The gate

[_RaT_]

"That's a beautiful analogy." /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'll second that!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Thanks guys. But that didn't come from anything but sweatology. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You see most evenings I try to get home before dark so that Miss Glenda and me can climb on our old Schwinn Cruisers for a butt peddlin' session.

We have some gentle hills that'll make the legs burn and the lungs scream for air. But the real thrill comes from the reactions of the kiddos who go gaga over the Santa riding with no hands!

BTW we want a tandem. I'm not really sure how it'll work. About half the time she slips in the mind reading capability and turns left when I've decided to go right. Even though every other time I've went left. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

We've had some fronts go through I do believe. The old carpul tunnel and plain old joint pains have been doing more than their fair share on my attitude today.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We've had some fronts go through I do believe )</font>

I do believe so, too. We had a frog stranglin' gulley washer for about 20 minutes this afternoon, with wind blowing strong enough that the 10' x 24' patio cover might as well have not been there. It not only drenched the patio, but was hitting the door, wall, etc.

The good part is that I got the yard mowed this morning, and I brought the brisket in from the grill on the patio about an hour before it hit. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I was wondering if you had the same "getcha for that gotcha umpteen years ago" feelings I was. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

It was sprinkling lightly. Enough to cause me to roll up the welding leads but not enough to cause me to pause if I was setting posts. After it passed I looked around and decided to get back out and weld some more. Then I looked down at the watch and and since it was five thirty I decided I had put in a day.

I drove about a block and ran into a wall of water. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Who says being lazy doesn't work out some days?

 

[Lazy]

Hi
They don't call me Lazy for nothing

Charlie

 

[MossRoad]

Our tandem is an old Schwinn Twinn 5 speed. The gears aren't low enough for hills or high enough for speed, but just right for a long ride and talk with the daughter /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif We can still outrun most yappy dogs, but stay off the streets with the long legged mutts /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I guess we'd better get back on topic. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Peddlin' butt can be fun but unless you're first name is Lance it doesn't pay the bills. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Now I suppose most folks figure I do more typing on the internet than working. Not so. I occasionally do work.

Besides welding in the pipe fence at "the gate".

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I've also fabricated up the overhead piece.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Ready to place up on the posts. Note my little boom all stuck out there.

I called son in law over, he's a gearhead, loves Iris, toot, but my daughter loves him, and he does what he's told, most days. Anyway he's operating Iris on this one.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Hooked up and ready to lift.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

up, up and up

 

[wroughtn_harv]

almost there

 

[txdon]

Red and yellow kill a fellow, looks like a coral snake! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
But seriously, nice work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

close, but, that only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and STD's /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Hadn't noticed until you pointed it out Don. I think you're right, trifle big, but.......a neighbor came over with a beer and the observation that it looked like a longhorn. Wonder about the beer /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

We had some fun. It was three eighths of an inch off width wise and we had to do some tuggin' and pushin' but then I got to use the hot glue gun to make it permanent.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The whoop in the middle isn't there just because I could. I figure maybe somewhere someplace someone put a big rock shaped like the great state of Texas in a pipe gate. So to give me a better chance of having the only one around here I decided I'd put in a boulder in the middle of the overhead with a five point star coming out of it..

 

[BIGUN]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw that picture. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I got the gate hung today.

I had to use a piece of chain to keep it closed. The wind causes it to move in and out. It would make me ill if someone ran into it. So the best way to avoid that is to have the thing closed.

They can use the construction entrance for a day or two.

Hopefully Monday I'll start the rock work.

 

[GaryG]

That is Cooooool, I'll watch for the finished product..
Have fun

 

[GerardC]

Almost like you know what your doing (lol). That's sweet. G