Assclownery in the year 1910

When working on an older house, estimate the time required to complete a task and then multiply that by four and you should get a fairly accurate time to complete said project. As the dimensions of the material that make up the structure of the house are literal. A 2" x 4" stud actually has the dimensions of 2" x 4", as opposed to a modern 2x4 that measures in at 1.5" X 3.5". A plaster and lath wall can add an extra inch over normal modern drywall, 1" x 6" trim adds another 1/2" on the pile as the new 1 x 6 planks are 3/4" x 5 1/2".

Case in point, my exterior kitchen door, a two hour project to install, one hour to remove. Demo of the old door did in fact only take one hour, installation of the new door took two hours, the trim took all weekend. Much confusion was had as the door frame lined up with the rough opening on the exterior but was not exactly plumb on the interior. After much door aligning, leveling and eyeballing the official order to "fuck it" was giving by the project manager, me. As I knew I was doomed to serious woodworking on one of the sides of the door no matter what I did. More shims where then added at the point where the screws would penetrate the door frame into the studs to prevent warping at those points.

Door installed, now for the trim.

Exterior trim slaps right up, no issues since I lined the door up with the exterior.

Then the interior, where the thickness of a modern door frame falls woefully short by an inch to meet even with the wooden lath in a 1910 home. Add to this two differing thickness of the wooden lath on ether side of the door and the bottom 5 feet of the left side (assclownery by the original builder). Carpentry skills are now required as well as another 6 hours of wood milling, fitting, filling and sanding. All said 10 hours of on the job for one stinking exterior door.

Rain rain, go the F away

Is it ever going to stop effin' raining?!?!? It has been raining for like two weeks now with no more than a 1-12 hour break between bouts of rain.

I'd like to reach a point where I could say to myself "a little rain would be nice".

Just look at this freekin' low pressure center. It was supposed to slide to the East, its hardly moved, the only thing it is doing is getting more intense.


Depressing.

Thanks Zippy!

I have received a never ending amount of shit for wearing a bike helmet today (while riding a bike none the less). Everything from looking "uncool" to my inability to ride a bicycle.

Then I tell them about a guy I know who split his helmet into three pieces in a crash. They shut up rather quickly.