The Bar, Volume #4

[Box Burner]

*wanders in, makes tea*
Thanks FJ! wow, they really get at it!!
I'll be there in 11 days.....wow, time is flying.

HI DD (DrewDubious, may I abbreviate?)

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[DrewDubious]

*wanders in, makes tea*
Thanks FJ! wow, they really get at it!!
I'll be there in 11 days.....wow, time is flying.

HI DD (DrewDubious, may I abbreviate?)

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Ok I loled

[Aurelia]

Definitely most of the speakers are talking Playa code everywhere I hang out

Today so far :"When are you going ?"
"What are you bringing ?"
"Who is coming with you ?"

Standard answer today so far : When I can !
Chocolate ,cognac, Brazil nuts.
Whoever fits !

xoA.

[^Rhino!]

They must have an apparatus that spits those stakes into the ground like Survival Research Lab's Lumber Pitching Machine Cannon?

They should try a soil nail launcher for putting in the stakes. Basically a one-shot military surplus nerve gas launcher set on end to put stakes in the ground at high speed. Except they'd never be able to pull out the fence posts.

[media]

The greatest idea I've had to increase productivity is using a Ditch Witch Super Witch to put in electrical cables. It can dig a 4' deep trench 100' long in about a minute.

[media]

One problem, though....DPW would be doing wheelies all day on the playa..........

[Box Burner]

Hello the bar!!!



Have a good night.

[magicmarty]

Morning, Bar Peeps! Wow I sure missed so much these last couple of days. Two more Hump Days and we're off to the Playa. Hands free writing your name in the dust contest! There's an idea. Fence done Staging stuff in my garage to load this weekend. Cleaning up the magic ladies massage table and stocking plenty of towels and oil for a busy playa season this year.

Cool and a bit overcast this morning. So hard to think about work. I'm already in the dust. ARTery meeting tomorrow night and that is good. Have shifts in the ARTery on Saturday and Sunday mornings and Art Tours on Tuesday and Friday. Camped at 5 and D again this year with Anti M as a neighbor in Hushville.



((((LF))))

[unjonharley]

Must be getting dry around here

Give the cat a pet and got a shock ..

[magicmarty]

Shocking!

[ygmir]

*wanders in, makes tea*
Hi Marty!! yeah, I leave in 10 days, and it seems I need another month. haha.
*sets up bar*



don't forget your morning drink, folks!!

[msj2u]

Morning everyone!

Nice cool morning before the temps hit 90, so I'm pulling things out from the shed! Staging area is almost complete minus the cooking I have to do.

Need to get going, enjoy your day!

MSJ

[magicmarty]

Very quiet in here tonight. Slides into the NEB hoping for some gentle gender company. Pours a brandy and a couple on the bar for drop in's.

(((LF)))

[Elorrum]

I'll drop in for a snuggle with Marty. What a nice way to end a day. mmm.

[lucky420]

Just poked my head in to say goodnight, sleep well friends

[ygmir]

*half staggers in from fatigue, trips over lumpy NEB, falls and rolls down stairs into the cellar*


I'll just sleep here.............zzzzzzzzzzz

[Elorrum]

*tosses flying unrolling NEB corner down stairs to cover ygmir.*

[msj2u]

Whew long day....

Sees Ygmir sleeping, places teddy bear under covers...

Back to painting schwag for a few hours, turns out lights.

MSJ

[trilobyte]

Long day is right. Started nice and early, and stopped a few minutes ago. Time for dinner and a couple drinks...

[Captain Goddammit]

I start work at 6:00 AM... worked on BM stuff until about now... dinner will be cereal, and some Cabo Wabo.

[msj2u]

Alright, done for the evening......ohhh yeah dinner, guess I'll try tomorrow!

Night burners, may all your dreams come true!

MSJ

[knowmad]

Don't mind me I'm sleep walking.
and sleep drinking and noshing.

[Captain Goddammit]

And here it is, almost 6 AM, I'm about to start work.
Totally refreshed for a new day. Hardly!
I'm a crane guy... if I can survive today without dropping anything or hitting any power lines it's all good.

[ygmir]

*staggers back up stairs, makes tea*
thanks all for the blanket and teddy bear. *rubs sore spots*
go get 'em Cap'n. I always wanted to try a big crane. I built as big a one as I could, but it's nothing compared to "real" ones.

*heads for ROS*

[AntiM]

paint paint paint

Sssssh....

[Captain Goddammit]

It's a truck mounted crane, can lift 23,000 pounds... I have my Land Yacht in the back yard right now. Had to open fence to get it there. I seriously considered picking it up with straps and lifting it over the fence. The neighbors would have shit a brick. I've got so many BM related covenant violations going on I didn't want to attract any attention!

[ygmir]

mine only lifts 8K and goes out 35'. Truss setting boom.
Still fun, though.
CCR's? huh?..........."I kaint reed, ocifer"..........

[shroom]

My kid went back to school this week. We've been sleeping in too much this summer as I can not wake up even with coffee. Think I'll try vodka next.

[unjonharley]

The house is 10 degrees cooler than yesterday morning.

Water is the main sources of life.. Without water there is no coffee..

[Elliot]

I enjoyed living in a CCR subdivision for ten years in Sacramento. Kept the neighborhood looking nice.
But of course, I moved to the country partly so I could have room and tolerance for my toys. Old bus, check. New barn, check.

A surprise burst of gainful employment has interrupted my preparations. Luckily, said task happens mostly here at the computer (writing a magazine article). It will help pay for my burn.

Wonderfully cool here also this week.

Back to sorting photos.

[AntiM]

The most awesome crane thing I ever saw was when Larry was delivering structural steel to the City Center in Vegas. I was on a ride along, it was a big oversized piece. He had to drive into the pit, very narrow, and they lifted the whole thing off with this massive crane. To get back out, he had to unhook the trailer, then the pit crew attached chains to it. The crane lifted it in the air as he backed out. The wheels were level with my window. They lifted it up over us and twirled it around. Larry turned the tractor around and hooked up to the trailer once it was down on the ground.

I always worried about him and all that steel being slung around. The time I watched him standing under dangling loads and putting dunnage on the trailer scared me to pieces. He's back to delivering groceries.

[Captain Goddammit]

That should scare you!! I do whatever it takes to never let myself or anyone stand under a suspended load!!
That's crane Rule Number One!!

I break a zillion "rules" every day, going on judgement and experience to get a job done... but never that one!