Is there anybody out there?

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 11/23/2016 at 07:34 • Filed to: None

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judging by traffic this morning, everyone is still home in bed

Tareim - V8 powered > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:36

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or just working :)

vondon302 > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:36

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Hey now. Some of us has to work.

pip bip - choose Corrour > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:38

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but it’s evening here ;)

The Lurktastic Opponaught > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:38

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My four year old and eight year old do not adhere to the concepts of “days off” and “sleeping in”. I’ve been up since o’dark thirty making French toast and sausage for breakfast, and now I’m on oppo until it warms up enough outside to continue work on a new fireplace I’m building. The wind chill is brutal today.

OPPOsaurus WRX > The Lurktastic Opponaught 11/23/2016 at 07:41

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i know what you mean. I have (2) 4 y/o’s. I’ll be making pancakes at 6:30am tomorrow. I think they get up earlier when they know I’m home.

How are you building the fireplace? I have a firepit int he back yard, but I also use landscaping blocks so I end up having to replace it every year. I really want ot invest a little bit in it and do it right one of these times.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/23/2016 at 07:42

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It’s a post... from the future!

Birddog > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:42

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You get Sunlight this early??

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:44

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I am, and I’m the only one in my household who had to wake up this morning.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Birddog 11/23/2016 at 07:45

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it usually pops over the tree tops as I’m heading in. Today it was at that perfect height to shine straight down the highway and into my side mirror , blinding me and probably roasting my eyes into something resembling a burnt marshmallow.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:48

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Use a liner of fireplace brick that can take the heat and acidity. Use the landscape brick for the pretty.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:51

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By “out there” I’m lucky enough to work from home today.

vondon302 > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:52

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Still pretty dark in Michigan.

#downwithdaylightsavings

The Lurktastic Opponaught > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 07:53

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When I get out there I’ll post a few more photos. The construction method is just dry stacked dimension stone set into a cut in a slope where my lawn transitions to woods. I removed the top layer of loam and a good bit of the underlying mineral soil, and the largest hearthstones are set in a bed of masonry sand. I enlarged the cut beyond what’s in the photo, but this gives you an idea of where it’s headed.

I have a ton of scavenged largeish rock from my property that I’m using. Gardening in my neighborhood is essentially hard rock mining. In fact, what’s now the left hand side of the fireplace is set directly on bedrock.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 11/23/2016 at 07:55

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Well sure, if he wants to do it right...

:-)

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Birddog 11/23/2016 at 07:56

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Starts getting light where I am by 6:10.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 11/23/2016 at 08:05

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I wanted to do a big thing out there to include a pit, patio and benches. I was going to put down a layer of concrete blocks so that the hollow cores would all line up and form something like a concrete tube from behind the benches under the patio and to the bottom of the pit so the fresh air would be coming up from below the fire. I want a taller wall at the front too to block some of the fire from being seen from the road and to reflect more seat to the benches.

.............................wall............pit .....................air tube .........bench

OPPOsaurus WRX > vondon302 11/23/2016 at 08:08

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i’m close to boston so a little ahead of your time

Roundbadge > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:12

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Present.

Traffic was oddly completely normal this morning except for the normal school busses. I was really hoping for less traffic as I was running late. Oops.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Roundbadge 11/23/2016 at 08:13

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i left 5 minutes late and still showed up 10 minutes early

Roundbadge > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:16

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That’s usually my experience on day-befores. I don’t get what’s so different about today.

BigBlock440 > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:29

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Traffic was unusually light this morning, hopefully that means everybody did their traveling last night. I can’t take it if traffic’s any worse than it was yesterday afternoon. 10 mph on an interstate highway when there’s no construction or accidents is something I don’t want to experience two days in a row.

wiffleballtony > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:30

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Red 5 standing by. Traffic was pretty normal but I’m out the door before 6 am anyway. It’s still dark out

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > vondon302 11/23/2016 at 08:37

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You realize we’re currently in standard time, right?

vondon302 > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 11/23/2016 at 08:42

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Lol no. I hate this time of year dark when I leave dark when I get home. Why do we still do this? Stupid Northern latitude.

Under_Score > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:45

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I work at a store, and almost everyone is working today. It’s expected to be BUSY.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 08:49

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Nope I’m taking time off since my kids are off and I have vacation time to use. But I am awake. Begrudgingly. Because I was up late installing this stupid faucet. Actually installing the faucet was easy. It was getting the old corroded and covered in mountains of plumbers putty one out that took longer than expected. Anyway, looks about normal for most offices on the day before Thanksgiving. Not sure about the Northheast, but down here most white collar folks have Friday off as well so it’s pretty common to take Wednesday off and get a 5 day break from taking just one vacation day.

OPPOsaurus WRX > BigBlock440 11/23/2016 at 09:04

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thats like my daily commute.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 09:29

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I’ve counted 4 people in our office, there should be 32.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 09:31

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The gym was busy this morning. Probably everyone trying to drop the 3 lbs that they know they are going to put back on tomorrow!

BigBlock440 > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 10:00

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That’s shitty. I can’t stand when it slows to 50, and the accidents every 3 weeks are annoying, but making a 45 minute commute into an hour and a half for seemingly no reason is too much for me.

shop-teacher > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 10:04

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I’m doing the Mr. Mom thing today.

petebmwm > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 10:08

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i’m going over the m3 before i put it away for winter, cleaning up the x5, and straightening out my garage, putting tools away....

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 10:15

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I’m working from home today, because fuck that noise.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 15:07

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The fireplace is all but done. It’s all dry stack, with sand used to stabilize itand fill joints for spark containment. I’m going to lay a limestone patio using the same stone I used for the serving spot, but not this season. The cairn to the left of the pit will also get larger and properly stacked, but not today. Lastly, the fire bed is some crappy sandstone-like sedimentary rock from my property. I just broke it apart with a hammer.