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Now a saltbox out my window
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. http://texasspeedracing.com/saltbox.JPG |
These are handy as storage...and very secure. Nice laminated hardwood floors. When I lived out in California, I had a neighbor who sold these for $1500- $2000. I think they were 40-some footers. Some guy's installed a door and windows like you mentioned, and one guy made a nice little workshop out of his. We even found drug addicts using some in the back of the lot as a squaters den. Made it easy on the Cops though...they couldn't bail out the back and make a break for it. hehehe. :)
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Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. http://texasspeedracing.com/saltbox.JPG |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Texas88
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. The first one he had done by someone else was an absolute mess from what I heard, and when my neighbor went to clean it up, he ended up way over budget, and will loose on that one. Will check on the cost, and write up. Been brought up he might want a web page, so might be doing that for them.....? The windows and doors will be all steel, no wood. Bars on the windows I think, but for around here, not sure if they need it. We have no OPEN range land, every ranch is fenced and gated, and god forbid someone getting caught tresspasing on Texas land....... And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty?? :D Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty?? :D
Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... |
Never work as a Ice shack up here-too heavy even if you put runners underneath.
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Originally Posted by yoopr
Never work as a Ice shack up here-too heavy even if you put runners underneath.
Who cares if it breaks thru and freezes in place. Maybe even build a motor mount (5 horse outboard?) and motor to shore in the spring. On second thought...maybe living down south in the heat causes hallucinations...http://oldstersview.wordpress.com/fi..._houseboat.jpg |
Kinda new to this. Why is this called a "saltbox?" Just looks like a standard (medium sized) container to me.
And why is it "salvage?" Doesn't look damaged. Just over inventory? Or what? Dang, I hate sounding like a "newbie!" :roll: |
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Kinda new to this. Why is this called a "saltbox?" Just looks like a standard (medium sized) container to me.
And why is it "salvage?" Doesn't look damaged. Just over inventory? Or what? Dang, I hate sounding like a "newbie!" :roll: Not sure how or why there sold and what reasons? On looking at it, it has some serious dents, holes in it. And those things can't leak at all while on a boat, so it must be cheaper to sell them than fix them after they get so old? Just a guess? |
Thanks, Texas! That all makes sense. And it certainly wouldn't be cheap to FIX them! Just had never heard the term "saltbox" before.
Your neighbor has a nice yard! And at least he lined it up nicely. It would dive ME crazy if he had positioned it at an angle! Just kinda anal in that respect. :lol: Hope for YOUR sake, he only "does" one at a time! :shock: |
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Thanks, Texas! That all makes sense. And it certainly wouldn't be cheap to FIX them! Just had never heard the term "saltbox" before.
Your neighbor has a nice yard! And at least he lined it up nicely. It would dive ME crazy if he had positioned it at an angle! Just kinda anal in that respect. :lol: Hope for YOUR sake, he only "does" one at a time! :shock: Yes, only one at a time, but once he gets started, he is fast. Setback laws only apply to new construction here, and no zoning.... Has it's drawbacks, but I am not to bad where I live, dead end street. Luckily where good friends. He is a hard worker, and very nice people. Better be nice, she just took over my business accounting.... She has a degree in accounting. 8) |
Wow! NO, you didn't mention that. Man, THAT is close! Kinda like "excuse me, can I borrow your toothbrush while I feed the kids their breakfast?"
BTW, is that fescue? |
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Wow! NO, you didn't mention that. Man, THAT is close! Kinda like "excuse me, can I borrow your toothbrush while I feed the kids their breakfast?"
BTW, is that fescue? St. Augustine, well fertilized, but cut low this year due to drought and water restrictions. Looked better in August, grows like heck at 100 degrees out and a little water. If it does not freeze over 3 days, it usually stays green, but like summer, don't expect 80 degree temps and balmy, :wink: |
Well.... I don't think I could PUTT on it. But, I could hit a nice wedge out of it, OVER the saltbox, and onto your neighbor's porch!
You've got my curiosity up. I hope you'll post a picture of the "finished product." Heck, we might have the beginnings of a "reality show" here! Although, I can't think of a good name for it! :lol: |
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Although, I can't think of a good name for it! :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
But, I wouldn't want to have to sell ADS for THAT one! :lol: |
My neighbor took a couple hours off this morning.
http://texasspeedracing.com/deer-1.jpg http://texasspeedracing.com/deer-2.jpg |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Texas88
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by Texas88
My neighbor (General contractor, metal fab, etc) has gone into a new line of work.
