2017 "Shots From The Hip"

**spartannation** · 11-09-2017, 06:50 AM

I can hook you up with some T&G if you're interested. I have a mountain of logs and a buddy with a sawmill and all the tools to make pretty much whatever you want. We could stop and talk to him if you want and see what he would charge.

**Just Steve** · 11-09-2017, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by spartannation

We could stop and talk to him if you want and see what he would charge.

I'll keep that in mind.

**steelguy** · 11-09-2017, 07:12 AM

UPHMS , looking good!!!
I have T+G cedar in mine.
came from Drummond island.

**spartannation** · 11-09-2017, 07:33 AM

My oldest daughter, who lives north of Atlanta, Ga, sent me her ultra sound pictures last night. This is my first grandchild, we won't know boy or girl till it's born. She's due in late March so I see lots of trips to Georgia in my future. She's already put me in charge of teaching it the good stuff, how to catch and clean a fish, what things are in the woods, how to spit, might even teach a little trash talking.

**wicklundrh** · 11-09-2017, 10:58 AM

Awesome! Congrats Jerry.

I always liked Atlanta. But then again, I was there right after the Olympics so it was relatively clean!

**OneidaEagle** · 11-09-2017, 11:14 AM

How to CATCH????????

Wait, some one else had better teach the child that..............

Couldnt stand to see a kid being asked at school, "Hey, Wanna Play catch?"

The the kid Jerry taught to catch, strip off its shoes and socks, and go stand in a mud puddle, and say "Go ahead, Ill catch them"......

We would know how well Jerry has taught the child, when the child then gets online hours later talking crap about how it was the "Throwers Fault".

OE

**spartannation** · 11-09-2017, 11:26 AM

Oh yeah, I'm gonna teach it how to wade, too. I almost forgot.

**Just Steve** · 11-09-2017, 01:53 PM

Weather report called for a high of 40, didn’t seem to excite me too much for doing my siding job so I stayed home and used up the rest of that vintage knotty pine.
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I had a piece of left over maple butcher block so I made a shelf to hold stuff.
There wasn’t much left over, barely enough for a small fire.
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So now I got a thermos of coffee, the heats on and ole Wilbur is pretty content in his spot.

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Oh, my new Pflueger reels came in the mail today, life is good.......

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**Just Steve** · 11-09-2017, 02:35 PM

Jerry you are gonna love being a grandpa, I’ve often said Grandchildren are Gods reward for not killing your own kids.....

You’ll be great at it and I don’t doubt a bit trash talking will be his/her second language!

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**spartannation** · 11-09-2017, 02:53 PM

I didn't have quite as good of a day. I had to crawl under an addition and reconnect a piece of flex duct that had come unhooked and figure out why the floor in their bedroom is sinking at an exterior wall. The only access was through a 16x32 window in the old basement 6 feet off the ground. Just to make it more interesting, they had installed a suspended ceiling that shrunk the opening hgt a few inches. Once I got through the opening, the dirt floor was down about 3 feet below the window. I pushed a 10 ft. 2x12 through the opening and used it as a slide once I had wiggled through the opening.

Got the duct connected then started checking out the other problem. First thing I found was a dryer duct that wasn't connected and was pumping hot, moist dryer air into the crawl space. This plus improper slope to the exterior grade was keeping the area wet and a large section of the sill plate is rotted out and the floor joists are settling. Gonna have to jack up one whole section of the floor to fix it.

Getting back out proved to be tricky, go out head first and drop the 6 ft to the concrete or try to slide uphill on the plank. I opted for #2 and when I'd wiggled backwards up the plank and out the opening, the home owner told me she was positive I wasn't going to make it but that it was like a magic show watching me come out. I told her that was the last time I was going through that small window. I have K&H Concrete Cutting coming out Tuesday and making me a bigger hole.

Nasty job, cob webs, mouse skeletons, mud, fiberglass insulation that has fallen down, kind of like going through a haunted house.

Came home and made another 7 quarts of applesauce.

Maybe I'll go hang out with Steve and Wilbur in the Honeymoon Suite, that sounds like more fun.

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