What’s up with the roof?
Journeyman Roofer here with 40 years under my mop:)
u have got to b kiddin me.you stick with what your best at- makin people spit their coffee out, through their noses. old LTR, is a vet, with a lifetime of experience... I'm old. he has 30yrs, on me. my "family"/neighbors (vet fam), introduced me to him. we have forest gump, up - rain/ice/snow/whatever. it's a vent thang... he's played santa (on my roof), 3x, now- only charging the initial $50. i dunno y, but he likes me. i was a decade long, pain shutin... I'm not handy and have somehow, always gotten along, with blue collar. i just appreciate hard work & know that quality, takes a lifetime to master and has $$$$ value. i struggle with "taking"... especially, with vets/anyone, really. i took, when i was a kid and have spent a lifetime, disclosing and making my own... ummm... quality, reputation, i guess? integrity/honesty- i regret, my childhood and go extremely the other way, to compensate- "i have issues...". i was an awful kid.
ummm... so the first time he came (shoulda known better than to get me started), - I've never been handy. i do further and excessive damage to ANYTHING i try to fix. right- no pop, teachin... go figure. daddy issues. so the first time, larry the roofer showed up (terrible with names; helps me identify and remember, but he's a lifetime, contractor, it's just how iii met him, via referral. well... 3mo of vfws and maybe 800 later (I'd have spent more, to hear this man call me, "friend")- i love this man. hush... he could live 25yrs, or die on my roof, if i allow him aloft. my friends don't get to work for me. it never ends well. u don't get to work on my house n not get paid. he would never charge me what he's worth... i don't take from vets... it's complicated. the man gets upset, when people pay him too much. i refuse to accept less than I'm worth (social security, not withstanding) & i refuse to pay any man, less than he's worth... so we're kinda at an impass. he won't refer me out- feels anyone else, would b, "lesser"... i don't like the world knowing I'm worth robbing... sigh. it's exhausting. and the lovely g won't stop applying "pressure", about the "gaping hole"... in the DRYWALL, ONLY because handy, ptsd steve, showed me where to demo, in preparation... I'm tryin to physically rehab!! THIS, i can do, if u just tell me, where!!! that took ptsd... a lifetime to learn! i did, "TAKE", from the man!
now, realize- my roof, is insured and the umm... thingy, is negligible AND AFFORDABLE! so the first time, LTR got up there... i dunno what these things cost and in cali- it's NEVER, less than $300... regardless of the issue/repair. so i had 500ish, in my sweaty, fist. he charged me $50. my jaw dropped, i gave him $80 & told him i swallow. jk... he could've been like my shady poolman and asked for $800... I'd have known no better. hence, my desperation, to befriend such a person. ummm... anyway, yeah- and ltr, knows, it's insured. meanwhile, i need to learn, drywall... but soon discovered- i need to b exercising, overhead... i was stoppin for breaks, every 5-10, just with demo- makita and manual... i suck! but it's high time i lean, minus the fear of heights...
he introduced me to the "best drywall man, in the county"... i wasn't going to hug my gals, soon to b, new hero, day 1. i wasn't raised that way.
the lovely g, believes in guys' nightS out, prolly more than is good for my liver. she doesn't often come out... oh yeah, plus there's her pain dealeo- she's still on the horizontal all day, plan, til we trans her off opioids, as well. ummm... SHE CAME OUT, TONIGHT! the mud guy/santa clause twin, was there!!! ltr said to solicit him. didn't think it appropriate- asked for second intro... got it- denied previous acquaintance, with LTR... (i could tell the intro, moved me to the front of the line... the man does the equivalent, of hardee's n pigley wiggleys... and we wont freeze, over a 9sf hole, in the DRYWALL, only. i gave it a pink panther rool/"tampon"... asked ptsd steve, for 7' of the mylar roll i donated to him, to patch that- for the 85% heat reflectivity rate at what was it- 8-1400mhz, or something. I'm messing uo the terms, but it seemed, significant and coal/propane/oil/electric heat, ain't cheap!
i recognize my crazy- ps, doesn't seem to know, when he's weird... it's not happening. no biggie- i slapped a tarp, above and below... i can tell, it's humin away, but i prepay... EVERYTHING- case the heart goes... G, won't b cold, etc. ummm... anyway- like my life- things, couldn't b better- what better friends to have... sigh... just n this case- it's complicated... it could b said, that at this moment, ltr is "worthless to me", with regard to my roof.
far as backing down the girl... that, "pressure" (if i fail, she fails, the kid fails, the xxx fails, her uncle n mom fail... it's alot of pressure- u know- this is how men think... it's not all that altruistic, or hero/desperate sounding... it's just how i/men feel... I'm not loppin off my junk, just to change that)... i do exploit my NEW friend's reputation for helpin peeps, tellin her, "he would never allow a friend, to drown, or freeze, or suffocate (snow...)... and she dismounts my back for a 5min breather, give r take.
so don't worry- i got this, ty, diesel.
ummm... but i won't forget the offer. hope i can return the fav. means tonz! what's this, the 3rd time we've spoken? liked ya, the first time.
i forget what i was sayin, but truly, my life couldn't b better. karma wise- i have it comin. spiritually- "they're all watchin... prolly, laughin".
$- all good it's my farm. my car/toys, etc.
3mo ago, i was in the horizontal, pain, chronic everything, club... i owe a life, or so, to rick simpson's selflessness and cannabis oil (now)... so- I'll take your humor n time, "sir", (perhaps a tip, or 2...) & nothin more. ty, so much! & for what u do, "here".
-spare
