Working with Wood

Vickie, hopefully part of your legacy will be a still thriving Coffee Shop being beamed straight to the chips in the brains of future roofers.

I like the thought of a plywood box more than an OSB box for me. The fumes coming from OSB that close could be bad for your health, you know. Plus, I think I want my box to be 4x4x8. Cost effective, no cutting waste. Plus the extra space might come in handy if I get a case of restless leg syndrome.

wywoody Said: Plus, I think I want my box to be 4x4x8. Cost effective, no cutting waste. Plus the extra space might come in handy if I get a case of restless leg syndrome.

Cost effective? That's 5 sheets of plywood and with all that space you could supply your own wood. ;) The "greenies" would be all over that one.

On that note it is interesting that they do market a cremation casket made from pine that is assembled with no glue or metal fasteners. It is all doweled together and the interior has a straw mattress and cotton lining. 100% all natural to market to the environmentalists. (Just realized that word has "mental" in it)

Vickie,

This forum is a legacy that has improved the roofing industry, and all the lives of the workers and their familys of the contractors that visit here and glean through all the posts of the contractors that participate in this forum.

My company has improved more swiftly with the information I have gotten here. My installation of different materials has improved thanks to you.

Vickie,

Your legacy is right here in the Roofer's Coffee Shop. You have changed a lot of lives here. Mine for one. If you would not have created the Roofer's Coffee Shop, my life would have a hole in it, and I would not even know why, just know the hole.

Of all the topics we have had over all these years, this is the one I think of the most. I also was listen to Tom T. Hall today and he song called The Ballad of Bill Crum. Bill reachs 90 and starts to build his own coffin. Bill figures his body has treated well. So he is going to put his body in the coffin it deserves and send it off properly. I feel the same way.

I would love to see your "Death Quilt". I would be honored to be present at your funeral to see you wrapped in your "Death Quilt".

So we finally get to why I found Vickie's post.

Today, I went to look at a house to buy. The young couple in their mid 20's was selling their home. I asked them how they came up with their asking price. The husband told me his wife's mother needs help and they have moved to be with her and help her. They bought this home a year ago. They love this home and they are giving it up to help her mother. They told me about all the dreams they had for this house. They told me about these things without the sound of regret or sadness. It was such a gift to watch them talk about themselves. I told them I would give them their asking price and they did not have to do all things they were planning on fixing to sell. Their faces lit up and they said in unison "Really". It was such a relief to them and a joy to me to be apart of their lives.

MikeH, what is happening to me. 3 years have passed and my posts are even longer. LOL

The mind is the first thing to go Lefty. Rambling starts soon after. Happened to me early in life. ;)

Mike H Said: The mind is the first thing to go Lefty. Rambling starts soon after. Happened to me early in life. ;)

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