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I could tell you an old sea story... but that might put the whole internet to sleep :lol:

wish I had some advice for you but the Navy ruined anything I had close to normal sleeping habits years ago..

guess that's what suits me working nights and gettin' the critters up in the morning for school..

no Jack!? never heard of that :lol: got fixins for hot butter rum or cider or something?

good luck getting your zzz's


btw Dale, I noticed your extremes where they belong ;) I got some front end work ahead of putting mine on..

dig the picture, what do your neighbors know anyways!? :lol:

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so I'm checking my work email for weekend surprises and I see this from NAPA, Free bottle of Jack!!!

wishful thinking :lol:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/a7c3ctrd4fl...ottle.png?dl=0

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I'll a be a using a bottle a jack at a work a today a. Only a way to a get a the job a done. It's a speak a Italiano day a today a doncha know a.

Gotta jack up a second floor with cast iron radiator on it. Ya think a 12t will keep it off my head?

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Good luck Pisano.;)

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Sounds like fun......NOT! Best of luck to ya.

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Well, it's nighttime. How did it go Tim?

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Well, it got crazy windy yesterday afternoon and was to be bad all day today. Talking 40-50 mph. So jacking the floor was my bad weather alternative. Got there today and the side we are working on wasn't so bad we couldn't keep on with buttoning up the outside. So tomorrow a will a be a the day a. This is that big Victorian chicken shack. I rebuilt 12-14' of wall from foundation to roof (24' balloon frame). It had 1" x 12" poplar plank sheathing and I went back with two layers of 1/2" plywood. We buttoned that up today. It was quite windy though. But we were on the leeward side.

Here's how the the first floor looked when I opened it up
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Turn your head. Stupid computer wants it that way. It's right in my folder

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here.

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Thanks Boog. Water had been running down that corner of the house for decades. It had band aid repairs done in the past. That sill plate 'was' solid 4" x 12"! Those studs were dwindled down to 2 x 2 pulp wood up higher in the wall. I could grab and yank a handful out (w/o yanking). I replaced the dimensional 2" x 6" x 24' studs, one by one and after jacking the roof back up 2", with triple pressure treated (because yellow pine is better than common lumber) nominal 2 x 6 stagger spliced 16'/8', 8'/16',14'/10'. The sheathing boards were dimensional 1" x 12" diagonal and I went back with two layers of 1/2" plywood run horizontal staggering the seams both horizontal and vertical. On the inside, because the plaster & lath strips come to 1 1/4"-1 1/2" I'm going to run a layer of 1/2" plywood on the studs, then strips to bring 1/2" drywall to flush, then skim coat. I want the wall to feel solid as with the plaster. I am sure the back wall around the corner has problems from same leak. But that's another chapter. Also there are other areas with water issues

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Today’s entertainment

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great boat to visit! meant to ask if you were planning to stop there..

don't forget to grab a beer on the fantail ;)

last time I was there, my buddies and I answered a hundred questions :lol:

boat I was on in desert storm is still listed on the plotter in CIC :flag:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tseiz3m8ghg..._2620.jpg?dl=0

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It's in San Diego now isn't it?
I toured the Alabama a few years ago, in July. We climbed all over that boat. Wore this old guy out for sure but I loved it.

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^ yes sir, stumbling distance from gaslamp :alc:

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Well what do you know? My grandson and I went through the Uss Torsk in the Baltimore Inner Harbor last Thursday. Must be Naval vessel tour week

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^ get them sea legs early! already manning the rails :D

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Yep! He was wondering what the tires (bumpers) were there for. It was just us two down in the sub. I explained each thing and he listened intently. We went to the National Aquarium... where he explained everything to me! My daughter has a membership so they take people there often. Free with membership! Then we went to the Baltimore Museum of Industry across the harbor. Pretty neat stuff.

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Very kool Tim. Looks like you'll had a great time!

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I truly did alright. Every minute with Gus is a special moment. It takes a lot to get me into a city environment any more. I'm a stranger in a strange land!

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I dont have any little ones like that no more close by me ,,but this brought back some memories when I did ,,I could see you had a good time Tim

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Monday I finished my radiation treatments. Now it's wait 5 weeks and see how the tests come out. I'm hoping it's gone but we'll see. They gave me my mask that held me to th table. I think I'll hang in my pool room/bar at my cabin.:lol::lol: I know.....morbid....but it will remind met hat my claustrophobia is controllable. :sumo:

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Good for you, and cool mask! My youngest brother still has his from when he radiation for his laryngeal cancer. You'd have to sedate me to keep my head bolted to the table!

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I took almost the same picture when we were there last year :lol:

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That's good stuff Tim.

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when a boat crew forgets to pull their fenders in, the radio call is 'left your laundry out' :lol:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/s7n3qp09yjd..._0245.JPG?dl=0

or your 'laundry' gets lost :D

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/d1k3vjh557a...eaArk.jpg?dl=0

fun NCW patrol boat videos :flag:

under the romantic light of a 40mm lume grenade :lol:



some of me and my footage in here, friend put it together though..

I recorded the drive by at 2:40, the skipper was not happy about that one :cuss:

notice what I wrote on the windshield next to our call sign :D

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You know it, Larry! And I know the time you spend with yours is just as precious to you.
I'll let him know so he can explain the next time they go down there with someone :cool:

Great videos. Thanks for sharing some real stuff. I'll show him when I see him.

When we were outside that museum around that junk sculpture and throwing stones in the water two Maryland DNR officers pulled up and were carrying their gear out to the dock to go out on evening patrol of the harbor area. I asked, "You guys going out?", to get their attention and all that turned to Gus. "Hey Buddy. We'll turn the lights on for you". They hit the lights and gave the siren a quick "BooWHIP!", brought the laundry in :cool:, and cast off as they left on patrol. Icing on the cake and almost didn't happen because mom was worried about beating rush hour (which was already on). I got her to wait the 5-7 minutes all this took. Sometimes ya gotta slow'em down. Ain't that right Jethro?