The Dreaded Deck
Nothing like getting roped into a project on a beautiful holiday. Ah yes my friends, yesterday we had a small barbecue for family and some friends that may as welll be family. I of course took a nap after a morning bike ride and sauntered down a fashionable hour late. To my surprise most everyone was already here. I wasn't awake for more than half an hour and the trap was sprung. "We're having a posthole digging party here tomorrow, get it organized". Now I know that sounds good: Lots of people helping get the shit done for the start of the deck. The reality of the situation will be me and maybe one or two other guys busting our asses digging 23, 8" holes 42" deep. So it was said and so it was done. I was literally dragged to the local rental place after nobody believing that at 4:30 in the afternoon the place would be closed. They weren't, the fuckers stayed there til 5:00. Assholes. I would have paid them to leave early, but Noooooooooooooooo.
I purused the section of available augers, two man hand held, one hooked to a trailer, and then the mother of all commercial landscape equipment: The Toro Dingo. Oh yeah, I gotta have that. Sure it's $200 for the day, but it looks to be fully automatic. Check this bad boy out. 
It's the second of the two pictures, obviously. I'm hoping it makes mince meat ofthis fucking lawn!
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Speaking of property upheaval:
I have Mexicans running around on me property like cockroaches as the condominium is had finally gone up but is still bare bones.
This kid asked for permission to go on me roof. I denied him to see what would happen.
Of course, they ignored me.
This rookie architect is taking forever to finish the project.
For 1/2 a mil you can have your own band-box sized condo apartment replete with monthly maintenance fees of about $500.
These yuppies are gladly paying it so that they don't have to commute like their baby boomer parents to and from lawn guyland at 4 hrs/day.
Me new roof is ruined. They used a plank on me roof and bent the cap on me new siding.
A Mexican was securing the scaffolding by tying rope around this other house's facade.
It's a nightmare I'm telling ya.
Why am I posting this here on the Buzz Blog?
Will Roger Cleamons make a difference?
Will Torre right the ship?
Is Bobby Abreu succumbing to the pressures of playing in the Big Ball yard in the Bronx?
Where else ya gonna post this crap, SR?
I hired a friend/construction worker to build my add-on deck last year - he built it around our hottub so now we have an awesome sunk in hottub with a wood deck surrounding it.
Best of luck with the deck. Post plenty of pics - mine are all in my archives about a year back.
The post holes are complete!
It was a long ass day, but the deed is done. Well all but three of them that go right next to the house. We may end up just attatching to the house instead. The Dingo was a complete success, but a hand tool was still required to clean up the holes. I couldn't imagine having done said chore without it.
LD, good ideas on the pics, Jewel took some of the work in progress that I'll post.
SR-- Ya stuttering prick, you got nowhere else to post, may as well post here!
Howdy, Buzz...
Glad all is well in buzzland.
Hey dude, thanks for stopping by!
I feel a pool party coming up!
Only if we can invite a "Pencil Nipple Queen".
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