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Don, its good to see you posting again.
(Sigh) Here we go again - Fla and hurricanes
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wroughtn_harv
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( why can't air be normally chilled and water be normally hot?)</font>
It's the way it is because it's better that way. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Warm water tastes bad. Been that way forever. How do you think coffee and tea came to be? Warm water. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I'm glad you've got power and can now have some of the things we all take for granted day in and day out. We've wondered about you and how it was going.
Even last weekend when we were doing the project you crossed my mind. There was such harmony in the air and I thought of you and your situation. I wished you were there to sip some. You would have had fun. Even as a bystander you would have enjoyed watching those guys dive in and act like they'd been doing it their whole lives.
There's a part of me that regrets not having something for the women to participate in like the guys were. But then the women seemed to be having as much fun as we were just watching.
If I had three wishes I'd want one of them to be able to come down there and help you get everything fixed back up right. I use the term "right" because I know the quality of the repairs chances are will drive you crazy.
Keep posting. We not only enjoy them. Your posts have become one of those things we need. Think of warm water. Doesn't taste good. But feels good when you emerse yourself in it.
It's the way it is because it's better that way. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Warm water tastes bad. Been that way forever. How do you think coffee and tea came to be? Warm water. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I'm glad you've got power and can now have some of the things we all take for granted day in and day out. We've wondered about you and how it was going.
Even last weekend when we were doing the project you crossed my mind. There was such harmony in the air and I thought of you and your situation. I wished you were there to sip some. You would have had fun. Even as a bystander you would have enjoyed watching those guys dive in and act like they'd been doing it their whole lives.
There's a part of me that regrets not having something for the women to participate in like the guys were. But then the women seemed to be having as much fun as we were just watching.
If I had three wishes I'd want one of them to be able to come down there and help you get everything fixed back up right. I use the term "right" because I know the quality of the repairs chances are will drive you crazy.
Keep posting. We not only enjoy them. Your posts have become one of those things we need. Think of warm water. Doesn't taste good. But feels good when you emerse yourself in it.
<font color="blue"> It's the way it is because it's better that way. Warm water tastes bad. Been that way forever. How do you think coffee and tea came to be? Warm water...Doesn't taste good. But feels good when you emerse yourself in it. </font>
Ah, so that's the problem. I try to avoid putting any of the stuff in my mouth. Rusts your pipes. Onliest thing I drink is Diet Pepsi. Some think that's contributed to my health problems; I think it's the onliest thing keeping me alive. They had me on some of that water stuff when I first got out of the hospital, and I thought I'd die. Now that I can get around a little (I'm starting to drive some short distances), I can get my own Pepsi, and get back into shape again.
I'm not sure I'd want you to come and work. Come and talk, sure, all day and twice on Sunday. But, it's real hard to sit and watch someone else work, even when they do such beautiful work that it's worth watching.
As for the quality of workmanship I'll see locally, well, by the time we actually get our house built, I'm going to be the least popular guy in the world as far as the trades are concerned. See, I'll have that combination they hate most -- I have the knowledge of how it's supposed to be done and the time to watch them. That's fun when the artisan is good and we can plan together, but it's hell on wheels for the plugger trying to get away with something. I may not be able to lift more than a square, a level and a tape measure, but along with my eye, that's all I need.
In the meantime, we're getting out from under and things are looking up. The insurance adjuster finally showed up at my commercial property which is good, because now he has no way to know what was caused by Hurricane Frances and what was caused by Jeanne, so there's no way they can get two deductibles. While I was waiting for him I climbed on my little tractor and moved some 8' x 6' sections of stockade fence that blew over. I'm getting pretty good at teasing the FEL bucket under the fence, then partially standing up the fence while I wiggle the bucket down, then flipping the bucket so the fence is balanced on it. I moved about six sections without having to lift my finger.
Ah, so that's the problem. I try to avoid putting any of the stuff in my mouth. Rusts your pipes. Onliest thing I drink is Diet Pepsi. Some think that's contributed to my health problems; I think it's the onliest thing keeping me alive. They had me on some of that water stuff when I first got out of the hospital, and I thought I'd die. Now that I can get around a little (I'm starting to drive some short distances), I can get my own Pepsi, and get back into shape again.
I'm not sure I'd want you to come and work. Come and talk, sure, all day and twice on Sunday. But, it's real hard to sit and watch someone else work, even when they do such beautiful work that it's worth watching.
