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Postby GPW » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:53 pm

Mike , You Betcha !!!!! I'll leave a light on ... :D
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With these Minor works , I'm just practicing up for the Big Trailer paint job :o

Eagle , just getting you thinking about those art lessons ... I'd offer to do an online study here ,but we started that Foamie thing :roll: and have to not clog up Mike's site any more than we have already .. :oops:
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Postby mikeschn » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:06 pm

Okay, you're on. It'll be white when we get down there...

It's your blank canvas.

How long do you need it for? We could drop it off in the fall and pick it up during the Christmas break. Is that enough time?

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Postby wagondude » Thu Sep 01, 2011 9:44 pm

Mike,
Don't forget the 500# of beer. You have to pay the artist, you know. 8) 8) :lol:

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Postby GPW » Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:45 am

Mike 2 0r 3 days should be enough ... If you plan on leaving it for Months , just bring more Beer... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby GPW » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:16 am

OK, the old press is Gone ... Yippee !!! No more blocking the door ... So naturally I had to pull my Foamie inside where It now blocks the door ... :roll: That and #13 is on the way bringing too much , much needed rain ... :o
Upon giving it more than a casual glance , I found my First problem ... Yep, you guessed it ... the Plywood ... grrrrrrrrr!!!!!! Got a small bubble past the fabric by my door (My Bad , I never finished the door seal :oops: ) ... where the fabric was it didn't bubble , where it was just painted it did ... I'm learning to Hate plywood... will drill a small hole , inject glue and clamp it flat .... then get to work on the door seal ... :roll:

And of course , now that I have it inside out of the Heat , the weather's gotten comfortably Cooler ... :R

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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:36 pm

GPW wrote:Mike 2 0r 3 days should be enough ... If you plan on leaving it for Months , just bring more Beer... :lol: :lol: :lol:


What is your weather like down there at Christmas time? Warm enough to paint?

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Postby GPW » Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:23 pm

Christmas ? Sometimes it's warm ... likely it will be COLD ... Warm for you , but I'll be Frozen like a Popsicle ...
Anything below 70 deg F and I'm looking for a sweater ... :o

Don't come this week , looks like we'll get a little rain .. :roll:
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Postby mikeschn » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:33 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

If you got it this week, it would look more like this...

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Postby GPW » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:44 am

Really coming along nicely Mike !!! :thumbsup: 8)
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Postby eaglesdare » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:30 am

are you getting some bad weather down there gpw? did i see a tropical storm coming your way?

don't forget if you have to bug out, you can bug all the way up here, just don't forget the paints. :lol:
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Postby GPW » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:01 pm

Rain and winds here since last night ... bands coming through supposedly till Monday ... Lots of Rain already ... Power just came back on after 5 hours (willow tree across a line up the road ) .... Got my Ice in the C extreme... Camping at home ... and getting a little time to work on the Foamie ... Installed door inner frame while the power was out ... Rainy day (s) Fun ... :D And now , the Sun's out ... :o Briefly ... :roll:
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Postby pat g » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:52 pm

Hope you are floating away GPW! How much rain have you gotten??

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Postby mikeschn » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:55 pm

G,

Are things still under control there?

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Postby eaglesdare » Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:51 pm

yes glen, keep us informed about what us going on. hopefully you don't lose power.
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Postby GPW » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:47 am

Still raining here ... but it is nice and Cool .. 80F now ... that’s Cool er’ than it has been ... :roll: Yard so wet a squirrel just paddled by on a raft ... :lol:
Winds light @ 25... Oops , another rain band deluge coming through ... :o
Rain has been mostly a constant drizzle punctuated by a 20 minute Biblical deluge every half hour ... In a word ... WET !!!!

Sheltering in place !!!
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