Struts On Pine,....

 

I have always liked the architecture of this building,... I guess it's the rounded corner but it's just always caught my eye. The insides have sure changed from the old Comcast days and man howdy,... it is for the better. 

Struts On Pine has taken up residents there now. An eating establishment with very good food, service and a nice atmosphere. There is an array of items on the menu that will surely fit most anyone's palate. 

We started off with a home made pimento cheese dip with home made potato chips. We both agreed it was the best we've eaten. Sandra had a BLT that comes with a fried green tomato but had it swapped out for a regular tomato. Two thumbs up from her. I had the Philly Cheese Steak with fries. First one I've had since the old Montague days and it didn't disappoint. Very, very good as were the fries. They looked to be hand cut but not sure. Everything was served hot and fast. Service was very good also. 

I know they are a new place and it takes a bit for everything to gel but the whole experience couldn't have been better. We will be back,.... 

Toilet Seats Ain't What They Used To Be,...

 

This is a simple toilet seat. A commode seat if you will,... no padding, no frills, just a simple toilet seat. 

In the past maybe 30 years I have bought 1 (one) seat for the indoor throne. One, uno, un, eins,.... one. In thirty years. Maybe 2 but I can't remember more than one. It just isn't or should I say, wasn't something that I have shopped for. Until now. 

In the past 6 months I have purchased 3, yes 3 of them. For the same commode. Why 3 you ask? Because the first 2 were total crap. Plastic hinges and poor construction.  Avoid them. The first purchase was from Lowes,... I bought a simple, cheap (hush) commode seat. The screws that attached the lid to the seat were too small for the hole,... they literally fell out. After trying to glue them back, it failed again. This was about 2 weeks after installation. 2 weeks!! When the glue also failed I went to Amazon to purchase a replacement. 

This one arrived and we were so excited,... (hush). After a couple of months the hinges started separating. In other words, the hinges were having a come apart. With that said,... we started looking at what it would take to build an outhouse. The kind with the hole cut in the wood to sit on. No seat required. This was a good option I thought since I wouldn't accidently leave the seat up again. Or so it seemed to me,.... 

Anyway we went with option number 2,... no pun intended. Introducing option number two, dos, deux, zwei,... two. 

Metal hinges,... after much researched and consulting NASA and the Army Corp of Engineers,... metal hinges are now the way to go to avoid what we went through.