in the nieghborhood newsletter. we want to try to win this year. does anyone have any ideas about how we could decorate our house or any themes? perferably stuff we could make at home or that isn't too expensive. stuff we already have: (about 20 of these) http://partycity.com/cgi-bin/parties/decorations.cgi?thepartytype=&name=Gothic%20Skull%20Fence%202%20Pack&parties=Halloween&productstype=Outdoor&products=177903&zoom=1&start=&originaltype=Decorations (3 of these..its a grave stone btw)http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj49/MelenaGCrox/10050819481.jpg (this is a really big scary guy..the wreath behind it isn't a part of it.)http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj49/MelenaGCrox/1005081948a1.jpg http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/Gothic-Vampire-Hanging-Head/ http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/20-Inch-Hanging-Skeleton-Decoration/ ( WE normally just have this guy on the ground.) we also have cobwebs, these tiny skeleton hands, some hanging bats, a fake arm, and a talking rock. please help!! o this is our house btw if it help: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj49/MelenaGCrox/100_0017.jpg

24. Please Help I am lost on all this.?

    1. Which one of the following roof shapes requires the simplest frame? A. Gable C. Mansard B. Cross-gable D. Cross-hip 2. Your inspection of a house’s _______ relates to the condition of its roof. A. electrical system C. attic B. basement wall D. bathroom 3. Which of the following is the most popular framing system used today? A. Braced frame C. Timber frame B. Platform frame D. Balloon frame 4. Which of the following houses is characterized by a low-pitched gable roof; a wide, unenclosed eave overhang, with rafters usually exposed; and beams or braces commonly added under gables? A. Farmhouse C. Ranch house B. Cape Cod box D. Craftsman-style bungalow 5. The spread of uniform construction technology can be traced to which of the following developments? A. The onset of World War II B. The growth of the mail-order system C. The development of “horseless carriages” D. The Industrial Revolution 6. Which of the following is a typical feature of a Cape Cod box? A. “Gingerbread” trim C. Asbestos shingle siding B. A hand-hewn timber frame D. A stacked-stone foundation 7. The earliest frame construction used in North America was the _______ frame. A. post-and-beam C. balloon B. braced D. platform 8. Which of the following tools will you be likely to use first in a home inspection? A. Pliers C. Binoculars B. Level D. Stepladder 9. The house plan drawing titled “Elevations” shows the A. outside views of the sides of the house. B. inside views of different areas of the house. C. close-up views of complicated structures in the house. D. dimensions and room positions of a house. 10. Three examples of exterior wall coverings are A. clapboards, substrate, and fiberglass siding. B. stucco, brick veneers, and flashing. C. aluminum siding, gypsum board, and acrylic stucco. D. stucco, clapboards, and vinyl siding. 11. A stacked masonry wall is constructed by A. stacking hollow concrete blocks and running steel rods through the stacks. B. making a frame of timbers and covering the exterior with clapboards. C. stacking concrete blocks on top of each other, and filling the spaces with plaster. D. forming a basket-weave pattern of sticks, and filling in with mud stucco. 12. The “tap test” is used to check whether A. acrylic stucco is buckling loose from the substrate. B. a beam is hewn or constructed. C. walls are properly insulated. D. floor joists contain rot or insect damage. 13. A common structural problem area in a cross-gabled roof is the A. attachment of the roof truss. C. valleys where the gables join. B. joints where rafters come together. D. parapets and scuppers. 14. A typical feature of a Victorian-style house is A. tapered square columns. C. asbestos shingle siding. B. “gingerbread” trim. D. an attached garage. 15. The section of building plans that would show views of a built-in hot tub would be the A. framing plans. C. detail drawings. B. sections. D. specifications. 16. Two advantages of a prefabricated house kit are A. platform frames and vinyl windows. B. uniform construction technology and built-in construction accuracy. C. front porches and aluminum siding. D. uniform construction technology and on-site carpenters. 17. The split-level home is a variation of the A. ranch house. C. Craftsman house. B. farmhouse. D. Victorian house. 18. A contingency fund can be defined as A. money set aside for emergency repairs. B. an agreement between a realtor and a landlord. C. money set aside for land development. D. an agreement between a homeowner and a contractor. 19. A structural section describes a house’s A. horizontal assembly across the foundation. B. outdoor landscaping designs. C. vertical assembly, from the ground up. D. interior decoration plan. 20. A roof truss is best defined as a A. structure consisting of rafters, ceiling joists, and ridge board. B. system of studs and joists. C. top angle of a gable or dormer. D. factory-assembled roof frame.

