west of philly - bob

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 23 Feb 2011 07:03

ha ha, busted! damn you ceiling fannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

lol

nice link

well, i'm off kicking for awhile longer. each night is spent fixing my kitchen. it'll be beautiful when I'm done, and I'll have gained back the 10 pounds I lost. Just gotta roll with the punches sometimes.

edit: nice way to start a new page. And in other news, I'm actually hanging a ceiling fan tonight. So beware Ken, beware.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 02 Mar 2011 14:24

bob the builder
can he fix it? YES HE CAN!

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 08 Mar 2011 05:09

Built this island (and built the kitchen it's sitting in):

flash · Post by **flash** » 08 Mar 2011 09:48

Nice work Bob, looks great. I can't tell from the photo, is the island on casters? I envy your handyman skill set.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 08 Mar 2011 10:17

thanks scott

there's a toe kick all the way around to make it appear as though the island is floating (and, more functionally, to make it so that you can stand right up to it without bumping your feet). also, the opposite side has three shelves, and the top one has electrical outlets (wired through the floor into junction box in the basement) so the wife can plug in her laptop or mixer or whatever.

As for handyman skills... youngin's... the reason you should work hard in school and get really rich, is so that you're not forced to have to build everything yourself in order to have nice things. I'm exhausted for the last 10 years straight.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 08 Mar 2011 10:46

I think it's awesome and appropriate that you installed a toe kick in it.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 14 Mar 2011 04:20

I had to fix the flapper recently too.

Finished the kitchen this weekend. I can barely move right now. The counter top installers still have to come (I hired out counter tops, and vinyl installation, did everything else myself) and then I install the backsplash, but for all intents and purposes, I'm done. Shred shred shred this week, who's in?

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 14 Mar 2011 08:20

Rieferman wrote:I had to fix the flapper recently too.

FLAPPERRRRRR..... SIIICCCKKKKKKK.

Hopefully, I can get a jump-start on my work for this week and come and kick with you and Zach sometime.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 14 Mar 2011 10:48

Hopefully, I can get a jump-start on my work for this week and come and kick with you and Zach sometime.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 14 Mar 2011 11:16

tuesday (7:30 p.m.), thursday (7:30 p.m.), and hopefully sunday (1 p.m.) this week.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 14 Mar 2011 12:05

fishing friday to sunday, so maybe ill call it quits early sunday an make it.

the other days you know ill be there.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 30 Mar 2011 04:22

haven't been playing at all. Just too much responsibility right now. Between overseeing the yard overhaul (and I mean overhaul... 10 triaxels worth of fill, removal of 3 enormous trees, total drainage solution installation), doing the entire kitchen gut/redo myself, building furniture for the kitchen, finishing the woodshop setup for real furniture making, and (you know) keeping a corporate job to support our single-income family and raising that family... Well, something has to give, and footbag has been "something".

The good news is that as of this weekend, the kitchen will be finished, and as of the following weekend the woodshop will be finished. The yard is out of my hands in terms of work being performed, and I can act as a foreman in my sleep at this point. And spring is nearly here.

Next week, I am shredding every day. Mostly solo I think as my guys are all too busy these days. It happens.

The following week, I'm in Colorado for business (sorry C-Fan, can't visit with you this time), and when I return I get to go to Nick and Zach's footbag jam. I hope to exercise each day while on business, but we'll see.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 30 Mar 2011 11:09

Oh man, this week is wayyy busy for me. They're loading me with tests and quizzes. GUUHHH. Can possibly make the Sunday session! I'll let you know.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 30 Mar 2011 11:12

i think first session back will be monday actually. so I'll be playing Monday April 4th through that whole week. Then I'm gone on business April 11th until your event.

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 30 Mar 2011 11:20

Rieferman wrote:Well, something has to give, and footbag has been "something".

I've been in the same boat for the past few months. I do miss it.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 30 Mar 2011 14:59

The key is to only let footbag be the give point for small stretches. Eg I will let something else suffer for the next while and give Footbag some lovin

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 31 Mar 2011 05:22

played with brian last night. it was fun. i was exhausted but hit some nice strings. i also hit quantum butterfly bsos which was nice. pdx DLO and pixie DLO in the same run. dyno bsos. swirl bsos.

monday through sunday of next week, shred every night. hopefully zach isn't too tired from his wittle jobby job and sleeping in until whenever he pleases. poor fella, so tuckered out.

RipWalker · Post by **RipWalker** » 31 Mar 2011 05:48

Right there with you and Sinatra -- need a footbag revival here real soon. Good to see that you're back in it; motivates me to do the same!

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 31 Mar 2011 07:29

Bob, this weekend an week are gonna be really busy an truly exsusting. If you can Kick tonight or tomorrow I'd be down. Saterday is opening day.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 31 Mar 2011 07:54

sorry, can't, have to finish building the kitchen, will be working non-stop through sunday. then kicking lots solo and with whoever can make it next week.