I meant to post this earlier.
I put those 2 Remote Acurite Sensors I had in the Bloom Room in the Attic a few days ago…
Pretty nice up there, actually. Should be nice to work in - before that flip-flopping 0F day.
And, that amount I posted I paid for Propane - that $420+?
Not a Cannabis Slip (it’s just like a Freudian Slip but Cannabis!). 
Thankfully, they allow me to split my bill. I paid the balance owed yesterday.
I’m not so sure about next month…
More Testing!
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WHAB
We moved to montana in 10 and never looked back.
The osteoporosis shrunk me four inches and wrecked my spine.
Hence the meds that shut my kidneys down.
Gfr at 15 for several months fortunate for no machine.
Over the hump as they say.
I can hobble about but my power lifting days are over…and I am not allowed to ski,ride or handle cattle.
I will take pain over sick any day myself.
You seem far more mobile than I!
Worked up the gumption to take some cuts and do some trimming this week…about all I had in me.
PT is good for you,do it!
Finally I have a walker myself.
Haven’t has to use it but there it is.
Do use my cane sometimes and glad for it when its needed.
That is my tale of oldie woe.
So much snow here and I love it.
Ah, I was hoping you’d be closer. Had you been closer I would have offered to come see ya, with goodies!
I hear ya! My spine is the worst of things for me. My multiple Heart Attacks and subsequent Very Aggressive Angioplasty (CTO PCI) with with a Punch on the end of the device instead of a balloon is on top of that.
Glad to read you’re on the mend, my friend!
Yeah, my days in the weight room are over for me as well. Regrettably. I used to like being in the Gym!
Glad to read you’re still growing, man! That’s my real therapy these days…being in the garden.
I use my cane as a last resort. Like you, it’s there when I need it. Seems like some people are more interested in my using one than me needing to use one! 
I used to really like snow, too. Not so much any more. Especially with my Ice Skate (rear-wheel drive factory race car).
I’d like to see what you’ve got going on IF you care to show it, my old friend!
Hey, IF I read it correctly, and this doesn’t go directly to you but…again, IF I read it correctly. A person can get a MO MMJ Card and NOT be a citizen of this fine state. IF true,. that’s new…and different. MMJ License is now valid for 3 years. too. But that starts AFTER your next license IF that date occurs before the plan is fully implemented. I will be on that cusp. I’m going to try and hold off as long as I can and try to get on the new program.
Hey, man…I have to get ready to scoot out.
See ya on the flip side!
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WHAB
We went recreational last year which pretty much shutdown the medical side. Very few doctors will prescribe it no matter your condition.
We still grow the g13 x bsh and some hacks we made.
Nice and frosty!
Beautiful Plants!
That’s beautiful, my old friend! Just beautiful! 
Thank you for allowing me (us) a peek! 
I appreciate that.@arb!
Staying on Medical here has other benefits not available to Recreational users.
Lower tax rate and higher allowable quantities are just 2 I can think of off the top of my head from previous reading.
Thanks again, brother! Good to have you around!
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WHAB
Insulation Continues…
This is where I halted the deep clean…where I stopped the night before but didn’t get any pictures of it.
I didn’t measure it but it’s about 6 inches to the top of the Tin Ceiling substructure, bottom of the ceiling joist. The handle is sitting on the apex of the coved tin.
Recall, this is around the corner from the previous pictures, behind the chimney.
That’s that nest I found under that wide board that was nailed down right behind the chimney.
Opposite that is this…in the same bay…
That’s a large pile of droppings. From what I don’t know but droppings they are.
Exactly above that point is what was probably where whatever it was was roosting.
Close up of the uncovered nest.
Then a quick clean.
This space really has me perplexed; Below is one of the anchors I found. This one is clenched over so they could frame that crook in the roof, the eave…etc.
Besides that. There is what looks like scrap lumber used throughout its construction Uneven cuts. Nails all over the place. Nails not used in its construction. Just unexplained nails all over.
Back to the other day…
I discovered the rolls of insulation in the crate (that’s just what I’m calling them, I don’t really know how they are referred to), were strapped up but not individually, they strapped them up in pairs.
It was here that I realized I’d need 2 more ratchet straps. I’d had have to ratchet strap both rolls at the same time before I cut that strap holding the 2 rolls together.
