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Old 09-23-2009, 06:59 PM
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Cool, I'm use to finding metal things in my lawn. When I bought my house here in KY in 1997 I mowed right the hell over a still. I will be at your house in the morning, have breakfast ready.
Darling Wife wants to know if you like home made spoon bread.......

Figure I'll make sure there's a case of cold Guiness as a standby (or a side dish).

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Old 09-23-2009, 07:29 PM
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Darling Wife wants to know if you like home made spoon bread.......

Figure I'll make sure there's a case of cold Guiness as a standby (or a side dish).
Sounds good, BTW I will be the Long Haired Freaky Person that you won't let into your house. See ya tomorrow.
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:09 PM
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Hey, huge congrats!! That is one hell of a big ugly monkey off your back. Enjoy working now at your own pace. Beautiful house too.
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:02 PM
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Thanks for the kind words folks.

Just to clarify - we have an FHA rehab loan (203k). Initial inspection (pre-close) came up with a list of 60 or so items that had to be cleared. Initial deadline was 6 months, but we were able to get an extension (original contractor passed away, Ma got cancer & we are her full time care, Ed had strokes, had to get a house bought and ready for them in town, etc).

Many of the items were simple (replace missing switch plates, broken windows, etc) some of them more involved (rotted soffits, moldy basement, restore power to the barn, build doors for the barn, etc).

The biggest bucket of work was dealing with the peeling paint. Even though every surface tested negative for lead, FHA says it all must die. So every wall, (interior and exterior), every ceiling, all the trim, and the porch - had to be dealt with. If you've not seen the before and after shots, there are some in this post: Hump day thread.
CONGRATULATIONS!

It looks like you have turned a corner! that's always good.

BTW I too have a 1961 220Sb that is a project car with no time or project fundage..
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Old 09-24-2009, 08:28 AM
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Sounds good, BTW I will be the Long Haired Freaky Person that you won't let into your house. See ya tomorrow.
Hell, you'll fit right in then!
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Old 09-24-2009, 10:11 AM
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Hell, you'll fit right in then!
Someones knocking on your door someones ringing the bell, do me a favor open the door and let em in.
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Old 09-24-2009, 11:19 AM
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Nice house!!

Looks like a design and paint choice on a home owned by Morgan Freeman...
Ok, I give up - can't figure out the Morgan Freeman reference. Only houses google finds attached to his name are way more like compounds than mere houses.

What am I missing?
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Old 09-24-2009, 04:33 PM
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Ok dude i'm finished mowing your lawn, can i have my beer now? BTW I found about 20 cat skeletons in your back yard. Did you buy some kind of pet cemetary?
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Old 09-24-2009, 05:10 PM
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Ok dude i'm finished mowing your lawn, can i have my beer now? BTW I found about 20 cat skeletons in your back yard. Did you buy some kind of pet cemetary?
Darling Wife says you musta mowed at the wrong big yellow house - our yard still looks like a hayfield.

Glad you didn't get shot!
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Ugh the part of the country that has beautiful houses with history and class and in areas with green trees and snow and with real seasons.. siiigh

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