Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Later today, I will be at my favorite lumber yard, placing an order for the Trex™ decking we need to install five new steps/sets of steps. Of course, I also need deck boards to create a uniform platform outside of my workshop that is befitting the occupant who claimed that space as her own. When... Continue Reading →
We’re back at the bar trying to wrap, or is that warp, a conversation around Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘couch’ Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun!” Let’s see if we can have some fun. If we were having... Continue Reading →
They are milling and paving the highway I use to get to work in the morning, and the entrance ramp that I use is closed. The highway leads to two of the three bridges I can use to cross the Connecticut River, so I’ve been taking an alternate route. It isn’t the treasure trove of... Continue Reading →
One of my early Thursday Doors was of Kelly Fradet’s lumber yard on the east side of Enfield. They have four different locations, but the main yard is on the west side of town, near the river and the railroad. They still get shipments of lumber and other building material by rail. Sometimes, when you... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer…well, I’d be having a beer, you would be late. “Where have you been? I’m halfway through this Yuengling.” “Sorry, I didn’t know we had an appointment. Were you going to give this stool to someone else?” “First paying customer gets the stool.” “Hi Cheryl. Since he’s already started a... Continue Reading →
A need to research some building material for a project that we hope to undertake next month took me to Kelly-Fradet, my favorite lumber yard. You might remember them from a previous Thursday Doors post. While a very nice salesman was figuring out the specifications for a piece of engineered lumber we need to buy,... Continue Reading →
When I have projects like the Mission Style Closet Doors or the Cedar Wainscoting to make, the process involves going through the doors shown at the right. No big-box can match the quality or selection of the wood that these guys sell. The local Home Depot and the not-so-local Lowes stock some of the lumber... Continue Reading →
Working in the world of technology (I know, this is supposed to be my non-technical blog) I hear a lot about the fact that computers and servers and related services have become commodities. I think this began when IBM decided to stop making ThinkPads, you know the laptop everybody wanted to own, but the commodity... Continue Reading →
