Gang,

I finally scored a forclosure. It's a real dump, I'm stoked! Pretty soon I'll have my own horror stories to tell about leaking roofs, bad wiring and backed up plumbing.

The good news is I can't use this as an excuse to duck shoots for much longer.

I'm off to plant tulips.

Lon



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Well Lon!

Congrats. Welcome to the money pit!

We'll all take note ... Lon can't use the "I'm settling on a condo that date ... " anymore. Great! So; you've decided you need to branch out - after seeing all of the female realtors in Miami ... right? Maybe Tampa, Orlando?? hahaha. We're wise to your real interest in real estate. heheheh.

Gary

I thought I knew why Lon wanted to drive all over town with those realtors but I'm having trouble with the scored a dump being good news bit!

The realtor that actually got the job done was a gruff ole dude about my age. You would think he was a Marine, a real professional. It took me two years and a half dozen smoking hot realtor babes before I learned how to get this done.

What I'm going to do now is just look for another place, not buy.

Lon



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Lon :

Good luck on the new house. Ignore all the horror stories . Keep telling yourself...
"Its an investment "

Karl

Karl,

It USED TO BE an investment!

Now ... the only rock solid thing you can put your money into is Barnes Pneumatic! hehehe.

Gary

Hi Lon,

Congratulations! I hope that you enjoy your new permanent home.

You should invite all of us to your open house...

Thanks guys,

Shoot is tomorrow!

Bring: bucket, mop, shovel, hammer, one square brown fiberglass shingles, tree saw and..................

Oh yeah, a gun!

Lon

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Don't dispare Lon. I know it seems bad now ... but just take baby steps.

;?)

Gary

Great idea Julio! Hey everyone, grab your guns, we're going shooting at Lon's!

Watch out for the "free" help parties, especially when it comes to roofing. Guys with a few beers on-board are not an ideal match for ladders and high places, as it turns out.

Even if they never get off the ground, you never know when somebody is gonna forget to tell you that they accidentally dumped a half-bucket of roofing nails in your gravel driveway, and picked up ALMOST all of them.

Yeah - then there's the pneumatic nail gun competitions ....

hahahaha

When the roofers get going with the pneumatic staplers and asphault shingles, it sounds like those things are full-auto. I remember doing it one nail at a time with the old-fashioned hammer, a lot less junk to haul around in the truck, but it sure was slow by comparision.

Pretty amazing how far a 3/4" roofing nail can go when you hit it just wrong, isn't it? The only thing that's more amazing is how often it'll land right behind the tire of your truck. The whole driveway to fall onto, and it's gotta head right for the tire tracks.

Memories, good and bad. I remember being 16 years old, and rebuilding the large porch roof areas of my parent's farm house. That's when I learned about compound angles to replace rafters. And, I worked on it so late into the evenings, that I distinctly recall using the glow off of the flat 1/2" diameter roofing nail's head to locate same.



Gary

Yup, not sure I'd want to try the same trick with a pneumatic staple gun. Might end up fastening yourself to the roof. On the other hand, you know if you hit your thumb in the dark with either method.