7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 3

[Caropooh]

I couldn't see it either! It said the image had been removed by photobucket.

It is still saying the same thing this morning.

Same thing here!

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Hope everyone who has been sick is feeling better

Have a great day

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hello all

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Yes, that was a terrific save!

BTW, Andrew, just because a woman describes HERSELF as honking doesn't mean she wants you to say it . . . if you respond by saying it's smoky/sexy, you will make her very happy

I know this is the ''other'' Andrew but had to quote.

a woman describes HERSELF as honking

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Yes, the plural of y'all is all y'all's. Unfortunately I have caught myself using the plural version many times.

God I wish I hadn't started this dictionary corner.

Howdy partners!!!!​

 

[jlawall]

Hey all, hope your day is going well!

 

[Caropooh]

Hope everyone who has been sick is feeling better

Have a great day

See, you just keeping posting once in awhile things and you'll be just fine! I do believe I said that you were supposed to say 'howdy' though!

 

[Caropooh]

I know this is the ''other'' Andrew but had to quote.

honk honk

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

honk honk

​

 

[alanapapa]

honk honk

My Dear, you are incorrigible, but I love you.

 

[jilljill]

God I wish I hadn't started this dictionary corner.

Howdy partners!!!!​

I will try not to use all y'all's but I can't guarantee that I won't use y'all.

 

[MrsScooby]

Hi folks
I need some advice. We need to fence in our back yard as the dog is not happy with just 3 walks a day
Now our back yard is already 3/4 fenced in as all our neighbors have their yards fenced. We just need to attach their fences to our house (about 20 feet on each side).
I thought this would be a minor expense, but a guy from a local company came yesterday and gave us an estimate of approx. $1,200
Is this a fair price ? All of our neighbors moved into their houses with their backyards already fenced in, so they can't give us an idea of what the cost would be
Just seems like a lot of money to me for such a short length of fence
Darren is talking about trying to do it himself, but while he is somewhat handy with a hammer, he has never done anything like this before.

Anyone have any info on yard fences and costs and how hard it is to do it yourself ?

 

[jilljill]

Hi folks
I need some advice. We need to fence in our back yard as the dog is not happy with just 3 walks a day
Now our back yard is already 3/4 fenced in as all our neighbors have their yards fenced. We just need to attach their fences to our house (about 20 feet on each side).
I thought this would be a minor expense, but a guy from a local company came yesterday and gave us an estimate of approx. $1,200
Is this a fair price ? All of our neighbors moved into their houses with their backyards already fenced in, so they can't give us an idea of what the cost would be
Just seems like a lot of money to me for such a short length of fence
Darren is talking about trying to do it himself, but while he is somewhat handy with a hammer, he has never done anything like this before.

Anyone have any info on yard fences and costs and how hard it is to do it yourself ?

What kind of fence are you talking about - a wooden one, a post & rail one or a chain link one?
Why don't you take the measurements to Home Depot or Lowe's and price out the materials yourself to see how that compares in price to the fence company's estimate.
When we lived at our old house, the neighbor had to replace part of his 8 foot tall wooden fence and he didn't seem to have any problems doing it.
Hope this helps you a bit.

 

[Caropooh]

Well, I guess I've moved on to sounding like another animal tonight. Yesterday I honked like a goose, today Alana told me I sound like a seal. I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

 

[alanapapa]

Hi folks
I need some advice. We need to fence in our back yard as the dog is not happy with just 3 walks a day
Now our back yard is already 3/4 fenced in as all our neighbors have their yards fenced. We just need to attach their fences to our house (about 20 feet on each side).
I thought this would be a minor expense, but a guy from a local company came yesterday and gave us an estimate of approx. $1,200
Is this a fair price ? All of our neighbors moved into their houses with their backyards already fenced in, so they can't give us an idea of what the cost would be
Just seems like a lot of money to me for such a short length of fence
Darren is talking about trying to do it himself, but while he is somewhat handy with a hammer, he has never done anything like this before.

Anyone have any info on yard fences and costs and how hard it is to do it yourself ?

