My turn to vent a little...
One of our neighbors is... something else...
Six weeks ago he decided to re-pave his driveway. No big deal, it's gonna be done in a week at most, i tell myself. But not quite!
After six weeks, it's still not even halfway done. He hired some "friends" and, seriously, i've never done any landscaping and im pretty sure i could get it done in a couple weeks with the proper tools and a bit of common sense.
These guys... they are 3-4 guys and they don't have a clue. The driveway is going to be paved with bricks. When you cut bricks, you use a table for all the sawing, measure once (or twice) and cut once and then it fits, right? Also the table can have water sprays to reduce the dust, right? They developped their own method... First, they eyeball the measures, then they set a brick on the ground, hold it down with a foot, pick up the saw with both hands and then they grind the brick. With the saw blade spinning 2 inches away from their foot! Then they set the brick in its spot, obviously it doesn't fit, so they grind it some more!
The dust has been flying for 6 weeks now, piling up on our cars, probably destroying the gleaming finish i put so much work into. Oh and they don't wear masks, nice way to get silicosis. This dust is horrible stuff.
I can't wash the cars, what's the point, they'll be covered in caustic dust again in less than 24 hours. I can't even clean the interiors, all the dust is going to blow in... Not even mentionning what it would do to my lungs...
And after 6 weeks, what did they get done, you ask? Oh, they did the side walls and a flight of 4 stairs... They are still shifting piles of dirty gravel aimlessly. Their gravel is an exclusive mix of 50% rock and 50% dirt. When the snow melts next spring, this stuff will turn to mud and destroy everything.
Speaking of snow, i'm seriously starting to wonder if i'll ever be able to apply winter protection before it starts snowing... Or even wash it once...
One of our neighbors is... something else...
Six weeks ago he decided to re-pave his driveway. No big deal, it's gonna be done in a week at most, i tell myself. But not quite!
After six weeks, it's still not even halfway done. He hired some "friends" and, seriously, i've never done any landscaping and im pretty sure i could get it done in a couple weeks with the proper tools and a bit of common sense.
These guys... they are 3-4 guys and they don't have a clue. The driveway is going to be paved with bricks. When you cut bricks, you use a table for all the sawing, measure once (or twice) and cut once and then it fits, right? Also the table can have water sprays to reduce the dust, right? They developped their own method... First, they eyeball the measures, then they set a brick on the ground, hold it down with a foot, pick up the saw with both hands and then they grind the brick. With the saw blade spinning 2 inches away from their foot! Then they set the brick in its spot, obviously it doesn't fit, so they grind it some more!
The dust has been flying for 6 weeks now, piling up on our cars, probably destroying the gleaming finish i put so much work into. Oh and they don't wear masks, nice way to get silicosis. This dust is horrible stuff.
I can't wash the cars, what's the point, they'll be covered in caustic dust again in less than 24 hours. I can't even clean the interiors, all the dust is going to blow in... Not even mentionning what it would do to my lungs...
And after 6 weeks, what did they get done, you ask? Oh, they did the side walls and a flight of 4 stairs... They are still shifting piles of dirty gravel aimlessly. Their gravel is an exclusive mix of 50% rock and 50% dirt. When the snow melts next spring, this stuff will turn to mud and destroy everything.
Speaking of snow, i'm seriously starting to wonder if i'll ever be able to apply winter protection before it starts snowing... Or even wash it once...
