NEVER JET HOT

Building a gate, learning a lot even at my advanced age. Some things I probably knew at one time but apparently forgot. 1. When buying lumber, check it for warp up/down AND side to side! Also for other defects such as huge knots in fenceboards. 2. If the stain can says stir often, STIR IT OFTEN. No one likes a fence that looks like it survived a fire. 3. Don't try to mix stains. It won't be pretty. 4. Don't enlist other people to help stain. Other people are sloppy, and they get mad if you mention it. 5. Using a circular saw, look at the blade, not the little guide thing in front. 6. Keep the dog out of the garage. Having the dog in there can only mean disaster. 7. Wear gloves, safety glasses, old clothes. Yes, you WILL get some on you. ... Those are only the lessons so far, I'm not even done yet.

Found while investigating a noise in one of attic spaces: One KM-8 "Sock Em" boxing glove. Add this to artifacts found around the house and yard, old beer bottles in the wall behind the medicine cabinet, Motorcycle wheels in the stickers, some steel pipes, some sort of multi-level spool thing, what else? Various balls and frisbees may have come from adjacent yards. Lots of glass and plastic found digging around in the far back yard, I think they used to burn their garbage here rather than pay for pickup. I found a doll head back there, and a kitchen knife. Man, this place is getting creepier by the minute.