Cotton socks are the key.

 

I still like my old leather - creaks when I move, but warm as all hell.

Funny but I never really worry about keeping anything but my center body warm, I been known to take Woola out in 20 degree cold barefoot

 

I have never been fond of the cold----which is why I moved back to Tennessee after my stint in the Army. But I don't detest it. Gloves, hat and warm jacket suit me just fine. On real cold days that I'm going to be out in it for long stretches, thermal underwear is what keeps me toasty.

Hope everyone has a great day! Stay warm.

 

The wind, that's all I got to say about that.

 

Tuesday it is. Supposed to be a nice day tomorrow.

 

At least this afternoon was nice .

 

Wasn't bad. Started forming some concrete. When to pour it will be the question.

 

I expect you want to hold off until friday and see what's going on then. Supposed to be warming by then into increasing temps over next saturday and sunday.

I dunno what the best temperature to cure cement is but I know I wouldn't shoot paint without a heated shop for a while yet.

 

Not a concrete expert, but I've always been told that it's the second night after you pour that it will freeze.

 

You may want to keep an eye on the NWS reports I've been copy and pasting into the TN weather logbook then.

It's all fine and dandy to see a quick blurb on a news channel, but I like to have a deeper understanding of what the weather patterns are doing and why.

If what the NWS is showing holds up, then there looks to be a fairly wide window of warmer weather coming in a few days, and that would be the best chance if you intend to pour in february at all. We could reasonably expect a last frost in my area all the way up to 31 march, centerville is technically in the same climate zone but you might want to hit up specific reports and predictions for your zipcode.

The local weather guesser is an interpreter for the NOAA and NWS. If you look at the real info that the news stations base their feeds on you can be a lot better at figuring out whats really going on than they are.

Anyway....
Today I got the CBR suit I sent for, and a Wagner Flexio 590 housepaint and stain sprayer I was waitin' on.

Sure as hell after looking in the instructions backwards and forwards I found that it was assembled incorrectly (it's a used unit that cost me $59 instead of $149 or more).
Had a little paint on it here and there, but it was obviously water based acrylic paint and easy to clean away.

There was one O-ring in particular that was installed backwards. No wonder it was returned! Guaranteed to make it leak and lose pressure.
It looks like a nice gun, I can hardly wait to start using it. The thing has features that make it as versatile as my shop guns for spray width, air pressure, media flow, and all kinds of things. It has a separate head for detail work to that can be adjusted down to a needle spray. There are options for paint feathering on both.

If this rig is half as good as it looks like it is I may get into doing murals with it...

God knows parts of my house and shop are thirsty for paint - some of the wood looks like it was robbed from an old barn!

But I never do a thing unless and until I can go full-bore and have the right tools.

I need to find a new option or two for the "DAMNED TREE" that I thought I had a guy about set to come and cut down. I talked to him earlier today and apparently he had just busted his ankle shooting a skateboard video. He was fixin' to call his wife to take him to the emergency room when he answered my call...

Scaffolding my way up with two by fours just may be the only out on that.

I'm puzzling over just how proud of me I want my Poppas ghost to be...

 

Thanks for the info Grey. Good tools sure make the job easier.

 

You never want the weather to ruin a huge investment - timing can be everything!

If I were you I would do a lot of online searches about concrete and the best temperature to lay it down, also keeping it wet as it cures.

Find out everything you can about it - because a mistake could last forever.

 

It's for a customer and it's a pretty big job. We form it, our concrete man pours and finishes it. My uncle, the boss, will not chance the weather.

 

It's always better to wait for good weather with concrete. You lose a few days but you avoid a problem that never ends. It might take a few years to show up but a bad foundation will show up.

 

Cement is a concrete word. Just keep that in mind.

I turned 50 years old today....I fortunately don't feel that old.

I got a couple nice gifts (including a $50 gift card for LMC Truck) and my wife made my favorite kind of cake: chocolate with peanut butter frosting. Most people don't like it, but I've always loved it since elementary school. At least one Friday each month, the lunch ladies would make it for pizza day.

Any ways....I am just feeling blessed, and thankful for the blessings.

And don't start in with the "LMC is all junk" stuff. They are not necessarily the best choice in some things (particularly the rubber seals for doors) BUT they do have some hard-to-find parts, and have GREAT customer service. I use them every once in a while for odds and ends. I'm going to get some new heater vent hoses...the ones in the beast are starting to crack in places. But since it looks like they've been in the truck since 1966 when it was built, I think it's about time for a change-out.

Hope everyone has enjoyed the warm weather this weekend. Have a great week!