Mini-Travelogue

The Whistle Is Screaming · Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:20 pm

Sam,
Nice pics (B+), but they lack a certain ... hot chicks quality to them.

Rack the Sudden Sam traveling photo show anyway!

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:27 pm

rack SS-- "travelocycle guy" and our
version of this--

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:03 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Do these type threads mean I'm old?

When you look like Randy Owen's dad, you're old. ;)

Blitzen · Post by **Blitzen** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:29 am

Sudden Sam wrote: Do these type threads mean I'm old?

No. The fact that you crap your pants and lose your teeth means you're old.

Dasher · Post by **Dasher** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:31 am

I remember those shithole towns. That's where Santa drops us of at to take a piss and shit break before we sleigh it up again.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:42 am

Sudden Sam wrote:

That's a pretty cool pic, sun in the windows and gargoyles and all.

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:13 am

Always good to see your photography of the SE of our country SS! Excellent stories and photos!

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:32 am

yeah, rack you SS. your pics are a lot more enjoyable compared to what m-faggot would post of his ren fairy tour pics.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:01 am

Throw another rack on the pile for the mini-tour, SS. Good stuff.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:54 am

Just curious. How long did you hang around watching the paint dry?

:)

That smitherman building is cool looking. Are there a Lot of other antebellum structures left in Selma? I know selma got stomped pretty good by the north towards the end of the war.

One of Dinsdales great great relatives probably drank with a union general in between battles, unloading his extensive knowledge of D&R brews on the poor besotted commander, so whatever info you don't have he'll be sure to spew forth for me I'm sure. :)

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:07 pm

Rack the thread, Sam. Those are some nice pics.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:34 pm

Yeah, if my ancestors were from the south, like I'd really tell anybody.

Stood there for 15 minutes, and you didn't have the heart to tell Boissie that you're supposed to prime bare wood before you paint it? Shame on you. Oh well, another homeowner gets taken to the cleaners.

Cool pics as always, Sam.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:33 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Actually, that porch wood was already painted. Boissie was adding a new coat.

Uhm...no, it wasn't. The woodgrain showing behind his feet there should have told you. Matter of fact, the wood is even greyed-out. Boissie was giving himself a little future business, since that coating is going to fail very quickly(assuming it wasn't a solid-color stain, which it doesn't appear to be, although it's difficult to tell from a pic).

Now don't get me wrong -- I couldn't care any less if some redneck's porch paint peels(which it will...soon), I was just pointing out the obvious.

YD · Post by YD » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:37 pm

any solid color coating on a horizontal wood surface will fail horribly in weeks or months

/s/ timmah-ex coatings specifier for architectural applications

The Whistle Is Screaming · Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:42 pm

Maybe he's using a green primer, intending to use dark green paint over it to help hide any mistakes?

YD · Post by YD » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:42 pm

even if he primes it , it will peel

The Whistle Is Screaming · Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:48 pm

timmay wrote:even if he primes it , it will peel

I don't like where this is headed.

Sinc,
PrimeX

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:50 pm

timmay wrote:timmah-ex coatings specifier for architectural applications

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Sin,
Ex journeyman industrial coatings applicator(Dins has had all kinds of funky jobs over the years)

The spec guy/engineer is ALWAYS the laughingstock of the jobsite. They take a 30 minute class, in which they're filled with COMPLETE bullshit, and they use this "knowledge" to go on to spewc...whatever coating's rep bought them the most expensive lunch.

Obviously, ANY coating is going to fail over time. But the coaating process being used in that pic is going to fail rather quickly. There's all kinds of eurethanes and whatnot that would hold up until the wood fell apart. Solid color stains wouldn't "fail," per se, but would wear with the wood.

But as an excellent general rule, if a person needs advice on selecting an advanced coating, they should ask the architect/engineer/spec guy...and then do the exact opposite, since it's an absolute fact that none of those guys know what the fuck they're talking about, and the only information they EVER use comes from sales reps who have quite a bit to gain out of the deal....even though there's laws against such things(which are broken on a daily basis...dude I used to work for would even report the jackasses for it).

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:54 pm

Dude, getting over on municipalities is what public works is all about.

If the general public only knew how badly they got milked on a daily basis, they'd probably be pissed.

Oh well, it's good for the economy.