DONE!!!! 
Hello, my name is Billy and I'm in the process of amassing parts for a Foamie. I will start a build journal and post the requisite pet photos in the appropriate thread.
Here are some tidbits I'd like to add to this never ending tome.
The south does not have the market cornered on hot weather. Iowa gets into the 100s and high humidity with long stretches of 80s to high 90s for most of June July and August, and lately that has spilled over into April, September and October. We don't have hurricanes (thank God) but we do have tornadoes and wicked thunderstorms with high winds and the other nastiness that comes with that.
It also gets well below zero here in the winter -
72 degrees is not cold 
please stop saying it is.
And it's NOT relative, cold is cold and 72 is freaking warmer than my thermostat in winter
- put a sweater on.
What else....?
I gotta say, to continue to tell someone they just
have to read this thread before they start (or to learn the build methods) is a bit ridiculous.
Better to update the master list of build journals or point folks towards George's build since he's refining the process so nicely. I had to keep the browser open at work for 2 full weeks before I got smart and started emailing links to whatever page I was on at the end the day.
Before that, when the browser was closed (accidentally by my co-worker who shares the computer and tolerates my duty shirking) I would have to click through a cARpload of pages because there is no "go to page x" button.
It's a good thing the subject matter was so compelling and I had libations waiting to help ease the thread drift.
I think there was a nice summary of the novella a few posts back. So much has happened in the ?!?!ten years two months?!? this story has been told. I hope folks are in good health and that the foamies are still intact.
I find the dead links and unviewable photos, of which there are many (seems like all links in the stickies) to be off-putting (like this post, eh?
).
I do have a question about that sledge hammer test and I thought someone else asked it too but it wasn't answered.
Was the sledge taken to a piece that was on the floor or some other surface? It seems to me that a better test would be to build a box and hit IT with the sledge. My suspicion is that it would create a big HOLE. Sort of like standing on a big stick while it's on the ground as opposed to standing on it while one end is elevated - snap! I'm still building a foamie, but I think that particular test shows nothing if it was done in the flat. The photos of the foamie that tipped while driving is the best example of durability. If only there had been a repair made instead of more driving leading to disaster.
I hope no one is offended as I can come across as a bit blunt when typing.
Wait, I need a couple more emojis
There.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:04 pm
I can't even remember whether I'm a geezer or a codger! 