On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:53:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:45:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>Gary wrote:
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>>>> It's just hard for me to come up with designs that a
>>>>>>> boy might like.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If he is over age 12, pics of naked women will be a hit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wild animal pics are good, random art designs with nice
>>>>>> colors will be a hit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS - your baby hot weather where you live did NOT make your rock
>>>>>> picture chip off. Someone hit it and damaged it. Your mild hot
>>>>>> weather would "bake on" the finish. No hot weather would make
>>>>>> your rock picture chip off. Probably punk kids in your
>>>>>> neighborhood doing that.
>>>>>
>>>>>Nope. Nobody hit it. They were all sitting in a box.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most likely, your husband or daughter chipped that rock while you
>>>>>> were sleeping all day.
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>>>>>Nope. There were a couple of days that were so hot that when I tried to
>>>>>paint, the paint dried immediately! I couldn't even do a marble finish.
>>>>>Dried that fast.
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>>>> Don't you own a patio umbrella... I painted my 275 gallon diesel tank
>>>> two days ago, I set up a tarp to shade the tank. Before I set up the
>>>> tarp you could literally fry an egg on that tank, with the tarp it
>>>> quickly became cool to the touch.
>>>> I think it turned out pretty nice, from factory black to Rustoleum's
>>>> new metalic copper:
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/fiqmnqxud/
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/4zv8cbkk5/
>>>> Gary will be by saying my paint job sucks:
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/mefgklhp1/
>>>> The dwarf will be by saying my nice barn light is something
>>>> unprintable, no, it won't fit up the dwarf's butt:
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/6t36xrc2d/
>>>> My dawn redwood, I planted it 15 years ago and it's now more than 15'
>>>> tall, was time to remove the deer fence. I discovered a Norway spruce
>>>> had sprouted next to the trunk, about 2' tall. Looked too nice to
>>>> destroy but not a good place for it. So asked around and my wife's
>>>> girlfriend who is a bee keeper wanted it. So she tooled over in her
>>>> new Beemer with a shovel. But no, her shovel was too teeny so I
>>>> started to dig it up with my manly shovel and whoa... YELLOW JACKETS!
>>>> I told the girls to get lost... my wife had already gotten stung six
>>>> times and she is allergic, had to go to her doc for meds. Anyway I
>>>> waited for those nasty stingers to calm down and hooked up my cart to
>>>> the small tractor and took a chance, the ground was wet and I was able
>>>> to dig that tree up easily. I got stung once on top of my left hand,
>>>> burned but after a day I was fine. Anyway Janet got her tree and was
>>>> happy, I'm sure I'll soon be soothed with wonderful honey. Dawn
>>>> Redwoods are prehistoric conefirs. I keep thinking I need to plant a
>>>> model of T Rex next to that tree.
>>>> https://postimg.org/image/9pq7y1hw5/
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>>>I own a half umbrella that sits in front of the sliding door. Does seem to
>>>block the sun a teensy bit from getting in the window but doesn't do a
>>>think
>>>in terms of cooling except perhaps as the sun is setting.
>>>
>>>The rocks were not on the deck though but outside by the garage. We used
>>>acrylics, nail polish and sealed with spray on Mod Podge.
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>> I'd have found a shady spot, like under a tree, or *inside* the
>> garage.
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>No room inside the garage. I use the term garage loosely. It does have a big
>door that goes up and down. It's not big enough to hold a car. Maybe a Smart
>Car would fit. And it retains heat like an oven this time of year. Was out
>painting again. It's chilly now but will get warm again and hotter still as
>the days go on.

You could have easily set up a $10 tarp for shade... when done take it
down, fold it up and put it away til next time. A tarp is a
necessary, there will be lots of uses; when I had a load of top soil
delivered I put a tarp over it as there was a heavy rain and I'd have
lost a lot. Since your car won't fit in the garage you need a tarp
for when a hail storm is forecast. Be a good Girl Scout, always be
prepared.

I've been watching all that Harvey news... ya know, 99% of those
residenses would have suffered no water damage were they properly
constructed for a low lying area... everyone living there knows an
inch of rain will cause water damage... it doesn't cost much more to
build on a raised foundation rather than directly on a slab... simply
set the houses atop a few courses of cement blocks. I'm seeing a lot
of fairly new construction, very pricey homes, all set directly on a
fercocktah slab... these are not poor people but they certainly are
pinheads... gotta be southern mentality! Even poor folks here who
live in trailers set it on a raised c-ment block foundation built for
cheap on the slab.... ce-ment blocks are cheap, and in the south there
are lots of excellent masons who work for cheap... masonary is a
Mexican specialty, they are very good at adobe.
My house has a basement but even if it didn't it's still sits on on a
foundation that's four feet above ground level... this area floods
too. Even 200-300 year old houses here are on fieldstone foundations
that are a few feet above ground level. Even livestock barns are set
on raised foundations. People here even place a cheap Lowe's shed on
a raised foundation.
Even people in Central America who live near the sea where hurricanes
are common build on majorly raised foundations... my wife is from
Belize, she grew up in a house built maybe 500' from the sea. During
hurricanes the sea water flows under the houses, they are built on
driven pilings, the houses are some 12' above ground level... this is
the house where my wife grew up, most houses there are built high:
https://postimg.org/image/7fb37a6l1/