A few years ago I came up with a joke about Seattle. It goes Q. “What do Seattleites love to do the most when they aren’t complaining about the rain?” A. “Complain about the sun.” Weather-wise, today was one of the most beautiful days I have ever seen first-hand. The sun shone through mostly clear, beautiful skies. There was a bit of a breeze to keep us cool, and not a hint of rain. On my way back home from the bus, I stopped to talk to five acquaintances of mine at a cafe. “Koha shum e mir sot.” I said. “Shum e buker, po?” (Great weather today. Very beautiful, yes?)
“Pak fresk,” (a bit too breezy) was the only reply I received in return.
We successfully took all of the tiegula down from the existing roof today. I say successful because we did it without any fall-protection or safety gear of any kind. The only tool I used was my framing hammer. Each of the concrete embossed, asbestos tiles is about a 1.5 x .5 meters in size and weighs about forty pounds. There was plenty of margin for error, but we kept to a slow and safe method. I have always enjoyed demolishing structures.
Tomorrow we should begin erecting the steel. We received engineered plans over the weekend, and so the specialists we’ve hired should have everything they need to proceed quickly and confidently. I am using the word “should” because I have been in Albania for almost a year.
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