I just call it lost in translation.
Unfortunately, she speaks better english than what I do.
Unfortunately, she speaks better english than what I do.
This is the garage foundation wall which needed repair . Removed damage exterior studding and cladding where needed. Installed plywood forms onto existing concrete block wall, added re-bar into the block wall extending up into the new forms. Then horizontally tied re bar to the vertical bar.Will follow up with pics of foundation wall repairs.
Goodness, that's quite a move, Gary. It's about the longest journey you can do in continental USA, isn't it?This day in 2015 was our last day living in what was our home for the previous 25 years. We had packed everything except a mattress on the floor for our last night. On this day we packed that into the van/trailer that was full to the gills with our belongings and all of my shop. After sealing the doors we loaded the two dogs and a cat and some luggage into our Subaru and started our journey of some 3000 miles across country from Ashland, Virginia to our new home in Corvallis, Oregon. We crossed our fingers that the movers would actually collect the trailer and haul it to Oregon for us and be ready to unload when we got there nine days later. I'm happy to report that they did.
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Very nice NickIn this day in 2022, I finished making this garden bench. View attachment 27343
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One could do a little longer if you did a diagonal SE to NW or NE to SW. But 3000 is good number for several routes.Goodness, that's quite a move, Gary. It's about the longest journey you can do in continental USA, isn't it?
It is Mike - it's somewhere I would like to visit.Is Williamsburg the place with the museum/ model village with life from the 18th century re-created?
Thanks. I just copied the design of the one it replaced. That one had rotted. When I cut it up, I discovered that it was about 50% sap wood!!You made a lovely job of that Nick, some are really chunky!
Yes it is Mike, think Weald and Downland museum but just from one period when the settlers moved from the original base in Jamestown, it’s quite well done. Pam’s Daughter lives in quite an old property very close to it. Hers is what we would call listed, I have the job of making new shutters ( to start with) and they will have to conform to the local regs. Plus I have been all over the original old buildings studying methods and styles of construction.Is Williamsburg the place with the museum/ model village with life from the 18th century re-created?
It will go a silvery grey colour, Duke, mainly where it is exposed to rain.Nice sun room Mike. How dark will the Oak timber work get over time?
Need a pic of the yacht.Sailing in the Baltic.
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It's a day or two out. But hey. Home built/converted yacht!
Need a pic of the yacht.
Sometimes it is hard to get anything done, always looking at the view. Next week I start another job on a lake.You get some nice places to work, Duke.
Try Magnesium L Threonate Duke, brill for muscle aches, (and other problems) and much better for you than painkillers. Dr Mercola does it.Sometimes it is hard to get anything done, always looking at the view. Next week I start another job on a lake.
Mike, working at the lakeside properties is really hard on the body, what with varying gradients and very little level land. Then add the ladder work so I usually load up ibuprofin which helps.
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All of those photos, even the after ones, are old. Everything looks a lot more mature now. One day I'll do some updated photos.
Sunroom looks lovely Mike. Looks finished apart from rainwater collection?
Mark
Ooo, ooo, I know! President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given at a memorial service during the American Civil War. I memorized it when I was about 9 or 10 years old. Give me a few minutes to review and I could probably recite it all again.17 July 2017
I realised that not all addresses can be written on an envelope
Gary is spot on. Lincoln memorial, Washington.A little bit verbose by today’s standards, who wrote it Andy? Was it Adams? Very clever chap.
Couldn’t find it. So, if any of you have seen this before, excuse my anecdotageNeed a pic of the yacht.