Hot and humid, although… it was a bit cooler for part of the day.\u00a0 Still plenty\u00a0 stifling later in the afternoon.\u00a0 Hot humid and still equals Nick soaked to the skin while barely working.<\/p>\n
Did some stuff in the morning at home.\u00a0 Then got moving to do errands.\u00a0 One auction pickup.\u00a0 One trip to Lowes for more pex stuff.\u00a0 Then went by my rent house and replaced the damaged fence pickets.\u00a0 Of course, the fence is western red cedar, and I bought pressure treated… because I forgot.\u00a0\u00a0 The pressure treated is 3\/8″ wider than existing.\u00a0\u00a0 So I’m not quite done, I need to rip two pickets to width, one to make up the remainder of 5 pickets in a row, and one for a lone picket further down the fence.\u00a0 Of course my saw is at the BOL.\u00a0 I’ll take the pickets with me, rip them and return to finish the job.\u00a0 It’s always something.<\/p>\n
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On the other hand, I have the tools and experience to do the work.\u00a0 I’m not at the mercy of someone else, and I can do the work to whatever level of fit and finish suits me.\u00a0 There are a lot of things like that in the life of a homeowner, and landlord especially.\u00a0 I think there will be a lot more of that as the economy worsens.\u00a0 People won’t have the cash to pay someone else for the work.\u00a0 The flip side is possible too, if you have cash or something of value, there might be lots of skilled craftsmen available to do the work for you.\u00a0\u00a0 The trick is having something of value.\u00a0\u00a0 For most it will likely just be the sweat of their brow.\u00a0 Moral of the story?\u00a0 Have a skill someone will pay for.\u00a0 Or have something skilled people will accept as payment.<\/p>\n
Either way, stacks help.<\/p>\n
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Hot and humid, although… it was a bit cooler for part of the day.\u00a0 Still plenty\u00a0 stifling later in the afternoon.\u00a0 Hot humid and still equals Nick soaked to the skin while barely working.<\/p>\n
Did some stuff in the morning at home.\u00a0 Then got moving to do errands.\u00a0 One auction pickup.\u00a0 One trip to Lowes for more pex stuff.\u00a0 Then went by my rent house and replaced the damaged fence pickets.\u00a0 Of course,<\/p>\n