tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post1682699473828781529..comments2023-10-02T03:52:53.993-06:00Comments on The Ministry of Linus: Early Saturday MorningLinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-33012113549314613722008-11-15T18:34:00.000-07:002008-11-15T18:34:00.000-07:00Welcome back, Captain Corley...Welcome back, Captain Corley...Linushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917331849034683598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-6967420213819325092008-11-06T14:03:00.000-07:002008-11-06T14:03:00.000-07:00Joanna had her roof done a few weeks ago. Those bo...Joanna had her roof done a few weeks ago. Those boys and girls were toting hatchets around and apparently had to cut through several layers of roofing materials that had, in the past, simply been ignored while the new material went on top. I was nearly clipped by a piece of roof that was tossed down with rusty nails protruding from the timber. I examined the piece, and apparently in the past the number of nails needed to hold down a shingle were vastly greater than today... when you have 15 nails in a piece of wood about 10 inches long, that must mean that shingles "back in the day" were a more wild and rambunctious sort that needed extra persuading to stay nailed down, unlike their domesticated descendants today. So aside from the small arms fire, we had the added mystery of repairing a roof with hand axes. It was like a dozen hobbits were doing construction above our heads. I have never felt safer.<BR/><BR/>On another note, the word verification for this post was drugme.Ben Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08220786343090922203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461626.post-62088556892526944912008-11-02T16:48:00.000-07:002008-11-02T16:48:00.000-07:00It's true, roofing can be... strange. I swear I sa...It's true, roofing can be... strange. I swear I saw one of the roofers yelling about steers and queers yesterday while his assistant did nail-gun drills...<BR/><BR/>I went back inside and turned the lights off...Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14268840831021892360noreply@blogger.com