Then, it would be nice IF I had a handle to grab as I maneuver through the classroom, up the Modified Ship’s Ladder to the Loft, then up the attic ladder.
First iteration. I don’t like getting those straps knotted up, though.
Second iteration.
That worked VERY well.
But, I wound up using a Vise-Grip Clamp (not pliers) through one of the eyelets on one strap…that’s what I used throughout the rest of the loft loading.
I got 6 rolls up there. Everything that was in that crate.
The other loose rolls, not in that crate, got a little wet even though I had them raised off the trailer deck with 4x4 lumber and tarped with a good tarp (no known holes in it). They never touched the deck but got wet somehow anyway.
I’m going to leave them down here in the classroom for a couple/few days to let them dry out. At least until I get to the point where I need them up. Those final 2 bays are where the attic ladder is and one bay North of that. I didn’t think there was a good chance of them drying out up there IF it reached freezing temps. It would freeze and melt, freeze and melt - even thought temps up there are not even close to freezing right now.
Then, when I figured out I needed more ratchet straps one of them bit me. Bit me good. It tore a hole in my finger.
I caught this finger on my right hand in the mechanism of a tie-down strap. This was when I was tightening down the second strap of the 12 times I used the straps for this job. After I halted the bleeding I got back at it.
Then, I’m not sure how, when I was fitting the insulation in that Roosting bay I pulled my hand back at is was bleeding all over. My left hand. It was a gusher. With the above injury I bandaged it and gave it a couple of hours to make sure the worst of the bleeding was over…taped it closed and kept going. Not with this one, yet. I was forced to stop. It turns out for the night. It took many hours for that bleeding to stop. I have not looked at it today.
I’m going to remove that bandage and try to get it down to just taped closed…as I did with the right.
Also the other day, I found these…within this debris, covered up.
They are the mitered cut-offs from the shake shingles when they were first installed…there was also a square nail in the same general area just laying there.
I found more mitered cut-offs since then. Pretty neat history, imo.
That didn’t work…
…it started bleeding again as soon as I removed the bandage. It looks to also be a tear, not a cut. Cuts tend to close faster than tears. This probably started bleeding again because I pulled the bandage off the wrong direction, I pulled the flap in the tear open. I didn’t know it was torn and not cut. I thought it was a cut because as I first saw it bleeding I had that insulation knife in my hand as I was balancing atop the ceiling joist. There was a chance I cut myself but that’s not what happened…this is tear for sure.
I want to try to get back up there to finish with these latest 6 rolls…behind the chimney, the rest of the bathroom (tin ceiling’d area), then continuing North to the attic ladder. Once I get the bathroom area done the rest of the space are all straight runs up to that roof structure I had to cut at and restart on the other side of. Straight runs, besides that structure, until I get to the attic ladder area, that is.
Back to wound care…
Then a 
then reevaluate my injuries!
Otherwise, it’s going pretty well.
Oh, I finally got a system going up there. I had been dragging around the bits of wood this sheeting is now sitting on top of and the sheeting to work off of, separately … all over the area I had been working.
I finally realized there was a better way.
This is from the West wall (tucked into the slope of the roof as deeply as I could get) looking East showing my “new” walk-boards and coincidentally that roof substructure I’ve been cutting around.
That only works above the classroom proper but at least it’s something. I still have to balance on the joists when moving the walk-boards, though.
Also, to clarify. As soon as I can I will effort towards the next grow. I’ll move towards setting up and starting and see where it goes from there. I’ll know more as the days and weeks progress and how what I’ve mentioned (Gov Claw Back and Liberty Utilities hide scalding, potential) will effect that.
First, I must get this insulation done! Very close. IF I can do it without further injury, that would be COOL!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful evening and that you’re making it so!
Edit Add: roll #'s and I forgot to mention. The other day when I was outside in full weather gear, insulation bib overalls, I left them on through that evening…it was cold in here. BUT, I noticed later that evening that my Neuropathy wasn’t acting up. I wasn’t feeling the Neuropathic pain I have been experiencing daily. I bought those Winter boots hoping that would alleviate the Neuropathy. It didn’t. Not even a little bit. I now think it was my legs being cold creating the Neuropathy in my feet (foot, mainly, right foot). I think I accidentally found a solution. I’ll have to wear my insulated overalls while I’m out of bed, even if I never got outside…but, I’ll happily do it. The cold really exacerbates the pain.