25. dog acting out! help!!?

    We adopted a pit bull mix from a distant family member a couple months ago. She was used to having free roam since there are no leash laws down south where she came from. We brought her home and let her have free reins of the yard (brought her in at night) since I was told she was a "good dog". After a week, she started going in the road, began tearing apart all of my lawn decorations, chewing my kids outdoor toys and getting into garbage constantly. We had no choice but to start tieing her up (30 ft chain) during the day. All she did was bark. So, we started kenneling her outside during the day. That stopped the barking, but now she is having accidents every night. Piles and puddles all over my house! She has gone accident free overnight many times before so I know that isnt the issue. So I bought a tie out runner (80ft). She can go across our whole back yard and we are still having the same problems at night. I know she is acting out. I am at my wits end! What do I do? HELP!!!!! I work during the day so she can't be walked every couple hours! My kids play with her outside all the time! They take her for a walk around the yard at least once a day on a leash (we have 3 acres). She ALWAYS has food, water, and tons of toys to keep her busy. I am not a BAD pet owner!

26. Problems with my Dog!?

    We adopted a pit bull mix from a distant family member a couple months ago. She was used to having free roam since there are no leash laws down south where she came from. We brought her home and let her have free reins of the yard (brought her in at night) since I was told she was a "good dog". After a week, she started going in the road, began tearing apart all of my lawn decorations, chewing my kids outdoor toys and getting into garbage constantly. We had no choice but to start tieing her up (30 ft chain) during the day. All she did was bark. So, we started kenneling her outside during the day. That stopped the barking, but now she is having accidents every night. Piles and puddles all over my house! She has gone accident free overnight many times before so I know that isnt the issue. So I bought a tie out runner (80ft). She can go across our whole back yard and we are still having the same problems at night. I know she is acting out. I am at my wits end! What do I do? HELP!!!!! My kids play with her outside all the time! They take her for a walk around the yard at least once a day on a leash (we have 3 acres). She ALWAYS has food, water, and tons of toys to keep her busy. I am not a BAD pet owner! I forgot to mention... at night she is baby gated in my sunroom since I could not stop her from soiling my carpets. I leave the light on for her, give her toys, and even put the radio on softly so she doesnt feel alone. Everyone seems to be misunderstanding me. She is in the kennel outside during the day. I do not leave her out all day on a runner. We put her on it for small interval periods for exercise or to play while her kennel is being cleaned. I have 4 young kids and we have full time jobs. Maybe this dog just needs too much time and attention for our lifestyle. We didnt have problems with our other dog. I feel like we are decent pet owners and buy them everything the sun. I guess she just isnt a match for this family. At Christmas time, she will be able to go back to her old family if it doesnt work out by then :-(

