CAFE LE DONK HAS A ROOF-- AT LEAST IT DID AS OF LAST NIGHT--- BEFORE LEAVING I DID HAVE A DRIP HOLE POKED IN THE TARP AT WHAT SEEMS LOGICAL PLACES WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN LAST NIGHT...-- IT STILL NEEDS STRAIGHTENING OUT BUT THE FRAMEWORK IS DONE THANKS TO CHIP AND FAMILY
CHIP SEEMED AGREEABLE TO MOVE ON TO THE ROYAL SWING CONCEPT -- WHICH WITH LUCK WILL BE USEABLE AT DOGFEST--- I AM WORKING ON MY END-- WHICH IS TO LOCATE A 7 TO 7.5 INCH HARD WEATHERPROOF BALL-- NOT INFLATABLE-- HOLLOW WOULD BE OK AS LONG AS IT IS FIRM AND NOT COLLAPSABLE-- AS TO MAKE A MONKEY FIST I WILL BE TIGHTENING ON THE SHAPE TO START.. SO TODAY I WILL SWING BY A LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY - I KNOW ALOT MORE ABOUT BOWLING BALLS THAN I DID 3 DAYS AGO. THE BIG ARE 8.5 INCHES -- TEH REFERENCE TO SIZE DIFFERENCE SEEMS TO BE TEH WARYING WEIHGHT-- NOT THE DIAMETER-- CANDELPIN AND DUCKPIN ARE 3 TO 5 INCHES.
THE ONE I HAV NOT TRACKED DOWN IS WOMENS BOWLING BALLS-- I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH GOOGLE-- SO IT IS --- OFF TO THE LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY TODAY.- A BOWLING BALL WOULD BE PERFECT-- ADDING WEIGHT /MOMENTUM TO HTE SWING...
. I DON'T WANTT TO DISCUSS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH AN INFLATABLE INTERIER OF TEH MONEKEY FIST WHEN I GO TO HAVE TEH INITIAL SWING---
I REMEMBER-- TEH KIDS CIRCUS....JANINE'S SIDE OF IT IS IN HER BOOK...---DOGS DONKEYS AND CIRCUS PERFORMERSS= HOWEVER......... I DECIDED WE NEEDED A SIDE SHOW AHEAD OF THE CIRCUS AND CAME UP WITH TH IDEA OF A ROPE LADDER CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND ATTATCHED BETWEEN 2 TREES WITH ONLY ONE LOOP AT EACH END-- IT WOULD EASILY FLIP OVER-- PILE OF HAY UNDER THAT AND IT WAS VERY POPULAR-
TEH OTHER THING WAS TEH SLIDE DOWN OUT OF THE HAY LOFT- I STARTED WITH 3 SHEETS OF GALVANI9ZED METAL THAT I HAD FOUND SOMEWHERE-- I AM SURE I NEVER BOUGHT IT... I CURVED IT UP AND COVERED TEH EDGES WITH OLD GREEN HOSE-- IN GREAT ABUNDANCE AROUND ANY FARM...
TEHN BUILT A STRUCTUR E UNDERNEATH TO SUPPORT TEH SHEETS- WITH OVERLAPING... IT SHOULD WORK--- AGAIN A PILE OF HAY AT THEBOTTOM AND AN ADULT TO CATCH KIDS TEH DAY OF TEH CIRCUS- I WORKED ON IT-- MOSTLY WITH USED,RECYCLED, ABANDONED PIECES OF LUMBER TAKEN OUT OF A DUMPSGTER AFTER 6PM AT TEH PLACE THEY WERE BUILDING AND DEVELOOPEMENT.
I NAILED AND SCREWED A BUNCH TOGETHER... AND DECIDED IF IT WOULD HOLD ME I WOULDHOLD TEHSE KIDS...
IT DID NOT HOLD ME-- I HAD TO GO AND BUY A FEW STICKS OF 2 X 4'S TO STURDY TEH WHOLE THING.
IT DID HOLD BOTH ME-- AND THEN MANY REPEATED RIDES OF MY 4-H KIDS --- REPEATEDLY SLIDING DOWN ON MANY PIECES OF WAXED PAPER-- TO SPEED IT UP.... IT THEN WORKED WELL FOR DOZENS OF KIDS WHO CLAMMERED UP THE RICKETY STEPS AND WERE CAREFULLY PLACED ON THE WAXED GALVANIZED SLIDE AND LANDED IN TEH HAY PILE.
IT IS WHERE I BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN THE MAGIC OF TRIANGLES-- AND I HAVE BEEN A BELIEVER EVER SINCE.
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HAHA, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT THE FRENCH TRANSLATION OF JUST "DONKEY CAFE" IS ACTUALLY: "CAFE D'ANE"!
HOW APROPOS IS THAT?!
TERI CAN...
