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#1000 - You ought to get a prize or something. Unfortunately, RTLSNK is in charge of awards and there is no telling what time he might be along.
That's Mexico, correct? You sure do get around!
Shall we say: "It is enough reward" to have someone read and respond to a comment.
Looking back I guess I have been many places - Tloml is the inspiration for most of it. If I won't go she will fly off by herself if she can't find another companion.
We were in a small souvenir shop in Amsterdam where they sold cloth emblems for most countries and picked out all the flags of countries one or the other had visited beyond a lay over in an airport. When we brought the little pile of emblems to the fellow behind the register he said: "You can't possibly have spent much time in all those places."
The idea was to sew them all over our pack sacks but I think the emblems are still in a paper bag somewhere.
There is still most of the world that neither of us have visited. I would like to "close the circle" some day - that is at least visit the Middle East and India so I could say I had been around the world. Wish those places would get their act together.
I know what you mean. There are a lot of interesting things to see and a lot of history to explore there, but no way I'd take my family and I'm getting a little to old to be lugging 100 lbs of personal protection around.
Hopefully one day soon people will learn that they are being used by the ones in power for their own personal agenda and their hatred directed outward instead of at the people who keep them in chains. Been my experience that average Joe in any given country just wants to be left alone to the pursuit of happiness.
Of course, I never thought I'd see the day that US Vets returned to Vietnam as tourist. Maybe there is hope.
The weather is fantastic!
Maybe Jimmy had an effect on my outlook on life.
Or maybe I just like the quiet, clean country living.
"'Cause through 86 years of perpetual motion, if he likes you he'll smile and he'll say:
Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, but I've had a good life all the way!"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howabo utthat/2274995/Cow-farts-collected-in-plastic-tank -for-global-warming-study.html
Was hoping this blog would last until groundhog's day, but now we're collecting gas from cows. Hmmmm....I need a new topic!
:o)
Nite guys!
rest well.
I'm confident that if our mattress had some methane collection thingy Tloml and I could power this house (even with just the sound waves).
actually changed three light bulbs using my left hand.
Hey, don't laugh, I'm right handed you know. :)
Hmmm, first the topic was geckos, now its methane.
Believe it or not, I'm not touching that one.
See you all in the morning!
46 in Macon this morning, high today of 73. Thats crazy.
Wed night its supposed to be 32 again. Thats crazy.
Wed and Thur 100% chance of thunderstorms. Thats crazy.
Wait a minute, thunderstorm + 32 = SNOW
See the Bone Doc Thur morning, can't have snow. :(
A very bright and cheery morning here.
Just waiting on a Gang of Youthful Characters to appear, to clean the outside of this old house of Mildew. An annual project.
It used to be that paints had all sorts of stuff in them that stopped fungus growing on it.
But it seems that arsenic, copper, lead, and so on is out of fashion.
A shame, that.
How many people do you know that used to eat the painted walls of houses?
I've only ever met one, and I'm still around......
There is Igor. Heard he once ate a whole house.
Good morning.
I've only ever met one, and I'm still around....."
Well...there we have it...alrighty then.
:)))
:)
"mail"
Good morning Shep!
Coffee not working at all here today, but the mail woke me up a bit.
:)
Jersey Shore;
By the man what wrote it.
Nice yesterday.
Nice today.
Windy and nice tomorrow.
Nice the rest of the week.
The only good snow is snow North of Valdosta.
Edit:
Make that Tifton...just to be safe.
:)
> )))">
Shep, much the same here with a chance of rain Wed. night. Took advantage of cool temps, high humidity, and favorable winds to burn some trimmings and debris on the old stump.
A small bear decided to climb up a big Japanese fan palm and knocked about 50 of the dead fronds down. Also did a little trimming of some oaks by the driveway last weekend.
Anyhow, that's all done and it really feels like lunch time.
Yes, but it was only a dog house, and he was trying to get to the dog actually. I had to teach him that dogs were off limits as far as dinner was concerned.
I told my neighbor a bear had been spotted in the neighborhood. He did wonder where most of the dog house was though. I said maybe the bear carried it off to build a nest with.:)
Taking a trip to Atlanta this afternoon so will be back later tonight sometime.
Have a great day!
1st thought here was dormers too.
I figured out what the saying meant from the context.
Champagne taste/beer budget.
Double Bah!
(which is not the same as baba)
Triple Bah!
(re: going to Atlanta)
Drive carefully!
Weather related too.
Haven't been there in a while. Made the trip a lot when I was young. Great grandmother on mom's side lived there and Dad went to LSU. Angie likes NOLA so maybe will go back some time.
Prolly see you all by 1000 unless I can't sleep.
Rest well my friends!
Isn't that always the way. Or is that the way that is
always isn't? Hmmm, I may have to think about that for
a little while.
Radar of the US looks dread as Pottery says. Doesn't
seem to be moving East very fast so it might not be here
until tomorrow night. I hate it when they hit at night.
Interferes with SugarBears beauty sleep don't you know.
If its really scary she wakes me up. :)
Thinking that as well.....
Problem is, all the lumber has been cut to size.
Based on what? Noboddy knows....
