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pahunkboy -> This victory lap is for you collarme! (6/29/2008 6:28:35 AM)
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Hi.
As you know I have been fixing up a house I bought a year ago. The porch enclosure has been an endless project, cost over runs, workers who dont show up, help that isnt.
Many of lifes lessons are in these window.
1. if you want it done, do it yourself.
2. it is easier said then done.
anyhow I awoke this morning as we had heavy thunderstorms all night. Guess what? It is still standing!
To the blond haired snob that is always snickering at my attempts, you caught my eye not as I was bent over on pulling weeds, but magnonously installing windows. Windows that take 3 men to install! I am almost there. I took a fall- had my fist get stitches, and had alot of peer support online.
So how did I do it? Well the permit runs out soon, I am against the clock. I cant wait for this one to get out of jail, that one to ease his OT at work. I cant wait for lovely weather and schedules.
I concluded that I would install it in pieces. How do you eat an elephant, in pieces.
So knowing how workmen bash another mans work- and they do- I did it. I refused to shell out $400 MORE per unit- I did it.
So now As the units settle I can wedge them in better and secure them better.
So to the parade of gawkers- who sneak up and see my azz while bent over pulling weeds. I looked you straight in the eye- during a huge 2008 triumph of getting that man sized window-- IN.
Hugs to all
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