I actually thinks it's a disorder. When I do sheetrock I sand and sand until I have a pile of dust and have to apply mud again. I then repeat the process while getting nowhere. I just can't get it perfectly smooth. My wife, my dad and I built the above house in Georgia and basically had to move because I knew every small flaw and some not so small until I almost drove myself crazy. I have to admit there were some other reasons but it sure didn't help. I could go on and on about some of the subs we hired also. There were some I wanted to hug while some, let just say prison is not an option. Being a contractor would be so easy if only you could find good honest help. Lets face it, you get out of jail and where do you go to get a job? The building industry! The reason I am writing about this is sort of therapy. I basically completed the first cypress bent today and feel like I could still get it better but since I took another delivery today, I decided to consider this bent complete and get to work on the next one. It's only a barn and since I will be lucky if I live another 30 years so, I am starting to wonder why I didn't just buy one of those cheaply made barns from one of those big box stores like my neighbor suggested. It's the American way, right. My wife promptly explained to him that it was a work of art. I'm not so sure about that! Sure I'd like to think so but it would only be a work of art if someone that was skilled in timber framing had made it. Also someone that knew what he was doing would already be done.
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