Maggie’s What's Your View II
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Stucco’s almost finished, then the rock goes up. Then paint.
Now I know why stucco is almost as much as rock. Took them a long time to get to this point.
edit: didn’t think I caught it, but got a blast from the past along with a view of the garage in another pic…pretty far away from Randolph, but I guess we‘re close enough for an extended outside downwind pattern.
Now I know why stucco is almost as much as rock. Took them a long time to get to this point.
edit: didn’t think I caught it, but got a blast from the past along with a view of the garage in another pic…pretty far away from Randolph, but I guess we‘re close enough for an extended outside downwind pattern.
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We had one and loved it. But some broad pulled out in front of my wife when my wife had the right of way and it got totaled. It was a sweet ride. Like most diesels it accelerates effortlessly and In stock form it ripped pretty good. Even without regearing on 37's that German 8 speed shined like a damn star. Super weird getting 25 mpg on 37's in a Jeep. Even stop and go in town with no highway miles the worst I ever saw was 17-19 including a regen.
Very few annoyances overall. We'd have gotten another, but after fighting with insurance for a fucking year and getting pregnant again with our 4th it didn't make sense.
To continue the sidebar, we loved our ‘15 Grand Cherokee with the 3-liter turbodiesel.
Best of both worlds: V8 power/torque and V6 (better actually) mileage; we got 27+ mpg cruising at 75-80 mph…almost 700-mile range when light on the throttle. This was on a road trip my son and I took out to Nevada to attend a week-long pistol course at Front Sight a few years ago:
OT: stucco finished on garage mahal; just waiting for it to dry a couple more days before paint. Fifteen pallets of rock delivered today, and they started the tile work in the casita portion.
wood-look tile that matches the tile in the house going into the main area of the casita, and some funky stuff my wife picked out for the bathroom floor. Something close to a basic subway tile for the shower walls, and a variation on penny tiles for the shower floor and the shower niche(s)…basically rough-finished striated marble cut into little circles.
Best of both worlds: V8 power/torque and V6 (better actually) mileage; we got 27+ mpg cruising at 75-80 mph…almost 700-mile range when light on the throttle. This was on a road trip my son and I took out to Nevada to attend a week-long pistol course at Front Sight a few years ago:
OT: stucco finished on garage mahal; just waiting for it to dry a couple more days before paint. Fifteen pallets of rock delivered today, and they started the tile work in the casita portion.
wood-look tile that matches the tile in the house going into the main area of the casita, and some funky stuff my wife picked out for the bathroom floor. Something close to a basic subway tile for the shower walls, and a variation on penny tiles for the shower floor and the shower niche(s)…basically rough-finished striated marble cut into little circles.
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Took the beater truck out for a cruise with the wiff. Stopped by a small local car show. Had some good looking rides there.
Cleaning out the camera….
Last images from the August Cape Cod trip…..
Schrod
Last images from the August Cape Cod trip…..
Schrod
Todays winter walk
This where I ran into a lady worried that a goat in the pen was going to get attacked by a coyote. She was searching wildly for a number to call so someone would come save the goat. Probably walks by crying babies without a second look.
Massachusetts has enough BS
This where I ran into a lady worried that a goat in the pen was going to get attacked by a coyote. She was searching wildly for a number to call so someone would come save the goat. Probably walks by crying babies without a second look.
Massachusetts has enough BS
Wet and cold here today, but they finally started on the rock facings for garage mahal:
Looks like there’s enough space to drop in some 4’x8’ AR500 plates behind the rock…at least on the corners. Gears are turnin’
Looks like there’s enough space to drop in some 4’x8’ AR500 plates behind the rock…at least on the corners. Gears are turnin’
That’s a good idea. I was wondering what the effectiveness of the rock is at stopping or slowing bullets combined with the mesh and cement behind it?Wet and cold here today, but they finally started on the rock facings for garage mahal:
Looks like there’s enough space to drop in some 4’x8’ AR500 plates behind the rock…at least on the corners. Gears are turnin’
For sure would be great with some steel behind it.
I’m only asking cause you know how it goes with cabins in north Idaho…
If they are not using ties between the rock and frame they should be
99% sure they’re in there but will confirm. The triangle shaped metal thingies that go through a loop on the wall and anchor into the rock, or maybe simple L brackets, correct?
I always wondered how they attached the rock to the house. I’ve been thinking of doing it to my house and Always thought it was concreted directly to the walls of the house
Me too…. Was surprised to see that gap.
There is a “stone lug” poured into the foundation that the rock facing sits in, but yeah, I always assumed it was mortared to the wall too. Maybe they do that with cinderblock construction, but this is stick-built.
