My sister’s SO drives a truck for a scrap yard. Thanks to him I scored a 10-foot stainless steel prep table and food sink…AND a hand-washing sink…complete with faucets and drains…all for $236…it was headed to be scrunched and bailed and sold as raw metal. New it would cost me 10 times that. Used from [...]
On the Square
On nooks and crannies (part one)
On nooks and crannies…and why poking into them isn’t always a good idea…part the un… We didn’t take full advantage of the holiday weekend…working on the house-wise. Rather, we cut it a bit short as I have some minor motorcycle repairs to do before my run to Michigan in about 7 days…minor repairs like a [...]
Mood
Summer’s here…
Yeah, I know summer officially starts on June 21…but we’re here in Texas and we know summer when we see it…hot, sunny, chance of thunder-storms…sweat pouring out of my salt-stained shirt…AC running overtime…temperatures at NIGHT not falling below 85 degrees… Yeah, it’s summer. Maintenance stuff more than rennovating stuff this weekend…I got all the tree [...]
Events
Artfest Fun!
The 2010 Clarksville Fine Arts Festival was a blast! Lots of food, great music, and pretty good weather made for a fun day. Lots of high-caliber artists with quality wares made for a “target-rich” environment for the discerning collecter. I sold some books, made some friends, and generally mucked about having a good time. Krashdragon [...]
Events
The 2010 Clarksville Fine Arts Festival
I expect to see y’all there! This year the 2010 Clarksville Fine Arts Festival will be Saturday, May 22, 2010, from 9:AM to 4:PM on the historic square in Clarksville, Texas. This year’s festival is going to be a great one. The artists’ booths are all reserved! There will be glass blowing demonstrations, music, wood [...]
Events
Oy! What’s with the house?
Some of you may be wondering…why no recent posts strictly about the house? Well…remember the one about scraping paint? Yeah, we’re still there. We’ve done some other things…the standard yardwork, cleanup (this weekend was our town’s big cleanup week, which meant we could take some things to the city yard for disposal), and I’m certian [...]
On the Square
Done enough for now…
Alternate title: “A Tale of One of Two Towers” or “How to Use a Chop-saw from a Bucket-truck…” In last week’s exciting episode, we did a bit of work on the tower. This week we moved it even further along. Our scaling project is nearly complete. I’ve still got a lot of trim to do, [...]
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Scaling the tower…
Now that the Left-handed Fargle-snorker was back on the road again…there was no excuse left to keep us from getting to work. Not that it was a bad excuse or anything…after all, when there is Fargle-snorkering to be done, ya really need the right tools to do it. And whilst I had the right tool…since [...]
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Brake it…the sequel. (Broke it?)
In last week’s exciting episode, I left the Left-Handed Fargle-Snorker in suspense…or rather, suspended, waiting on brake parts. Those I got. Sort of a sign of the times that the brake fluid, brake cleaner, wheel-bearing grease, and hand-cleaner needed for this job cost as much as the parts…but there ya go. Nothing complex…other than there [...]
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Brake it.
Went to back the Left-handed Fargle-snorker out of the yard to mow the grass around it…was just a bit surprised when I put on the brakes and there was nothing there. Nothing gets the heart going like a big truck rolling down the road with no brakes. A bit of creative driving and all was [...]
Electrical
Hey Oncor…WTH?
Whilst working on one of the towers…my friend Mike happened to look up at one of the nearby electric poles. He snapped this pic. Hey Oncor…just what the heck have you got going on here? CUAgain, Daniel Meyer
On the Square
More tower work…
Continued from last week…This Sunday we finished the bottom section…that’s the hardest one as there was quite a bit of repair to do underneath the siding…and because of the height and pattern nearly every shingle in that section has some sort of cut to it. My good friend Larry helped immensly as my “saw man”…we [...]
