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09-30-2020, 07:37 PM
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At a local AT&T store:
"How about you start setting tile at that end of the room, I'll start at this end, and we'll meet up in the middle. What could go wrong?"
I found about ten of these in the room.
And around the column
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09-30-2020, 08:13 PM
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Oh, you meant that side of the line. 
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09-30-2020, 08:31 PM
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I couldn't get over all these little 1/2 inch dutchmans everywhere. And right out in the middle of the floor. I know there's no ideal solution for that, but I'd rather cheat a 1/16" of the last four tiles to try and make it up than to put a shorty in the middle of the floor.
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09-30-2020, 10:25 PM
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dont blame me i didnt vote for him
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why is it called a dutchman
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10-01-2020, 03:43 AM
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I've never understood why standards for commercial work are so low.
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10-01-2020, 05:07 AM
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I don't know, Jim. I heard that term years ago, probably here.
I've seen a lot of the same mistakes on different jobs, even dutchmans like that.
But this one was a first.
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10-01-2020, 10:03 AM
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Did they make you buy a new phone before allowing you to take all those pictures? 
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10-01-2020, 12:39 PM
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No, I'm not on AT&T, just went there with a friend who was buying some things. I noticed the floor when I tripped over some lippage.
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10-01-2020, 03:42 PM
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10-01-2020, 04:12 PM
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Maybe AT&T tiled that floor theirownselfs, Kevin.
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10-03-2020, 04:24 PM
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My brother taught me about dutchmen, and he started back in the fifties.
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10-03-2020, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim NZ
Why is it called a dutchman
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There is a little history to it Jim. My guess is that it started after a few drinks in a bar somewhere irrelevant, but greatly significant, as you have now revealed.
https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...arpentry-patch
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10-04-2020, 12:36 AM
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very interesting
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10-04-2020, 08:55 AM
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I used to work with a guy that we called "Dutchman Don".
He wasn't Dutch but he earned his nickname.
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10-04-2020, 11:07 AM
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I didn't know that it emanated from carpentry, and that's interesting. I haven't used a "dutchman" in years and remember doing it mostly when 4-1/4 tiles were the norm and tiles saws were not.
I used them mainly on kitchen splashes when trying to center the field under the sink window. Sometimes centering would leave something ugly. A dutchman would cure it and would mostly hide behind the faucet.
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