As for the quality of workmanship I'll see locally, well, by the time we actually get our house built, I'm going to be the least popular guy in the world as far as the trades are concerned. See, I'll have that combination they hate most -- I have the knowledge of how it's supposed to be done and the time to watch them. That's fun when the artisan is good and we can plan together, but it's hell on wheels for the plugger trying to get away with something. I may not be able to lift more than a square, a level and a tape measure, but along with my eye, that's all I need.
In the meantime, we're getting out from under and things are looking up. The insurance adjuster finally showed up at my commercial property which is good, because now he has no way to know what was caused by Hurricane Frances and what was caused by Jeanne, so there's no way they can get two deductibles. While I was waiting for him I climbed on my little tractor and moved some 8' x 6' sections of stockade fence that blew over. I'm getting pretty good at teasing the FEL bucket under the fence, then partially standing up the fence while I wiggle the bucket down, then flipping the bucket so the fence is balanced on it. I moved about six sections without having to lift my finger.
RobertN
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Crews left from Sacramento on Wednesday to come help. The crews themselves flew out. They put thier repair trucks on railcars, which should be back there by now. It was interesting to see those big trucks with booms and all loaded up and shipped your direction. If you see blue PG&E trucks, thier Pacific Gas and Electric folks from out here.
It's incredible. The crews that restored me the first time were from Quebec; this time from somewhere in Kentucky (something like MM Electrical Contractors). Even though my power has been on since yesterday, there are at least 6 line trucks at a junction about a block from here, working on various problems for the rest of the neighborhood.
My neighbor across the street had their drop wires ripped right out of the meter pipe when a tree fell in their yard; I see that the crews installed a new drop from the transformer to the house some time in the last hour.
There have been long lines of bucket trucks pouring in for days, many of them with police escorts so they don't waste time getting here. They have set up enormous staging areas at airfields and large parking lots where there are food tents, shower tents and such. I don't know where the crews are sleeping; they may have erected bunk tents -- I know they have some with air conditioners and such. The National Guard moved in the same day the storm ended and have helped set up a lot of the facilities, as well as provided security against looters.
We've been under curfew until today; 24 hour the first day, 8 PM to 6 AM for several days, then 10 PM to 6 AM for a day or so before it was lifted. There are so many empty houses that all unnecessary movement after dark was simply prohibited. They didn't fool around; they announced that anyone who was out after curfew without a valid reason would spent time in jail; they stated they wouldn't be in any hurry to arraign those folks, because the courtrooms didn't have any electricity. Then, they backed it up -- one evening, early on before folks had figured out they were serious, they arrested 130 people and left them in jail overnight. Obviously, most of them were sightseers rather than looters, but the police announced they wouldn't have time to figure out who was who. I think most of them were dumba-- young kids who haven't learned that the law applies to them, too.
It's an interesting experience. It's a lot like what I imagine it would be like to live in a war zone.
My neighbor across the street had their drop wires ripped right out of the meter pipe when a tree fell in their yard; I see that the crews installed a new drop from the transformer to the house some time in the last hour.
There have been long lines of bucket trucks pouring in for days, many of them with police escorts so they don't waste time getting here. They have set up enormous staging areas at airfields and large parking lots where there are food tents, shower tents and such. I don't know where the crews are sleeping; they may have erected bunk tents -- I know they have some with air conditioners and such. The National Guard moved in the same day the storm ended and have helped set up a lot of the facilities, as well as provided security against looters.
We've been under curfew until today; 24 hour the first day, 8 PM to 6 AM for several days, then 10 PM to 6 AM for a day or so before it was lifted. There are so many empty houses that all unnecessary movement after dark was simply prohibited. They didn't fool around; they announced that anyone who was out after curfew without a valid reason would spent time in jail; they stated they wouldn't be in any hurry to arraign those folks, because the courtrooms didn't have any electricity. Then, they backed it up -- one evening, early on before folks had figured out they were serious, they arrested 130 people and left them in jail overnight. Obviously, most of them were sightseers rather than looters, but the police announced they wouldn't have time to figure out who was who. I think most of them were dumba-- young kids who haven't learned that the law applies to them, too.
It's an interesting experience. It's a lot like what I imagine it would be like to live in a war zone.
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