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12 MAY 2011
Painting
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The most complicated jobs, according
to David, are tackling older buildings
that have not been kept up.
“People wait a long time to do the
paint jobs, instead of getting them
done when they start to see peeling.
Then it creates some problems
because there’s a lot more prep work
involved, a lot more sanding. You go
through a lot more materials – sanding
pads, grinders, things of that na-
ture. Once you start getting peeling or
cracking or cracks in your woodwork,
a corner board starts rotting, the water
goes right through and it will hit your
wallboard on the back and eventually
you have mold and mildew problems
inside your home because you haven’t
protected the outside.”
The best part of a job, according
to David, is when the homeowner is
happy about the work, when he gets
compliments or referrals. He carries
letters of recommendation with him
to show people. “That’s the plus side
of doing the work I do,” he says.
About the author
Katharine Dalton moved to Chatham in the early 1980s after 17 years at Arthur
D. Little, a management-consulting firm headquartered in Cambridge. She operated
a bookstore in Chatham, Papyrus-Mostly Books, for seven years. She has been chair
of both the Chatham Public Ceremonies Committee and the Chatham Housing
Authority, as well as treasurer of the Chatham Cultural Council. She studied
journalism at Cape Cod Community College. Since 2002 she has worked at the
Chatham Senior Center, where she produces a monthly newsletter, helps in the
receptionist’s office and facilitates a book club. She enjoys reading, writing (but not
arithmetic) and spending time with her friends.
QuizAnswers
Quiz, Page 34
1. The shower stabbing of Marion
Crane (Janet Leigh) in 1960’s “Psycho.”
Leigh said that shooting the
scene didn’t bother her until she saw
it on screen. She then took baths
until the end of her life.
2. 1951’s “Strangers on a Train,”
starring Farley Granger as a tennis
player and Robert Walker as the
psycho who believes they’ve reached
a “criss-cross” homicide pact. During
the climax, a real mechanic crawls
beneath a speeding carousel about
to jump its axis, and Hitchcock
vowed he’d never authorize such a
dangerous stunt again.
3. The crash of cymbals. Hitchcock
originally filmed this story in England
in 1934, but liked it so much he did
it again with Hollywood stars, color
film, a Moroccan locale and a score
that included Day’s theme song,
“Que Sera, Sera.”
4. Grace Kelly (“Rear Window,” “To
Catch a Thief’), whom Hitchcock lost
to the principality of Monaco when
she became its Serene Highness
Princess Grace, and Tippi Hedren
(“The Birds”), mother of actress
Melanie Griffith and a passionate
animal preservationist.
5. The self-penned silhouette from
which Hitchcock emerged to host;
his greeting, “Good evening;” the
jabs at sponsors when introducing
commercials; and theme music from
Charles Gounod’s “Funeral March for
A Marionette.”
PuzzleAnswers
Puzzle, Page 35