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MisterE

Social climber

Bouncy Tiggerville

Jun 27, 2010 - 03:31pm PT

OK, in the last two days, we excavated lawn and set 60 pavers, got a shade canopy from Skip's old employer, and set up "Casa de Huevo":

We also screened all of the dirt from the excavation, and the raised bed is about 1/2 full - making good progress there as well:

Additionally, we bought 600 lbs of sand, and finished the rock garden:

We're both exhausted, but glad to have projects done!

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Jun 30, 2010 - 04:36am PT

hey there say.... oh my, jobee... say, happy neebee now, to see my brother's house! ... wow, i was wondering how it was coming along...

tell him "hey there" for me, when you see him again...

say, tell werner, ken, and anyone else, 'hey there' for me, too...

wow, this is all i'm able to build at the moment:

oh my, and often, not too good at that, being limited with craft items...
:O

say, wonderful share, jobee... once again, i am very grateful and blessed to see this fun stuff...

take care, and give yosemite and the ol' merced river a big 'hey there' too!

:)

edit: say, jay wood, very nice little kitchen, thanks for the share..
:)

wow, big edit:
quido, say, that santa cruz place is lovely... oh my...
:)

squishy

Mountain climber

sacramento

Jun 30, 2010 - 10:31am PT

I made an rc plane, I'll prolly just crash it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVf3F3oUv90

survival

Big Wall climber

A Token of My Extreme

Topic Author's Reply - Jun 30, 2010 - 11:03am PT

Wow, this thread is sooo exceeding all my expectations!

Actually, I knew the talent was out there, I just didn't know if we would get all the "goods".

Guido, you suck.

Naaah, I mean yer my hero!

Sherri

Trad climber

Jun 30, 2010 - 11:08am PT

Indeed, this thread is full of inspiration and talent.

Guido- I'm drooling over the pics of your old place in Santa Cruz! Fantastic aesthetic and craftsmanship.

Thumbs up, all!

Norwegian

Trad climber

Placerville, California

Jun 30, 2010 - 12:45pm PT

finish carpentry, norwegian style.

Thorgon

Big Wall climber

Sedro Woolley, WA

Jun 30, 2010 - 12:57pm PT

Norwegian, love the skip peel, nice work, Man!

This is a window cut out I was doing in Colorado. The problem was the guy who set the home left all the lags in the window area! I was sharpening my saw about 10 times a day and went through 5 chains before the homeowner bought a Metal Detector!

Thor

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Jun 30, 2010 - 12:58pm PT

Weedge,
Norwegians don't use levels! :-D
Nice work and nice score on the door!

Thor,
Colorado is a long way from Sedro Wooley.
You commute?

Thorgon

Big Wall climber

Sedro Woolley, WA

Jun 30, 2010 - 02:04pm PT

Reilly~

I was living in Idaho Falls, ID at the time and working out of the big city of Rigby! I was working for Yellowstone Log Homes and we built the house and shipped it down on faltbeds 5 or 6 if I remember correctly! Our former dipstick assistant foreman set it with ALL the lags in the window and door openings and chainsaws don't like to cut steel, it was a disaster!Then I was sent down to cut out the doors and windows with a Stihl 760 36" bar, big logs! I spent two weeks in a hotel room in Canon City Colorado!

The guy set up a Trust since he is a cancer surviver and the 9300 square foot home with therapeutic swimming pool and elevator will be donated to the Cancer Foundation and he paid taxes and utilities for 50 years in the Trust!

Thor

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Jun 30, 2010 - 02:41pm PT

What a coinkidink, I worked on the hospital in Rexburg BITD!

Norwegian

Trad climber

Placerville, California

Jun 30, 2010 - 06:00pm PT

during a lifetime we carve at our landscape and leave an erasible imprint upon our space. these should be celebrated.

for the days carry themselves. interrupted though by our pursuit of the now. the future will always faithfully become the past. you just need to be active at the threshold between the two.

or else time seems to fly. when really, it crawls according to the pace subscribed by atomic folly.

one feature that few think of, that is of essence to our existence and should be carefully wrecked... is our grave.

dig your own grave folks. for it carries you to beyond. and the beyond most captivates our inquisitive genius.

and thus to extend parables beyond wobbly, to sincerely claim dirtbag status with an earned pride, you must become, part tractor.

tolman_paul

Trad climber

Anchorage, AK

Jun 30, 2010 - 09:14pm PT

Guido,

Glad you're enjoying spending time using the sailboat. The designer of my boat refers to many folks as boat rubbers. They'd rather rub their finish than use their boats.

I'm getting old enough to fully appreciate that addage, I'd rather use stuff than dink around with it. Speaking of which, in the vein of rebuilding stuff my wifes car needs a new front wheel bearing. As the vehicle is AWD it's a bit more involved than a typical bearing replacement, and will keep me busy for the better part of a day this weekend.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Jul 10, 2010 - 12:25pm PT

fish glue! No, not our Fish. Actually, it would be heat sensitive.
Aliphatic/Titebond would be fine - the waterproof Type III wouldn't
leach out IMHO.

BooDawg

Social climber

Paradise Island

Jul 16, 2010 - 04:58am PT

These past few weeks, I've been helping a friend with his re-model by doing the electrical wiring. It began with moving the entire electrical panel for this 5-bedroom house from the upstairs kitchen down into the basement. It's not very artsy work, but it's kinda fun since most folks are intimidated by electric juice. And most of the work gets covered up, so it's not always appreciated...

Thanks one and all for posting on this thread and especially to Survival who started it...