What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

A dog burger?

 

Pretty dang good, I tell you what.

 

Currently unthawing water pipe between sink and dishwasher. Likes to freeze up anytime it goes below 10°. Hair dryer has more than one purpose. I'm not cutting wood. I decided to relax today. Recoup from two Christmas parties last night. Fun, but feeling a little tired and dehydrated today.

 

Those burgers look good Jack. Wife is going to cook some cheeseburgers up tonight for dinner. Now, what to have with them.

 

Can't go wrong with bacon. I am putting some ROMS on a disk for my son's Xmas present. He's getting my old DS so I thought I'd put some Pokemon games on it.

 

Good idea on the bacon. And the gift.

 

Got some more pics for those interested.

 

I wouldn't want to have to tape that ceiling

 

RV garage on the right, exercise room, bed, bath above. Connected by bridge from main level of house. Below is lower level of car garage, with main car garage above, with the girlfriends quarters (married homeowners words) above that.

 

I built it. That was fun. Done many custom homes, but stuff like this keeps me interested.

 

Wow. That guy has some real money. I have a friend who does custom hardwood floors and staircases and have worked with him off and on over the years. Seen some really nice homes built and/or remodeled. A lot of them are second or third homes for the people.

Nice work.

 

The story it's that he it's the founder of a company in California that owns and operates a fleet of helicopters used to fight wildfires out west. He sure has paraded a lot of dynamite looking women through his new mansion. Only one was his wife. Money talks I guess.

Personally, I feel that one woman is enough for any one man to handle. I couldn't imagine trying to juggle multiples of those beautiful, yet oh so confusing creatures.

Thanks for the compliment too. That's a ton of framing for four guys. We have over 100 years of combined experience. We take a lot of pride in our work and are very respected in our trade. If we make a mistake (it happens), we fix it right, at our expense of necessary. No band aids for us.

The hardest part with custom homes it's accepting the change orders with a smile. Comes with the territory. Sometimes it's really difficult to take a saw-zall (carpenters scalpel) to our framing that was done right. Those changes pay hourly. Just gotta find a way to take pride in changing something and leaving no evidence.

 

Thanks buddy. Our crew works together pretty darn good most of the time. We all have slightly different strengths that compliment each other nicely. One thing(of many I'm certain) they like about me is that I crave the dangerous jobs. Walking a 5-1/2" wall 40' up with no harness....no problem.

 

I use to work industrial construction. Many years ago a foreman sent some guys up on the steel one day in the morning. I don't know exactly what happened, but I heard it was slippery and they refused to go up until the sun had dried the moisture some. So he decided to show them that it could be done and went up himself. He fell, and hit several times on the way down. He was dead. The entire job sit was shut down. Over 200o workers went home and they took up a collection for him over the next couple of days to try to help the wife and kids out. One can never be too careful guys. Make sure you go home to your families, everyday.

 

The rule when up high is always maintain 3 points of contact. Doesn't matter if it's a hand, foot and knee, or both feet and a shoulder, etc. It just feels like nothing can sneak up on you that way. Don't know why, but when you get to two points it's a little scarier. That happens too, always aware of possible outside influences on my safety.
Hello, my name is Matt, and I'm an adrenalin junkie.

 

Oh yeah, Pete, I'd love to go cutting someday.

 

A guy was working on a roof around the Pulaski area very recently. He was 23 years old I think. The wind blew him off. He is dead now too. You never think it is going to happen to you. Obviously, they should not have been on the roof that day. The wind had been up and down. I don't know all the circumstances. Safety, safety, safety.