27. Someone gave me their newborn baby boy and ask me to take care of them for a few days? ?

    I was at a children's party with my nieces and nephews, their parents, my husband and a host of other children and their parents. This particular group of families are all politically independent and prefers to live outside of politics and legal stuff as much as possible. A pretty wholesome group of people. Very natural, free-flowing people so it is not weird or interesting that this person ask me to take care of their baby boy for a few days. No, we did not know each other or anything. Generally, we exchange contact information and they give me the baby supplies. My husband and I and our family took the baby home later realizing that the person who gave us the child did not give us a contact number or any supplies. My husband and I went to the store and bought diapers and allergy free formula for the baby plus other minor things to get us through a few days. He immediately became attached to us. We began to think how we would love to have a child of our own. A few days past and we had to go back to the location of where the baby was given to us because my husband left something there. We saw the couple who gave us the baby. We greeted each other and they seemed very happy. They asked us if we would like to keep the baby and raise him as our own. They explained that they were in no position to raise him, they do not love him and he deserve to be with a family who would love him. They further expressed how they did not want to turn him over to the courts or sign away their parental rights and have him go in the system. They explained how they have been observing us (my husband and I) for a while and observed that we would be a wonderful set of parents for their child. They shared with us some things they did such as neglect him and felt really really guilty about it which is why they decided to look for someone else who would like a child. That moment was very interesting for us. Both my husband and I agreed but then we asked if we needed to go through a social worker or the courts to have everything switched over. The baby was only 5 weeks old. The parents did not want that because they knew that the social worker would take the baby from both families and put him in a foster home. They feared that tremendously. They were really adamant about the baby staying with us. It was like an adoption without legal authorities being involved. Is there a name for that???? We set up a meeting at our home to have the parents sign papers and agreements that we came up with together. At that meeting the parents gave us everything that belonged to the baby including his birth certificate with OUR names on it, his medical records, his pediatrician, name change forms and a bunch of other papers, brand new breast pump, sooooooooooo many clothes from size 0-3 months up to toddler clothes all organic and mostly new. The only used clothes were the newborn clothes. So many shoes, hats, outdoor wear, crib, bassinet, swing, bouncy chair, 7 different carriers, 57 huge bags of diapers size ranging from newborn to pull-ups, about 100 containers of organic wipes, 12 diaper bags, a play pin, bedroom decorations, baby first aid kits, medications, 4 different strollers, 4 different carseats, and so many things that you need for a baby. They were set and my husband and I did not have to purchase anything. I had my lawyer present and they had their lawyer present. Though we did not go through the court, we agreed to have our lawyers. I figured we would do this openly where their child will still know them and visit but they wanted to cut all strings. They signed away their rights of that child to my husband and I. They made it clear that if somehow the courts became involved, the whole agreement between us would mean that they gave us permission to babysit. They refuse to sign their child to the courts. They heard so much about the system and it would kill them if they did that to their child. They would rather take him back than to have him in the system. Anyways, the mother requested that I breastfeed. I do not have any children so I was wondering if that is possible? If I start pumping and stimulating, how long will it take for the milk to come down? The only concern we had was the cultural difference. We are African American and the baby is mixed hispanic and white. He will one day begin to see that he is a different color from my husband and I. We asked the parents what we should tell him. They said to tell him that he is a special baby. Anyway, these are my questions: 1. We are are the type of family that prefers not to be involved with legals and courts and the system as well but never thought this would come up. I posted what happened and how we basically took on parenthood. Is that enough? 2. How long does it take for the milk to come down once I start pumping? 3. Should I change pediatricians or continue taking him to the same? By the way, his pe Only intelligent answers will receive a good rating. By the way, for the people who do not read in between the lines, Baby Showers is the perfect time to receive gifts. They have so much stuff because of baby showers.

28. When do you begin decorating for Chirstmas (if you do at all that is)?

    This is just the second year in our home and I am wondering when a "appropriate" time to begin decorating for Christmas is. Obviously not this early. I am not a real fan of fall decor or the holiday of thanksgiving so I really don't mind those decorations being taken down prematurly. Last year I began decorating 2 days prior to thanksgiving, and had my tree up (its a fake) and outdoor lights hung two days after. I love the WHOLE Christmas season; and yes I will admit to loving some of the tradional comercialism about it. I feel like 1 month is for decor is barely enough; but at the same time now that we have a daughter I don't want her to take thanksgiving and this whole time of year for granted either.