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We interupt your regularly scheduled program: "This Old Bar" for this mildly silly not-so-special report.
Live from the Alvin Lee Networks Home and Garden Central - the barzebo at Don B.'s Place in beautiful downtown Delhi- here is our Wurlitzer Prize Winning Anchor Man, Dominic B. Wagstaff.
Good morning.
It is a whirlwind of activity, noise, dust, and cursing here at the barzebo as Don B. is resolutely trying to add a new deck and 25 feet of bar space to the barzebo and other improvements before this year's Faculty After-Graduation Barbeque, Barndance, and Bacchanalia.
He's particularly proud of the "When Pigs Fly . . ." section featuring a flying pig and the opportunity for the drinking public to make suggestions to complete the sentence. An official commitee of the usual suspects will decide which suggestions merit posting in the bar.
This year the high school faculty and staff are hoping to reach an all-time low of teachers behaving badly and finally break the human-sacrifice barrier. Contruction has commenced of a volcano in the back yard and we have teams working around the clock trying to find a virgin - not an easy thing to do in this d@mn town.
Here lies the body of Mary Lee
Died of the pox aged 103
For seventeen years she kept her virginity
Not a bad record for this vicinity ...
Sorry - channeling "Jaws" for some strange reason . . .
Spokes-people are hoping not to have a repeat of last year's tragic "congo line" around the pool accident. The whole thing came grinding to a halt when several participants couldn't decide which of the identically-dressed twins in front of them to follow, resulting in minor injuries, unexpected coupling, and general embarassment all around.
I am hoping for my own private work/play station with a motorized Lazy Boy bar stool, satelite TV (with all of the premium porn channels), and a personal Slurpie-type margarita machine - so Toni, expect another expense account invoice within the next few days.
Pictures to follow as the the project progresses.
We not return you to your regularly scheduled programing - reruns of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor in "Tool Time".
The Alvin Lee Network is now a Home and Garden Center?
Peace,
DLM
would it be called the Alvin Lee Network Lowedepomart
Wagstaff reports on whatever issues attract his somewhat limited attention span and, since Toni probably wouldn't allow his in-depth up-front and personal pictorial on nude sunbathing, he chose to report on spring preparations for summer misadventures and wildlife around the barzebo.
And preparations are proceeding quite well. Just yesterday "Bull Sh*t" Buttons", with flashing lights and four different audio exclamations, were install in convenient locations on all bar surfaces.
Considering the bovine excrement emanating from Waggie, his collection of usual suspects, ex-CIA spooks, shady ladies, and fugitives from law and love, plus all the coaches and teachers that gather at the bar, the buttons save excessive wear and tear on the vocal chords when calling the bull ca-ca as it is.
Besides, only a portion of the report was on home improvements - much of the ink was given to plans/plots/conspiracies for bad behavior!
Toni, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Re: The Wagstaff Report: Construction and home (actually barzebo) improvement
Looking forward to the pics .
I suppose the level of interest in nude sunbathing pics depends upon Whois naked and sunbathing . . .
Good point, Don. Count me out unless I get to choose the sunbathers, but since my choices wouldn't interest the men here, I guess I am out of luck.
Great Don!!! love projects, I'am improving my shop area want to have jams a couple times during spring and fall but did not have a restroom at my shop,soooo I builds one!!
Re: The Wagstaff Report: Construction and home (actually barzebo) improvement
Ronnie, I am considering putting in an outdoor toilet, sink, and shower right by the barzebo. There is a sewer clean-out right up against the exterior wall where the bathroom is inside. My theory is that it shouldn't be too difficult to access the hot and cold water and the sewer line.
Theoretically (of course), and knowing that everything I know ab is tout construction is from trial and error and reading books, his sound thinking?
Love the see through door, it complies with:
Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code & Enforcement
Sigh. As you may know, my husband is a wonderful person and a great fisherman, but he was born with a genetic deficiency - he is missing a "handy" gene. Can't even cut wood straight (some day, ask me about the shelves in the garage project), much less build barzebos or outhouses!
So the patio still is unscreened, the closets still don't have any shelf space, the laundry room is screaming for a cabinet and.....hey, I don't suppose either of you guys are looking for a place to stay in Florida, are you? 
Don, just bring in 1 water source, cold, to supply your toilet and then the sink, just use a 100. buck instant hot water supply that mounts under the sink, this is cheaper and better than pulling water from your existing supply,and yes you can tie into existing sewer line using a wye connection, I would use a Back flow preventer in the Barzabo line If you have natural or propane gas, I would suggest a Bosch Tankless water heater,That would give you endless hot as you want,water
for hot tubs shower etc. where Iam placeing a Johnny behind that down the hill I would like to have a stage and do some festivals,see behind the Johnny down the hill like an out door arena! that has been my vision anyway!! but I have a money issue that haunts all my dreams!!
Poor Toni!! what ya need Baby Girl maybe we could all
meet for a long weekend of Help Toni out
Ronnie, there is no propane or natural gas anywhere other than the hot water heater in the detatched garage (the sewer line is along the house) which is well over 50 feet way from proposed outdoor restroom. Would I still need the backflow preventer?
Thanks for the advice!
Maybe a Toni work day would be just the right combination of fun/sun/work!
By the way, don't be too impressed with my construction skills. Yes, it is standing, and yes, it is functional and sturdy, but I very little has turned out the way originally invisioned and within the time span anticipated. More than a couple of corners are less than perfectly square.
My main skills are being too stubborn to give up and a pretty good knack for improvising with what I screw up. That, and cursing - lots of cursing!
A contractor would have fired me a long time ago.
As I usually say after a few choice curse words: "Oh, what the hell - I'm not building a d@mn Cathedral!
well you can simply use the propane tanks, like blue Rhino refillable, they last a good while on a tankless water heater,you just simply exchange as needed, without adding a load on your existing heater.
A back flow preventer on a 4'' sewer line is not an expensive thing on pvc about 10 bucks, this will stop any siphon action that might occur and in case of a back up you will not get your tubs/shower etc messed up,tie into the sewer at the closest point and point wye with flow, just a thought
Re: The Wagstaff Report: Construction and home (actually barzebo) improvement
jiggle the thingy???
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Not moi!! I just hate it ya gotta jiggle the handle to get the toilet to operate, what was you Thinkin?? Ms Toni???
Love the see through door, it complies with:
Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code & Enforcement
Re: The Wagstaff Report: Construction and home (actually barzebo) improvement
You can see if its use or not! 
Don!! i didn't mean ta hijack ya thread, where your Pictures!! of the Famous Barzabo!!
I love it when they jiggle the thingy!!!!
Seriously, though, I come from a long line of users of really technical terms like thingy, doo-hicky, wattchamyucallit, thinganmajig, ect. I love it!
Not done yet, but getting there - pictures to come soon!
As long as it does not include that charcoaled woman on the news yesterday that was accused of taking her daughter into the stand up tanning booth with her...That was one of the nastiest looking things I've ever seen...What's she gonna look like come August!
Brilliant funny stuff, Don, as ever. And don't forget whatsit, gizmo, thingummy, and dealybopper! :-)
Seriously, though, I come from a long line of users of really technical terms like thingy, doo-hicky, wattchamyucallit, thinganmajig, ect. I love it!