Not bad work for 2.5 hours after work today.
I built two simple camera mounts. Decided the 4x4 was too big, wouldn't fit in the cinder blocks I have, so used 2x4's instead with a small platform on top and camera mounts attached to that.
Set a total of five posts in concrete. Two of those were on the roof. Mixed concrete in the cement mixer, poured it in buckets and hauled it up to the roof. The other three posts were for the new garden fence, so had to dig post holes.
Did I mention all the concrete was still in the car when I started? Before much else, had to haul all that to the back yard.
Mounted two cameras and ran the cables down the old gas wall furnace vent. They're not hooked up yet but they appear to be from the outside.
Even before I was finished, one truck seemed like they were trying to avoid the cameras by backing all the way down the street. Once they're active, that won't matter since there are two cameras to track each direction of travel. So if their license plate doesn't appear on one camera, it will show on the other. One camera facing south is on a 3 1/2 ft post. The one facing north is on a 5 1/2 ft post. So the entire street will be visible. Plus part of the park and a small stretch of Barcelona.
I left one of the dummy cameras on the roof pointed directly at the paranoid neighbors house. Just to screw with their heads. However, the last front-facing camera may show their house because the cameras have a good field of view. The real intent of that one will be the immediate front of my house, including the driveway and doorway.
Did dishes and started dinner after that 2.5 hour period.
Not a bad day for work. Worked 80 cases, which equals one extra hour of pay.
So, while I didn't get to the gym, that doesn't mean I didn't get a workout. Carrying bags of concrete, digging and hauling stuff up to the roof was something of a workout.
I can get the rest of the first fence section finished tomorrow and keep the dogs out of the garden before they destroy too much else. I already have lbs of dog shit to pick up and lots of weed fabric to replace, along with mulch that has to be put back in place because of them.
I built two simple camera mounts. Decided the 4x4 was too big, wouldn't fit in the cinder blocks I have, so used 2x4's instead with a small platform on top and camera mounts attached to that.
Set a total of five posts in concrete. Two of those were on the roof. Mixed concrete in the cement mixer, poured it in buckets and hauled it up to the roof. The other three posts were for the new garden fence, so had to dig post holes.
Did I mention all the concrete was still in the car when I started? Before much else, had to haul all that to the back yard.
Mounted two cameras and ran the cables down the old gas wall furnace vent. They're not hooked up yet but they appear to be from the outside.
Even before I was finished, one truck seemed like they were trying to avoid the cameras by backing all the way down the street. Once they're active, that won't matter since there are two cameras to track each direction of travel. So if their license plate doesn't appear on one camera, it will show on the other. One camera facing south is on a 3 1/2 ft post. The one facing north is on a 5 1/2 ft post. So the entire street will be visible. Plus part of the park and a small stretch of Barcelona.
I left one of the dummy cameras on the roof pointed directly at the paranoid neighbors house. Just to screw with their heads. However, the last front-facing camera may show their house because the cameras have a good field of view. The real intent of that one will be the immediate front of my house, including the driveway and doorway.
Did dishes and started dinner after that 2.5 hour period.
Not a bad day for work. Worked 80 cases, which equals one extra hour of pay.
So, while I didn't get to the gym, that doesn't mean I didn't get a workout. Carrying bags of concrete, digging and hauling stuff up to the roof was something of a workout.
I can get the rest of the first fence section finished tomorrow and keep the dogs out of the garden before they destroy too much else. I already have lbs of dog shit to pick up and lots of weed fabric to replace, along with mulch that has to be put back in place because of them.
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