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Show THE SAN Jl'AN RECORD Wtdni-eday- , Paul inspects my footer; May 10, 2000 - Page 16 Do It Yerself... Sorta One the biggest misnomers ever is projects, For starters, nothing ever gets occasionally have him fetch something, okay? Whatever you can do to make him feel like he is involved will make him feel better." Finally, Ronnie What you building, a house? No, just want to make sure the 12 inch retaining wall doesnt tip oyer. Dont think youll hafta worry bout that. He shakes his head and starts calculating the yards of cement it is going to take to fill up the footer and retaining wall. (Rogers) arrives with the cement truck, Where do you want yer Paul shows me the cement forms and gives me a crash course on how to put them mud?" Over there, about a quarter mile Kinda far truck. tives. Hey, Bubba, Im gonna build me a little retaining wall by the garden... wanna help?" See, that is the first lie, you always have to make the project sound like a cute little thing that wont take any time at all. The Golden Gate bridge and Sears Tower all started out the same way. I am one of those people that always try the way first. I dont have a long history of success in the home improvement arena, so there is no explaining my confidence. If you did not have to be licensed to attempt brain surgery, would probably be in there taking a stab (no pun intended) at it. After one electrical wiring job on a dryer, Jim (Wight, may God rest his kind soul) had to come and redo the entire thing. He muttered to himself, What dang dern electrician- - wannabe wired this thing, probably would a killed anyone near it." And then there art my home teachers. Every time they see or what? Okay, so much for sainthood the old fashioned way. And up. The Easy Home isnt it?." Confidently I respond, Ya, ya, but well just wheel barrow it over there. He smiles big and raises his eyebrow some. Whats this we stuff, I just operate this little lever here, you do the other part." Another thing firmly imprinted in my frontal lobe now is that there is a reason that cement truck is so big; because it holds 1,437 wheel barrows of heavy cement! Improvement Book also forgot to mention that cement forms weigh 700 pounds and you need 100. And, you have to unload them from the diesel bed, carry them 50 yards, lift them into the truck, drive them to the house, lift; them out of the truck and carry them a quarter mile from the closest point. After carrying one form, I am panting like a short fat dog in the summer heat. And buff, and its not Fit for Life, cuz its HARD work. in-spi- DETAILS season for only $49.95 We tax Addfloui US R Come To You Well wash anything! Vehicles Sharpen Blades New Spark Plugs New Air Filter Oil Change Carb Check Overall Operation Test parts extra te AUTO DETAILING AND WINDOW CLEANING on the Get a jump-sta- rt its skip loader which hauled the cement from the cement truck Paul explains the technical to my wall in no time. He brought along David part of the cement forms to me, Put this pin here, put that pin (Lee, not married to Karleah, there, put these there, this but from Blanding also, which here, and snap these there, reminds me of the redneck dont pin too tight or your wall joke of family trees only will go crooked, then, put having one branch, but thats of his staggered 2x4s along this side for later) w ho to do how knows and use the whaler, and beat name sake, the heck out of it to make it hard physical labor. He lets me follow him around and straight and tight... Oh, I about forgot to tell you hand him tools and made my the most important part. You retaining wall look as good as have to put this in here, next to the one in the Easy Home that, before you put that thing Improvement Book. After completing my project, there, or the entire wrall will collapse when we load it up the first thing to do is to throw with mud, got it? away the Easy Home ImI could hardly keep from provement Book and then get I an appointment with my saying, Clear as mud. decided to read the Rubicks Chiropractor. I dont know how much Paul Cube manual and it worked charges for his cement work, pretty much the same. I ordered cement for the wall, but it cant be near enough; and there was Ronnie again, my advice is pay him; it will operating the little lever and be way cheaper than the smiling. Paul didnt want to tie month it is going to take me up his cement truck for a week to recover and the bad back. SRR I NGlMOWERlTU N EUR I me, they seem friendly enough. And once a month, albeit the last day of the month, they stop by and almost always ask, Is there anything we can do for you?" Well I finally came up with something they can do.. .dig 100 feet of trench, 2 feet wide in hard rocky soil. But Noooo!... He cautiously asks, When you starting this little project... whadda you know, I am going to be out of town until the day after you finish." Now does that sound funny the from it doesnt matter how easy while I carried the cement by Terrell (Slade) makes it look, the bucket from the truck to there is a reason he looks so my wall so he brought over a Farm Equipment Driveways Buildings and many more BLUE HERON Call for an appointment APPLIANCE REPAIR 435-587-35- 20 We're behind the Old Sliders Cafe 49 South Main Monticello DECKS " STAIRS 435-587-30- 59 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII cm' 9od iru (cell) 979-182- 1 Ask for Steve Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down. PORCHES ANY SHAPE ANY SIZE FourTraxoForeman ES Thanks for your support! 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