So, first I draw a plan and some sections and elevations, then I can see how much of what I need, then I check the lumber in hand.
Maybe a block wall at floor level, 3' high ? Or to the cill ? That could work. Changes the thing though. Slabs are down already, and are OK. Would keep the wood off the floor and dry. Thinking aloud here....
The packing list says things like.... 2" x 6" length 6'8" - 14'0" 168 pcs.
So I dont know at this point what is there.
Hope I dont need to buy more, but it's an option.
Budget is tight, but my fee is not negotiable. :):))
Nah. We never do that around here.
Good luck with that weather.
Strange stuff and whatnot, to be sure.
Storm system is still West of us moving NE and slowly
moving East as it goes. Will be tonight before it gets
all the way over here. Will keep my eyes peeled.
Gee, wonder if that hurts?
Maybe I should just watch the radar. :)
You're good for upstairs. No dormers needed, unless you're a glutton for punishment.
14' walls. 8' ceiling below.
12x19 Master bdr wth 3' closet.
2/9x12 bdrs wth 3' closets.
3' hallway beside 3'stair.
5x16 Bath.
Unless they left some rebar sticking up out of the slab, you're going to need to epoxy in some for masonry. I wouldn't go that route.
You'll only have about 30/ 14' 2x6s left over for floors after top and bottom plates.
Soooo, who needs a roof anyway???
:)))
oops
:)
That I'm not ! But they are so pretty....
I assume you are working around a block wall base?
They actually have a load of 6"x6"X8" conc. block at the end of the road, and yeah I can install rebar into the slab. Would give me the opportunity to install bolts at the top of the block for the bottom wall plate too. Would countersink the nut and dowel it. No cladding on the inside.
I think I'd better send you the drawings I am working on, and you can keep the good ideas coming. Thanks !
:):))
In the meantime, word is that the wahoo are nibbling.
Need to contact my friend.......
Just re-read your post.
You are staying away from blocks. OK.
But the 14' wood is an unknown quant. right now.
Lengths vary from 6'8" to 14'. Total pcs. 168.
Oh, we're talking about dormers.
I thought you meant the clients on first read.
Makes sense either way.
Good morning!
Trying to figure this out on one cup of coffee not working so well. Time to refill.
potatoe peeler in the kitchen drawer but SugarBear said
she had never peeled any eyes before and didn't really
want to start now. She did want to know if I meant eyebrows,
eyelids, or the eyes themselves. She had this odd grin
on her face at the time so I think I will watch her
carefully tonight so I don't wake up in the morning
with no eyebrows as a joke. :)
Oh :}
Yer gonna need those blocks, mate.
Uh???
6x6x8???
You won't be able to stagger a 6x6x8 block wall and still properly install rebar and fill the cells.
No 8x8x16???
No half blocks???
No header blocks???
Scratch the 6" block wall and use them for??? Sumpin', maybe? :)
I know what I would do.
I would hand him a material list for him to purchase and have delivered and unloaded on site where I tell the driver to stack it.
...or go home, grab the gear and go fishing.
I stopped killing myself for cheapskates a long time ago.
He wants you to save him...so he can go fishing...while you're killing yourself.
But, that's just shep being shep.
:)))
So, send me the prints.
:)):))):)))))
> )))">
I thought they were called "room-mates".
Of course, they don't really "mate" do they?
They might mate or they might just mingle.
So they could also be called minglers couldn't they?
And why are Pottery and Shep building a mingler mansion?
I thought Pottery was building a house?
This is a very strange blog you know.
I fit right in.:)
Well.....alrighty then.
:)))
I swear the best gift I ever gave myself was Lasek surgery.
Matter of fact, that knife thingy was not totally unlike an itty bitty potato peeler.
You feel like you have a few grains of sand in your eyes for a couple of days, but after that you're dancing in the rain and you can actually see where you're dancing.
:)))
So like welding flash burns feel.
Better yet...you can see what you are dancing with.
Reminds me of a Swiss family that ended up with a fairly cool tree house.
around here already and its starting to move East now.
Could be an exciting afternoon in Macon today. Will
keep you all posted. Family in Arkansas is fine from
last night. Have to take SugarBear out to pick up some
stuff and whatnot, should be back home before it gets
here. Be back about 2 PM.
LOL
That's not nice!
Good Morning Todd!
1046. RTLSNK
Thanks for the update on your family.
Yeah, if the wind is picking up you should pick up all the whatnot and stuff lying about. Don't forget the big umbrella! Don't hurt yourself!
I've been reading back to try to figure out what Pottery is on about. Looks to me like the 14'ers would make studs about the right height for a 4'+ outside wall on the upper and 6'8" is about the correct length for cripples by the doors. Move the stairs to an end wall (or bring them up the outside like I had to do).
And YES: you always need more lumber, time, money and energy than you planned: 14' 2x6 won't span 19'.
Wanders off mumbling.
I've seen Pottery's joint work. He's an expert at making big pieces out of little ones. Kinda opposite of the way I do it.
Cowboy brought half a hog. He'd field dressed it but I had to clean it up and cut it up.
Not that I am complaining at all! Freezer officially full.
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