Shoes in the house

[NJHalo]

7 hours ago, mrwicked said:

my wife got me one of the roomba 980s because im such a tech / smart house whore.  unleashed it yesterday. it's f*cking awesome!

it does its thing for 2 hours at a time, then automatically goes back to it's little homebase, recharges for a bit, and then returns to where it last was and keeps going. it will keep doing this until it finishes the entire joint.

pretty sweet. i kind of want to put a gopro on it.

Be careful with that thing. My neighbors had one, and it scared the shit out of the dog....literally.  The dog shit on the carpet, and the Roomba ran over it. The shit was dragged all over the house, and smeared into every rug, carpet, and hardwood floor.

[Kevin]

On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Lou said:

too soon?

No.

[Blarg]

Don't be a racist, they are always welcome to come in and clean.

[mrwicked]

On 6/17/2016 at 9:15 PM, NJHalo said:

Be careful with that thing. My neighbors had one, and it scared the shit out of the dog....literally.  The dog shit on the carpet, and the Roomba ran over it. The shit was dragged all over the house, and smeared into every rug, carpet, and hardwood floor.

that's hilarious.

we don't have any pets or kids at this point, so i'll only need be on the lookout for times when i sh*t on the carpet.

[Brandon]

Does it do both hardwood and carpet, and recognize both? Also, does it know to detect stairs and not go down them?

[sneaky_flute]

Doesn't really make sense to enforce this unless you have carpet. Shoes on carpet don't even bother me unless they're heavily soiled. 

[Amazing Larry]

3 hours ago, Eddie said:

Does it do both hardwood and carpet, and recognize both? Also, does it know to detect stairs and not go down them?

It recognizes the difference between carpet and wood/stone. I have one and when it travels over the rug in my family room I can hear it go into overdrive. My 1 year old kid has a similar reaction to NJ Halo's dog when it fires up. He wants nothing to do with it. 

It can't go up and down stairs FYI. 

[Brandon]

Whoa, the main one is almost a G.

Guess, that means I need to buy three and see which one survives the robot wars with all them going on at the same time.

Did you do any research before you got yours? Is there a huge difference between the lower model and that one for $900?

I'm going to look into this.

[Stradling]

As a wedding gift we received one, I think it's a 605 or something along those lines.  It's the "pet series".  It does a good job and I have tile throughout the house.  

Brandon I don't know the stairs question but mine came with an extra "sensor" that you can use and the robot will avoid going towards the sensor.  So I'm guessing if you put it by your stairs it would avoid them.  

My only suggestion is pick up barstools or kitchen chairs.  Mine has gotten caught under them and couldn't get out.  

[nate]

9 hours ago, Eddie said:

Whoa, the main one is almost a G.

Guess, that means I need to buy three and see which one survives the robot wars with all them going on at the same time.

Did you do any research before you got yours? Is there a huge difference between the lower model and that one for $900?

I'm going to look into this.

I looked into them because the $350 model seemed appealing but I found out that they are more for smaller apartments than a house.  The 880 and 980 have better multi-room support, better battery life and overall do a better job.

Although to me, doing a better job cleaning is not the biggest deal because I do not see them as a replacement for normal sweeping and vacuuming, just something to eliminate some dust and dirt.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I don't even pay the maid a G a month and she and sometimes her team is killer.

[Taylor]

My wife and I take our shoes off at the door, but we decided we didn't want to be "those people" who force guests to take their shoes off in our apartment. 

[T.G.]

 

[Stradling]

We are now a no shoes house because our grand daughter lives with us.  Here’s how my wife explains it.  

We wear shoes outside in places we wouldn’t walk around barefoot.  Then we come inside and if we don’t immediately take off our shoes we are then tracking that around the house and the house we sometimes will walk around barefoot.  It seems logical to me, plus who really gives a fuck, I just keep flip flops at the front door and a pair in the laundry room for when I am going into the garage or the side yard from the garage.  

[arch stanton]

32 minutes ago, Stradling said:

We are now a no shoes house because our grand daughter lives with us.  Here’s how my wife explains it.  

We wear shoes outside in places we wouldn’t walk around barefoot.  Then we come inside and if we don’t immediately take off our shoes we are then tracking that around the house and the house we sometimes will walk around barefoot.  It seems logical to me, plus who really gives a F*ck, I just keep flip flops at the front door and a pair in the laundry room for when I am going into the garage or the side yard from the garage.  

You now have an Asian household. Congrats and you can now look forward to even more relatives moving in with you

[Tank]

I’m still rocking my uggs men’s slippers indoors. It feels weird to me to wear shoes inside the house.

[Lou]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

We are now a no shoes house because our grand daughter lives with us.  Here’s how my wife explains it.  

We wear shoes outside in places we wouldn’t walk around barefoot.  Then we come inside and if we don’t immediately take off our shoes we are then tracking that around the house and the house we sometimes will walk around barefoot.  It seems logical to me, plus who really gives a fuck, I just keep flip flops at the front door and a pair in the laundry room for when I am going into the garage or the side yard from the garage.  

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On 12/7/2015 at 4:44 AM, Lou said:

I take it you people don't own vaccuums, mops or brooms.

Do all of these people, who have been sitting in strange chairs/benches/seats/stools, etc. all day, have to take their pants off and sit on plastic-covered furniture, too?

are they allowed to sit on the toilet or must they hover? I guess sharing a seat with everyone else's swamp ass is better than a little dirt ending up on your floors.

damn shoeists

 

[Taylor]

Now we all know how to prepare our homes if Lou's coming over.

[T.G.]

9 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Now we all know how to prepare our homes if Lou's coming over.

Lou's done writing his manifesto?  He must be if he's finally leaving his house.

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Now we all know how to prepare our homes if Lou's coming over.

I'm not taking my off my shoes.

Still undecided on the pants. 

[Lou]

11 hours ago, Tank said:

I’m still rocking my uggs men’s slippers indoors. It feels weird to me to wear shoes inside the house.

and yet you're ok with walking around with sweaty feet. 

[tdawg87]

All your dogs drag their anus across the floor and I'm guessing you don't wipe it afterwards unless it leaves a skidmark. Also if you have little kids they're getting fecal matter on everything.

Your floors are probably dirtier than the ground outside. 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

All your dogs drag their anus across the floor and I'm guessing you don't wipe it afterwards unless it leaves a skidmark. Also if you have little kids they're getting fecal matter on everything.

Your floors are probably dirtier than the ground outside. 

and I guarantee not all of them wash their hands every time they take a piss.

disgusting pigs 

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

and I guarantee not all of them wash their hands every time they take a piss.

disgusting pigs 

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

and I guarantee not all of them wash their hands every time they take a piss.

disgusting pigs 

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