Hooked up with someone local buying these saltboxes and converting them into hunting cabins. Seen these before, but now next door. :shock: When done will have windows, door, bunks, kitchenette, bathroom, etc. Will keep you updated if interested on progress. Hope he at least gets it sandblasted and painted soon. Yukkk. The first one he had done by someone else was an absolute mess from what I heard, and when my neighbor went to clean it up, he ended up way over budget, and will loose on that one. Will check on the cost, and write up. Been brought up he might want a web page, so might be doing that for them.....? The windows and doors will be all steel, no wood. Bars on the windows I think, but for around here, not sure if they need it. We have no OPEN range land, every ranch is fenced and gated, and god forbid someone getting caught tresspasing on Texas land....... And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty?? :D Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... |
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Originally Posted by golfhobo
Although, I can't think of a good name for it! :lol:
That was a delight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Consider
Tell him to look at Yahoo's SiteBuilder... it is sooo easy to use. You have to use Yahoo hosting with it, which is about $11 or $12 a month.. but the program is dynamite... makes the higher hosting cost a drop in the bucket.
I can tie this altogether with them in a heart beat. Depends on the clients dollars? I have a total of 1 million hits a week on my sites total. If my neighbor decides to do it alone, and his wife is my bookkeeper, like how lucky can you get?? :D |
HTML is fun. :wink: Sitebuilders are cheating.
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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
HTML is fun. :wink: Sitebuilders are cheating.
I have kids coming to me to learn, but as soon as they find out they can get a course in WebPage design, USING Frontpage or Dreamweaver, there gone to the point and click programs. Jezzzz.... If I can learn it at 69, you would think a younger person would want to learn? |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
Originally Posted by Consider
Tell him to look at Yahoo's SiteBuilder... it is sooo easy to use. You have to use Yahoo hosting with it, which is about $11 or $12 a month.. but the program is dynamite... makes the higher hosting cost a drop in the bucket.
I can tie this altogether with them in a heart beat. Depends on the clients dollars? I have a total of 1 million hits a week on my sites total. If my neighbor decides to do it alone, and his wife is my bookkeeper, like how lucky can you get?? :D I get around 160 to 200 a day. I have the php... but I don't use it. |
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
HTML is fun. :wink: Sitebuilders are cheating.
For instance, I got a neat little oil filled radiator that would turn on and off by itself in relation to settings... but I could not set it. I can't follow directions anymore when they aren't absolutely linear. If someone tells me to do one thing and then another, I'm fine. I can do it. But when I had to coordinate directions from three different boxes... it was hopeless. I think this problem of mine is why when the one builder guy kept telling me, day after day, that the boards would all do down really quickly, I believed him... though none were actually going down. On the third day, after I paid him $476 for laying 7 boards... I began to see the bigger picture. I used to think really quickly, and completely. Okay, so I tried the html programs... and I belonged to some webmaster forums. But I can't do it. I could, I suppose, if I wanted to devote several months to it... but there are other things I'd rather do with that time. My point is that anyone can use SiteBuilder, and for some people it would be the difference between being able to do a site, and not. While I was sick I couldn't have afforded to have anyone do a site for me. I wasn't paying my mortgage, and I was living on $11 a week, not counting my web hosting. |
Some people just pick up on it easier than others. I think it takes an analytical mind to really "get" coding. I taught myself by reverse-engineering other websites.
But, then again, I taught myself how to use and program in Excel in about 2 hours, without a manual. :wink: That led to me getting a job at a large bank, handling all the transactions of all their branches. That stuff has always come fairly easy for me. But I must be getting old, because some of the new technology coming out scares me. I still have no idea what Bluetooth is. :lol: |
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Some people just pick up on it easier than others. I think it takes an analytical mind to really "get" coding. I taught myself by reverse-engineering other websites.
