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^ Lol.
The heat is brutal. Especially when working on the roof, lol. Have been at it since Saturday (maybe Sunday?) and the more you work, the more work there is. The guy who lived in the house before was either a “I know how to do it” type (when he really didn’t) or a “I know I am doing it wrong and it will make things worse in the long run, but I am going to save a few bucks and pass it on to the next guy to do it properly”. I am leaning towards the latter (lots of things I saw and fixed over the years we have lived here point to that) and I f****** hate people like that. Well, “hate” is a pretty strong word, I will say I really don’t like that type. His “knowhows” caused a lot of problems and quite a bit of rot. Being the “I have to properly fix this” type of a guy, even though I don’t think we will live in this house for more than a couple of years, adds a lot of extra work and dollars.
Slow as a turtle given the weather, but getting there and, thankfully, the heat is calming down. Rain in the forecast tomorrow though, so need wrap things up and put the underlayment and all the good stuff before then.
Nailing those 2x6x16 at the edge is definitely not fun when working with no help.
Stay cool, guys and gals.
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07-01-2021, 12:02 AM
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Also, did I say that lumber prices are out of this world!
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Also, did I say that lumber prices are out of this world!
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Well one thing is for sure you have a good base to work on the lumber and timber looks good for another 50 years easily.stay cool.
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07-01-2021, 07:52 PM
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Well one thing is for sure you have a good base to work on the lumber and timber looks good for another 50 years easily.stay cool.
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Are you installing metal or shingles?
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07-02-2021, 02:00 AM
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^ Shingles. Would have been metal if I saw us living in this house for years to come.
Complete and ready for shingles now:
I did mess up a bit today though. Had it all prepared and measured up, then put the 16-foot out of order, which made the 12-foot a few inches too short. Ended up using a piece of treated wood I had lying around. What are you gonna do.
This is the before and it isn’t the worst piece by far:
Lumber prices… I paid $300 for 4 2x6x16, 2 2x6x12, 4 1x6x16, and 2 1x6x12. Pretty insane. Luckily, I had some shorter 2x6 lying around for some of the “patches”. When paying, I asked how much a 2x4x8 is and was told it’s just under 10 bucks, lol. I remember paying about $1.70 just 8-9 years ago and less than half that last year (I think it was $3 something and I remember complaining to myself, lol).
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07-02-2021, 09:45 PM
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^ Shingles. Would have been metal if I saw us living in this house for years to come.
Complete and ready for shingles now:
I did mess up a bit today though. Had it all prepared and measured up, then put the 16-foot out of order, which made the 12-foot a few inches too short. Ended up using a piece of treated wood I had lying around. What are you gonna do.
This is the before and it isn’t the worst piece by far:
Lumber prices… I paid $300 for 4 2x6x16, 2 2x6x12, 4 1x6x16, and 2 1x6x12. Pretty insane. Luckily, I had some shorter 2x6 lying around for some of the “patches”. When paying, I asked how much a 2x4x8 is and was told it’s just under 10 bucks, lol. I remember paying about $1.70 just 8-9 years ago and less than half that last year (I think it was $3 something and I remember complaining to myself, lol). |
That 2x4 price is absolutely nuts.
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07-03-2021, 02:10 AM
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^ For sure!
Moved on to the garage today, thinking that one will be quick to get ready. Well, after cutting about a foot off the panels (a couple of inches of rot at the edge), it was pretty clear it won’t be as quick as I hoped. Off went the gutter (siliconed or glued to fascia in a failed attempt to fix the leakage), along with the fascia, off went the soffit, etc.
Who the f builds like that? No wonder it didn’t work. It appears they simply slapped some 1x6 pieces they had left over from another job and nailed some of them onto the rotted rafters! Well, perhaps, rafters weren’t rotted at the time, but it is doubtful because they did nail those 2x4’s to every single one of them.
Anyway, took a bit of time and another run to the store to get a couple more pieces of overpriced lumber. Didn’t take a pic of the final “product”, but that roof is also ready for shingles now.
It appears I need new fascia and soffit too, lol.
