Hey Sparkles, long time no "speak"! How are you and how is your dad?Date: 9/18/2007 9:20:38 AM
Author: sparkles
ha. I turned 40 last week. So thinking about that alone means I should be realistic at what length my eyes focus properly. 21cm was the result.
i''m such a shocker! We are renovating a house at the moment which has meant rearranging a floor plan. Its been 4 weeks since the new walls went in upstairs. Its been 4 weeks that I have been saying THE FLOOR IS CROOKED, THE PARQUET FLOOR IS CROOKED. The poor contractor measured the walls to the edge of the stairs - straight! He did it again - still straight. The walls are done by infrared laser or something so they gotta be straight. Was out at site again today. Couldn''t take it anymore. Asked for the floor to have a spirit level put on it. What do you know, the floor slanted 2mm in 1 room and just inside the room adjoining it was another slant of 3-4mm. I''m not COCKEYED! The architect reckons its a combination of the slant and the old flooring now with the new wall. And the slant is within accepted range. Its going to cost $5k to rip the floor up and replace it! I don''t think I can live with it!
There seems to be a theme in my life....!!!
Scary!Date: 9/18/2007 10:00:45 AM
Author: Dee*Jay
LOL Sparkles and Lien!!! We just did a $1.5M office renovation and EVERYTHING is crooked. It bugs me to NO END. I walked past the kitchen area, glanced at the ceiling, and said ''that return air grate is crooked.'' The contractor argued with me. We finally measured it. It''s off by 1/16'' on one side. They refused to fix it. Now that''s all I can see in the kitchen--the damn crooked grate. As for the crookedness of the floor... don''t even get me started...
We certainly are birds of a feather.![]()
Good luck finding a stone Sparkles!
No worries, Sparkles. Sometimes I don''t want to talk about it either, cos it makes me all teared up, though of course I think about her every day.Date: 9/18/2007 10:32:17 AM
Author: sparkles
Hahahah you guys crack me up! My dad is okay - just got back from my nieces wedding last weekend which also happened to fall on my wedding anniversary and his 50th wedding anniversary , he wasn''t in the best of spirits naturally.
How are you LienTn..how is your family? I''m sorry i didn''t not offer my condolences regarding your mother. A bit too close to home for me! I tend not to want to think about it.
Yes, its an upgrade or move sideways into a different shape....similar carat weight but a whole lot more $$$$$$. Wonderful isn''t it - these rounds are such expensive things!
Yes. He means because your head will be blocking the light this diamond needs to perform at optimum. It''s head obstruction. Go to the links in the FAQ section. there are lots of discussion points there about this. Bottom line: from 4 inches away, a lot of good diamonds will be crappy.Date: 9/18/2007 10:40:23 AM
Author: stupefy99
I''m confused...so Garry is saying that the first diamond in this post won''t look good close up, but is otherwise a nice diamond? Is this normal?
but he favors them anyway right? or he being facetious with that comment. how far away does your head have to be to make a diamond like this look great?Date: 9/18/2007 11:25:58 AM
Author: Shay37
Yes. He means because your head will be blocking the light this diamond needs to perform at optimum. It''s head obstruction. Go to the links in the FAQ section. there are lots of discussion points there about this. Bottom line: from 4 inches away, a lot of good diamonds will be crappy.Date: 9/18/2007 10:40:23 AM
Author: stupefy99
I''m confused...so Garry is saying that the first diamond in this post won''t look good close up, but is otherwise a nice diamond? Is this normal?
shay
yeah!Date: 9/18/2007 11:30:02 AM
Author: johngalt2004
but he favors them anyway right? or he being facetious with that comment. how far away does your head have to be to make a diamond like this look great?Date: 9/18/2007 11:25:58 AM
Author: Shay37
Yes. He means because your head will be blocking the light this diamond needs to perform at optimum. It''s head obstruction. Go to the links in the FAQ section. there are lots of discussion points there about this. Bottom line: from 4 inches away, a lot of good diamonds will be crappy.Date: 9/18/2007 10:40:23 AM
Author: stupefy99
I''m confused...so Garry is saying that the first diamond in this post won''t look good close up, but is otherwise a nice diamond? Is this normal?
shay