Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

I have a question for all the REAL concrete kings out there.

What's the biggest pad you would pour of you didn't have anyone to help you?

10' x 12'?

5' x 12'?

5' x 6'?

There's an outfit that will sell a cubic yard of concrete in a trailer, sort of like a miniature concrete truck.

The whole 10' x 12' pad, 5" deep, needs almost 2 yards, so it makes sense to do two 5' x 12' pours, along the lines that Ted did for his son's new garage. Just trying to get a feel if that's reasonable to tackle on my own...

So if I understand correctly, 2 loads of 1 cuyd each. So you are only spreading, screeding, floating, not mixing. So I would say you could reasonably due 2 @5x12. Even better if you can get a helper.
Sometimes a driver will help spread initially. How long between loads?

 

[txdon]

If possible have a few days or more between pours so you can take off the frame and put in an expansion filler between slabs and can stand on the first while working the second,

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 39F this morning, rain, light wind, .9 inch in the rain gauge. Wind was light with moderate gusts, rain stopped in the morning, and a peak of sunshine at 5:30PM. High temp was 45F. Low water crossing #2 was closed for about 7 hours today, normally 1 inch of rain would not close it. Not much rain in the 10 day, next week had a lot more rain forecast a couple of days ago. Work on insert and revive fire to start day, then off to Men's meeting, puttering and nap.
Roy, good news Wife and stepdaughter return and chute.
Buppies hope the real estate the dr feels the need to remove is not too large.
Billy 18F is cold!
Ron dog sitting will recommence tomorrow night here, no one has told Scooter either. Have not seen a black squirrel either.
RNG Good luck getting the posts vertical and correct height.
Thomas the nerve of you having your Emuffin first Have fun with your upcoming snowfall.
Rick, thanks for pics.
Drew you sound perkier this morning, hope they can help your neck so you can travel of live aboard or what ever else strikes your fancy.
Hawkeye, glad you can get crown early.
Ted nice video on the rafters, when does the roof sheeting go on?
Irv, welcome back, good luck with your parents, and catching up in a couple of days
PJ sorry about the loss of paying for breakfast and gas in 1 bill sounds frustrating, especially if drive-offs not a problem
Ron glad remote worked for you. Also glad Sassy still talking to you, Scooter always in bad mood after vet.
Drew 40 mph is some serious wind, hope you don't get too much damage.
Don enjoy your new dish.
Randy the echocardiogram just routine follow up? Hope Ellen like new car, keep us posted on Monte's replacement :thumbsup:
prayers for all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-02-13, 0357

30 right now...high in the lower mid-30's today. We're supposed to get some snow but predictions vary quite a bit.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temp is 4 above and the high will be zero. Wind N 15 gusting to 23 mph. Flurries with local blowing snow. Drifting possible. The weather guessers are predicting -24°F for tonight. There definately will be some frost on the pumpkin tonight.

A dump run is in the cards for today.

My mechanic tells me that the reason the Dodge only has a 400 watt block heater is because of the aluminum engine block and heads. I think that is so much BS. My '65 Chevy had 2 block heaters in that SB engine. Kept it at 100° F during the coldest nights. Granted the engine was all steel.


Have a safe day all

 

[Eric Salop]

BEF, do not let the info about the secret bunker get out.....

Good luck with that request - I think BEF already worked out where I live and now ...



:laughing:

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. While out checking up on the sheep, over the brow of a small rise that goes down to the big pond I saw a fox, laid across a rabbit burrow. At first I thought it was sure to have heard me and was about to run off, it is hard to walk quietly on sodden ground. It didn't though and as I got closer, I realised the rabbits had no cause for concern, the fox was as dead as a Monty Python parrot. The only blemish I could see was a round red mark on one leg, with a ring of dry skin, as in ringworm, nothing that looked fatal. I am struggling to think when I last saw a fully grown fox die out in the open without the help of a bullet. Like cats, they must take themselves off to a secluded place, so I assume this one hadn't realised the end was near, maybe it was a heart attack.



This is where Don can say, if only it had made the switch to a plant based diet

PJ, I am curious about how pre-paying for fuel works. Does the pump automatically cut out when it has delivered what you paid for ? What happens if you guessed wrong and it didn't take as much to fill as you thought ? Or does it just have your credit card details and debits it once you have filled up ? I am sure I would sometimes forget and drive off without putting anything in the tank. Sounds like an incentive for you to switch to all electric vehicle and do most of the refuelling at home.

 

[daugen]

good morning. Very warm day today, 65 now going up to 80 in showers. Bill I'll try to send some of this warmth your way.

need to find a new barber this morning, always a challenge. Then this afternoon off to doc's to have my mri reports given. Doctor is a PA, not an MD so hope I'll be referred to doc/surgeon based on MRI.

 

[toppop52]

[/QUOTE] Randy the echocardiogram just routine follow up? Hope Ellen like new car, keep us posted on Monte's replacement :thumbsup:
prayers for all.[/QUOTE]. (Mostly)

Echo was nominal,all four chambers clear and no sight of murmur. Thanks for asking, I’m a happy guy and thank God every day!

 

[Buppies]

43 rain moving out at noon temperatures soar to 65 then cold comes windy too. Now get ready to go see the Doc.

Prayers for all