Fred’s electric staple gun is light duty. It won’t bury even a 3/8” staple. It will work for this project. I’ve also notice the Ryobi battery will drain away if left standing long enough, as in overnight. Eric was over for a ‘boo and again says he is impressed by the progress.Later, it took me six hours to install the door and I still had to adjust the weather stripping because I could not get it to rest square. It still needs a drip cap, a deadbolt and the casings, but it is fully functional for now. This means a quantum leap in the work by this weekend and maybe some time off. Mila came in and really likes the new door; it changes the character of the place. Her being here, as she understands, is Wallace’s decision, not mine. All I’m doing is taking an uninhabitable Florida room and making it into a third bedroom.
Rain storms kept the temperature down all day. I’ve rarely done this type of labor in such heat, even in Venezuela. How come I haven’t lost any weight? I required the regulation two quarts of liquid to keep going. As mentioned, the previous framer did a great job. The new floor is exactly eight feet long and four feet wide, adding 32 square feet but turning it into a decent bedroom, just shy of 8x12. Moving one curtain would make it 8x23 if needed. [Author's note: where these measurements do not match other quotations, it is because the liveable space is less due to a new closet.]
There will still be a congested area near the entrance, but very little can be done about that other than a major rebuild of the structure. This way, the workshop area is just a yard smaller and the bedroom will be an excellent library or TV room or something if things get prosperous.
Too tired to go jam with Johnny D at Walsh’s tonight, I watched an old movie called “Trespass”, an interesting variation on the lost treasure theme. I noticed it was produced by one of the writers. The plot is two firefighters find a map to gold stolen fifty years earlier and hidden in an abandoned factory. They accidentally walk into the middle of a gang slaying and can’t leave with the gold. Low budget but very well made and worth a look. I wonder how I would do writing mysteries. I have the patience and could make things as complicated as you’d like.
The Hippie called, he has a paying gig tomorrow which pre-empts the plan for him to stand in a Jimbo’s. He is playing there in a week, a show that is also a party for him and his band made that odd comment I hear from time to time that Jimbo’s is a “dangerous”. When so many people say the same thing, there has to be something to it. Maybe in a former era it was a crusher bar. Right now it is mostly middle-aged divorced blonde women and underemployed men. There have been no incidents in the 13 months I’ve played there. Maybe there was another club called Jimbo’s.
