Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Triumph of Uncle Bud

If you haven't been reading the past few posts, this will make little sense.  Serves you right.  Synopsis to date: in remodeling the lanai, I discovered a leak in the roof..  Preparing to install a patch, I learned that dear, departed Uncle Bud had slathered the area in question with bathtub caulk.  Uncle Bud slathered everything in B.C., probably including his breakfast toast.  A dear man, really.  So you shouldn't take my obscene outbursts too seriously.  I have done some genealogy in the past, so I know - in some intellectual sense - that Uncle Bud did indeed have a father.

I dynamited all the old caulk off and patched and applied a bit of  fresh caulking compound according to enlightened roofing protocol.  Blood flowed.

It rained yesterday,  The freaking roof still leaks, albeit not so aggressively.

So I climbed back up and slathered an entire tube of B.C. over the patch.  Screw it.

Bud, you were right.  Rest in vindicated peace.

Newt

7 comments:

  1. Let me know when you complete this porch project, and I'll send you some homemade cookies as a lanai warming.

    Blessings to Uncle Bud.

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  2. Much better than horse pucky. Interior work should move fast now that I have the electrical wiring roughed in. Relatives arrive Feb 16, so...

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  3. Okey dokey. I'll keep that date in mind. Where do I send the cookies? I'll even send a gift bag of horse pucky...in a separate container of course. The hp is great for your indoor plants.

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  4. Cookies! I hope I don't actually need to complete this damn project on time. My electrical wiring plan has a glitch, as do Plans B and C. I am contemplating calling a professional, thereby admitting defeat. Not yet, though.

    Address for cookies and HP follows separately.

    Newt

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  5. Was gonna send those cookies as a lanai warming, but it sounds like some cookies would help the project go a bit smoother. Would you like them gift wrapped, so you can give them to your wife as a peace offering for messing up her new white towels?

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  6. I have a group of guys I keep around for such projects...Jose Cuervo and Jack Daniels to name two. Then there's Old Granddad who really knows his stuff.

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  7. A plain brown wrapper will be fine. I'll tell Judy we got two packages of horse pucky from a critic.
    N

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