But, then again, I taught myself how to use and program in Excel in about 2 hours, without a manual. :wink: That led to me getting a job at a large bank, handling all the transactions of all their branches. That stuff has always come fairly easy for me. But I must be getting old, because some of the new technology coming out scares me. I still have no idea what Bluetooth is. :lol: When I got my first job out of university, at the Telephone Company in Green Bay, they gave us a vocabulary test, and I got a higher amount right than anyone ever had before. When I ended up hating how I had to govern the operators, but could take two hour lunches myself, on the company, they happened to ask me one day if I liked my job, and I said, no, I hated it. Well, they fired me and gave me a month's severance pay, on which I moved here to Santa Fe. After that, I heard from friends who remained, they never hired anyone again who did that well on the test. My mind was my most favorite part of me. I just loved it. So when I hear you say that things take you a little longer, I want to tell you to PLEASE get Methylcobalamin if you have ridges on your fingernails, no moons, or any other of the low B12 symptoms. It is just SO important for nerve health. (and our brains) But the other thing is to learn new things. Studies have shown that people who learn new things have more healthy, active, flexible minds than people who stick with the same things, even if those things are very complicated and take a lot of intelligence to start. |
Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
I still have no idea what Bluetooth is. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
Some people just pick up on it easier than others. I think it takes an analytical mind to really "get" coding. I taught myself by reverse-engineering other websites.
But, then again, I taught myself how to use and program in Excel in about 2 hours, without a manual. :wink: That led to me getting a job at a large bank, handling all the transactions of all their branches. That stuff has always come fairly easy for me. But I must be getting old, because some of the new technology coming out scares me. I still have no idea what Bluetooth is. :lol: Still have php issues sometimes, put a comma in the wrong place and crash.. :roll:
Originally Posted by Consider
But the other thing is to learn new things. Studies have shown that people who learn new things have more healthy, active, flexible minds than people who stick with the same things, even if those things are very complicated and take a lot of intelligence to start. |
Originally Posted by Texas88
Originally Posted by Consider
But the other thing is to learn new things. Studies have shown that people who learn new things have more healthy, active, flexible minds than people who stick with the same things, even if those things are very complicated and take a lot of intelligence to start. :) |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty?? :D
Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... My cloths froze stiff... :shock: say...(o-i-l... c-a-n)... in a quiet squeeky voice. :lol: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...fishshanty.jpg Today, thanks to you reminding me of my shanty...I went out to retrieve it, and haul it over to the shop. I need to do some repairs and build a new door for it. It's a wood frame with an aluminum skin. That little hole is where I run the woodstove stack. I haven't used it for awhile. I mainly set it up for spear fishing for Pike. ...and I run tip ups...for Browns, Lakers or Walleye. For Whitefish...I have to go out on Grand Traverse Bay. I usually go with a buddy who has a nice portable coup. Nobody sets up permanent out there. My real passion for Ice Fishing is Spearing. Pike are very smart, and crafty. It's the ultimate fresh water big game fish. He is a predator fish, and to spear him is like bagging a Buck with bow and arrow. They also camoflauge to the bottom, and lots of times they are right there and you don't realize it until you make a slight movement, and zip...off he goes to never return rest of that shift. You have to really pay attendtion and be very quiet and still. You may only see their dorsal fins waving...or just the tip of their head right at the edge of the hole...wary and not coming any closer to your decoy. Your spear is in the water ready to NAIL him...but he could wait right at the edge for hours...testing your metal and last nerve. You must wait for him to pass under the spear, and his eyes not directed anywhere near your spear, or he'll jump your attempt. If he is facing away and moving slowly...you may push your range and go for it. Next big trick is once you have speared him...and you let him fight the weight the spear and tire out...you must bring the beast up. Lots of times I have got them to the hole to have them break into a titanic battle threatening to bust your shanty into kindling...and need to send them back to the bottom to wear out some more. Getting them finally out of the hole...now you must get them out onto the ice Pronto...as the HAVE TEETH and will thrash the crap out of you once out of the water...and you also have to worry about them working off the spear, and slipping away. I have thrown many a Pike out onto the ice, and billy-clubbed them senseless...then let them freeze solid...to get them home and thaw them out in my sink to clean them, to have them come back to life again...in my kitchen!! :D God Bless them Pike!!! 8) The wall panels are pushed out on my shanty and need to be renailed. Also, I need to build a new door.....and now you know why. :lol: |
Originally Posted by dpatt
Originally Posted by yoopr
Never work as a Ice shack up here-too heavy even if you put runners underneath.