That’s a good idea. I was wondering what the effectiveness of the rock is at stopping or slowing bullets combined with the mesh and cement behind it?
For sure would be great with some steel behind it.
I’m only asking cause you know how it goes with cabins in north Idaho…
New England houses in the time of King Philips War, 1675, were found to be built with brick in the walls up to about bed height so people could sleep soundly at night not worrying about a random shot ripping through the wall killing them in their sleep.
I don't see them. They go on after the wrap but before the brick is put on. Best to screw them to the studs.
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Over a third of the European colonies were massacred in 1622. With similar raids conducted every few years after that. It left a deep scar in the memory of the First Families. The Colonists lived in constant fear of Indian massacres. Homes were sited and built to be blockhouses.
Looked closer when I got home at O’Dark-thirty this mornin’ and they were there…strap type vs what I was looking for. You can kind of see one in that original pic.
Better pic here from this afternoon when I was rolling out for work:
Better pic here from this afternoon when I was rolling out for work:
I like your garage/shop. I really like the tall walls.
However, everytime I read the word Garage Mahal, I want reach through the screen and smack the woman out of you! Same with the word Man Cave...........please don't let women name your hangout locations.
Be a man, call it your SHOP!
However, everytime I read the word Garage Mahal, I want reach through the screen and smack the woman out of you! Same with the word Man Cave...........please don't let women name your hangout locations.
Be a man, call it your SHOP!
Here's my new favorite rifle with 70 grains of black powder at 100 yards. God I love his rifle 
FIFY.
Armory’s in the other garage…though the casita will eventually become a climate-controlled reloading room too. A couple years down the road, after we finish all the landscaping, the master bath remodel, the kitchen remodel, and then eventually the expansion on the other side of the house:
Gonna blow out the back wall on my daughter’s bedroom to make it a large secondary family room/home theater (in green…already has an en-suite bathroom), with a glass-walled passage (in black) to a second casita, one-story structure this time (in red) that will then become the ‘real‘ pool house/guest room.
Progress on the rock and tile work:
And just saw we’re on page 458! This is what I almost bought instead of building that garage…
…my CPA wife reminded me that we could afford the car, or the garage, but not both, LoL.
Maybe in a couple years if I push second retirement off a bit longer; maybe a spyder though.
…my CPA wife reminded me that we could afford the car, or the garage, but not both, LoL.
Maybe in a couple years if I push second retirement off a bit longer; maybe a spyder though.
I know some kids that would rip down them stairs.Armory’s in the other garage…though the casita will eventually become a climate-controlled reloading room too. A couple years down the road, after we finish all the landscaping, the master bath remodel, the kitchen remodel, and then eventually the expansion on the other side of the house:
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Gonna blow out the back wall on my daughter’s bedroom to make it a large secondary family room/home theater (in green…already has an en-suite bathroom), with a glass-walled passage (in black) to a second casita, one-story structure this time (in red) that will then become the ‘real‘ pool house/guest room.
Progress on the rock and tile work:
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Indeed…not finished yet. Treads, bannister and railings soon. Metal with a gate at the top for the hoist to lift stuff up to the storage area.
also why the ceiling drywall’s not up yet. A lot of wiring, bracing, etc. still remaining to go in up top
Real nice color. Not a fan of owning a red ferrari.And just saw we’re on page 458! This is what I almost bought instead of building that garage…
…my CPA wife reminded me that we could afford the car, or the garage, but not both, LoL.
Maybe in a couple years if I push second retirement off a bit longer; maybe a spyder though.
Got off the gravel and 8 miles on the black top to have to turn back around. Country plow truck decided to park on its side and road was closed. Wife and I decided to go back home.
Hit a major milestone (heh, literally) in my truck today:
Not my view but my daughters…..
Customer decided this morning that her vet clinic needed to be a drive thru….
She’s gonna try to get a copy of the video….
Customer decided this morning that her vet clinic needed to be a drive thru….
She’s gonna try to get a copy of the video….
Coming down with a cold.
Stupid ISO 13485 audit at work this week.
Taking it easy today breakfast, pot of coffee and breaking in some new Redwings wearing them in the house.
Stupid ISO 13485 audit at work this week.
Taking it easy today breakfast, pot of coffee and breaking in some new Redwings wearing them in the house.
About to start my weekend babysitting our Grandpuppy… Getting her started by watching the classics! 
Blazing SaddlesAbout to start my weekend babysitting our Grandpuppy… Getting her started by watching the classics!
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Took the day off from being outside to be outside. Checking a load.
Forgot to post this one last week…getting on paper with a new-to-me scope for my lightweight AR10; wasn’t planning on going to the range, so didn’t have all my gear, but a stack of 2x4 s got me close enough!
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