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« Reply #800 on: March 24, 2018, 08:42:40 AM »


It’s just a shoe.

As for the glass, I have no excuse.

Now back to hanging hardy


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« Reply #801 on: March 24, 2018, 09:04:09 AM »
Check out hoka’s, I bought a set on the recommendation of a couple of neighbors. When I was jogging my left hip and knee were hurting and it was limiting my runs. So I finally dropped the money on a set (don’t buy anything less then the $120 version I was told) they are amazing. Feels like I’m walking and running on a cloud of air, I run with no joint pain (only doing a mile or two currently).
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« Reply #802 on: March 24, 2018, 10:18:33 AM »
Does the pit have propane or NG or is it straight up??

Reason, I am about to level a section of ground (Read: Add dirt up to level, and it would be a great time to lay in the gas lines for a propane initiating device to get things cookin'
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« Reply #803 on: March 24, 2018, 03:12:11 PM »
Just firebrick lined concrete with dry stack mortared to the outside and flagstone on top.  No propane, just a center drain to relieve it of water.  I do have a big weed burner I used to start fires
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« Reply #804 on: March 24, 2018, 05:54:22 PM »
I just purchased these on sale
Wore them on our March today. Maybe four miles. But I needs some shoes to frame houses in so these should do the trick for walking walls.

I have owned some of your brand shoes and liked them a good bit. Mine were convertible to fold the back heal down and use as slippers.  Took me to the Grand Canyon twice on the same shoe


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« Reply #805 on: March 24, 2018, 08:29:48 PM »
Well. If I had to do over again I’d just run hardi plank all the way. This stuff is a pain.

Almost 8 hours to do this one side.

Just the two dormer sides to go and those will probably be worse. 







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« Reply #806 on: March 24, 2018, 08:49:34 PM »
Looks good Tex. Yeah the sides won’t be fun having to work from the slope of the roof.


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« Reply #807 on: March 24, 2018, 09:52:02 PM »
I like the dark window in there, are you going to give the shakes a boarder between the two styles?


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« Reply #808 on: March 24, 2018, 10:28:18 PM »
Dave, my wife asked the same thing.  I could have trimmed all the tabs even  at the bottom but decided against it and just leave it like it is.  I reckon at least 40-50 trips up the ladder today at 20ft.  Legs are feeling it but the whiskey is helping....
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« Reply #809 on: March 24, 2018, 11:33:45 PM »
Anyone wanna take bets till the boss sends Tex back up the ladder? Lol


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« Reply #810 on: March 25, 2018, 01:12:10 AM »
That looks good and I like the uneven break on the bottom.

Those shoes looks nice Dave. I got some other shoes from them but my feet are giving me issues, may have to go custom.
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« Reply #811 on: March 25, 2018, 01:27:51 AM »
What part of your feet Jr?  I was having issues with my arches.  Like can’t stand up bad.   Did some calf stretches And helped a bunch


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« Reply #812 on: March 25, 2018, 01:32:37 AM »
My arches are screwed, the whole foot hurts when I walk for awhile. Told I have bad circulation too.
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« Reply #813 on: March 25, 2018, 02:47:16 AM »
Try some calf raises for kicks.


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« Reply #814 on: March 25, 2018, 03:00:13 AM »
Do you have proper orthotics (arch supports)? They can make all the difference in the world.


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« Reply #815 on: March 25, 2018, 03:38:41 PM »
Tried all the crap, never helped. Going to do PT on the right knee next week, got better, now bad again.
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« Reply #816 on: March 25, 2018, 05:33:58 PM »
Well the sides went much quicker than I thought, even with the compound angles where the pieces hit the 45 degree roof and the 4/12 soffit. 

I finally stopped advertising for Lowe’s. 6 months from start of framing to complete shell. Just have the front side to finish caulking and then paint. 






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« Reply #817 on: March 25, 2018, 05:53:16 PM »
That looks good, really good. Now just the inside!

As much as I use Lowes, HD seems to have more of what I need right now.
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« Reply #818 on: March 25, 2018, 07:17:44 PM »
In my neighborhood HD is where most of The illegals hang out.

Wife needs to pick pant colors. I Suspect I’m painting both the casita and main house.


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« Reply #819 on: March 25, 2018, 07:54:47 PM »
Those poor guys are only looking for a days work...Give them a break, isn't that what the USA is all about????? While my son was in the brush business, it was the circle K to find day labor.

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« Reply #820 on: March 25, 2018, 09:23:39 PM »
Don’t mind them as much as them leaving trash everywhere. It’s just a junky store compared to Lowe’s.




