…after about 3 hours. So we got the last of the tarpaper up and the front of the cabin sided. And we’ll do the rest of the side some other afternoon this week, and then we’ll be done with that part. At last.
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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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Question: From that camera angle, it looks like the top edge of your paneling is protruding beyond the edge of your roofing. Will you add some sort of flashing to keep water off the end grain and to keep it from dripping behind your panels?
Oh, yeah. The drip molding still needs to go up on the front and sides.
I’m guessing it was a bitch getting the siding up there. Way to go old men! When you’re done, you’d be welcome to come help this old woman and her old man move. Ha! :-}
Getting the siding up there was actually quite easy. The hard part was finding someone willing to stand on a 2″ platform and screw it into place. 🙂
3 hours in the sun working is a long time.
You are going to reach a pinnacle of comfort this summer and in winter too and use so much less wood with the siding job done. And so, what color is your paint? The blog world is hanging on, waiting for your decision. And there will still be time this year to build the wrap around lower deck and ramp. Then next year you will be ready to host the first of your eco-tourists. LOL Think of them as extra help with setting more mouse and rat traps as well as extra income…