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Honestly, I have never tried Sol so I can't offer a comment. When my buddies and I used to travel to Mexico on the weekends, we typically drank Modelo or Dos Equis. Goes great with Mexican food and Tequila shots. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonecollector
Today Was a good day to start. A wonderful NE breeze started last night into this morning and the air quality was great this AM. It blew all the smoke back to CM Sorry Cyrille and MK) and off towards Isaan I suspect. However with the haze virtually gone, its hotter than hell. :). The haze seemed to scrub off a few C as today is almost 40c.
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Day started early as Ung wanted to get the support poles cemented in place. I let him and Bao do their thing. I was off mowing lawns and washed my filthy truck.
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Just around lunch one of my interested family members showed up to see how the pool cover progress was going. This is Mia. She has a twin sister who was napping. Her GMA was walking her around to check it out while her mom relaxed. After the progress tour I held Mia while she dipped her feet in the jacuzzi to cool off. There seems to be this one poster on TD full of envy and more full of shit who believes that many of us sit around drinking alone, no friends. etc. Hard to teach the idiot that he is always wrong. But he is a lonely 40 year old bloke who needs attention :)
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Work around place pretty much done for today. To damn hot. Had me a nice refresher to knock the heat off.
well i' m sure if the Baht gets to 45 or 65 to the USD or GBP we might see a resurgence in farang building, just not posted on a forum with 15 posters :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aging one
JPPR how deep did you go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumpy
About a meter and he welded rebar "ears" to the pole to keep it in place in the cement so it can't slip or move. Did the same with the other original poles.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
40°C is way too hot to be doing any welding or manual labour. Enjoy that beer.
No shit DW. FFS. It just seem to creep up on the temp. The breeze masked it a bit then I saw my temp gauge and said.. F that. Told Ung and Bao...go relax. Grabbed me an ice cold one and found me some AC with my wife and the 4 dogs. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWilly
Spot on. Didn't look that deep in the pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumpy
Yeah he dug them out more before installing them and the cement. He also dug the hole size larger.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
ah, i tend to smack rebar into the soil too radiating out from the hole and it gets concreted in. Had some workers round to remove some dragon fruit posts and they had a devil of a job digging them out :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumpy
^ he welds on rebar around it so it stick out about 10 inches or so from each side so the cement bites it and holds the pole. They aren't going anywhere but I would hate to dig them out. :)
Well, Ung and Bao took a short break and decided they wanted to get it framed today because the roof and ceiling metal will not arrive until Tuesday so they wanted to take Sunday and Monday off.
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Ung welding away. I had to vacuum out the slag and weld spatter as it splashed in the pool. One might ask, why not use a tarp? Well the weld spatter and slag would burn right through it so it would have been pointless. So easier to vacuum the pool area every few hours.
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Where we ended today. Coming along well.
Is indeed. Should finish up in short order.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumpy
Thanks Norts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
I wanted to get this project done before it gets stupid hot and Songkran as it gets a bit busy around the ponderosa with family and friends swimming and hanging out.
Still got a few things to sort out but have a few free days to mull it over.
Cheers
Seems like a good idea.
Possible to anchor up the airmadress and have a grandfather nap on the shady waves.
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I see a couple things to think about. Lighting should you want to extend from bar area. Perhaps gutter to divert rain runoff from going in the pool.Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
Thats the spirit and get a good old fashioned yanky doodle dandy of an air mattress. Got your cold beer holder and all. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
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The spiel from the manufacturer
Ice chest full of beer on one side, beer in the holder on the other, and you in the middle of this Beer Mug Pool Float. This beer-themed inflatable pool float is made of heavy-duty and designed for one adult lounger.
You're looking well, AO.
crickeyQuote:
Originally Posted by aging one
coming along. going to need a few LEDs, disco ball and a tarzan swingQuote:
Originally Posted by Stumpy
Calm down. What's your next suggestion ?? A bench for the strippers ?Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
^ Ignore him JPPR, i think he's been drinking too much Fanta, even managed to upset AO on another thread!
Not possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
Fanta dee lei lei
No problem Mike. I was laughing because thats what I told my wife. I said. "Hey I think we need one of those Disco balls and some big ass speakers so we can light this place up. She laughed. I was waiting for her to say why not get a water proof karaoke mic. :)
In all seriousness, is it not going to be a little dark at the bar?