Thursday, April 19, 2007

No carpenter

I ain't no carpenter, but it sure is fun to pretend. We all spent the day tearing down and then rebuilding one end of the greenhouse. We're not quite done yet, but we've got most of the foundational bits done. I'll post some pictures of it.

The old adage "measure twice, cut once" is certainly an important and useful one. I'd probably add a footnote about how a redoing all your work twice saves you from sketching a quick diagram ahead of time. Here's another piece of advice. Never force a window into place, unless you like increasing the probability of laceration in your locality. Also, after two near misses of a falling 4x4 beam I've discovered why construction workers wear hardhats.

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