Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[harley jim]

As usual I thought about it after you were gone.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Hopefully the leaky room is still thing of the past.

 

[xtremek]

Knocking them down pretty fast. I wish I could knock some down. Keep up the good work.

 

[harley jim]

I wanted to paint the room today but I was led in a different direction. I had to get the tractor and haul the tig welder to Donnies shop, he is building a set of pipes for his Bronco and wants to tig everything except the mufflers, then I had to haul some steel out of the woods and take it to my shop, then while I had the tractor I hauled in some fill for the flower bed.


I ran out of boarder stones but I got the general shape down.
Then Dalton needed me and the tractor to help him move a set of 10' tall rought iron gates to the blast house. I came home and had a popsicle whith Whitley and B, then I mowed the lawn, the blade belt came off of the zero turn about ½ way through mowing and I didnt want to tear it apart so I finished with the lawn tractor. Now its rum and coke time, what a day!

 

[harley jim]

Got a bit of block sealer on the walls today.

It's starting to look like something now. I need to read the bucket and see about second coat.

I have some patching to do on the inside wall around the door frame.

But right now there is a stack of rib eyes going on the grill and a cooler that needs to be emptied. We have officially kicked off the holiday weekend with the new neighbors. More to follow, happy 4th people.

 

[xtremek]

Holy cow, does that first coat brighten that little room

 

[kaymccampbell]

@harley jim , it looks fantastic. If you want amazingly bright, put a coat or two on the ceiling for SnGs.

 

[racer-john]

Sorry Kay "SnGs", explain please.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Shats and giggles

 

[zanyad]

Sorry Kay "SnGs", explain please.

Poops and laughs

 

[harley jim]

It sure did Kirk, now the pics should make sence,
I got the first coat on the walls, tomorrow I have to make a run to town to drop Kayla off with her other grandma and do a Lowes run, after I get home I want to patch the block and do a second coat,
Kay I'll do the cieling tomorrow, I'm going to do the floor with something after it cures out, the bag says 28 days.

 

[harley jim]

Did a little mortar work this morning.

It was more cosmetic than anything, but!!!

I put a second coat on most of it, the mortar was still wet.

Got first coat on the cieling. Now I'm going out to unload 150 landscape brick.

 

[shortykorte]

Wow what a difference a week makes on the coal room.

Sorry I couldn’t help empty the cooler.

 

[harley jim]

Thanks Shorty,
We seem to be done with construction for this project so everything we do now is the pretty stuff so it changes fast. This is my favorite part.
The cooler is always full!

I picked up five yard lights, two of them will flank the carport.

 

[xtremek]

I like the style of the yard lights.

 

[Bears Fan]

Okay, I need a nap after reading through Jim's posts

 

[Bob Heine]

Okay, I need a nap after reading through Jim's posts

Tony, I pull the blanket over my head to keep the light out and come back out the next morning. I don't feel better about myself but Jim's next post might be about steaks and liquid refreshment instead of epic progress on a pyramid.

 

[don long]

There is something about that pedal car that caught my eye (big wheel) lol

 

[harley jim]

It's never boring here!
Don, that steering wheel came off of Pat's old riding mower, there's a long story behind it. I told her it was way too big but sometimes you pic your battles

 

[harley jim]

Its 1:15 am, there were three loud explosions and its dark. I'm guessing a transformer blew up, since I saw the flash it was close.
I called the non emergency number for Bradley co. police, thought they may have contact with volunteer electric, the dispatcher informed me that she wasnt the power company. When I worked for the city we encouraged people to call when they heard explosions, a patrol officer would search the area for fires and such. Guess they dont do that kind of stuff anymore.
So I called volunteer electric and was on hold forever, a lady answered and said she was an after hours answering service and that crews knew there was an outage and were working on it. I said that I only called to offer an address where I believe a transformer may have blown up since I saw the flash and heard the explosion. She said that she believed that the crews could handle it.
I guess I'll sit here on the porch and rock in my rocking chair, I'm not sleepy after all the excitement. So proud of all the people in charge of things around here.

 

[harley jim]

2:00 and the crew is here. I can hear a chain saw, and see limbs falling.

 

[harley jim]

Well now they got the power back on about 3:00 and I went back to bed, now its 4:00 and more explosions and the power is off again!

