hahaha... happened when I replaced the toilet in Mom's bathroom ... oh, but the sink is pink & won't match the new white toilet, so better replace that ... egads, look at this linoleum... tear it up... eeks, look at this wood! ... tear that up ... the tub had to go, to get the floor out ... might as well take out this crummy wainscoting... and the plaster on the walls... and the ceiling... and need a new window ... yikes @ the joists ... replace those ... oh-no @ this section of the cellar wall... rebuild that ... pipes no good ... replace all the hot & cold in the whole house ... and the water heaters ...and most of the gas pipes... and might as well replace the water to the street, because the original is from 1907 ... etc
One toilet turned into 3 months of weekends & evening work + over $15,000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <cdh...@earthlink.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What do you think of this restoration? > You got it! It's happened to most of my cars. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron L'Herault" <lhera...@bu.edu> > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:45 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What do you think of this restoration? > > >> An example of shipwright's disease is when a fellow needs to replace the >> gaskets in his reproducer. While he is at it, he replaces the diaphragm, >> and shines up the reproducer body. Then, to make it all look good, he >> shines the tone arm body but then the horn looks a little shabby so it >> gets >> repainted. This just points up the fact that the felt on the turntable >> has >> faded so it gets replaced. But having done that one notices how dull the >> finish of the case is so everything is take out/off so the wood can be >> refinished....etc. But all he intended to do was replace the sound box >> gaskets.
