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  1. Original post
    Mpd Blue
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    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools.

    Lots of progress on the new homestead: brick work is done,
    exterior is painted:
    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg

    dry-wall is hung, and first coat of mud is drying
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg

    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg (why the
    fsck did I go with a vaulted ceiling?!?!?!?!?)

    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Then... there was the fscking "Memphis in May" sh!t. Stupid
    drunk kids on Beale St.... of course it rained every
    night....it rained _sideways_ Saturday night, my duty boots
    are still soaked. The 3 days of nonstop music was pretty
    cool though.

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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  2. Slacker
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    MPD Blue said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools.

    Lots of progress on the new homestead: brick work is done,
    exterior is painted:
    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg

    dry-wall is hung, and first coat of mud is drying
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg

    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg (why
    the fsck did I go with a vaulted ceiling?!?!?!?!?)

    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Then... there was the fscking "Memphis in May" sh!t.
    Stupid drunk kids on Beale St.... of course it rained
    every night....it rained _sideways_ Saturday night, my
    duty boots are still soaked. The 3 days of nonstop music
    was pretty cool though.

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN


    Looking good ... looking real good!

    You going with Berber, tile or wood?
    --
    Slacker

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  3. Mark Hickey
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    MPD Blue said:

    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg
    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg
    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Who's your decorator? Kinda into minimalism, huh? ;-)

    Don't worry - stack enough bikes around and the place will
    look great.

    Mark "and you've got a great start on enough bikes"
    Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.com Home of
    the $695 ti frame

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  4. Paul Macintyre
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    ----------
    In article <[email hidden]>, MPD Blue

    Quoted message said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools.

    Lots of progress on the new homestead: brick work is done,
    exterior is painted:
    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg

    dry-wall is hung, and first coat of mud is drying
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg

    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg (why
    the fsck did I go with a vaulted ceiling?!?!?!?!?)

    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Then... there was the fscking "Memphis in May" sh!t.
    Stupid drunk kids on Beale St.... of course it rained
    every night....it rained _sideways_ Saturday night, my
    duty boots are still soaked. The 3 days of nonstop music
    was pretty cool though.

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

    You're an amazing guy, the amount of stuff you're able to
    accomplish at the same time. Do you ever sleep?

    Paul

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  5. Mpd Blue
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    Slacker said:

    Looking good ... looking real good!

    thanks. I put a LOT of effort into getting everything just
    perfect. shavings.netfirst floor plan.gif
    shavings.netsecond floor plan.gif (Gotta
    love Auto CAD :-)

    In retrospect I should have switched the washer and dryer
    locations, SWMBO pointed out it is more logical to work left
    to right. But it's too late, now...... <sigh>

    Quoted message said:

    You going with Berber, tile or wood?

    "All of the above."

    14" cultured marble tile for the entry-way, mud room and
    laundry room.

    3/4" T&G heart pine (hand finished with home-made
    honey/golden shellac ;-) for the kitchen and dining area
    (and eventually in the expansion room above the garage)

    bedrooms, living room, and stairs, and the "dry" areas of
    the bathrooms are getting cheap contractor grade carpeting
    until I can go full wood. "wet" areas of the bathrooms are
    getting a 2" tumbled granite tile.

    on the food prep side, countertops are going to be 12/4
    (yeah, 3" thick) quarter sawn beech slabs, I've had air
    drying out in the barn for 5 years

    on the cooking side, some stunning NH (of course ;-) granite
    I scored a few years back. (That moving van is going to be
    HEAVILY weighted ;-)

    --
    John "The happy home builder" G.

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  6. Slacker
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    #6
    Paul macintyre said:


    ----------
    In article <[email hidden]>, MPD Blue

    Quoted message said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools.

    Lots of progress on the new homestead: brick work is done,
    exterior is painted:
    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg

    dry-wall is hung, and first coat of mud is drying
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg

    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg (why
    the fsck did I go with a vaulted ceiling?!?!?!?!?)

