Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

How long did your place take you to get it "livable" to your wife's standards....(with no grease on her pillow). Did you live there whilst repairs were going on?

Remember, you are repairing for the next guy a 100 years or more from now. Leave him a little time capsule note.

Kyle- Thanks for the + thoughts and prayers.

I wonder just how many previous occupants are still hanging around?

 

[txdon]

Would shenanigans include putting horseradish in the okra malt/shake???

I do not eat horseradish it taste dangerous, like something spoiled.

Had a wonderful rain around 4:30pm. 3" :cool2:

 

[Scrambler82]

Picture of the patio cover please.

No pictures yet, tomorrow, hopefully.

Went to the Dentist, had a heavy discussion about extra fees added to every bill... I call BS ! I am contacting the insurance company to verify this FEE thing ! I will at least find out if they are good charges.

Having a cup of coffee, trying to determine what to do for the rest of the day.

Got the trench finished that will supply power and water to my Patio/Cover, Fireplace, and Potting Shed, using the little Max28XL TLB.
As I have said the ground around here is very hard, and the little girl works her butt off ! Waiting to hear from BXpanded.com about a Piranha Edge for my BH.

Patio Cover is up, electrics being installed as I type, ended up costing a little more than the quote but agreed too cost. 34 feet long x 17.5 feet deep... about $11/sq. ft., Alumawood, no maintenance... hopefully.

Should have all of the PVC connected and wires run for the Fireplace and Potting Shed this evening after the Patio Cover Guys finish up, made it to the Patio Cover Post this AM, left it for the Installers to finish t up for the Cover electrics !

After the electrical is completed, Water Pipes are next.

Not too warn today, started around the low 60s, 71 now headed for a high of... 83... going to be a great outdoor day.

Gotta get my Honey-Do list together.

Ltr

The electrical is completed except the Flood Lights, I got them today, should be up tomorrow.
The LED Can Lights... asked for 4000K Light Temp, brighter white, even 5000K would be good. I turned on the light at evening fell and the lights are yellowish, more warn white, probably around the 3000K Light Temperature. The Owner of the business that put in the Cover went on Vacation after the Cover was completed. His Office Manager replay to my e-mail about the color of the light, he contacted the owner and they will get new lights installed after he returns. I it happens, that will make me fell good, and good customer service.

I am also adding additional outside flood lighting to the barn, all Photo Cell Motion detecting, should light the yard up really well.

Temp tomorrow around the low 80's, should be good outside working, finished the lighting and start on the outdoor fireplace... metal studs and 1/2 cement board, doing a gas log, no more wood gathering and piling, and getting tired just moving wood.

Ltr

 

[jbrumberg]

I make my own horseradish. Simple ingredients = grated horseradish root + vinegar, that requires lots of extra efforts involving water baths, open windows, holding one's breath, and maybe a fan to manage the fumes that can take one's head off. The finished product is just as potent, but manageable in small portions.. It will definitely clear one's nasal cavities.

 

[mostly_gas]

good evening all. 73F for the start, cloudy sky, calm wind. Some peaks of sun, periods of light drizzle, light wind moderate gusts, high temp was 82 HI 87. Slow start to the day, bike ride in the morning, was going to get wood but the guy went fishing on me, did get nap in.
David, I always thought the Big Island was neat, we were able to do a day trip there.
Buppies prayer for you to sleep.
Ron hope neighbor project went well.
pwinters welcome :welcome:
Jay good to hear all is better, what is the shelf life of your horseradish?
prayers for all.

 

[sodamo]

Mowed until the fuel level warning light came on then hot footed it to the shed. Made it without running out of diesel. One more go with the rotary cutter and hopefully all the rocks picked up I think I’ll try the flail.
Did enjoy a nice porter, but didn’t get a nap.

 

[sodamo]

Not a great shot, still had signal problems with drone, but I did get a blind overhead showing the pour area.

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Coffee brewing, lots to do this morning.

40 inches of rain in Texas, unbelievable. Prayers for everyone in the flooded areas.
I can't imagine what that much rain would do here in this flat terrain. I would be out sandbagging the gen...

A cool 54 degrees going up to 79 in sunshine, just perfect.

Now Don, how can you not like horseradish? I grew up near a local horseradish grower, Kelchners in PA, and my house guest
asked what she could bring down for me today. Kelchners! can't get it here at all. Cocktail sauce is so good you just want to cook
some shrimp for it. Even better, take their cocktail sauce and mix in about a third straight horseradish. Your eyes go wide and you breathe
in deeply through your nose and go whoa.

Scrambler, I'm with you. I think dental charges have just gotten out of hand. 175 for a cleaning, 225 for a filling. It was only a few years ago
charges were half that. And any kind of work is a thousand a tooth.

 

[daugen]

speaking of fees...RV dealership labor rate posted on wall:
$150 per hour
$175 an hour for generator work

wow.............

I guess when I get the oil changed on the rv I'll find out what Mercedes shop rate is...perhaps you just hand them your entire
wallet and credit cards when you check in....

 

[Eric Salop]

What do you use to clean up the brick face after you're done re-pointing, Eric?

On the hand made bricks with reasonable width of joints, I don't really have anything to clean up. Narrow vertical joints on engineered brick are a different matter, I'm not good enough to not leave mortar marks, though I've found an easy way to clean up so I don't need to worry about keeping the brick face clean while pointing. With this being relatively soft lime mortar, I can easily blast it off with a jet washer provided I keep it way from the finished joint once it has had a few weeks to fully go off.

Nowadays soft sand and cement mortar has replaced "old fashioned" lime mortar made with sharp sand. Cement is useful because it hardens so quickly, yet in most other respects, in the longer term the old stuff is a better material for brick walls.

If I was building a house from scratch and had plenty of time to do it, lime would be my first choice. There is no rush to use up a mix, it will last all day and tools and mixer can be easily cleaned. If there is any movement, it gives and self-heals instead of cracking and is vapour permeable. For those eco minded people, it takes less energy to produce than cement, lasts much longer and if the time comes to take a wall down, is easy to clean off and recycle the bricks.