After reading this next topic, you will, I am most sure, understand the depth of my affliction...so hold onto your Phillips and flat heads!
I guess my awareness of sockets and switches started years ago after buying our first of many "fixer-upper" houses that we wanted to call home. Well before possession of the keys, I began looking for commonalities from room to room in the house...the flooring, the paint, lighting...sockets and switches. Anyway, it was important to me that the feeling in each room flowed smoothly from one room to the next. But after new flooring and after new paint...something was still amiss.
Ah...the lighting.
We hired an electrician who was busy for several weeks with my checklist-converting over simple switches to dimmers, replacing electrical sockets with flats plates where locations were odd, changing out old beige covers for crisp clean white ones and bringing power to my picture lights.
Still, something was amiss.
I slowly walked from room to room and something kept catching my eye, something was just not right. It became very apparent that the screws on the switch plates and as well, on the electrical sockets were not working together in unison. It was like looking at a room full of crooked paintings! Some switches had screws pointing horizontally while others pointed vertically or visa versa. For me, the installation seemed haphazard, incomplete with screws sitting at odd angles...so uncomfortably so. There is only one word-chaotic, which describes multiple screws in multiple directions occurring all on the same plate!
Now at this point, I believe some of you may be yawning. So, I dare you to stand up and walk into the next room of your home or apartment without noticing what I am talking about. Angled screws are viral! Trust me, with screwdriver in hand, every room could be better screwed and imagine afterward, sitting down, relaxed with a cup of coffee in hand and a big smile on your face! Trust me...
p.s. I prefer a vertical screw, what about you?
Ok first I must say to all readers that if you haven't yet please go click on electrician (on the left under 'labels') and read Lindsay's blog. VERY funny.
ReplyDeleteAnd second, I hate you Perri Guthrie. I am now obsessing over the screws and switch plates in my house, at least the ones I can see. I did not need this you know. I was truly happy living in ignorance. :)
Still, I love reading these. Keep them coming. And by the way, Gabriella just announced that she will forevermore be coming to your house with screwdriver in hand. I would keep my eye on that one if I were you.
No, seriously. Beneath that sweet, innocent exterior beats the heart of a true deviant. Watch out.
:)