Who cares if it breaks thru and freezes in place. Maybe even build a motor mount (5 horse outboard?) and motor to shore in the spring. On second thought...maybe living down south in the heat causes hallucinations...http://oldstersview.wordpress.com/fi..._houseboat.jpg |
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by roadhog
Originally Posted by Texas88
And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty?? :D
Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... My cloths froze stiff... :shock: say...(o-i-l... c-a-n)... in a quiet squeeky voice. :lol: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...fishshanty.jpg Today, thanks to you reminding me of my shanty...I went out to retrieve it, and haul it over to the shop. I need to do some repairs and build a new door for it. It's a wood frame with an aluminum skin. That little hole is where I run the woodstove stack. I haven't used it for awhile. I mainly set it up for spear fishing for Pike. ...and I run tip ups...for Browns, Lakers or Walleye. For Whitefish...I have to go out on Grand Traverse Bay. I usually go with a buddy who has a nice portable coup. Nobody sets up permanent out there. My real passion for Ice Fishing is Spearing. Pike are very smart, and crafty. It's the ultimate fresh water big game fish. He is a predator fish, and to spear him is like bagging a Buck with bow and arrow. They also camoflauge to the bottom, and lots of times they are right there and you don't realize it until you make a slight movement, and zip...off he goes to never return rest of that shift. You have to really pay attendtion and be very quiet and still. You may only see their dorsal fins waving...or just the tip of their head right at the edge of the hole...wary and not coming any closer to your decoy. Your spear is in the water ready to NAIL him...but he could wait right at the edge for hours...testing your metal and last nerve. You must wait for him to pass under the spear, and his eyes not directed anywhere near your spear, or he'll jump your attempt. If he is facing away and moving slowly...you may push your range and go for it. Next big trick is once you have speared him...and you let him fight the weight the spear and tire out...you must bring the beast up. Lots of times I have got them to the hole to have them break into a titanic battle threatening to bust your shanty into kindling...and need to send them back to the bottom to wear out some more. Getting them finally out of the hole...now you must get them out onto the ice Pronto...as the HAVE TEETH and will thrash the crap out of you once out of the water...and you also have to worry about them working off the spear, and slipping away. I have thrown many a Pike out onto the ice, and billy-clubbed them senseless...then let them freeze solid...to get them home and thaw them out in my sink to clean them, to have them come back to life again...in my kitchen!! :D God Bless them Pike!!! 8) The wall panels are pushed out on my shanty and need to be renailed. Also, I need to build a new door.....and now you know why. :lol: Wow... what a story!!!!!! Is it a classic fish story... or... is it true that one has ever come back to life in your kitchen???? |
Road Dog the Drama Queen :P
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Shuddap... :evil:
...how's that for a quick witted comeback?... :P I just don't wanna say anything too dramatic ..... :evil: walking away muttering to himself |
Originally Posted by roadhog
Shuddap... :evil:
...how's that for a quick witted comeback?... :P I just don't wanna say anything too dramatic ..... :evil: walking away muttering to himself Did you? Grandpa used to catch pike when we went Up North to their cottage. But he didn't like them much, because of the bones. The bones didn't come out nicely like those of bass and croppies. |
...sometimes I don't know if I'm joking or not. :?
The story about TinMan is true. The Fish stories are true. You need to know how to fillet Pike. They have an extra set of "Y" bones. Pike meat is one of my most favorite. :P ..yoopr...he is jealous....and grumpy...because he's freezing his nads off ...and he can only fish for Splake or Walleye... unless he journeys south into Troll Country :P :? :) :D :lol: |
Originally Posted by roadhog
...sometimes I don't know if I'm joking or not. :?
The story about TinMan is true. The Fish stories are true. You need to know how to fillet Pike. They have an extra set of "Y" bones. Pike meat is one of my most favorite. :P ..yoopr...he is jealous....and grumpy...because he's freezing his nads off ...and he can only fish for Splake or Walleye... unless he journeys south into Troll Country :P :? :) :D :lol: I remember platters of sun fish for breakfast up at my grandparents cottage... There in the middle of the table would be this platter of sun fish all nicely fried... mmmmmm. I liked those! |
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