Jay
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https://i.imgur.com/HcHmem3.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YSQUXgx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ynRYzt3.jpg

Nothing much to look at yet, honestly. A lot of hard fucking work though. 1280 lbs of concrete mixed and poured by hand today.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
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I wish I could have done my backyard project during the Bat Flu break, not during useful time.

Will post pics soon.

~60 Tons dug up and barrowed into skips by hand, ~20 tons of new material barrowed in by hand.

~3 tons of concrete mixed with a mixer - I'm not an idiot. Still needed to be shoveled into the mixer and barrowed to the trench.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2020-04-12 18:08:59)

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unnamednewbie13
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If you want an idea for planters, you could try concrete blocks. Doesn't look half bad even if they aren't the decorative variety. Lot's big enough that it probably wouldn't look tacky.
Dauntless
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Lookin good

wow is that the ground hog HD 99? How is it?
https://imgur.com/kXTNQ8D.png
Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England
Ze pile of 2x10s

https://i.imgur.com/7iAIBJR.jpg

Original framing plan
https://i.imgur.com/vsnCjXQ.jpg
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
SuperJail Warden
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I like the cherry blossom trees and chairs pointing at them.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
Jay
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Dauntless wrote:

Lookin good

wow is that the ground hog HD 99? How is it?
It saved me a few hours of digging. They wanted $80 for the day for the handheld auger or $120 for that thing. No brainer. I wish I had rented a cement mixer too.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
unnamednewbie13
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I would build a deck but it would give all the forest spiders a place to hide and spook me on warm summer evenings.
Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England

SuperJail Warden wrote:

I like the cherry blossom trees and chairs pointing at them.
That's a magnolia. I planted a cherry blossom by the street, but it's blocked by the house in that shot. The birch tree I planted on the day my grandfather died. He always had a white birch in his yard that was my favorite to climb and sit under.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I would build a deck but it would give all the forest spiders a place to hide and spook me on warm summer evenings.
It's bad enough you have to check your boots for spiders.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
DesertFox-
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I would build a deck but it would give all the forest spiders a place to hide and spook me on warm summer evenings.
Wait until you have a raccoon crawl under it and die. That was a fun few days.
Adams_BJ
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I want Ebug back
unnamednewbie13
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DesertFox- wrote:

Wait until you have a raccoon crawl under it and die. That was a fun few days.
Yikes.
Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England
One upside to this is that I don't have to file plans or call for a building inspection because of the quarantine. I can self certify everything in 20 years when I sell the house
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Pochsy
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DesertFox- wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I would build a deck but it would give all the forest spiders a place to hide and spook me on warm summer evenings.
Wait until you have a raccoon crawl under it and die. That was a fun few days.
I have a 3 legged racoon hanging out and living under my deck and I really hope he dies elsewhere. Good chance he takes a tire to the face at some point, but if it doesn't become the city's problem I'm in for scooping 3/4 of a racoon from under the BBQ.

Last edited by Pochsy (2020-04-12 18:18:56)

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Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England
I fucking hate raccoons
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England
When I lived in Queens I'd have to listen to them fight with cats all the time. Out here they topple my trash cans if they ever get left outside. Bastards
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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Gone Forever
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Pochsy wrote:

DesertFox- wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I would build a deck but it would give all the forest spiders a place to hide and spook me on warm summer evenings.
Wait until you have a raccoon crawl under it and die. That was a fun few days.
I have a 3 legged racoon hanging out and living under my deck and I really hope he dies elsewhere. Good chance he takes a tire to the face at some point, but if it doesn't become the city's problem I'm in for scooping 3/4 of a racoon from under the BBQ.
Sell it as bush meat to a Chinese person. Destroy the Earth with Raccoon Flu.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
Jay
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SuperJail Warden wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

DesertFox- wrote:


Wait until you have a raccoon crawl under it and die. That was a fun few days.
I have a 3 legged racoon hanging out and living under my deck and I really hope he dies elsewhere. Good chance he takes a tire to the face at some point, but if it doesn't become the city's problem I'm in for scooping 3/4 of a racoon from under the BBQ.
Sell it as bush meat to a Chinese person. Destroy the Earth with Raccoon Flu.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
uziq
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do those contractors in the picture know that it's a plague house full of highly infectious people? did you paint a big yellow cross on the front door as per CDC guidelines?
Jay
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uziq wrote:

do those contractors in the picture know that it's a plague house full of highly infectious people? did you paint a big yellow cross on the front door as per CDC guidelines?
That's one of my brothers. Don't you get bored of being boring? Lighten up
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
unnamednewbie13
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The raccoons seem pretty chill here. I think they mooch off the cat food people leave outside for strays. Most of the cat noises seem to involve two or more cats, and result in two piles of cat fluff in the morning if the wind doesn't carry it away.
uziq
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just looking out for the health of the people of north caldwell, jay.
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Jay is going to leave a bad Home Advisor review once the workers don't show up to finish his deck because they died from Wuhan Flu.

My parents sort of had an entire bathroom upgraded for free because of this.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
Jay
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+2,006|5329|London, England
Why would I hire workers? Building stuff is fun and I get to buy tools
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

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