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[MG Man]

mih car lookin yellow bai, mi car lookin yellowwww
Everybody passin mih, de ole ting real slowwww
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[spike]

Yay! Got the roof done!
This past weekend, I went up and put on the leeward side of the roof. I'm fully covered now!

One step closer to returning to my hideaway for good...



One might notice that the previous side is a wooden structure, but the new side is metal... what can I say? Hybrid? Cyborg? (Who cares? ...whichever guest looks up and makes some silly remark, will promptly: 1. sleep under the trees; and, 2. walk back out to the village... )

What can I say? While I love wooden construction, steel is cheaper now, and all I and a buddy had to do was:
borrow a generator;
drill holes;
bolt.
Real easy.

The next step is to mount up the guttering on the lee side and hook it up to feed the tanks. I added another tank, so the house now has a 1,200 gallon water storage capacity - perfect for Wagonrunner's visits (I was told he likes to drink a lot
)



Before I can do that, I must first trim the steel wossnames I used as rafters. (They are referred to as purlins or purloins, but I can honestly tell you that I did not steal them - but I can appreciate the reason why they are so named, for I had to steel myself when I heard the prices some places were calling for them... so I can quite understand it if some folks, in order to acquire them, had to resort to purloining them )

I got 30-foot purlins... and the roof was 25 feet. (Anybody wants 5 feet long purlins?)
I used six as rafters, and three fall exactly where I would like a little covered work-area on the side... so, I'm thinking of trimming the other three, and using them to extend the remaining three to get my shed...

Building this roof was barrels of fun.
This barrel

holds up this barrel

which in turn supports this barrel

which supports the bricks, which supports the block of wood, which ensures that while I (with my well-built figure) am on top the roof (which, though it cost quite a few figures, might not be that well-built) the roof won't suffer major trauma - myself as well.


Windows and doors next... (plastering too, I suppose...)

On Monday night (under my new roof) sleep was a distant stranger... why? Exuberant about having almost finished what I started so long ago? Nope.
A Cajuca tree nearby was fruiting, and all night long, fruit-bats kept dropping cajuca seeds on the full-length aluzinc roof. The little, greedy, insomniac flying rats kept this up well into Tuesday morning up to half-past eight. Those damned seeds hit the roof like stones from a sling-shot...
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big red rice-eater

[wagonrunner]

excellent man. excellent. and @ the bats "beating pan" while you wanted to sleep.
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Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

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[wagonrunner]

hahaah.
only if you at the top of the ladder, following exactly the procedure outlined in the picture.
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PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With Unarmed Persons


Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

[wagonrunner]

Alan's input:


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PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With Unarmed Persons


Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

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big red rice-eater

[MG Man]

Karl now you've done it...........Spike gonna invade facebook now
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Remember this?

[wagonrunner]

and to beleive you were complaining about the road works.
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PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With Unarmed Persons


Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

[spike]

Yeah... right... and how many decades did it take to get around to it?

Anyway, thank goodness it's getting done.
Now then... bush needs cutting. Driveway needs completing. Any volunteers? Think of it as a lime... you just have to sweat a bit in between drinks...
(Tell MG to bring his whips and chains... I may have use for them... )


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big red rice-eater

[wagonrunner]

What day / dates you have in mind?
After the 23rd, I may not be available till middle of January.
family socializing season in full swing
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PROUD MEMBER OF D WAGON BOYZ @ DEX
I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With Unarmed Persons


Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

[spike]

Okay, will have to liaise with MG to get a date. I will be heading back up there on Sunday to try casting part of the driveway.
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big red rice-eater

[MG Man]

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