 

[xtremek]

Are your power and police run by politicians? I hope you ended up with a decent night's sleep

 

[Hellpig]

We have several amish communities around here, I'm kind of disappointed in what they had to offer for produce, a lot of it looked like it was commercially grown and walmart is cheaper on some of the items.

I'm surrounded by Amish and Mennonites here in Southern MD.
Sitting in an Amish built house.
Took me 30 years to get used to the off light switch placement, lol.

Have seen their buggies gather around tractor trailers and offload out of state, out of season produce.
I assume to resell at their stands.

They're selling a brand, and are pretty good at it, lol.

Great work!

 

[Strouty]

Well now they got the power back on about 3:00 and I went back to bed, now its 4:00 and more explosions and the power is off again!

Might be Chuck, he likes to make loud noises at about that time.

Great progress, you are making most of us look bad, keep it up though, it motivates some of us.

 

[harley jim]

Kirk, that blew my mind. They even have a number in there promps for explosions. My first thought was a transformer blew up and spewed burning oil on a neighbors house, luckily that was not the case. I called back today to get the latest protocol and the lady said to call and let them know. I told her they need to talk to there answering service and update them.

Hellpig, I saw a semi pull out into one of there fields and blow his air horn in a code something like 6 long blasts, the horse and buggies came from every direction, they unloaded a 53 ft. trailer load of watermelons into there buggies and took them to the basement of there store. They have had tomatoes for two months, there not growing everything. I dont care but there prices are the highest around and people say that organically grown is worth it, if they only knew!

Strouty, I'll bet he can make some noise, I'm excited to see how he dose. It makes me look at these wild ones here a little differently.
Thanks for the words of encouragement, I keep hoping to get this phase done and get back to my shop projects, in due time!


This is what caused all of the excitement last night. The wires cross the road from the transformer to my neighbors house to the east, new guy, his name is Danny, you can see that there is still a large broken limb still hanging above the wires. It will happen again!

That is all that they trimmed off of it.
Its 98° and the temp index is close to 110° I'm working in the shop with the air on today.

 

[don long]

The power co. here send out tree trimming crews avery 3 weeks to cut down limbs that are too close to their lines., They have killed 3 of our trees and want to bucher 5 more and I won't let them on the property with their trucks only their inspectors and I take great pride in yelling at them for bothering me again in the same month. I cut the trees now.

 

[harley jim]

They dont have a tree trimming program anymore, I asked and was told that it is cheaper to repair tree damage than to have a trimming crew. I guess I should be happy my house is all electric and my bill runs about 150 per month. The down side is it's usually at night when we loose power and I cant sleep without a cpap. I am going to check into a battery back up for it.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Talk to @PelicanPines about that battery backup. He has a rather ingenious kit.

 

[BuffettFan]

I got a notice from the poco earlier this year telling me I needed to trim the trees around my power line.

It's underground.

 

[harley jim]

I gave in and went to help the bil, he was trying to install bathroom floor tile.



I ran two more courses and had to quit, my knees are throbbing.

 

[Chrisb62]

And those big long tiles take some fussing to get nice and level without corners poking up.....some rum should make the knees feel better till the first kneel down today.

 

[harley jim]

You nail that Chris, they are floating and every time you tap one a little too hard three others move. I know I'll never do another one.
Knees need grease fittings installed today, they are stiff.

 

[ronjon1190]

I've been putting these 12x24 tiles up in my shower since the 4th. They are finicky. I do a few, get them where I like them and have to walk away because I get frustrated with them.
I am past the half way mark, just some hard ones left!

 

[harley jim]

That looks good ronjon, you are right, the bigger they are the more tedious they are, but when they are straight they are beautiful. Make sure you post a finish pic, I need to see the finished shot.

 

[harley jim]

Done

 

[Chrisb62]

Looks amazing...... do you want to lay mine next ?






Just kidding......

 

[kaymccampbell]

Hope you tiled the BIL into the floor.

 

[harley jim]

Chris, I've had both knees replaced, that hurt. No! Lol.
Kay, no but he got roasted like Dean and Nipsey all day long.

 

[xtremek]

THe floor looks great, as usual. I hope today you get a chance to rest your body.