Torrential rainstorm overnight, a start-building-the-Ark deluge, in the midst of which I realized that the main cabin door steps were still deployed and really should be retracted. Well, they’re still deployed… seems that Ms. Delores is being a bit persnickety again, even though this means she’ll have to go to the RV doctor if she doesn’t get straightened out right soon. Dawned a beautiful day, so went up to Goodro Lumber for a NIOSH-approved P-100 respirator and to Taylor Rental for a cement grinder (which is why I needed the respirator). The cement grinder is nothing but a BIG electric motor with a very tough grinding wheel on the end, weighs 16 ½ pounds, and you can see the neighbors lights dim when you pull the trigger. A real man’s machine. After a few hours use, found out I’m not the real man I hoped I was… completely knackered best described my physical state. But, as you can see from the picture, by total exhaustion time all the concrete column edges were nicely beveled and the west wall columns had smooth and reasonably level tops. Covered in cement dust from head to cell phone, had to dive in the lake to clean up enough to take a shower. Dinner at Marty and Merry’s – totally delightful, as always!!!! Saw two bats during the short trek up the hill; they’ve been pretty decimated by a lethal fungus and none have been seen hereabouts for over a year.
29 July 2010
Torrential rainstorm overnight, a start-building-the-Ark deluge, in the midst of which I realized that the main cabin door steps were still deployed and really should be retracted. Well, they’re still deployed… seems that Ms. Delores is being a bit persnickety again, even though this means she’ll have to go to the RV doctor if she doesn’t get straightened out right soon. Dawned a beautiful day, so went up to Goodro Lumber for a NIOSH-approved P-100 respirator and to Taylor Rental for a cement grinder (which is why I needed the respirator). The cement grinder is nothing but a BIG electric motor with a very tough grinding wheel on the end, weighs 16 ½ pounds, and you can see the neighbors lights dim when you pull the trigger. A real man’s machine. After a few hours use, found out I’m not the real man I hoped I was… completely knackered best described my physical state. But, as you can see from the picture, by total exhaustion time all the concrete column edges were nicely beveled and the west wall columns had smooth and reasonably level tops. Covered in cement dust from head to cell phone, had to dive in the lake to clean up enough to take a shower. Dinner at Marty and Merry’s – totally delightful, as always!!!! Saw two bats during the short trek up the hill; they’ve been pretty decimated by a lethal fungus and none have been seen hereabouts for over a year.
