Monday, July 2, 2018

Good morning crew,

When I set myself a task I don't like to make it easy on myself.

Two days ago on Saturday it topped out around 96 or 97 degrees, and that was the day I decided to empty my garage of its entire contents and pressure wash the floor.

It needed to be done, but I wouldn't have been so motivated to do it immediately if I didn't have people coming over for a backyard cookout on Independence Day.

It took over three hours just to drag everything out onto the patio where it made a startlingly large pile. We've only been in the house four years but I felt like a hoarder looking at all of the paraphernalia (for lack of a better word) that I have already accumulated.

On the plus side, I was able to discard some things and consolidate others, so the place is a lot more organized and less cluttered than it was. And after scouring the floor with a hundred gallons or so of high pressure water people will be able to walk through the place without their feet sticking to the floor.

Which is important, because if the forecast of thunderstorms doesn't change there are going to be about 20 people in there eating soggy hotdogs and hamburgers on the Fourth.

With all of the sorting and organizing and cleaning and repacking, it took me just about an 8-hour day. And the wife even made it home from work early enough to put in a couple hours of help. That mostly consisted of helping me drink beer, but it was still nice to have the support.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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A: Because otherwise it would be a foot.

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6 was scared of 7 because 7, 8, 9. But why did 7 eat 9?

Because you're supposed to eat 3 squared meals a day.

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My wife found out I was cheating on her after she found all
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She got so mad she told me she's never playing Scrabble with
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Q. What equipment will I need to go camping?

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