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By Dave, March 28, 2012 10:22 pm

Which may end up taking more loads than I had figured. Still thinking another 4 or 5 loads should get it all moved.

Packing is mostly done. Gridwall and pegboard is off the walls except for the work area. Most of what is left is larger stuff.

Only got 2 loads moved today. Still got several more to go but am too worn out to do more today. Still hoping to get done tomorrow.

Hoping to finish it up tomorrow. Still packing stuff in totes but are a lot closer to being done than I had thought yesterday.

Heading to Piedmont again today to get as much as we can. Got till the the end of the week to finish getting it all out from up there.

Unloaded that one and then made a trip to Piedmont and brought another big truckload back and got it unloaded.

Spent the day yesterday on the road and moving stuff. Made one trip to Calcis taking stuff down and bringing a BIG truckload back.

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By Dave, March 25, 2012 3:41 pm

Got very little done yesterday. Trying to get the Vardo’s inside walls in today. Got the first one cut after making a top arc pattern.

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By Dave, March 22, 2012 5:06 pm

Best idea to hold it all down at the same time I could come up with. Will find out if it’s enough to hold it all in place when I get there.

Put 16 strap brackets on the sides (8 on each) to use with webbing as a clamp across the entire 8’x9′ top when I put the spray foam on.

Strap brackets installed on both sides of vardo top. 2 more strips of foam cut for top insulation. 4 wood strips and 7 foam strips to go.

I’m guessing it’s tub/shower surround material.

Hoping it will be enough to do the ceiling, front and back walls. Tis lightweight, very flexible, and appears to be waterproof.

Then headed on back home. Paneling was for the camper. Odd size stuff. 4′ wide x 6.5′ long. Got 6 sheets for $40.

From there went up to Cave Spring where the place we wanted to look was closed. 🙁 So went on over to Centre and picked up some paneling.

Was a long day yesterday. Went to Cedartown Ga and picked up some vitamins at a discount store for $1 a bottle.

Woke to sun this morning so looks like my working outside late last night getting stuff put up so as to not be damaged by the rain worked.

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By Dave, March 20, 2012 2:06 am

Hoping I get the roof ready to put the spray foam on tomorrow. Doubt it will happen but hoping anyway. Suspect it will be an early night.

That gets it high enough I can work on the roof top without having to move the camper out from under it.

Strips cut and some put on the side wall. Bit more foam put on the inside front wall. And raised the 10×10 another 8 inch blocks worth.

Have had a off/down time day. Tried to do stuff all day but just didn’t have the energy. Got one more stringer on the roof & more foam done.

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By Dave, March 19, 2012 1:44 am

More Vardo Pictures: A few more pictures of building the Vardo.
Starts out on the passengers side with putting t… http://t.co/s47J9gCd

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By Dave, March 17, 2012 5:07 pm

Got the foam cut, glued in place, and braced for drying/curing. Going to caulk the rest of the back while that happens.

That’s if my hands and arms hold out. Ripping the trim with the skill saw along with caulking and painting has got them hurting. 🙁

Starting on the foam insulation on the other (drivers) side. Hoping to get the canvas and trim on that side today.

Second coat of paint on the canvas side. Still soaking it up. Should be waterproof when I get done with it.

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By Dave, March 16, 2012 7:42 pm

Now for some water and back to cutting, drilling, and screwing the upright side pieces in place.

Had to cut some of that along the fence down to get roofing metal and assorted bits out from where the previous camper had been.

Tis up and should shield the area (and me) from prying eyes till the underbrush grows back along the road.

Made a trip to the bamboo patch and got some more to finish up the temp screen I’ve been putting up around the trailer construction area.

Just in taking a short break from the heat and sun.

45″ X 9′ and took half a gallon of paint to saturate it. Fixing to cut and install the outside uprights on that side.

2 coats of paint on the front wall. Insulation installed & outside canvas hung on one side wall with one seal coat of paint on it.

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By Dave, March 14, 2012 2:37 am

The 10’L measurement will be form the dash back so will only have 8′ usable length. Should be an interesting build.

Leaving the firewall and dash (or some of it anyway) & drive train. Going for standing room in part of the area. Sleep 2. 10’Lx6.5’Wx6.5’H.

