18” Scrimshawed Antler Salyan – Review

[Howard Wallace]

Hey - did you enjoy the wind this past weekend? We had a ton of down wood at our place

According to the newscasts, gusts to 65 mph at our hole-in-the-wall place, or should I say hole-in-the-Cascades place. We're used to high winds here in the wind tunnel. Not many trees down. I guess the 100 mph winds earlier took out the weak ones.

Red Flower and I just hunkered down and enjoyed the wind. She said it was scary and they don't get winds like that in Beijing. She says she won't live in the 25th floor in a high-rise here. It'll be a while before we have to worry about that though. I think we're up to about 5 traffic lights in town now. It did give us an excuse to avoid picking up all the debris from the apple tree I prunned. However, it didn't blow away and is still waiting for us, mocking us and tripping us when we go to the backyard.

Our new roof held up great. The contractors first installed the ridge row backwards, facing the east. I insisted they come back and install it correctly before I would pay them. Glad I did. They said not to worry about the incorrect installation, because they would gaurantee their work and come back and fix it if it ripped off. I wasn't buying it. Now I get the same not-worrying effect because it's installed correctly, not bas-ackward into the high winds.

 

[munk]

The contractors first installed the ridge row backwards, facing the east. I insisted they come back and install it correctly before I would pay them. Glad I did. They said not to worry about the incorrect installation, because they would gaurantee their work and come back and fix it if it ripped off. I wasn't buying it. Now I get the same not-worrying effect because it's installed correctly, not bas-ackward into the high winds.>>>>>>>>>> Howard

You know, in this crazy world, variants of this situation are everywhere. I feel like there's a life message in there somewhere, but I can't quite get it.
I'm glad you got the right roof the first time- that's the message probably.



munk

 

[Outdoors]

I don't think it was as windy over near the Sound, but I missed the forecasts. I guestimate 35 mph, though.

It did give us an excuse to avoid picking up all the debris from the apple tree I prunned. However, it didn't blow away and is still waiting for us, mocking us and tripping us when we go to the backyard.​

I did the same thing with our japanese maple leaves. "Too windy" the kids said. "Branches could fall on your head" Maybe we will get another dry spell, if not Im raking wet leaves after the holiday.

Ya gotta love contractors, eh Howard?
We just moved into a new place and I've had to have the oven repaired ($300 and 4 week wait for part) and the water heater replaced. Sigh. It's all good, right

Pat

 

[SASSAS]

Our new roof held up great. The contractors first installed the ridge row backwards, facing the east. I insisted they come back and install it correctly before I would pay them. Glad I did. They said not to worry about the incorrect installation, because they would gaurantee their work and come back and fix it if it ripped off. I wasn't buying it. Now I get the same not-worrying effect because it's installed correctly, not bas-ackward into the high winds.

You can't beat an offer of bad work backed by more bad work. It seems all too common to hear, "Don't worry about the quality, it has a guarantee." I wonder if that guarantee would have included replacing the things in your home that had sentimental value when they got ruined by the wind and rain?

We run into this at work and unfortunately some managers fall for it all too often. When a vendor screws up, costing the company time and money, rather than getting a new vendor, they accept additional "free" services as compensation...leading of course to another screw up which costs the company time and money. Rinse, Wash, Repeat...