The brain isn’t working today. I blame the house foundation. <\/p>\n
The Monk, however, has his system figured out, with only mild consultation from me (which mostly involved me asking, “Why aren’t you doing XYZ?” and him explaining quite logically why something that made perfect sense in my mind actually wouldn’t work as well as what he’d already figured out).<\/p>\n
At least I was able to come up with the average psf weight of a house<\/a> for leveraging purposes. My major contribution for the day. Once the lumberyard delivers beam-and-joist materials this afternoon, my major contribution will be banging nails and\/or drilling holes for bolts. Caveperson work. About what I’m fit for today.<\/p>\n Those of you who are worried that this project has become dangerous or just plain more complicated than it’s worth, rest assured. Those pictures yesterday looked absolutely awful and yes there’s more going on here than we hoped to find. But rot is familiar to all coastal NorthWet handypersons, and we’ll get this handled.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n On another subject … uh oh, Joel might have to rethink that “ultimate answer to kings”<\/a> business. Seems when you laugh at the king’s men at the wrong moment, you might just get yourself arrested<\/a>.<\/p>\n And if one group of armed bureaucrats causes you to overstay your visa by 90 minutes, another group of armed bureaucrats might just arrest you for it<\/a>. And — yikes! — potentially “detain” you for six months without trial?<\/p>\n Yeah, truth, justice, and the American way. This version of it is a tad more than my weak mind can handle just this minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The brain isn’t working today. I blame the house foundation. The Monk, however, has his system figured out, with only mild consultation from me (which mostly involved me asking, “Why aren’t you doing XYZ?” and him explaining quite logically why something that made perfect sense in my mind actually wouldn’t work as well as what he’d already figured out). At least I was able to come up with the average psf weight of a house for leveraging purposes. My major contribution for the day. Once the lumberyard delivers beam-and-joist materials this afternoon, my major contribution will be banging nails and\/or…<\/p>\n