OK, today started real well.
I started a new deck this week, got the old one torn down, the guy came this morning to haul it away. Got the footing inspections without a problem, even got the bagged concrete delivered early.
After lunch, I was working on the flashing and had to run down to my lumber yard to pick up a few things. The job is only about 2 miles , if that, from my regular yard. I go get my stuff, and, about 1/2 way back, my van sputters a couple of times and dies. I can’t get it started. I look under the hood, and really can’t even see the motor very well to do anything.
My cell phone was on my tool belt because I was calling a few people today, and when I left the job, I figured I wouldn’t need it for the 10 minutes I’d be gone. So, I had to walk back to the lumber yard, call my regular garage, walk back to ny van, and they send a tow truck. I get a ride home from the garage.
Now I wait for my van to be fixed. The garage owner said they probably wouldn’t be able to get to it until tomorrow AM, which is what I figured anyway. So now I sit and wait.
The bright side is, I got to go home early today.
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Sucks huh?
I found out the Absmeth I was drinking was actually antifreeze..but it hasn't af-af- af- afected me at all.
The Morphine s eems to do no good at all..I'd run all the way if I would not fall...
I'd need more than Absmeth or anti freeze to work on some of those roofs you've taken pics of.
On a brighter note, my wife and I went out for a nice dinner tonight. I had pork chops, one of my favorites.
If you are talking absinthe, supposedly Vincent Van Gogh and his buddies drank it. If it made me paint like Vincent, I'd probably drink it too!
Drink it and ya can't schpeel it ya know? Absent-mindless.
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The Morphine s eems to do no good at all..I'd run all the way if I would not fall...
Drink it and ya can't schpeel it ya know? Absent-mindless.
Or absinthe-mindedness? Wasn't sure if that was the reason or there was another drink like it with a different name! Didn't know how expensive it was though! Supposedly the wormwood in it made you insane, but other "experts" say that many of those guys were pretty heavy drinkers (and imbibers in God knows what else--it was the end of the century and everyone thought, "What the heck!....) and just the alcohol (and possibly malnourishment) screwed them up.
Danno
You start painting like VVG and I'll take a couple of them there "Sunflower" pictures!
Doug
Yeah, I wouldn't mind a coulple of Van Gogh's sunflower paintings myself! (Probably woulrdn't turn down any of his paintings though!)
...and your customer is sitting there thinkingh, "Oh great! I just hired another one of those guys who quits in the middle of the afternoon to go get soused. Look, he even left his tool belt and cell phone laying out here and didn't cover the bags of concrete mix"
LOL
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I was bright enough to cover the concrete mix with a tarp when they were delivered, although I'm not sure what prompted me too.
I had to call my customer and ask her to bring my stuff inside. Fortunately, they're a long time customer and very understanding. I got lucky that way.