The ultimate thread! (possible NSFW) (#30)

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by semlin

a stable repair is the trick. i was thinking of using rebar pieces inside the 6x6 to hold them together

Why not frame out the bottom sections with overlapping 2x10's as a plate to join the new 6x6's to the old? Use pressure treated, cut them at a 45* on the top so they taper into the post, and bolt them together using galvanized all-thread and the large, decorative malleable iron washers.

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by semlin

the angle in the back corner is deliberate. that's how the original builder rolled

so, he started the asymmetry, not the architect

[Cube Dweller]

Originally Posted by Cube Dweller

Why not frame out the bottom sections with overlapping 2x10's as a plate to join the new 6x6's to the old? Use pressure treated, cut them at a 45* on the top so they taper into the post, and bolt them together using galvanized all-thread and the large, decorative malleable iron washers.

If you fix one at a time, you only have to crib up a section near one post...a 4x4 on a nice chunk of 2x10 to spread the load on the ground, staked off in a couple directions, toe nailed into the header...

[gladly]

Originally Posted by dieseldog

Yeah, we've got a refrigerator/freezer and a full kitchen. It's a double-wide with three bedrooms and two baths. We just refer to it as "the cabin", but it's a decent setup. For me, it's kinda hard to grill for my evening meal because I eat my evening meal at two in the morning. Could you imagine all the neighbors waking up in the middle of the night to the smell of barbeque . . .?

there's a guy down the street from the gladly compound that does that, he's on a weird shift, and at about 11PM every night for most of the summer, he's at the BBQ

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

Though why anyone would have a distributed living scheme that includes Beloit is beyond me

yeah, Omaha would not be my choice either if I didn't have a house there

if I were looking for a summer house, I would certainly want it to be close to water, though, so I got that covered

although Oregon coast, some nice clear Idaho lake, or a stream in Wyoming or Montana may have more appeal than a sandpit lake in Nebraska

[gladly]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

..."Dad," I said, "what would you think if, when you got home after a hard day at work, I called you on the phone to ask you to help me troubleshoot my paper machine?"

He didn't call for tech support much after that.

Until he bought an iPod last week.

[sisukid1975]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

... These days, the college is the only thing this town has going for it, and, unfortunately, Beloit's Reputation has slipped lately. It's still a top 50 liberal arts school nationwide, but it's getting closer and closer to 50 each year...

Not long ago, people used to refer to Harvard as "the Beloit of Boston." Now, they're in the high 30s in their rankings...

[Jman]

Originally Posted by semlin

it is original to the house and the first 18 inches above the ground is dry rotted. I would like to just cut the rot out and then somehow stick new 6x6 underneath

Yeah, good luck with that one.


Seriously, though, what comes to mind are two options.

1. Working on one post at a time, cut it at a spot above the rot (pergola should stay up on three legs while you are working; if not, brace with 2x4). Dig out the rotted post and make a post hole. Then make a vertical cut up the center of the post about a foot or 18" up into the good wood, and then out. Cut an adequate length of 6x6 to sister onto the post, with the bottom of it extending into the dug post hole. Fill hole with gravel footing, then cement.

2. Do the above, yet instead of using wood, create a form that will result in a footing that would support the solid wood, via a post holder.



What kind of wood is it? If it's nothing special, it might be easier to build a new one.

So, how old is it? And what does this indicate for the life span of what Mars is building?

[atoyot]

I like the flimsy look. Everything has to look so straight plastic and perfect these days. Thats why I leave my dents in my old cruiser!

[DSRTRDR]

(on my way to a colleague at the second university medical school in town) I happened to drive by my old workplace in Omaha today - I really felt no desire to meet anyone there

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by atoyot

I like the flimsy look. Everything has to look so straight plastic and perfect these days. Thats why I leave my dents in my old cruiser!

Hi, have you killed your uncle yet --- or was that not you

[gladly]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

(on my way to a colleague at the second university medical school in town) I happened to drive by my old workplace in Omaha today - I really felt no desire to meet anyone there

6460.

[sisukid1975]

Originally Posted by DSRTRDR

(on my way to a colleague at the second university medical school in town) I happened to drive by my old workplace in Omaha today - I really felt no desire to meet anyone there

Katie has gotten some emails from ex colleagues. Congratulating her, for the most part. Despite the fact that there is a confidentiality agreement in the settlement, the terms of the settlement were read into the record during the proceeding, so everyone there knows what the details are. Even though we can't talk about it.

From what she's heard, the administrators of the department are a lot more subdued than before. The swagger and braggadocio of the director has been dialed back a couple notches. This was the first time they had ever lost, and they're not wearing the egg on their faces particularly well. Now, it's the staff and faculty who are gloating.

Fucking place.

[NaterGator]

I can has two buck chuckz. U can owez yooper?

[Jman]

Originally Posted by semlin

another shot

Wait, are those sitting on top of concrete, or embedded?

[stinkyfj60]

My mom has two new kittens, one male and one female.

Zoe named the girl "Buttercup".

Paige named the boy "Sixty"(yes, as in FJ60).

[sisukid1975]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

Katie has gotten some emails from ex colleagues. Congratulating her, for the most part. Despite the fact that there is a confidentiality agreement in the settlement, the terms of the settlement were read into the record during the proceeding, so everyone there knows what the details are. Even though we can't talk about it.

From what she's heard, the administrators of the department are a lot more subdued than before. The swagger and braggadocio of the director has been dialed back a couple notches. This was the first time they had ever lost, and they're not wearing the egg on their faces particularly well. Now, it's the staff and faculty who are gloating.

Fucking place.

It'll be interesting in about 10 days from tomorrow when they actually write the check to see who from the administration gets thrown under the bus. Whoever is cutting the check will demand their pound of flesh, too. We have an idea of who it may be.

[Jman]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

It'll be interesting in about 10 days from tomorrow when they actually write the check to see who from the administration gets thrown under the bus. Whoever is cutting the check will demand their pound of flesh, too. We have an idea of who it may be.

It's funny how the enormity of this type of thing never sets in until it is time to pay up. It's as if there was no wrong-doing, it was just something that cost $$$.

[DSRTRDR]

Originally Posted by sisukid1975

It'll be interesting in about 10 days from tomorrow when they actually write the check to see who from the administration gets thrown under the bus. Whoever is cutting the check will demand their pound of flesh, too. We have an idea of who it may be.

somebody will be thrown under the bus, for sure - sometimes, it takes a little longer, though, they don't want to obviously stir up another lawsuit .....(which is what would be following in short order, it is just how these places roll )

some busses take longer to be thrown under, as well, depending whether it is demotion or dismissal

demotion of chairmen was more common at UNMC than dismissal

[DSRTRDR]

last time we landed in Phoenix, there were twice as many military airplanes on the tarmac (Michael thinks I am paranoid suspecting some secret preparation of another surpise attack)

and with all this recent talk about Iran, I am wondering again.......

today, there certainly was more air traffic at the AFB nearby than what I remeber to be 'usual'; all the old spyplane clunkers - even just a minute ago, another one flew over

just brought to TUT as a random observation....

[DSRTRDR]

o.k., it's bedgoing time - treeman comes tomorrow morning

[Jman]

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