…is what Neighbor D and I almost did this afternoon, when a strong gust came along just as we got that upper piece into place. 
It was hang on like grim death or let it fly into our faces and knock us right off the scaffold. I truly don’t know how people do this for a living.
Got a fair amount of work done today, though. I finished the lower part of the front this morning, and then D came over and we tarpapered 2/3 of the top, put up some flashing and that one sheet of siding. But it took three hours to do it and scared us both to death. He’s more capable with heights than I am but they don’t thrill him, and around 2:30 we were both just done for the day.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Looks really good! And I’m glad there was no actual hang gliding involved that would have ended up with you both wedged into the mesquite trees. I doubt LB could have unstuck you.
Definitely looking good, Joel. And I second coloradohermit’s kudos for not actually hang-gliding.
Question: Did you do the backwall with the Hardiepanel and are you now doing the sides and front with T1-11? Makes sense (especially budgetwise, and for protecting the most vulnerable wall). Just curious to know if that’s what we’re actually seeing here.
Yeah. With the money received from the fund-raiser I was able to use Hardie Panel on the rear wall, which is the drip wall as well as the sunniest and windiest side, and upgrade to plywood paneling on the sides and front as opposed to the pressboard panels I’d originally intended. The budget (and my and my co-worker’s physical strength, to be honest) did not stretch as far as 100% Hardie Panel. Today I was happy for that.
I was once putting a metal roof on a barn. Big pieces, 3 feet wide and at least 12 feet long. As we got to the last piece, right by the edge (at least two stories up), a wind came and took the sheet I was holding onto. I clearly remember deciding I didn’t want to go over the edge, and I didn’t want to go through the roof rafters, and I didn’t (for some reason) want to let go of the sheet. I spread-eagled and fell down face forward on the rafters, still holding the sheet with one hand. Split a lip but nothing more, and then we screwed the sheet down and got the hell off that roof. One should only attempt metal roofing on a calm day…