No work!
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GreensvilleJay
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BX23-S,57 A-C D-14,58 A-C D-14, 57 A-C D-14,tiller,cults,Millcreek 25G spreader,
mew neither( had heat stroke in 2014, from what I was told....)
meanwhile some fool is cutting his 3 acres of lawn in 100+
oh well....
meanwhile some fool is cutting his 3 acres of lawn in 100+
oh well....
It's raining here today and kind of cold, but when you have cabbed tractors it doesn't matter what the weather is like. I'll be on the M6060 later doing some box blade work and it can rain and the wind can blow and I don't care. 
It was 16C (61F) in the south of Ireland today, good working conditions and I took advantage of it and did more paving of the driveway. Only 120 squaremeters left to do .... (144 squareyards).
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Wow! That is stunning! And kitty approved too!
You need a sign "no pussy footing allowed".How is it going to work on the bend? Are you cutting blocks to keep the spacing?
I am afraid our little cat cannot see what I've done. Thanks to the "care" of a neighbour she is blind for the past 18 months. We were told by the vet never to leave her outside again because she cannot defend herself against other cats. But she wants to be outside and we thought it would be cruel, so we left her out and she loves it. She is very adventureous, for example climbing 6 foot "deathtrap" type wood piles, still catching mice and she finds her way around the garden, no problem. Absolutely amazing, I find.Wow! That is stunning! And kitty approved too!
Every block is cut at the curbstone anyway and meeting in the middle of the bend would have been no problem if the bend is 90 degrees. But it is not. The house is south facing and the road is not east-west (gate posts parallel to road). So I ended up with a 93.6 degree angle.
Again, easy enough to cut that on the diagonal where the two sections meet. But the blocks have small noses as minimum spacers and they can be only moved left or right between two rows +-5mm. Unfortunately the small angle with the 125mm block width corresponds to 7.8mm. So that means in the whole bend area I will have to cut off those noses on one side of every block
If I had considered the road angle beforehand I would have turned the house 3.6 degrees. Hindsight 
Wow. That looks fantastic. You gotta be good a math and engineering to make the curve.
My nephew a stone Mason. Its very hard work , hard on the body and weather permitting you can work.
He does stuff like this.
My nephew a stone Mason. Its very hard work , hard on the body and weather permitting you can work.
He does stuff like this.
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He's in southern Maine.
Has worked many many days at the Bush compound in kennbunkport Maine. Chimmys , stone walls ect.
His forearms are like Popeye.
Has worked many many days at the Bush compound in kennbunkport Maine. Chimmys , stone walls ect.
His forearms are like Popeye.
Lil Foot
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It was 117F here the other day.At least not until it cools down. 95 and rising! I don't do heat well.
But I only work from 6am to maybe 8am.
Just not as tough as I used to be.
Lil Foot
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Actually, you do not need a lot of maths. It is more measuring precisely and then moving things around in a drawing until everything fits and looks good. An hour at the desk saves you a day outside, I found. See my wrong angle
Your nephews work looks amazing !
And yes, it is hard work, but very rewarding I think and you create something that lasts.
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Are you serious? 117F? That's 47°C ...It was 117F here the other day.
But I only work from 6am to maybe 8am.
Just not as tough as I used to be.
I could not even work from 6-8 in those temperatures, all I could do is lying in a tub of water, throw in a few ice cubes every now and then and make sure cold beer supply does not run out
P.s.: you should check "heat-index", did not know about that until I did a project recently that required calculation if it. Depending on temperature and humidity your body cannot cool itself down through sweating any more and collapse is inevitable if you do not slow down. Has nothing to do with being tough...
GreensvilleJay
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your cat is the SMART one ! My back aches just looking at the skids of pavers yet to be laid....BTDT but no more.
I don't like the heat and apparently the BX found it a bit warm too. Usually I'm 2 bars on the temp gauge and with heavier work I might hit 3 bars. Yesterday she was running at 4 bars through all of the mowing. With the loader and hoe back on, just cruising around in the shade by the springs, she dropped back down to 3 bars, but it's definitely toasty out.