Side note, they tried to raise the gutters (I guess the silicone doesn’t work as well, lol, even though they did put more) and put a few nails and screws right through the drip edge, which caused the water to get in past the fascia onto the wood behind it (same on the house, less silicone). Also, instead of overlapping the drip edge pieces, they left about an inch gap between every one of them. People gonna people, I guess. They used 6 pieces of wood where I ended up with 2, properly nailed (good luck to the next guy taking it apart).
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We're gonna need a bigger motor
Fairly sure this translates as "Faster...Go FASTER!"
https://imgur.com/gallery/P9JehWD
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Wasp nest
Seen this in a field
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Bought a medium double double today. The guy in fromt of me asked for 6 sugars and 3 creams in his medium coffee. To each their own, but man…
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Went looking for blueberries with the kids today and only found six still completely green berries: two bushes with 3 berries on each. Other plants only have leaves that aren’t in best shape either. no berries. Kind of sucks. Didn’t see any cranberries either. The heat and drought I am assuming. We hadn’t had much rain this year and the past 3 or so weeks have been brutal in terms of temperatures. Many wheat and barley fields I saw on the way look like they usually do in ~August colour wise. A complete opposite of last year. I guess it all rained out last year and no water left for this (probably next too, the amount of rain we had last summer).
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07-16-2021, 01:13 PM
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That left a mark
How much force does it take to shift an overpass 6'?
This happened yesterday in Georgia.
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Pocket article on dog rescue agencies
Interesting article about dog rescue agencies and the history that has lead society to where they are today. Written from the perspective of a US big city mentality, it has insight into the current collective psyche driving the business.
Applies to Canada as well.
https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/why-a...=pocket-newtab
July 19, 2021 by Allie Conti
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Adopting used to be a good thing that good people could do. These days, you're probably not good enough.
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The rescue dog is now, indisputably, a luxury good, without a market pricing system at work to manage demand. A better analogy might be an Ivy League admissions office. But even Harvard isn't forced to be as picky as, say, Korean K9 Rescue, whose average monthly applications tripled in 2020.
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Then came The Ad, released in 2007, it featured close ups of three legged dogs and one eyed cats rescued by the ASPCA over a wrenching rendition of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel". The commercial warned that "for hundreds of others, help came too late." In just a year, The Ad raised 60% of the ASPCA's annual $50M budget. The organization was reportedly able to increase the grant mioney it gave to other animal-welfare organizations by 900% in 10 years. It is difficult to overstate the emotional hangover The Ad inflicted on millenials and members of Gen Z. Janet M. Davis is a historian at the University of Texas at Austin, where she lectures on animal rights to a demographically diverse body of students- everyone from cattle ranchers to vegan punks- most of whom cry when she shows The Ad in class. "It adsolutely brings down the house," she says. "Every time".
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The resuce mutt had become not just a virtue signal, but a virtue test. Who was a good enough human being to deserve a dog in need of rescuing?
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Posting about your rescue dog on Instagram is an indirect way of broadcasting that someone out there deemed you morally worthy enough to be chosen.
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My neighbour would do this, anyone need help from Canada's Worst Handyman?
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Random posts thread
I was digging around the garage after doing a project with my son.
Somehow there always seems be a tool missing at the end of the fray, especially a 10mm socket. 
At any rate, I found my dads old ratchet set. I recall “borrowing” it a lot as a youngster.
Not much left of it, seeing as the random parts have been lost over the better part of half a century.
I smiled as I read the slogan for the company. It resonated with me as a youth, and still does now.
Good tools really do make a difference. Especially on those tougher jobs!
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08-05-2021, 04:53 PM
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dominoes with a forklift
This is the craziest forklift fail video I've seen so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRDNF1trc1E
aka, what happens when you choose a racking system based on capital cost alone.
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Things went sideways in a hurry.
Parasailing in Puerto Vallarta in 3 gifs. 
All things considered, it ends reasonably well.
https://imgur.com/gallery/w6ba0Uy
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Forehead antiperspirants are a thing to prevent sweat stains on hats.
Who knew.
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This is not meant to upset or offend anyone. Just thought it was fun. My FN friends had a good laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYxK...AitFEg&index=1
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Be careful handling and eating armadillos as you can catch leprosy.
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What else isn't being caught on school camera's..
if that were my kid at end of vid, blood would be simmering to a boil.
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staying.
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staying.
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