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Yes, really. Browsing HN comments feels like I'm good friends with a generally friendly elderly construction worker who for some reason has a real stick in his
by savanaly 7y ago
Yes, really. Browsing HN comments feels like I'm good friends with a generally friendly elderly construction worker who for some reason has a real stick in his ass about grouting. Everywhere we go together, houses, bars, museums, whatever, he never stops complaining about the grouting, pointing out places here and there where "that's not gonna hold up in twenty years" and "that poor grouting is why we get the occasional gust of cold air in here" etc etc. And while I appreciate he knows what he's talking about and yes maybe we would all be better if builders the world over got their act together and did the grouting better, I just wish for once he wouldn't bring the damn subject up and talk about something else, something more interesting, something new when we visit a place.