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WHAB
I love old buildings like that!
Wish we were closer so I could lend A hand and see it myself.
Tears SUCK and get dirty unless glued shit ime.
Back in the day the builders all did it their own way with whatever they had…home made nails and all.
Super glue does wonders for wounds like that. Good luck with the project and your remaining 6 fingers and two thumbs! 
Hey brother! 
I was hoping we’d be closer so I could bring you some medicine for what ails ya!
It seems you have that worked out, my friend!
Yeah, I pulled the tape of the right hand injury and it was pretty dirty. I think most of it was blood that wasn’t being absorbed by a bandage and the blood ran through that inner face of the tape. All cleaned up and taped up again, less tape this time, leaving the end open this time. It looks to be pretty well closed up, I think.
Yeah, there’s several places here that has me scratching my head “what did these fellas have in mind doing it that way?!?!”
There are some cuts that I would think would never be done on any construction site.
Those oddly cut boards, some have torn edges on them…like when you’re cutting a board with a circular sawing and that last little bit tears off and falls away instead of being cut cleanly…except exaggerated…large torn bits remaining on the lumber they used. Strange.
Their overlapped boards, the continuing extension of the joists (truss lower chord) over a wall as is typical, but they’re not nailed together very well at all. Some of what I saw has huge gaps where they should be no gaps…joining those pieces together. Maybe the nails backed out over the last 100 years…I’m sure they didn’t have double-dipped galvanized ring nails.
I’ll try and get some pictures of what I’m talking about.
I have a Dr. appointment in ‘Town’, not the ‘City’ in a little while. I have to sign off and try and get some rest. Up early!
Good morning,@arb! Make it a great one!
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WHAB
Hey there @Tejas
It wasn’t until I was done bandaging that I looked over and saw my super glue.
I’ve read about that technique. I have been wanting to try it to see if it worked.
I mean, it must work since it is used in medical facilities, I’ve read.
I might just cut myself (careful not to tear) to test it out! J/K
Things I don’t know about it…
How does one get around gushing blood? I can’t see how one would get glue into a cut and make stay in a bleeding open wound.
I ‘might’ find out, one day!
As for retaining the balance of my digits, thank you…I HOPE to!
Thanks for your contribution to the discussion, my friend! It is a neat idea to think about.
Make it a great day, friend!
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WHAB
Super glue! 
Headed to the hospital waiting room to catch up on your thread. Been driving for days it feels. Hope you’re doing well friend. It’s cold up here in Wisconsin.
Edit. Should have scrolled down. Super glue has been suggested. These folks know. 
Hey there brother!
I wasn’t sure if it was you…with your new attire, that is! I looked at the avatar then your handle, back to your avatar, back to your handle!
You’re in Wisconsin for their excellent emergency services?!?!
Stay warm, my friend!
Gotta scoot!
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WHAB
The gushing maybe an artery. Unless you want to make a trip to the doc in a box. Try wrapping it with duct tape, but first apply gauze to the wound site. Then check it in 24 hours. The gauze will apply compression and help staunch the flow.
Well, the mother in law had some emergency surgery due to intestinal blockage. She was in surgery for 7 hours the first day. They left her open and continued surgery 2 days later, and the day after that, and the day after that, and finally closed her up after 6 days. She no longer has biological plumbing after all that. She’s still basically in an induced coma, but they’re finally pulling her out of that. Now she’s loaded with fentanyl, and can squeeze our hands and blink her eyes. She is able to respond to us in that way at least.
It’s been rough trying to get out of here to come visit. Too many things to do, and with the frigid weather coming this week ( I think you’ll be seeing the same), I’ve been rushing to get the hoop houses winterized, and looking for someone to watch the pets. Too bad you’re not closer. I could use someone to tend my plants too.
I dunno if I’m satisfied with that avatar. It’ll probably change multiple times before I change it back to the one @CADMAN made me. 
Quit bleeding on things! Catch ya later friend.
Good to hear she is coming out if her induced coma, best wishes!
Thanks buddy.
Are you in the medical field? You know some stuff. 
I learned about super gluing a cut when I was a carpenter. It’s a quick way to get back to work. I do hate how it feels on the skin though.
I was a paramedic for 6 years. I have used super glue to repair myself many times
Haha. I figured as much. You rock @Tejas.
