Right Now!

[TEWKS]

No I’m just skirting the line!  

[LBump]

A brisk day for an ADV ride. 22deg with 12 mph wind.  

 

[wbw6cos]

Nice!   It looks like an Ansel Adams type of view.   

[TEWKS]

All set for the grocery run now! 

[Rougarou]

So, I have a 2x12 that I put in those slots to make getting groceries much easier,....also, they don't slide all the way to the front of the bed

[wbw6cos]

1 hour ago, TEWKS said:

All set for the grocery run now! 

  

 

Dang, must be some heavy duty grub!    

[TEWKS]

7 minutes ago, wbw6cos said:

 

Dang, must be some heavy duty grub!    

Yeah, you may have heard the rumors. 

[MT Wallet]

22 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

Yeah, you may have heard the rumors. 

Bringing home the bacon.

[taylor1]

BBQ at Pat's

[roadscholar]

Can’t compete with that but snapped this yesterday going about 60 thru the dirty/tinted window of my old truck.

 

[Rougarou]

Big tree coming down 

[Rougarou]

[taylor1]

Should have called Tewk's. It seems he is pretty wicked with a chain saw and probably would have only cost you a BBQ sandwich.

[Rougarou]

[Rougarou]

2 hours ago, taylor1 said:

Should have called Tewk's. It seems he is pretty wicked with a chain saw and probably would have only cost you a BBQ sandwich.

we might have some of that around these parts, but this a Cajun house, its gumbo season and King cake time

[taylor1]

Hell, I would've driven over from the coast for some King cake. Had my first taste at Mardi Gras

[Rougarou]

 

 

[MikeB60]

@RougarouHelping the son with some tree work yesterday as well. Those spider lifts are cool, damn expensive as well.

Getting the evil eye from these two, thinkin they would rather run in the woods!

[TEWKS]

Looks like the dude on the left could have gnawed that tree down on command. 

[MikeB60]

1 hour ago, TEWKS said:

Looks like the dude on the left could have gnawed that tree down on command. 

That's Kato 135 lbs of Cane Corso and German Shepherd.  He's my son's sidekick IE Kato.  Great dog!

[TEWKS]

Not bad for almost Feb! 

[Rougarou]

2 hours ago, MikeB60 said:

@RougarouHelping the son with some tree work yesterday as well. Those spider lifts are cool, damn expensive as well.

Getting the evil eye from these two, thinkin they would rather run in the woods!

 

 

 

This was too big a tree for me to play with

[MikeB60]

Yep. That was a big one.

[Skywagon]

Kato thinks you cut down a stick for him to fetch

[ESokoloff]

4 hours ago, Rougarou said:

This was too big a tree for me to play with

 Good on you Richard

[TEWKS]

Yeah, If it could legitimately crush the house, it’s time to call in the professionals.  

[roadscholar]

CADS meeting tonight.

 

 

And an hour ago at the laundromat, guess which one I’m (not) driving : )

 

[9Mary7]

Looks like I need to get me some Laundromats........

[wbw6cos]

Are you sure they aren't customers?   

[TEWKS]

After 31 years of looking at this “in style for approximately 3 minutes” kitchen floor, it’s time.

It’s really no fun buying needed shit! 

[roadscholar]

3 hours ago, 9Mary7 said:

Looks like I need to get me some Laundromats........

 

There's a fancy barbershop next door and I've seen it there before, won't speculate any further than that : )  It is nice though, the most impressive thing to me were the brakes, you can tell a lot about a car by it's brakes..

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hosstage]

1 hour ago, TEWKS said:

After 31 years of looking at this “in style for approximately 3 minutes” kitchen floor, it’s time.

It’s really no fun buying needed shit! 

You do know that as soon as you change it, it will be back in style, and your new selection out, right?

Ask everybody that painted everything gray in the last 5 years.

[TEWKS]

I know, but I made it as clear as clear can be that this is the last floor I’m ever gonna look at! 

[TEWKS]

Somebody say gray?  

