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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby atahoekid » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:11 am

Glad to hear the both of you made it through OK. Have a beer, you deserve it! :beer: :beer:
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby eaglesdare » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:13 am

thanks so much rosey! i was upset that there was no way to get in touch with either of you to make sure you both were ok.
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby bonnie » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:46 am

That's a relief. Glad things are getting back to more normal.
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby eaglesdare » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:11 am

its toooo quiet here without gpw! 8) :wine:
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby TJinPgh » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:03 am

Thanks for the update, Rosie.

I was wondering if anybody had heard from either of you.
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby KCStudly » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:46 pm

Yes, such a relief to hear good news and all is going to be okay.

Sure is quiet around here w/o GPW waiving our foamie banner and mixing up the Kool-Aid :lol: :lol: :R
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Postby wagondude » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:04 pm

Thanks, Rosey. Take care. :beer:
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby atahoekid » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:45 pm

eaglesdare wrote:its toooo quiet here without gpw! 8) :wine:


YUP, sadly quiet!!! Can't wait for him to return to the thread
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby GPW » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:32 pm

OK, I’m Back !!! :beer:
Gotta’ say it was Exciting ... sorta’ :frightened:
Always a bit of Drama at the end of our summers ... :roll:

More Later .... Fixing the house ... an 80’ Oak tree fell on it ... :shock:
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby eaglesdare » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:57 pm

wow! first i am so glad you are back and ok. second, i hope that tree did not do too much damage. i've been worried about you, glad your power is back.
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby atahoekid » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:11 pm

Well that stinks! We have earthquakes out here and they're no fun but at least they don't happen very frequently. Hurricanes happen too frequently for my tastes!! Glad you made it through.
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby GPW » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:31 am

What a Nasty little storm .... just wouldn’t go away ... the effect of the slow movement was more like Erosion , gradually doing more and more damage as it hung around ... The new levee system did protect the city , but the water had to go somewhere and flooded everybody else ... :roll:
Now if I may take a second to gloat , my overly Strong house design/construction techniques survived what would have flattened most constructions ... The neighbors called it the Bunker when I was building it ... :roll: But it survived .... :thumbsup: If we apply the same techniques to Foamies , they should last a long time ... :thinking:

Ps. The Foamie did fine .... inside the Studio ... ;)
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby GPW » Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:37 am

...and now ... Bear proof trailers .... :o If there was any candidate for building a Bear proof trailer , I’d have to consider steel R panel .... Recent patch of bad weather proved its toughness up against an estimated 30,000lb. tree... :shock: I really don’t think a bear could get through this stuff... Bit Heavy though ... just crumbs for thought ... :thinking:
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby droid_ca » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:27 am

only problem with that is the Bear has paws and claws that they can move to manipulate to get inside where the tree is sudden impact a bear can find the smallest of holes and then peel it like a banana to get you inside Imagebut I'd still like to see it be done We have big bears up here...GPW :beer: to making it safe and in one piece
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Re: Thrifty Alternatives ... Building Foam TDs

Postby GPW » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:30 am

Droid , I’m afraid you’re right , Bears are Smart and have claws... trees are just Dumb and Heavy ... :thinking:
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