Tis a usual Friday in the Governmental Services of the Great State of La.
I left the office at 10 am, but the phone ring until 347 pm.
Oh well.....another day on the gravy train, as one of my dear family use to say.
It ain't no gravy train if you leave the office at 10 in the morning and you can't get off the phone until the stroke of four.
Tomorrow its the ride around the levee with Chip. We are doing a 15 mile medium ride.....with a few adventures, down the levee, up the levee....couple of bumps on the gravel road......and then thru the city.
If I do get brave I will try to post some pics.
Oh btw.....the painter is gone......after 14 weeks of restoration work on the outside of the house, he is finally gone.
Brought the 1925 heart cypress siding down to the orginal surface, then brought the paint job back up, the process was like this:
sand all wood, take all lead base paint off, down to the base wood.
counter sink all 1925 nails driven into the heart cypress, fill the holes with something akin to gooy goop.
putty the holes after the gooy goop.
sand all nail holes
first coat of primer
sand first coat
second coat of primer
sand second coat
the spackle any rough surfaces
sand spackling
then first coat of final paint
then second coat of final paint
touch up anything left to the naked eye
Say Job well done....fucking right its well done.....and done by one man too.
Best Historical Paint Job in the Garden District.
Approved by the Garden District Committee on Historical Restoration
Open a nice bottle of Red.......and Chill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh pockets are empty for some time to come.