All the body that will be left is hood and fenders. Cuting the cab off at the windshield and build everything from there back

Done a bit of measuring and figuring and I’ve about got the mods I want to make to the old Toyota flatbed figured out.

Got it in a much better location to start taking it apart. Gonna use parts of it to finish the Vardo and other bits to make a Toyota camper.

After mowing, removed the bush hog and put the draw bar on. Took the tractor down to the camper I’m starting demolition on and moved it.

Cleared around them so I’ll get back in there later and drag them out. They range from 10 to 14 feet long and looks to be 30 + of them.

Did more mowing in the junk yard and got a lot of stuff exposed to drag out and haul off. Found a bunch of shelving uprights I had lost.

I cut the area cleaned up and then we got to taking the building down. Got it most of the way down and will need power tools to finish.

Did some other clearing and cleaning up too. A friend was over and cleaned up a bunch of crap left over from the air soft days.

Cut an area 6 to 8 feet deep and over a hundred feet long. Will get the scrape blade back on soon and see what roots I can get out.

Took the rotovator off the tractor & attached the bush hog. cyrtt some grass in the garden, then attacked the out of control privet hedge.

Got the clocks at Valley wound and reset for DST. Only a couple of days late. Took a bunch of screws out of some lumber I’m recycling again.

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By Dave, March 13, 2012 12:10 am

Will form beds between 3 & 4 feet wide with a walk way along each side. Or that’s the plan. Will use mulch on top to keep grass/weeds down.

Will get some trees cut and use the trunks to form terraces around the curve of the slope starting with the blue berry bush.

Mounted the rotovator and topped the lubricant off, then took the tractor to the field and turned about 2/3’s of it.

Moved the pile of partially burned brush, dirt, and tree trunks on down the hill. Made a locking pin for the PTO drive on the rotovator.

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By Dave, March 12, 2012 5:16 pm

Hopefully it’s last another hundred years now.

Just finished replacing the handles on an old screw driver. Paid $0.50 for the screwdriver. Spent 4 hours putting new handles on it. 😉

Rain is over west/central Mississippi now. At this rate it’ll be morning before it gets here. Guess I’ll check the fire every hour or so.

Still thinking about moving the road over to the fence row. Then again the amount of work it’d entail will be a lot more than I want to do.

Got the old apple tree down and started clearing into where the shed came down a few years back. The privet is quite bad in there.

As it is green and wet is not burning very well. Still going and will most likely continue till the rain comes in.

Spent another day on the tractor and really feeling it. Got more cleared and then started burning the pile of brush.

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By Dave, March 11, 2012 1:49 am

Thinking about going to Dixieland flea market below Harpersville tomorrow. Tis about a 1.5 hour drive one way, but haven’t been lately.

Now have a really large pile of brush and trees to burn. Not sure if I’ll get to it tomorrow or if it’ll be the first of the week.

Got all the stuff that had grown up around the blueberry bush pulled out, which ended up taking several hours. Twas a real mess.

Got most of the drive in front of and beside the Lincoln cleared to see about moving it. Then went to the garden and started clearing there.

Spent most of the day on the tractor removing brush, briers, brambles, and trees. Got the area around the rotovator cleared.

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By Dave, March 9, 2012 12:11 am

Only thought I was worn out yesterday evening. Just barely sitting upright today. Hoping it gets better soon as I work at Valley tomorrow.

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By Dave, March 8, 2012 4:47 am

For now tis time to finish my tea and call it a night, so till later, folks… 😉

Not sure what tomorrow will be like. Things we need to do but the 400 miles I have driven this week has done me in pretty well.

Did a few other clean out and check up on plumbing problems and think I have them all under control for now.

Got a new metal check valve at Home Depot in Pell City and put it in. No leaks. Also replaced the kitchen faucets while I was there.

Took it back out and retaped the threads. Back in and found the leak was at an internal connection. Hence the trip back down today.

Everything new. All the parts I got were metal. The valve they sent with the new pump – plastic. After installing & pressurising it leaked.

Again no problems. All new metal parts. Then installed the check valve coming out of the pump in the line going to the house.

2nd trip was with all parts needed. Got the tub faucet bits replaced first. No problems at all. Then went and replaced the foot valve.