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« Reply #821 on: March 25, 2018, 10:43:00 PM »
If you can find anyone inside,,,,,,,,,,,,

Remember the Jarad has the paint deal at HD.
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« Reply #822 on: March 25, 2018, 10:58:19 PM »
I've always been a big fan of Sherwin Williams Duration.   I'm open to use other paint, but paint is like tires.  No sense being penny wise and pound foolish.

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« Reply #823 on: March 25, 2018, 11:15:37 PM »
I painted for years and years, I like duration and super paint from sherms.  I don’t buy anything else.


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« Reply #824 on: March 26, 2018, 04:28:54 PM »
Bought some grass




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« Reply #825 on: March 26, 2018, 04:51:53 PM »
Now you need to drive over to Home Depot and hire some help....

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« Reply #826 on: March 26, 2018, 06:08:10 PM »
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Charles, that phrase means a whole different thing here in hippy land.... :facepalm:
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« Reply #827 on: March 26, 2018, 08:51:55 PM »
Yeah. Went to the Royal Gorge a few years ago and there were teens with their parents wearing pot leaf t shirts saying “my money grows on trees”


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« Reply #828 on: March 26, 2018, 09:14:33 PM »
Yeah. Went to the Royal Gorge a few years ago and there were teens with their parents wearing pot leaf t shirts saying “my money grows on trees”


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We moved here just south of boulder in early June of 15 into an apartment. So first holiday the 4th we drove up to boulder and went to pearl st. (Neat brick paved street with trees planted down the middle & you walk it). So we’re walking down pearl st and they have entertainers (guys juggling flaming sticks & music people etc). It’s about supper time and we see this little ny style deli with glass windows you can people watch from. Right below via and outside stairs I notice there is a pot shop in the basement as we walk into the deli. So we’re sitting there and my oldest Baylee who was 13 sees a panhandler on the corner with a sign. It says “why lie, I need drugs” so our first real experience in the hippy culture. So as we’re eating I’m watching the stair well. All age groups & socioeconomic backgrounds coming and going. After 15 minutes someone comes up with a little brown bag and hands it to the panhandler. I guess what surprised me the most was the police walking the beat, they just glanced at the guy and kept going.
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« Reply #829 on: March 26, 2018, 09:44:22 PM »
Rode the train and did the zip line across. 

What a rush.

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« Reply #830 on: March 27, 2018, 08:47:30 AM »
One day while flying out of Peterson AFB in Springs, we were up on El-Magre a 12,700 foot mountain, which is kind of behind NORAD, the taller one to the right. We were doing ridge top landings which is a fun thing to do. Anyway afterward, with a lot of fuel still remaining we had a choice, go up to Leadville and land there at the highest airport in the US, or down to Royal Gorge to fly under the bridge...

We went south

Got to the bridge and was circling it and trying to figure out if there were cables or the like under that bridge, but couldn't... Anyway, I'm sure that as long as we poked around there someone had us on video...A video which would have clearly shown a special operations Armee helicopter, which most folks were denying actually existed at the time...

Funny, but we didn't get in trouble for that one, because of all the noise abatement complaints coming from the good people of Colorado Springs, bless their socialist hearts!
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« Reply #831 on: March 27, 2018, 04:36:30 PM »
Laid some sod



Found my little friend. He had an unfortunate accident and lost a leg to the landscape rake since I didn’t see him in the dirt.



They cleaned the pool out to get it ready for pebble tec Thursday. (Hopefully) and start to fill it Friday.

Last of the flagstone going down today.
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« Reply #832 on: March 27, 2018, 04:51:15 PM »
that looks really really good
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« Reply #833 on: March 27, 2018, 04:57:54 PM »
Rabbits just love grass!! Is there a plan between them and the hogs?
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« Reply #834 on: March 27, 2018, 05:20:14 PM »
Rabbits just love grass!! Is there a plan between them and the hogs?

Story I heard Tex was buying goats, think he’s planning on using em as bait....... :popcorn:
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« Reply #835 on: March 27, 2018, 06:15:00 PM »
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« Reply #836 on: March 27, 2018, 06:26:40 PM »
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Nate sent me to some business version of Costco in downtown Denver. So I go there because he told me they had bone in butts for sale there (price was ok but not great) & then I saw the halal goat carcass for sale & left without any meat.......
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« Reply #837 on: March 27, 2018, 06:36:47 PM »
The grass really set off the whole area. Excellente'
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« Reply #838 on: March 27, 2018, 07:44:51 PM »
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Nate sent me to some business version of Costco in downtown Denver. So I go there because he told me they had bone in butts for sale there (price was ok but not great) & then I saw the halal goat carcass for sale & left without any meat.......

was that costco business?
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« Reply #839 on: March 27, 2018, 07:58:02 PM »
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Nate sent me to some business version of Costco in downtown Denver. So I go there because he told me they had bone in butts for sale there (price was ok but not great) & then I saw the halal goat carcass for sale & left without any meat.......

was that costco business?

