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lostagain 
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 Topic: Tucson/NogalesPosted: 10 Dec 2022 at 2:59pm |
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In January, so will we.
 The earth work and concrete are done by subcontractors. Supposedly they know what they're doing, especially since they're local. It'll be done by next week. I doubt they have concrete freezing problems in los Nogales, but summer work has got to be pretty challenging as it is for the bomberos.
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 2:15pm |
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It'll freeze at some point. Enjoy sunny CA.
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lostagain
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 11:19am |
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I don't know much about cold weather concrete since I'm new to this climate. They say it's no problem until the ground freezes, formerly in mid-January. Now who knows? It may never freeze. Also, they say they have heat mats and for only $4 a yard, they'll batch mix with hot water.
I'll try to post a foto of the geezers when I get one. Going to CA for Christmas, so it won't be until after the New Year.
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offgrid
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 9:17am |
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Getting pretty cold in CT to be pouring g concrete isn't it?
For photos you click on the tree icon, the instructions to upload and post are there. Be sure to resize to something like 800x600 pixels.
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lostagain
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 8:09am |
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I don't know how to post pictures here any more.
 We do wear hard hats when we are stacking trusses or doing other overhead work. As for the house we're currently working on, we are going to have the fun of using some newly purchased wall jacks. We have 6 houses currently underway; two enclosed and getting dry walled, two being framed, and two new foundations going in.
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 7:57am |
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LA, you should post a similar picture of your Habitat crew. Do y'all have hard hats when when you're raising those trusses, or only the eldest like the MX crew?
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lostagain
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Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 6:50am |
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He looks about the same as the guys I work with building Habitat for Humanity houses in CT. Everyone on our framing crew is over 65, with most in their 70's. I'm the oldest at 75. You should see us rolling joists, lifting walls, and stacking trusses.
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 11:50pm |
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Now that is one fit looking 73 year old. Perhaps hiking miles in the Sonoran desert fighting fires is the secret to longevity?
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 1:11pm |
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¡Que padre!
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 9:40am |
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An interesting Mexico Border story. This fire was 8 miles west of Nogales In April 2008 I was on the Alamo Fire on the Coronado NF. The fire
started in Mexico near the border and burned into the Coronado. There
were six fire fighters (Bomberos) on the Mexico side. They had walked
several miles to get there. The Crew boss was 73 years old and the only
one that had a hard hat. They all wore nomex shirts and blue jeans.
There were armed Federales on horse back to protect the Bomberos from drug
smugglers. Our deputy Incident Comander met with them and asked what fire fighting equipment equipment they
would most like to have. The answer was sleeping bags, so he got some
bags from our supply unit and gave to them to keep. Bomberos on the Mexico side with our Division Supervisors  |
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