On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:07:49 -0400, Alex wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 19:36:31 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Red Beans & Rice with andouille sausage and I baked a skillet of
>>> cornbread. And yes, I'll have a glass of cold milk to go with it. 
>>>
>>> What's on your menu?
>> A half a pre-made "Italian Deli" sub from Walmart with hot red
>> cherry pepper relish.
>>
>> Tonight it will be Italian sausages, peppers and onions.
>>
>> And since I forget to "send:" earlier and they just so happen to be
>> sitting here now.... the obligatory picture.
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/jjjK6fCK/Italia...sage-Rolls.jpg
>
> If the photo isn't on a deck railing it's not from you!
I haven't had a deck railing, or a deck, for 4+ years. That first
step out my back kitchen door drops almost 3 feet. We slide drinks
across the kitchen floor to serve people at waist-level in the back
yard.
One of the boards in the deck gave out and my whole leg went
through, ripping through my thigh and upper saphenous vein on a
horizontal nail. It was a *huge* bloodbath, ambulance, fire trucks,
and three days in the hospital. It didn't help that I was alone with
my leg impaled on a nail in the back yard without a phone and the
kitchen door was locked. So out of spite I ripped the whole deck
down. But I could have saved the half of it (so Allstate tells me,
and would have paid for it, *******s).
The original owners doubled the size of the deck right after it was
built and the tie-in between the 2 15-foot sections were shitty
fishbone patterned 4" x 12" x 1" slats at an angle attached to 1/2
of a 2x4 joist in the middle (.75" to each side of the fishspine).
And that's where I went though. And since you may remember the state
of the railing, it's not hard to imagine the state of the cheap
tie-in.
So **** you!!!!! I've called "Olde World Decking" and they're going
to come down from St Louis to replace my deck for a mere
$131,113.31!! In the meantime I'm taking my most "important"
pictures out on the front porch instead.
https://postimg.cc/H8V3gpX6
-sw