That sounds a bit excessive for only 40 linear feet of fence. My father & I put up about 210 feet of fence for about $2000 six or seven years ago. If you are tying into existing fenceline you should not have too much to do. As Barb asked, are you doing chain link or wood. Is it a solid plank or more picket fence? Are you tying in at an anchor (fencepost sunk into ground with cement footing) or mid stringer? Assuming for ease of planning you are tying in at a fencepost and only running 20 feet, you would just need 2 more posts (4x4) two feet taller than the fence, 4 stringers (2x4) 10 feet long each, and your fence boards. The one we built was done with screws rather than nails so we used a bit more 2x4s cut into 6 or 8 inch pieces to screw into. the nice thing about screws are you can tighten them if needed and if you need to remove a 10' section of fence it is only 8 to 10 screws.

 

[MrsScooby]

What kind of fence are you talking about - a wooden one, a post & rail one or a chain link one?
Why don't you take the measurements to Home Depot or Lowe's and price out the materials yourself to see how that compares in price to the fence company's estimate.
When we lived at our old house, the neighbor had to replace part of his 8 foot tall wooden fence and he didn't seem to have any problems doing it.
Hope this helps you a bit.

That sounds a bit excessive for only 40 linear feet of fence. My father & I put up about 210 feet of fence for about $2000 six or seven years ago. If you are tying into existing fenceline you should not have too much to do. As Barb asked, are you doing chain link or wood. Is it a solid plank or more picket fence? Are you tying in at an anchor (fencepost sunk into ground with cement footing) or mid stringer? Assuming for ease of planning you are tying in at a fencepost and only running 20 feet, you would just need 2 more posts (4x4) two feet taller than the fence, 4 stringers (2x4) 10 feet long each, and your fence boards. The one we built was done with screws rather than nails so we used a bit more 2x4s cut into 6 or 8 inch pieces to screw into. the nice thing about screws are you can tighten them if needed and if you need to remove a 10' section of fence it is only 8 to 10 screws.

Yes, I forgot the type of fence would affect the cost. It is a wooden picket fence, about 4 feet high.
Also we wanted to put gates in on each side.
I think I'm gonna check around price-wise with some other companies and also Home Depot. Darren was checking the cost of supplies on the internet (of course more expensive for an individual to buy than for a company that buys in bulk).
I was just caught off guard by the price estimate.

 

[bellelinus]

Yes, I forgot the type of fence would affect the cost. It is a wooden picket fence, about 4 feet high.
Also we wanted to put gates in on each side.
I think I'm gonna check around price-wise with some other companies and also Home Depot. Darren was checking the cost of supplies on the internet (of course more expensive for an individual to buy than for a company that buys in bulk).
I was just caught off guard by the price estimate.

Good luck with this, Laurie -- as you might guess, I am hopeless when it comes to helping with fencing issues!

 

[MrsScooby]

Good luck with this, Laurie -- as you might guess, I am hopeless when it comes to helping with fencing issues!

Yes, I was wondering how you manage without a fenced yard

This past week especially our dog has been barking a lot and the only thing that seems to help is taking her out
She has been on antibiotics for some cuts she got in a dog fight and now that we are done with the antibiotics I'm hoping that she feels better and will settle down.
We expected 3 walks a day to be necessary for her, but she has been driving us crazy always wanting to go out. I was hoping the yard fenced would help

How do you manage with 2 dogs ???

 

[jilljill]

Laurie, another thing for you to consider would be the invisible fence with the transmitter collar the dog can wear to keep them within their boundries. Our neighbors have that and the dog is great about staying in the yard. They eventually get trained to go out without the collar and will stay within the boundries.


I would give you the name of our contractor or landscaper, but I don't think you want to pay either of their travel expenses for a fence it won't save you money in the long run.

 

[jilljill]

Well, I guess I've moved on to sounding like another animal tonight. Yesterday I honked like a goose, today Alana told me I sound like a seal. I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

I think sounding like a seal is definately a step or 2 up from sounding like a goose. Sorry to hear you are running thru the zoo animals before you sound normal.