It was, glad you put me on to it for other stuff regardless. The halal crap freaks me out a bit, I've read about that process.......... https://www.barnhardt.biz/2015/04/12/notes-on-food/ granted she loses me on the catholic thing much but she usually is pretty factual otherwise.

as such I refuse to buy anything halal, granted I doubt the butts were from the same processor obviously.
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« Reply #840 on: March 27, 2018, 08:47:33 PM »
So off to the right of the picture is where they have all the pallets of stone and their trailer and mortar mixer and where the gunnite/pebbletec truck will land. That will require more grass. I figure another 6 pallets. Since they weight 2500 each I can only haul about 2 1/2 at a time on my trailer since it has 3500# axles and no trailer brakes. 


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« Reply #842 on: March 27, 2018, 11:23:11 PM »
Lookin good....

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« Reply #843 on: March 27, 2018, 11:38:03 PM »
Isn't the rules of trailer ownership that if it fits it ships.   Such as  if you can fit 5 pallets it should go?

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« Reply #844 on: March 28, 2018, 03:17:31 AM »
I see the lawn chair awaits another visit.
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« Reply #845 on: March 28, 2018, 10:37:06 AM »
The most weight i ever towed with my 2500 was four pallets of wet sod. The last pallet could not be pushed in far enough so it was even with the edge of the trailer. I told the guy loading me it looked heavy. He said each pallet was 2000 pounds. I pulled that trailer through the Texas hill country and it swayed a ton. In fact i had to keep hitting the trailer brake switch to straighten the trailer out. When i got where i was going the trailer brakes were smoking. I returned for more pallets and had the owner loading me this time. He said that guy was wrong on the estimated weight. Each pallet was just over 4000 pounds because it had recently rained and the sod was much wetter than usual.
We have guys sitting out by Ace Hardware that are illegals looking for work. I have never used them. I believe we need borders and hiring these guys only drives them harder to be here illegally and gives them money to stay.  I have heard they all run about $15 per hour. Lunch is also required and cash is at the end of each day. I will say that there are tons of Americans here with families paying taxes and obeying the law that will work just as hard for that same money.
I had a friend from high school working for me for years. I had his SS number and filed the necessary reports. One day i get a call from the Texas Workforce Commission and get an audit. His number was invalid and he was illegal. I never knew that. I got fined and had to pay more tax on that one. I was told that if i ever get caught again paying illegals on payroll or through contract labor i would receive their highest penalty because i had been warned. They were not messing around at all. This was around 07 or 08. I am still to small to be required to E verify but that process has helped identify fake numbers. IMO hiring daily help is a good way to get high schoolers involved and excited about work and earning pay. It also builds work ethic which is needed more and more these days.

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« Reply #846 on: March 28, 2018, 11:45:06 AM »
Yikes, I don't think Charles would allow any illegal close to his place. My comment was tongue in cheek, yours is well taken however. Although, I will say those guys do work in some areas where it is very hard to find a legal person to preform the tasks.

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« Reply #847 on: March 28, 2018, 11:59:38 AM »
As far as a two axle tag trailer I once had close to 18k on a 12k trailer. Fort Wayne to KC, MO 6 tires later......

On a 25k deck over gooseneck we had it over 35k, 5 mile trip to scrap yard no tires blown

Can’t recall the 28k flat bed trucks but we loaded them heavy routinely.

Then DOT got their crap together & it wasn’t as much fun...... :tongue:
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« Reply #848 on: March 28, 2018, 02:44:21 PM »
I used to work as a mech for a sod company. We went around the scales all the time out of Hemet Ca. (suburb but gone now)

Almost all the hires were illegal but I was just an employee too and worked next to them when mech work was slow.

We loaded trailers all the time to 120k and it showed!
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« Reply #849 on: March 28, 2018, 05:31:54 PM »
Illegal immigrants are a tough subject. You feel for the ones trying to make a better life but we are either a nation of laws or we aren’t.

Republicans (as opposed to conservatives) want cheap labor and Democrats want cheap votes

I don’t mind paying $40 for my lawn to be mowed.  Saving $10 by hiring illegals is not worth it.

Get in line, immigrate legally, learn English

Studies show speaking English in the US as an immigrant will double your earnings





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