 coach td Tue Apr 17 09:40:04 AM
Will BBCK be taking part in the mini-meet on Wednesday? If so what events? I need Details!!!!!!!!!! I may be able to sneek over for a few minutes. I hope you'll both be there.
Soccer(including snow during the early game)is good spectating so far. Both their teams won big and my oldest scored a goal. Now if I only knew the rules....   
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 BizB Fri Apr 06 08:56:06 AM
You'll probably like my cat hates you, too. Then, there's stuff on my cat and cats in sinks which are all great time wasters.
Last night, I covered the entire house in white dust by using the angle grinder to cut some "straight"(er) edges on the old walls. Today, I'm going to create a hillbilly header to provide a way to join the plasterboard where it isn't hidden by the surround. I don't know how well that's going to work, but I'm going to give it my best shot. I may end up using shelves/baskets to hide my handy work.
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 BigBro Fri Apr 06 08:12:53 AM
Thanks, this will be a great way to waste time at work. I love the captions on the photos, but the captions in the comments that others come up with for the same picture are really very very good.
How'd the work go? didn't do any cliff stuff?
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BizB Thu Apr 05 02:13:20 PM
I Can Has Cheeseburger? - Start here
It all started with one image
I Can Has Cheeseburger?
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BigBro Thu Apr 05 02:08:47 PM
what was the cat website you wanted me to check out??
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BigBro Thu Apr 05 11:20:45 AM
Much better. She tried to go to work, but they sent her home saying that they were sure she had the flu and had her shift covered. She's now home painting. Who argues with the boss when they say go home???
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BizB Thu Apr 05 10:53:55 AM
Since I'm off work tomorrow, I decided to wait until tonight/tomorrow to do any more work on it.
How's Froggie feeling today?
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BigBro Thu Apr 05 10:43:08 AM
Biz did you get anything done on your project last evening or is that tonight?
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 sopops Wed Apr 04 01:21:23 PM
Package scheduled for Monday delivery.
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BigBro Wed Apr 04 12:32:26 PM
to quote a "hero" from my past...
"Sorry about that Chief"
Not been feeling too well lately, mostly stress avoidance memory lapses would be my guess. I don't actually try to for get stuff, but it seems to be happening a lot more lately than I would like. The stupid thing is that forgetting stuff seems to build up more stress in my life, which is one thing that I could use a little less of.
Catch 22
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BizB Wed Apr 04 12:19:30 PM
No problamo, mom.
Well, I'm kind of at a stand still right now. When BigBro went to his inlaw's house yesterday, he brought along all of the stuff that he was going to drop off at my house except for the angle grinder, the plaster-board, the compressor, and the nail gun. So, I'm going to go to his house tonight and visit for a bit.
Meanwhile, I erected some black plastic around the walls of the shower to protect the walls from further water damage. I also bought a shower curtain and shower curtain rod. So, I can still shower as needed until I get it finished.
I've taken care of the mold and the wood is drying out nicely. I think it'll go quickly once I have the correct tools. It's not like it needs to be pretty behind the surround.
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 Betty Boop Wed Apr 04 12:10:06 PM
Biz - package on its way for BBCK. I want a few pix of her in her stuff, okay?
How is your BIG project coming along? You sure get challenges in yours, don't you?
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BigBro Tue Apr 03 03:40:22 PM
Call me before you come up... I might be at Froggie's parents house, fixing something for them this evening. I might be able to drop off some of the stuff on my way home this evening. use the cell to call.
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BigBro Tue Apr 03 09:55:16 AM
come and get my compresser and nail gun too then.
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BizB Tue Apr 03 09:52:23 AM
This entire house is made out of recycled barn wood. I think all of the boards are petrified. Harder than oak, indeed. That's not a bad idea on the 2X4s to build out the wall.
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sopops Tue Apr 03 09:22:19 AM
Those 2x's look like the southern pine we had at 1804 and harder than oak, if so you will want to pre-drill holes for the screws. It may pay you to add some new 2x's next to the old and fur them out to adjust for the double drywall. Stuff in some insulation which may cut down on the condensation in the future. Good luck
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BigBro Tue Apr 03 08:50:35 AM
Stop up and get the stuff you need. I've got plaster board, 1/2" and 5/8" thicknesses and the angle grinder. about the only thing that I don't have that you might need is drywall screws. you will want to get some long suckers for the two layers.
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BizB Tue Apr 03 08:46:26 AM
I've already addressed it with bleach and I have Kilz all ready to go on the wall!
Do you have any scrap plaster-board that I can swipe? I just need it to fill that area that I removed. Unfortunately, there's already 2 layers of plaster board on those walls, so I'll need to bump it out twice as much.
I'd also like to borrow your (can't think of the name) saw that we used to cut the backer-board, if I may.
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BigBro Tue Apr 03 08:13:22 AM
You were not kidding about having a bit of work to do last night. Watch out for that black mold growing on the walls, it can be a real health problem. Kill it with bleach water, and then seal the wall with some Kilz. I think that they make a waterproof primer for bathrooms.
Fun fun... Home improvement is the bestest type of fun.
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BizB Tue Apr 03 08:09:51 AM
I got in session #3 of the season yesterday.
There were 3 kiters and one windsurfer on the water from 1:30-3pm. It was a very gusty day and lots of lulls between gusts. I took 4 hours of vacation time to go ride and even though it wasn't the best day on the water, it was better than working.
If there's no thunderstorms this evening, I plan on riding after work today, too. There's a cold front moving in tonight and it doesn't look like we'll get another warm up for at least a week.
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sopops Sun Apr 01 11:04:16 AM
WOW
Looks like fun!! Wish we could have been there but would have watched from the car, too cold for our bones!!
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