Been to Calcis 3 times with the plumbing/pump problems. Think it’s done. 1st time was to find out what needed doing and what was needed.

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By Dave, March 6, 2012 3:36 am

Dug another one out of the back room and put the shade on it. That’s 4 lamps ready to go to Valley tomorrow morning.

Looking around just from where I sit, I can see 7 that are in some state of repair or fabrication and there are more elsewhere.

Not really sure why I have so many that I am working on right now. Guess they just built up to critical mass and something had to be done.

Got 2 lamp shades at Bama today. One of which I put one the Camel lamp. Tis perfect! The other will go on one of the many lamps in process.

Then back to Calcis to fix the water problems that have been ongoing for about 2 weeks now. Hoping I get it with one trip to the hardware.

Took it out and then went to look at the parts needed to fix the pump. Got a list and drawings. Will go to the hardware tomorrow for parts.

Some is cheap and some is sky high, with a lot in between. Got to Calcis and took part of the bedroom wall out to get to the tub faucet.

Will go back as soon as we can. Wild place. Over 400 dealers inside under roof with just about everything you can think of for sale.

Got about a third of the way through the place and had to go. Got lunch and went to Calcis where we headed out to in the first place.

Long day, but not the day we had planned. Went to Bama Flea Market instead of Scottsburo first Monday trade day. Spent a couple of hours.

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By Dave, March 5, 2012 3:19 am

All of the ones left require Dremal work on the switches as well as cutting & gluing felt. And I don’t really feel up to doing any of it.

Just finished up with the first 2 of the lamps. Don’t know whether I’ll do the monkeys or the camel next. And may not do any more tonight.

Speaking of selling things. That reminds me I need to take some things that sold out of the store on Bonanza.

I think we are about even if not just a bit ahead for the month as of today.

Went to Valley for a bit to put out a few pieces and ended up staying all afternoon. Got a few things done, and sold a few pieces. 🙂

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By Dave, March 4, 2012 3:43 am

Since we have been home I’ve put 4 lamps together out of parts we bought. Still got parts for one more but am taking a break for a bit.

Where we got a bunch of stuff and walked away from even more. Gonna have to go back soon and pick up several other choice pieces.

Then headed to the Treasure Chest in Pell City. Unloaded and set stuff up there. When we finished we went to another shop down the road.

Took some stuff to Valley this morning. Met up with some folks we knew and took longer than planned. Did lunch at Subway in Alexandria.

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By Dave, March 4, 2012 3:42 am

Where we got a bunch of stuff and walked away from even more. Gonna have to go back soon and pick up several other choice pieces.

Then headed to the Treasure Chest in Pell City. Unloaded and set stuff up there. When we finished we went to another shop down the road.

Took some stuff to Valley this morning. Met up with some folks we knew and took longer than planned. Did lunch at Subway in Alexandria.

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By Dave, March 3, 2012 5:56 am

Looks like we dodged the weather one more time. Lotta rain and wind but the suck storms missed us again.

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By Dave, March 2, 2012 3:15 am

Restarted without a problem. Flash seems to be at least partually working again in Firefox. Gonna have to look further for changes.

2 minutes remaining till restart.

Then it gets to installing them. Which won’t take near as long.

Up tp 1674 pf 1762 with from 5 to 12 to 32 minutes remaining.

Now fetching file 1307 out of 1762 of the upgrade.

Upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 beta now. Hope to be back and working under the new system soon.

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By Dave, March 1, 2012 11:59 pm

Linux ROCKS! Went from an AMD platform to an Intel one with NO problems or needed changes. Try that with Windows…

Back on linux! New (to me) computer with the same 2 hard drives. Swapped them and the ram from the toasted one and booted up fine!

Okay, it prints. Had to change all the fonts in the document to ones that are on the iBook but it does work.

Am running on the old iBook G4 again. Have the importent stuff in Dropbox so that’s available. Now to try to print to the Samsung laser.

Took out the motherboard. Light comes on on the power supply if it’s not plugged into the motherboard. Plugged in it just flashes. 🙁

Well lost another computer to lightening. Was typing away and it went pop really loud and then dead. Then I heard the thunder.