no this was something that spontaneously came up. i did a staircase in that house, and in overhearing the builder say something about his mason not wanting the rock work on the porch, i says to the guy ‘i can do cultured and flagstone too, so whaddawe talkin’ about here? gimme some numbers, tough guy.’ he slid me a quote across the table face down on a piece of paper. i looked at the numbers and nodded.
but no, the last time i did stone work was back in 05ish up in the appalachians. and i only got into it because it paid so well. real-estate up there is outrageously priced and for the floridiot retirees who build summer homes, money is not a problem.
see the thing was, i didn’t have all the shit i needed to do carpentry work on my own. all the tools and shit. so to do it, i’d have to work by the hour for some company, which is what i normally did. but the second that masonry opportunity presented itself, i grabbed it. i could almost triple in one day as a masonry subcontractor what i was making as a wage worker doing carpentry.
but i much more prefer working with people’s wood instead. i’ve always been very good at handling and playing with the wood… and can usually get it to do anything i want. i’ve turned a lotta raw wood into some magnificent erections… and i’m so good at it, it’s never really a pain in my ass. did i tell ya the time i built the three story gazebo in asheville? lemme tell you something, pal. a free floating center ridge is NOT EASY to set by yourself. shit ain’t nothing like building an a-frame.
so you’re back in college again? wtf man. i told you years ago you were wasting your time with that stuff. i’ll tell ya what’s gonna happen. you’re gonna wind up workin’ in a gas station.
Manny de Camper vants to buy some vi-hi-hi-ite…