HA Ernie!
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.
>Yeah, I haven't been around The Island quite abit for the past two weeks I know. I've been trying to maximize my vacation time and pushing myself around 16 hours aday to get things done around the Shellback Dinghy Hut. I've rebuilt two door frames, put up a seal around the garage door and caulked the dickens out of it so it light tight, caulked all around the house except for a small section which I think I'll get to today. Installed strofoam sheets into each "square" of my garage door--all 32 of them, which required 64 pieces to cut and fit, and just yesterday I managed to finally get the plywood down on my garage floor.
Each job took longer thgan anticipated---as usual eh? Fitting doors is a major PITA I discovered. Had one of then all fit up, closed nicely, so I added the weather strip to it, and had to re-fit all over again. I stick built the frame for this door and it is nuke proof I swear. Each day it has been at least 100 degress and it sure takes it's toll.
Made a couple of gaffs along the way but nothing to major UNTIL THRUSDAY MORNING!
I had a new garage door opener installed and where the cord went thru the cealing I wanted to seal up tight. So I made up a disk to pass the cord thru, and all I had to do was go up into the over head unplug it, pass the cord thru the disk and that would of been that, which I did in the grand total of 3 minutes---HOWEVER!! yeah here it comes Ernie, so swallow your coffee before proceeding on----on the way down for the over head I spied with my little eye a little blue wire nut lying on the sheetrock, and I thought to myself,"Hey that might come in handy so some day" and stepped over to pick it up. I picked up and looked at it for a second, and suddenly I dropped down about an inch, and I thought UH-OH! I'm on the sheetrock, and looked at my feet to verify this, and just as I did I broke thru! Fortunately I was quick enought to grap onto the rafters so I didn't crash onto the floor. Scraped up my left shin a little but nothing major, and woke up the next morning a bit stiff. I stood there for 5 minutes trying to "wake myself up from this dream", but the more I tried to wake up, the more I realized that this was really happening. :~( Took me two days to get it all fixed up. Still need to paint it, but that nothing.
It does seem to me tho Ernie, that since I've "been away" you've been taking some, well shall we say "Liberties", which , one of these days I may just have to call you out on, but as for now, I've got much catching up to do, and I've got a caulking gun calling my name.
Cats are all fine, except for two, ( month old Jack, and twomonth old Tick came up missing a few weeks ago. :~( I think the Hawk that lives in the pine tree just across the pond got them. :~(
Todd O.
I've got a few more touch up jobs here and there, but hopefully I'll be able to get staeted on my bench by Wednesday of next week.