    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Then... there was the fscking "Memphis in May" sh!t.
    Stupid drunk kids on Beale St.... of course it rained
    every night....it rained _sideways_ Saturday night, my
    duty boots are still soaked. The 3 days of nonstop music
    was pretty cool though.

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

    You're an amazing guy, the amount of stuff you're able to
    accomplish at the same time. Do you ever sleep?

    Paul

    There's plenty of time to sleep on the job hoopla.orgWTC9
    12/images/WTCSleepers.jpg
    --
    Slacker

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  7. S O R N I
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    #7
    MPD Blue said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools. {snipz}

    Who are you?

    Bill "JD tardy with it" S.

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  8. Mpd Blue
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    #8
    S o r n i said:
    MPD Blue said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools. {snipz}

    Who are you?

    Sore Knee.

    --
    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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  9. Stephen Baker
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    #9

    Welcome "home" , John. When is move-in day for the new
    mansion?

    Steve

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  10. Bob Rogers
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    #10

    "MPD Blue" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    who are you?

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  11. Shaun Rimmer
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    #11

    "MPD Blue" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Yeah, we uhhm, missed you, thingy-guy...

    Quoted message said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building a
    new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to NH
    to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools.

    Lots of progress on the new homestead: brick work is done,
    exterior is painted:
    shavings.net05 04 04painted.jpg

    dry-wall is hung, and first coat of mud is drying
    shavings.net05 04 04FirstFloor.jpg

    shavings.net05 04 04stairs2.jpg (why
    the fsck did I go with a vaulted ceiling?!?!?!?!?)

    shavings.net05 04 04 niche.jpg

    Glad it's going...well, glad it's going!

    ',;~}~

    Shaun aRe

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  12. Jd
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    #12

    " S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    MPD Blue said:

    Had to do my 17 days of A.T. for the reserves, building
    a new house.. what fun that is (NOT), made two trips to
    NH to bring down 2 cars, a motorcycle, and assorted
    woodworking tools. {snipz}

    Who are you?

    Bill "JD tardy with it" S.

    Usurper!

    JD

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  13. S O R N I
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    #13
    JD said:

    " S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Who are you?

    Bill "JD tardy with it" S.

    Usurper!

    Leave my soup-eating habits out of this.

    Bill "eye appointment" S.

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  14. Bill Wheeler
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    #14

    On Tue, 04 May 2004 19:26:11 -0500, MPD Blue <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    that's penance?

    Peace,

    Bill

    The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a
    reflector, that is, the mind should give an immediate view
    instead of an interpretation of the world.
    :-]

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  15. Mpd Blue
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    #15
    Stephen Baker said:

    Welcome "home" , John. When is move-in day for the new
    mansion?

    June 1 is the target.... Better damned well be, I'm packing
    up the house in NH and driving the truck down on May 28
    --
    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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  16. Mpd Blue
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    #16
    Bill Wheeler said:
    Quoted message said:

    As penance I promise to ride the Single Speed every
    afternoon after work at Shelby Farms or Stanky Creek.

    Quoted message said:

    that's penance?

    Yeah I rode the Tour De Wolf @ Shelby Farms today.... had to
    dismount once for a downed tree, dabbed once because of some
    inconveniently placed roots and mud _PLUS_ I got passed by 4
    folks on geared, boingy-type, bikes... cretins!

    --
    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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  17. Mpd Blue
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    #17
    Slacker said:

    There's plenty of time to sleep on the job hoopla.orgWTC9
    12/images/WTCSleepers.jpg

    touché'

    But seriously, it's easy when you work the Bravo Shift 06:30
    to 14:30 Best damned shift on the watch, IMO.

    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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  18. Mpd Blue
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    #18
    Stephen Baker said:

    From the pics, it doesn't look undoable unless there are
    system problems blocking a CO...

    Everything is inspected up to the plumbing top-out. All I
    need is the electrical and plumbing finals and those can't
    be done till the switches, outlets and fixtures are in and
    the breakers are installed. "June One" "June One" "June One"
    "June One" "June One" "June One" "June One" c'mon, chant it
    with me..... "June One" "June One" "June One"
    --
    John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
    shavings.netreflect john.jpg

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