First Congo On The Road

Various quips, quotes, comments, and observations of the week:

Most names have been omitted.  Most of my fellow campers should know who is who.  Just ask one of us.

A group of four driving around Biloxi the two ladies in the back broke into song.  They were all shook up.  Elvis was at the wheel.

If the code is 36” we need 36”.

One camper had a close encounter of the rattiest kind.

Thankfully we had an architect in the group that pointed out that when we put the wall back together, the wall should go all the way up to the ceiling.

Do you understand what I mean when I say ceiling joist?

Today, east means west.  (Next day) East means east again.

Some of us need to be careful with a sharp pencil.

There was some destructive testing of flooring materials.  Thankfully, the scaffold was already in place.

The framing gals are only following the roadmap (even if east is west).  If we get lost due to a faulty roadmap, the framers are not responsible…unless the hot sun is getting to them.  It occurs to the leader that they are in a no lose situation.

K is for king, J is for Jack, where is the Queen?  The leader observes that we have 10 Queens on this trip.

Four inches isn’t really that far apart.

I said put the top in first.

For one camper, the most challenging thing all week was keeping track of the various tasks assigned by the leader and the frequency with which items on the list would change in hierarchy.

Craig to leader that will remain nameless: “The 82 ½” rough opening for the door should be measured from the floor, not the top of the bottom plate.”  Nameless leader: “Oops” or something like that.  More rework follows.

One couple had issues with the air compressor.  One day the wife suffered from hose whip and saw the warning (“hold the hose firmly when disconnecting to prevent hose whip”) too late.  Next day the husband cleverly sprayed himself while bleeding the tank.  They both seem to have learned a lesson.  Hopefully, they will remember this for next year.  Wife thinks the common denominator here is the air compressor, therefore it is at fault.

Craig to work camper 1 “Make two three inch blocks to use as nailers.” Work camper 2 “What?”  Work camper 1 (now measuring) “We need two 3” blocks.”  Craig: “Is there an echo in here?”

Framing gals observed that it would be more helpful to have the scaffold sections placed so that the ladders on the same side on each level.  Otherwise, that next step is a doozy.

Moving the scaffold platforms from one level to the next proved to be nearly as challenging as the circular puzzle in the Mission House.

Speaking of puzzles, some campers stayed up until 11:10 on Friday night to finish the last puzzle.  Everyone worked on one of the puzzles at one time or another during the week.

The weather all week was nothing short of spectacular.  Daytime highs in the 70’s, sunny, and (especially for here) low humidity.  Our timing was good because Mississippi had record rainfall in October.  We simply could not have asked for better weather.