The Road

The Road

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Building A Shed

Being retired I find myself looking for things to do.I'd love to be doing all sorts of things for myself but that costs money so I try to find things to do for people around me using their money.It works for me . Keeps me busy and lets me keep my skills sharp  by using my tools and brain.So ,I took on a project building a shed for my neighbor .  Today after the rain stops I'm going to lay it out on the ground so her 22 year old son can dig the holes for the posts the deck will be sitting on. My digging days are over for the most part.I save that for my own projects like the outhouse I am still building up at my camp. I still have to break thru that layer of hard pan so I never finished the inside in order to have access to the hole.The last time I worked on it was 2017 ! Yeah ,I hate digging .Well,perhaps in the summer of 2021 I'll finish it so the place is saleable  .But, back to the shed job.It should be a fun project. You see,when I do it for someone else I have to finish it once I start it so the next few weeks I'll be working outside and having fun using my tools. First I have to solve the mystery of why I am getting gasoline fumes in the cab of my old 1971 Chevy C20 pick up. Need her to do this shed so yesterday I picked up a new tank sender gasket kit.I replaced the gas tank in 2015 with a new replacement tank so I know the tank is good. It's either the gasket on the sender unit or the joint at the delivery line at the bottom where I joined the two pieces of metal line with rubber fuel line. Got some new fuel line for that  as well so with any luck this should be fixed later on today after this rain stops .Made some new  8 foot long ramps so I can get the 7000 watt generator off the truck. Gotta clean out a space in the shop for it to reside and also find a place to put the table saw Pete gave me from his parents house.It's on the truck with the generator . This is retirement !  There is always stuff to do and I'm glad for that . Gotta keep going full steam or you turn to crap real fast. But I'd rather be RIDING !



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