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Offline Bill

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Happy 4th, y'all!
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2003, 03:54:54 PM »
Jim, I'm sure you're aware of how finances work with Church construction upgrades,remodels or entirely new projects. Same reason why these projects take a lot longer for completion.

Well the papers say one side and on the streets toot another tune as too what happened.

Word is the hot mopper spilled a full barrel of hot tar off the roof onto flame-able material below,which in turn bounced/spread within seconds.

One story from the street side .. through the construction pipe line .. says this hot mopper was basically 'just' doing some touch up on sections of the roof.
He was going to be the last or next of last trade out before they cut the ribbon.
They [the Church board] farmed this last chore out to someone off the streets which had no affiliation whats-so-ever with the Church.
Not even the tenth cousin of the gardeners girlfriend. Zero.

Supposedly he has been down on his luck for some time. Licensed=yes.

Another story is the guy (many years in the trade) and his crew of two were just plain careless on a 100 plus degree day.

No matter what the history is ... finger pointing.

Bottom line: The Church was burnt down to the slab. Parking lot is still there but even that was melted bad enough for some sort of repair. Doubt the parking lot is top of their priority list though.

Not even going to get into the cost factor of firefighters trying to contain 1000 acrers of flame from hitting 1500 new homes etc all night long. Or untold stories about animals running for cover.

Will say this though.
The firefighters did one hell of a great job protecting not only the new housing development,custom homes etc but any structure!
Other than a few out-in-the-sticks [JohnnyJoeBobs] port-a-potties,they saved it all.
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« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2003, 01:13:49 PM »
Now that I have time to take a breath, I'll share what will surely be one of my most memorable 4th of July activities.

Headed off to buidling site of new home at 7AM, arrived at 7:15. Brought power paint sprayer (rented) paint, all the tools needed to turn dreary concrete basement walls into cheery reflective white.

Storm clouds on the horizon, rain drops falling as tools are being unloaded. All set up to go at 7:30 time to plug in a light; no power. (Only three outlets are supposedly "hot".) Look outside, streetlight is still on, even though sunrise was at 5 AM.

Neighbors are up, grilling at edge of garage (so as not to get wet). Got power? Nope. Just went off. Great! Give them home phone number ask for call when power is back on. So much for getting the work done before it gets hot.

Power comes back on at 2:15 that afternoon. We're back at the site working outside. Neighbor comes over to let us know. We paint. Done with the day's task at 6 PM. It was hot.

Check back the next morning. Something seems wrong. Bottom of wall doesn't look so white. No time, off to lake for R&R with relatives.

Return the next afternoon. Top of walls dry, bottom is damp. Paint ran off on floor. (Floor is to be tile.) Clean up paint mess, no fun. Rain starts, heavy rain. Look at sump. Pump not running, sump filling up. Pull on float, pump starts, soon is unable to keep up. Start bailing. Must carry water up ladder to outside.

After many many trips, neighbor (other side) sees problem, comes over with "spare" downspout, attaches to outlet of sump pump to get water away from foundation. (Final backfilling is not done, house has a moat, pump is recirculating water. Can't stop bailing or we lose the battle.) Neighbor has phone to call our plumber. He comes right away, extends pipe. (Wish our builder had used him!)

Monday: tired, sore, annoyed, but thankful that all is well. Almost. Still have to paint bottom of walls. This time with a brush.
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2003, 09:00:34 PM »
Well Gregg, at least you already have a relationship with your new neighbors.

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« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2003, 12:28:41 PM »
Yeah, I owe 'em one!
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.