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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

My dogs were a bit cramped in the fenced in area in our back yard. Doing some thinking I came up with an idea for a fence that was cheap, easy, and quick.

Six years later, and after a load of expense, hard work, and more than one wounded finger, its done.

The dogs for which this fence was being built have moved on. One died, another ran off.

Our new dogs are a bit of a problem. One climbs/jumps this new fence with grace and ease. The other has found weak spots where I concreted, and routinely digs her way out.

So basically, it was a bust. My hopes are that last longer than it took to put up.

I could write the long tragic history of its construction, something suitable for "Modern Marvels" on "The History Channel" (or Myth-Busters on Discovery), but I don't have the time.

Just say it cost three pallets of Garden Ties (where I thought I had a source of free ones from my family), two new drills, countless drill bits, one Black & Decker workbench, one saw blade, and a small fortune in liniment, band-aids, Tylenol, and ruined shirts.

So if this big project was such a non-success, why do I feel so proud that its done?

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

Because you have not yet come to accept the reality of your situation of absolute failure? [Big Grin]

Perhaps your efforts would have been best spent working on training your dogs?

But in all seriousness were I you, I'd probably be feeling the same way, there is something awesome about constructing and erecting any structure.

For men any sort of erection is truly something to be happy about.

And with that I am going to clean my mind with a bar of soup. Kudos to you Dan, will you build me a fence should I ever need one down the road?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

It makes for good neighbors, though, if you believe Robert Frost.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Train the dogs? If the fence posts didn't fit right I had a nice large mallet to make them fit.

They really frown if you try and use that technique to train puppy dogs.

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

[Laugh]

Any kind of erection
[Laugh]

Bar of soup!
[ROFL]

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

My mom has told me a story of when I was about 3 years old and my dad built a fence to keep me in the yard. The neighbor asked what he was doing, dad explained,and the neighbor said it would never keep me in. Dad insisted it would, and I promptly climbed over it.

Apparently, I'm related to your dogs. [Wink]