Sqwertz wrote:
> 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

What a mess!Â* You got lucky.

I'll come down there and replace it for $129,999.99 with Ipe and copper
nails!