BYC Café

[sourland]

Here, the 'old' bothers the joints.

 

[Sally PB]

Sadly I think he will end up working full time No big incentive to get a replacement if he will stick around to rescue them.

But yeah, nice to know there are still people with morals, just can't let them take advantage of that.

He texted me today that they've hired someone!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Get to sit and warm a bit with the fire.
Did get a new pistol CO2 style I ordered.

 

[DobieLover]

I met with contractor number 6 yesterday. Ding, ding, ding, ding!!! We have a winner!
Super nice guy. Came highly recommended by a co-worker. Definitely knows his stuff. We'll tackle it on the next dry spell.

Well, I guess I should have waited for the quote to come in.
He was going to bring 2 guys to help.
That is the same number that the jerk who did the front porch roof brought. I paid him and his 2 helpers a total of $1,700 for 2 days of labor for all three and just him to come back for 4 hours on the third day to help with getting the shingles up over the tie in and I took it from there.
The amount of work for the screen room is basically the same.
This new guy wants $5,500 for the job!!!! Just labor. I was shocked.

I've found a great series of YouTube videos showing exactly how to to the tie in section. The rest is easy. I'll have to fuss around to get my addition sub-fascias to line up but I have an idea on how to do that.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Started a fire in the stove take the chill off the house.
Took a hot shower dried the hair. Nice and hot.

Debby you have a wondful talent there.

Thank you Penny!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Get to sit and warm a bit with the fire.
Did get a new pistol CO2 style I ordered.

I had one of those as a teen, but it didn't have much power.

 

[Shadrach]

This is just one spot. It's awfully hard not to scratch them!
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And I blamed Bella needlessly.
The rash from contact with the oils of poison oak can take 24-48 hours to appear. It showed up at just about 48 hours on the nose after we cut up that poplar that fell in my yard in the April snow storm. Shadow's owners came over. Hubs cut up the trunk and his wife and I hauled the chunks to the burn pile. The trunk had vines climbing along it. I looked up poison oak and it was a match.

Does it spread if you scratch it?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Does it spread if you scratch it?

Yes, the oil irritates the skin.

 

[Shadrach]

Good evening Cafe.
Just plain horrid here. Wet and not all that warm either.
I've got to stop getting plants!

 

[aart]

Got out the hedge trimmer and the string trimmer to cut down some of the knee high grasses around the pondsai....lillys are blooming, dragonflies are hatching, frogs are jumping in there....and now I can see that better.
The hedge trimmers worked good for cutting down stuff close to the pondsai and not having it end up in the water, the string trimmer got the stuff farther out and the battery lasted enough to line out two flower beds.
Was a tiny bit of all that 'should' be done, but still felt good to do it.