Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 27, 2015

Jimmy, Gene should be checking the trueness before the concrete is installed.

Ken, I assume the concrete is powder at this point, that’s why she’s adding water. Good time to check before it firms up

Gene is truly a good man.

That’s the spirit, Crawdad! Everyone’s doing their level best.

Make it good and strong—-2 dogs got into my chickens yesterday and carried off one of my Barred Rock hens!!!

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I’m glad she’s still the shrimp.

…and not the lobster?

I’m not a builder, but aren’t you supposed to mix concrete before you pour it into the hole?

You can buy concrete that’s specifically for setting posts that works this way. I’ve used it.

Somebody showed me the “pour the water in the hole” trick years ago. It works great and saves having to clean up whatever you mixed the cement in!

By the way, how is Gus doing?

Still think a trip to Sams Club would have been simpler….. chicken coop would be done…… on to bigger and better things!!

That’s not the way to pour cement.

Don’t forget to leave your initials!

I remember when we built a camper as a family. Everyone had their job, my dad did most of the work, but my brothers, sisters, and I did everything from starting the screws and the nails to soaping the screws so they’d go in easier.

Gene is turning out to be a great dad.

You do have to be careful when you’re building or refitting stuff. I had a client who had been a dentist. He bought a bus (kind of a full-size thing like a small school bus) and was fitting it to be a family camper. One day he propped it up with some kind of jack and got under it; it slipped off and came to rest on his neck, pressing on his carotid artery. After being rescued, he found he had lost his smarts and could no longer do dentistry work. I was unable to suggest any job that he wanted to do, and he declined services.(I was wondering whether pouring cement so that clouds of it fly up in the air is that great for the lungs.)

@MaizingPicture a pyramid made of chicken wire.

Ramses hollers out, “Bring me the contractor who wants to entomb me in THAT!”

Are you sure he not just using quarterdown?

and you CAN use pure cement. Halliburton does it all the time on casing jobs.