What Annoyed You Today? (1 Viewer)

[Greg Boeser]

I'll probably have to wait for the spring thaw (just four months to go!) and then re-pour the whole slab. Might as well do the pad in front too. Of course then I will be tempted to re-side the thing. But, wait! What about that cracked chimney on the house? And the leaking foundation? And those 100 year old, drafty windows? Maybe I'll just move.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Living in California, I've never heard of that before. Hope that warmer weather will help or will you have to replace the floor?

Well, I'll take a Minnesota winter over earthquakes, brush fires and mudslides any day.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Well, I'll take a Minnesota winter over earthquakes, brush fires and mudslides any day.

Roger that!! Here in VT we've had almost two full weeks of subzero (F) weather with chill factors in the -20s-30s, then 2 days of 40-50 degree rain, then back to the deep freeze again. -14F outside right now. Well pump pipe froze, hauling water. Furnace oil gelled despite the additive, but got it going during the thaw. Mobile home piers going up and down like the San Andreas fault. BUT, NO earthquakes, wildfires, or mudslides! Works for me.
Cheers,
Wes

 

[XBe02Drvr]

I'll probably have to wait for the spring thaw (just four months to go!) and then re-pour the whole slab.

Here in VT slabs are now required to be poured with foam board insulation around the perimeter and sloping outward below grade to a width of four feet. No more "Galloping Gerties".
Cheers
Wes

 

[at6]

Well, I'll take a Minnesota winter over earthquakes, brush fires and mudslides any day.

Roger that!! Here in VT we've had almost two full weeks of subzero (F) weather with chill factors in the -20s-30s, then 2 days of 40-50 degree rain, then back to the deep freeze again. -14F outside right now. Well pump pipe froze, hauling water. Furnace oil gelled despite the additive, but got it going during the thaw. Mobile home piers going up and down like the San Andreas fault. BUT, NO earthquakes, wildfires, or mudslides! Works for me.
Cheers,
Wes

I live in the part of the state without all of that. If the ground shakes here, it's somebody else's quake. The wildfires are up in the mountains and hills as are any mudslides.

 

[at6]

Larry, don't want to steal his thunder but a "frost heave" is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Liquid water gets under something, the temperature drops and the liquid water freezes, ice expands as it forms, it's why frozen pipes crack. So as the liquid water freezes and expands it pushes up (heaves) on whatever it is under. You see the effects anywhere the temperature falls below the freezing point. Sidewalks heave and crack/tilt, potholes develop in roadways, nails rise up out of wood planks as wet wood freezes and expands, gutters can pull away from roofs and so can siding

Thanks Mike. There may be a number of things about California that I find bothersome, but considering the weather problems where each of you live, I might like to visit but not take up residence.

 

[billrunnels]

Having to get up after a sleepless night.

 

[mikewint]

Larry, I don't know if I'd trade Kalifornia's massive forest fires, massive mud-slides, lack of water, San Andreas fault, and anti-second amendment policies for the occasional snow storm and frost heave.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Larry, I don't know if I'd trade Kalifornia's massive forest fires, massive mud-slides, lack of water, San Andreas fault, and anti-second amendment policies for the occasional snow storm and frost heave.

No doubts here! I'll take the evils I know over the evils I've only heard about any day.
Crescent City CA is a beautiful place, though. If I got deported from VT and Fairbanks, in their infinite wisdom, wouldn't admit me, I'd settle for Crescent City, penitentiary and all, even if I had to give up my arsenal.
Cheers,
Wes

 

[mikewint]

That's why there's chocolate AND Vanilla ice cream

 

[at6]

Having to get up after a sleepless night.

Hope it wasn't for anything too serious Bill.

 

[Wayne Little]

Spent a good part of the day checking delivery dockets and matching Invoices....containing plenty of errors in supply and pricing...got better things to do....

 

[Bucksnort101]

Well if you read my post over in the "What cheered you up thread" about the Les Paul style guitar I had build being finished it turns out it is not finished and I'm not sure what it going on. Communication is lacking to say the least. When I sent the Curly maple board for the carved top of the guitar I sent specific instructions and several pictures of how I wanted it finished. Turns out people don't know how to follow instructions anymore! Waiting to hear back from him, but I'm getting a little peeved at him!
I'm beginning to think he didn't even use the board I sent as he asked me about painting the guitar, why would I spend money on a nicely figured piece of Curly Maple if I wanted it painted!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

stinking hot day.....

 

[at6]

Sat down with two of my dogs in my lap to enjoy a cup of coffee when one of them [I don't know which one] ripped a silent eye watering paint peeler. It was so potent that my coffee tasted like fart.

 

[mikewint]

stinking hot day..

Here Wayne, this might help, the view from my deck looking toward the dam, stinking hot does not have to be shoveled

 

[Wayne Little]

what's all that white stuff Mike...

 

[at6]

That's powdered sugar. He only wants you to think that it's cold.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

A diabetic's worst nightmare!

 

[MiTasol]

That's powdered sugar. He only wants you to think that it's cold.

and there I thought it was just a dad case of dandruff