[Hosstage]

 

[Bernie]

1 minute ago, TEWKS said:

Somebody say gray?  

I like the gray/green/white scheme.

 

[Rougarou]

2 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Somebody say gray?  

 

I think we have that same tile in one of our bathrooms.

 

When my foreman and I work on tile.  I cut it, she lays it and grouts it.

[TEWKS]

Not as crafty as you guys, I have to pay people.   

[Skywagon]

More crafty than me.  I would have sent someone to the store.

[TEWKS]

13 minutes ago, Skywagon said:

More crafty than me.  I would have sent someone to the store.

56 pounds a box x 15 told me I shouldn’t need the gym tonight, but I do. 

[Rougarou]

2 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Not as crafty as you guys, I have to pay people.   

 

Laying tile and even putting tile on the walls ain't that difficult.  Get the right peanut butter consistency, batter the floor, batter the tile, stick it down.  Give a little wiggle/push, viola', tile laid.  Gotta have your starting point and your tile spacers.  All of our tile was cut by a grinder with a diamond blade.  At paying someone $5+ a square "just to lay tile", nah, we'll figure it out.

 

Our last house, we tiled the kitchen, three bathrooms, two long hallways.  We discovered at that house about "spans".  Too long a span over a basement causes the grout to pop even for the most minute movement,.....enter the epoxy grout,.....it flexes and doesn't pop out.

 

This house, the bathrooms were all re-tiled, two showers and backsplashes.  Our main bathroom, we paid someone---wanted it done quickly, otherwise we'd have completed that one too.

 

The kitchen, dining, living room and hallway are all cork flooring.

 

Home project ain't that hard if you give it a go.  Screw up, measure again and cut another piece.

 

1 hour ago, Skywagon said:

More crafty than me.  I would have sent someone to the store.

 

C'mon man!!!

 

1 hour ago, TEWKS said:

56 pounds a box x 15 told me I shouldn’t need the gym tonight, but I do. 

 

Ya, tile ain't no joke to move around.

[TEWKS]

I tiled a garage bathroom floor my father built when I was about 20. I kind of screwed it up! 

[Rougarou]

14 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

I tiled a garage bathroom floor my father built when I was about 20. I kind of screwed it up! 

 

You ain't 20 no more and prolly got more pride in your home now

[TEWKS]

44 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

 

You ain't 20 no more and prolly got more pride in your home now

And YouTube! 

[Hosstage]

I got a guy. I don't do tile.

Actually, I don't do much for home improvement anymore. I've done it. I'm over it.

 

[TEWKS]

My guy  was recommend by my “builder” coworker friend (who does masterful work himself). He says this guy (kid to me) is the absolute best tile guy he’s ever seen. So that’s good,  he’s not cheap but that’s ok if it’s done right. 

[Hosstage]

18 minutes ago, Hosstage said:

I got a guy. I don't do tile.

Actually, I don't do much for home improvement anymore. I've done it. I'm over it.

 

I like my projects to have an end.

Hence, I don't really take on many. I'm not afraid to hire them out. Plus, I have a lot of guys.

That sounds wrong.

[ESokoloff]

7 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Somebody say gray?  

I vote for the layout on the right (depending on the direction with the greatest percentage of views). 

[TEWKS]

90% of the time I’m sitting on the couch looking this way. 

The other view is the longer distance. Tile guy thinks running them like pictured in front of the door would be the way to go. (long way in the longest distance of the room) Which might be in disagreement with your thinking.  Funny this whole directional conversation took place this afternoon.

 

Longer view, excuse the clutter. 

 

 

 

[ESokoloff]

1 hour ago, TEWKS said:

The other view is the longer distance. Tile guy thinks running them like pictured in front of the door would be the way to go. (long way in the longest distance of the room)

(Now) knowing that, I think I agree. 
 

Might want to lay more of them out in the different options to get a better idea. 

 

 

My one & only (to date) tile job..

I decided I didn’t want this look

 

and installed this way 

 

Here’s the other bathroom