A New Proclimation for “My World”

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper FEB 2010

I have shared with you from time to time “My World”. This is a place
created by me, where things work the way I want them to. One past example you
may have read about here is that in My World, slotted screws are outlawed. Stricken
from the planet. They did not nor will not exist. There is no use for them in
My World. All they do is cause stress and expand my explicative vocabulary.

This past week, another item has received a decree of banishment from My World.
The proclamation will read that in My World, all windows will be the same size.
48” x 48”. Big enough to meet the egress requirements, but small
enough that I can lift them. However, this is not the reason for standardization.

The reason is that with only one size of window in My World, there only has
to be one size of mini-blind! Having just gone through the process of shortening
three, 6’ wide blinds down to the proper length, I am thinking that all
windows being the same size is not a bad idea.

The store makes it seem simple. I call them an Accomplice. The store just snips
them off to the proper width in that chopper thing, and then says, “All
you have to do is shorten the cords to make them the right length.” Sure.
If it is that easy, why does the store not do it?

I bet there are mini blinds all over this valley with a stack of extra slats
at the bottom because someone tried once to shorten them and gave up. Welcome
to My World.

My fingers are just not agile enough. To fat and stiff. I suppose for someone
that does a lot of these, or has tough little fingers, this is no big deal.
But for us “Newb’s”, to steel my kid’s video game term,
learning the tricks of this project can be very frustrating and with one wrong
snip, very expensive.

There is hope. We can all rest assured that this is not the only way to go about
this. I have since found that there is another type of these stores. One not
set out to torture their customers. There are window covering stores that not
only get you the right width, but also the length. And they bring them to your
house and install them! Who would’a thought!

I know, these places have always been there. In fact, they were there first.
We just have forgotten about the value of service while chasing a cheaper price.
Well, we get what we pay for and sometimes cheaper is not worth it. Mini-blinds
are such a case.

Ok, an Amendment for My World is to be issued. In My World, windows can be different
sizes, but mini-blinds must be installed by the store that sells them. That
would work wouldn’t it?

Joe and Vicki Prin own Joe Prin Remodeling LLC, Idaho Registered Contractor
#RCE-23530, and can be contacted at 573-1082 or by email- joe@joeprin.com. Listen
to the HomeFix Radio show hosted by Joe, Saturdays, 8-10 AM on 580 KIDO