smokin george

Sophie finally got sick of the degenerate bastard

10 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

You pee sitting down.

If I get drunk I might try that lol

11 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

There is s toilet in the bathroom also. 

Yes and a small vanity as well. Main floor will have a master bdrm/ ensuite, spare bdrm and guest bathroom. What is normally the front of the house will be the back of the house and we're putting a driveway back there for unloading groceries etc. The washer/dryer room then closet then a walk in pantry then kitchen. The living room will have a wood burning fireplace and and a partial vaulted ceiling. On each end of the house will be a covered porch with one being screened. The deck is 40x12 and a great view of the lake. The attached garage we switched to the right side

6 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

Smart 

We have a couple friends that have them and decided the party room will be downstairs and if any of the ladies want to use it instead of the toilet go ahead lol

10 minutes ago, SkisNH said:

My last home was ICF fou dation...should have done the entire thing in concrete.  

We are going all the up and once the floor is poured/cured they can install the steel beam/post then the joists/subfloor to get all the scaffolding up to start on the main floor. Sofar we haven't had to wait for an inspector which can slow things up. The wife will be happy she's getting her craftroom lol. I'm getting the garage (26x26) and a big part of the basement for a pool table, dartboards, small bar area and possibly a shuffleboard. We're putting a urinal in the basement bathroom. 

Just now, DriftBusta said:

I hope you're right.  I'd love to have one built.

Our builder did a quote ICF vs stick built here in Nova Scotia and the ICF came out $2600.00 more. It wasn't a difficult decision to make. 

The basement walls are done and pouring the floor/garage sometime next week. The builder is a good friend and the quote ( turnkey) is business. He lives on the lake, starts early and even works on weekends and all we do is make sure there's water and pop in the little fridge that we have there. They don't touch the beer.

3 hours ago, HSR said:

So how did you make out through the storm? Everything ok where you're at? Watching Peggy's Cove on the news was unreal.

We did ok! Other than 3 trees on our lot that dropped in the bush no damage. Lucky the concrete was poured on Friday.

3 hours ago, ACE said:

yup this is the new thing. Stealing power. Just wait, anyone that comes over to your house with an electric car is going to want to plug in 

Not gonna happen! Alot of our friends get around here at the lake on golf carts and have yet to see anyone plug in. 

The tree that our temporary hydro/meter/box is on snapped just above the hydro lines. The wife pointed out a tree she wants down and the wind took care of that one. There are at least 8 more big ones I want taken down. 

Some Tesla owner waited till the restaurant closed then plugged hehe car in. 16 hours later it was still plugged in and the restaurant owner blocked the car in so he couldn't leave without at least paying something.

11 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

Any report of what the sustained winds are?

I think roughly 60mph at the moment. It's supposed to calm down then pick up over night.

3 hours ago, oldslowsledder said:

Brother's vacationing in Nova Scotia, train has been delayed for at least 24hrs to get home so he's going to have to weather it out

 

 

 

We're 35 min sw of Halifax and it's picking up here and apparently bad farther west and heading this way

It's churning up and once it gets to high tide it'll get worse. The road had rocks/debris on it but now it's unpassable. Our hydro is out so we're mooching at the son's place.

I think we got the wind a little earlier than expected here in Nova Scotia and it's nasty already. We lost power earlier and it's back on at the moment so we rushed to make coffee. A shitload of emergency vehicles went by on the hwy .

On 9/14/2023 at 6:26 PM, Mainecat said:

Looks like we are going to miss the hurricane here. Nova Scotia is going to get hammered though. Just more friggin rain here we don’t need.

Fiona missed us here last year where we are in Nova Scotia and now waiting for Lee. They poured the basement walls this morning and took down all the scaffolding and battened down any material. It's raining now and we'll see what comes our way.

Lots of tirekickers but finally SOLD! I paid $42K just over 3 years ago and sold it today for $43K. More money for the wife's new kitchen lol

49 minutes ago, ckf said:

It's getting to be that time of year

What are they saying about Lee for your area?

They're saying it'll be a tropical storm at the moment somewhere west of us and up into New Brunswick. We escaped Fiona last year in our area whereas alot of other areas got hit pretty bad.

Wife has the crockpot doing it's thing. She makes a great beef stew but is trying some other recipe ( stewing beef,spices etc etc) and says we can have it over mashed taters. Love having comfort food and the house smells great.

3 minutes ago, HSR said:

That was quite common lol I remember the the black/white or black/ red board erasers flying by.

4 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Chicken Marsala

Wife had it a couple weeks ago in a restaurant. It was awesome and we bought the wine and she made it here at home. Looking forward to having it again

Montreal smoked meat on rye with some mustard. Been craving for a nice thick sandwich.

I used to get up at 3:45am for more years than I can remember and when I retired for about a week or two I found myself starting to sleep a little longer each day. I get up around 7:00-8:00 am everyday now and other than my health issues I just putter around now and try and do what I can. We basically get up,have our coffee and something to eat and go out for a scenic drive along the ocean route here and just enjoy being alive. If you can take what you can as life is short.

We have a 12 year old granddaughter and an 11 year old grandson. We won't look after the pair at the same time. They fight like crazy and the moods from them is unreal. We've never seen anything like it. 

We are into week 3 of the build and it's coming along. I have a pending sale of the motorhome depending on the certification on Friday. The wife says we can spend more money lol