JCC when you close a door do you turn the knob so the latch doesnt hit the plate and go KERTHUNK or do y

ou let it go KERTHUNK

follow up: if you let it go KERTHUNK please post who hurt you and why you decided to inflict your misery on the rest of us

 

I do like a good satisfying KERTHUNK.

 

I call ‘em KERTUNIKS.

 

It varies from moment to moment.

 

If I have to close a door quietly then I turn the knob. Otherwise give me the kerthunk.

 

I try to avoid a kerthunk when closing a door, otherwise my cat will become aware that there might be food for her and then run around the house meowing sweetly for roughly 20 minutes

 

One of the threads of all time

 

I do this often when exiting a car when using Uber/Lyft, because I’m paranoid in slamming and/or closing the door too firmly.

 

I'm old enough that I don't have to try to sneak quietly through doors after curfew. But I have enough mechanic and handyman experience that I want to be gentle with the equipment and make it last longer. OTOH, sometimes I want to announce my entrance without actually announcing my entrance.

I don't know, just latch it casual.

 

I always try to make it go CHRISPRATT

 

impressed to see you posting outside a social thread tbh

 

-When I lived in WI I don't think I cared how I closed the door, but I lived alone. In fact, it takes a good kerthunk to know the door closed properly behind you.

Since moving in with the daughter and SIL I'm more aware. I've become downright sneaky with feeding Missy (the cat that sleeps with them) her 6am breakfast. I stealthily open the door, cross the room, put her dish down, pet her, then retrieve her dinner dish and leave without walking them.

 

This

 

We all want ... closure.

 

I want to hear the latch.

Also a big fan of pneumatic door closers. Why should I have to turn around and close it behind me?

If it is fast enough, I will hear the latch before I am out of earshot. Reassurance achieved.

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Honestly, when I was a kid...I figured all doors would be automatic (like Star Trek) by now.

I mean, they had them at the grocery store already...I just figured the tech would be simplified/mass produced/made cheaply, and everyone would have them.

Oh well.

 

does anyone like the smell of their own farts? or - not like.?

or - does anyone else like their own posts more than others?

'cos that's not right is it.

 

Not only do my kids apparently not understand the concept of being quiet by preventing the door kerthunk, they also don’t understand gently closing bathroom drawers or kitchen cabinet doors.