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  1. 24" snow set for the South (Virginia) Fri and Sat

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    So Art, your own parents and brother didn't invite you to go on holidays with them eh? Go easy on the goats, Joe'll be steamed if he returns to broken goats and chickens. Are you sure he's bringing you to Lakair this year?

     

     

    Yea poor old left out me... Actually this is how we vacation every year. 2/3 of the farm go on vacation and then next month Mom and Pops and my wife and I go next month it makes it easier to take care of the animals. Since it is my truck and my boat that is going it is more like I am taking JOE to Lak Air but since yall are lookin forward to us visitin I guess he gets to come along.

     

    Art

     

    Don't worry Wayne "Rocket" and all of the other goats are warm,dry and well fed....

  4. 24" snow set for the South (Virginia) Fri and Sat

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    Well the storm is almost here and the forcast is set for 18" to 24" before it is all over with. It seems it would be rain except for Canadas generous donation of the cold air.... So in the same spirit that you gave the cold air to us. We ( The Southern Contingency) Have officially decided to not send any Warm air up North till you stop your unwanted cold air attack...

     

    Feel free to Email this note to all of your friends since we are working on a limited budget here at the Contingency

     

    Thank you for your attention to this note.

     

    Leader of the Southern Contingency

     

     

    Art

  11. Fishing for Tyler

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    Being so far away I won't be able to join in on the Tyler Event like I would like too. The online auctions while fun it seems in the past they had a few bad elements that Our fearless leader begrudgingly had to bring to light. So I figured it was a good way to help a cause that I have helped in the past. So yes I will send my almost worthless American dollars to Canada before they run out of any value. :lol: The good news is every time one of them blood sucking mosquitoes goes to bite me I will show her how I had one of her sisters mounted that should slow the buggers down.

     

     

     

    Art

  14. Plumbing

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    The two rules of plumbing, as taught to me by my late Dad:

    1) Feces flows downhill

    2) Never lick your tools

     

     

    Actually #2 is don't bite your fingernails.

     

    You can use your putty knife as a spoon after you clean it.

     

     

    Art the plumber

  15. We are booked!

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    I'm gonna do my damnedest to be there!

     

    I'll be bringing my own boat and may even talk the Coonass into coming if that's ok with da plumma boyz?!

     

     

    Dawg that is fine just let me know as soon as you can so I can Tell Leslie and Kevin what plan we want

     

    Coonass, great handle! You all drive carefully now!

     

    Coonass is actually an acceptable in public nickname for Cajuns...like Cajun was not funny enough... :lol:

     

     

    Looks like I'll probably be missing this years g2g for the 1st time in about 6 years Joe, but Diane and I, along with a few others, have booked Lakair cabins for the 1st week of July, infact I'll be in #11 too.

     

     

    Thats to bad Lew I will miss you and look foward to our next fishing trip.

     

    It'll be GREAT to see y'all again, assuming of course I can be there.

     

     

    Chris nasty cough you got their it looks like a bad case of Fishin flu in June.

     

    For all the other we sure can't wait to see all of the old and the new that show up at this G2G.

     

     

    Art

  17. Counter tops....granite vs quartz

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    Hey Lew

     

    As you know I am a plumber so I install quite a few countertops and get to see them a few years later as I visit the houses for other plumbing issues. I am not against natural stones but I have found if you can find a pattern you like in the solid Dupont materials then they have my vote hands down. The weight of the natural stones sometimes means the cabinets need to be reinforced (not a big deal but something to ask the installer about). Islands that have overhangs so you can put a chair under are not well supported and will find any pressure cracks in natural stone. The corners on stone unless rounded are tough on the hips when you run into them. While Corian is not any softer the ability to work an edge is easier and cheaper. The seams are the weakest point in naturals and are dictated by the size of the stone but also the weight of the stone so you will have more exposed joints in the project. The solid surfaces Dupont use the same resin they are made of to make the joints so you have no visible lines and they are as strong as the top. Any of your average damage that is done with a knife cut or other can usually be sanded/buffed out the damage to stone is permanent unless you have it professionally buffed out. The ability of naturals and Corian to resist damage is greater than the effort it takes to damage the laminate tops.

     

    Hope this all helps and good luck on your choices.

     

     

    Art

  22. the canadian car market

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    Car dealerships are funny about the credit card thing. I wanted to buy A Mini Cooper and was going to pay for it using the card so I got a 1% discount back. They informed me that I could only charge $3000.00 max the rest could be a personal check... go figure. I guess that they can't absorb the percentage or don't want the risk of it being a bad card?

     

     

    Art

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