The Tree House was alive and kicking this morning. Everyone woke up and got straight into more construction activity. We all decided we'd take a few days off from sooorious work and get into some renovating at home.
Dukie and Princess Leah had some mates who were builders and they said they'd lend us the tools and some building stuff. So they took off in the Priscilla Bus and the new limousine that the miners had "given" us and filled them up with nails, hammers, drills, saws, wood, bricks, cement and stuff. Dukie also had some mates in the shopfitting game and they offered to give us anything that we needed and Dukie managed to get all sorts of shiny stuff from them. Most of the stuff we had was stainless offcuts. Princess Leah dropped around to the Parallel Universe and they offered her everything that they were about to throw out from our recent renovations and others they had done.
Rocky bought over her CAD software and we downloaded it onto our servers. After this we had to decide what we were going to build.It was not an easy task. I wanted to build a new shed for the Pantser so we didnt have to have it near the Tree House anymore. This would make it cheaper to insure as well.
Honoruru wanted a new office do to the business planning and accounts in as she was finding it difficult keeping all her paperwork together on the back deck.
Lamb wanted a new hut for the start of a rifle range. She wanted to be able to store a few million rounds of AK-47 ammunition.
Long Hop wanted a place to have a few drinks after cricket practice and thought we should build a grandstand for spectators.
Princess Leah and Dukie wanted a new bar in a BBQ hut up on "Sunset Hill". This was where we went with the native tribes when we went fishing and had corroborees.
Rocky said it would be nice if we had a classroom for the natives to learn in.
After a while we had heaps of good ideas and we really couldn't choose between them.
Honoruru suggested that make the most of what we had and see if we could build a multi-purpose venue. That was a good idea. So now we had to select which ideas we could put together.
After a couple of hours of hard thinking we decided exactly what we would do. It would be called "The Brisvegas Villagers Health and Recreation Centre". Underneath it would be a series of offices and a training room that we could use for education and board meetings. We would put it up on Sunset Hill nad this actually overlooked the cricket pitch so this was a great compromise.This all seemed fine and it would work until Princess Leah pointed out something very important.
With the increasing threats against us and our need for privacy as well we should build some of it underground. This was a great idea but how would we dig underground?
Dukie and Princess Leah looked at each other and screamed "The Pantser Conversion Kit". They ran off downstairs and started rebuilding the front end of the Pantser as an earth mover. I looked at Long Hop and she knew straight away what I was thinking as well. As an engineer (or "Ginger Beer") herself specialising in hydrology she would know if we had stable soil to dig and then build into.
We raced in and grabbed some of the topo and soil maps from the Tree House Technologies servers and started with some soorious investigations.
Honoruru was sorting through the materials we had and feeding information to Rocky who would have to design the structure. Lamb was giving Rocky a hand with that job.
After Long Hop suggested we had suitable geology and we wouldn't have seepage issues we started moving everything up to Sunset Hill. Dukie and Princess Leah had the Pantser ready and they took off with the Midnight Oil song "One Country" blaring and we all jumped on top. Long Hop was still relatively new and she loved the Pantser. I could tell from the smile on her face as she lifted her ever-present cricket bat above her head and screamed "Let it rip Tree Housers" as we took off up the road.
Long Hop, Princess Leah and I started unloading everything and Dukie started digging a mother of a hole where Long Hop suggested in Sunset Hill. Chyna Rhino turned up on her roller skates and she was absolutely off her chops and obviously needed another beer. We didn't have any but suggested she skate down to the Tree House and get us some beer and give the others a hand. Chyna is an architect and interior designer and she would be of massive assistance.
Then we heard "Greensleaves" coming up the road and Rocky turned up with the CAD plans. "Where is Chyna?" I asked. She opened up the back and Chyna flew out on her rollerskates. She was really plastered. "I got the beer Lukie" she screamed as she fell over. Chyna wore knee pads and helmet and elbow pads all the time and I know why. I can see why Adam Ant finds her so attractive.
Lamb turned up driving Priscilla with a heap of stuff and Honoruru was in the limousine with the rest of the construction materials.
Anyway we pulled out the plans and the girls said Chyna had made the finishing touches. They were amazed at her skills and so was I after knowing how much she'd had to drink. The other thing Chyna comes over for is a feed and she had grabbed enough food for a 4064 Squadron and she was going to cook for us all. I suggested she call Adam Ant and get him to come over and do it for her as this not a strong feature amongst her skill set.
After Dukie had created a big hole we got out the steel pylons. Dukie used the pylon driver on the Pantser to knock them in exactly where Long Hop and Rocky said.
After that we laid a few tonnes of cement. We mixed it in the ice cream maker in the van and it took a few hours. After that we put up the sides using some pre-fab concrete we had. Then the roof was built of pre-fab as well. This was a huge job.
Finally we started building the above ground walls. Honoruru, Long Hop, Lamb and I did this whilst Princess Leah and Dukie worked below with shop fittings and Parallel Universe recycled materials. Chyna was passed out on the ground.
The above ground walls were made of recycled timber and we attached a roof made of galvanised iron. We left a metre of open space between the roof and the walls for air flow. We installed some ceiling fans. Rocky worked in the electricity industry previously and she did all the wiring. We would need to get a generator as we couldnt possibly get 3-phase out here.
After a few hours Adam Ant turned up in his Chrysler Valiant. I told him Chyna was ratshit and she was on the lawn somewhere with her skates on. There was a tonne of food that needed to be cooked and he did his usual thing and got stuck into it.
After another hour Adam Ant called out and he had the food ready. Chyna woke up just in time for a feed. How unsual. We all stopped work and had a few beers with some of Ant's thai BBQ and salads that he had prepared. Amazing what that man can do. Then Princess Leah and Dukie said they were ready to show us downstairs. They had been hard at it.
We walked downstairs and it was like a scene from a movie. The girls had a floor made of some shiny surface and a huge bar made of stainless steel in the corner. A huge disco ball hung from the roof and a lighting system was pouring out every colour of the rainbow.
The bar was full of 4064 Squadron beer and ever spirit we had manufactured. It was truly special. "This will be really great for board meetings" said Princess.Apparently they had also used some persuasive techniques on the mining crowd and Mick Dundee had used his knife to secure us all of the materials at no cost. Cool Micky.
I couldn't see the use for board meetings but I didn't care. Princess got on the phone to the Freckles and told them to get ready for dancing lessons. Chyna didn't care either as she was first to christen the floor and said from now on she would be using it for roller derby training.
So then we went upstairs and started finishing the offices and school section. After a few hours it was done and we were exhausted and filthy. Princess Leah jumped in the Pantser and flicked on a new CD. It was time to relax and we put Hunters and Collectors on. As the sun was setting we heard the Pearl Jam/Mark Seymour version of "Throw Your Arms Around Me".
A classic sunset with some classic music and 4064 Squadron beer after a big day.
Love you all-sooriously,
LSW
XXXXX
Then we heard "Greensleaves" coming up the road and Rocky turned up with the CAD plans. "Where is Chyna?" I asked. She opened up the back and Chyna flew out on her rollerskates. She was really plastered. "I got the beer Lukie" she screamed as she fell over. Chyna wore knee pads and helmet and elbow pads all the time and I know why. I can see why Adam Ant finds her so attractive.
Lamb turned up driving Priscilla with a heap of stuff and Honoruru was in the limousine with the rest of the construction materials.
Anyway we pulled out the plans and the girls said Chyna had made the finishing touches. They were amazed at her skills and so was I after knowing how much she'd had to drink. The other thing Chyna comes over for is a feed and she had grabbed enough food for a 4064 Squadron and she was going to cook for us all. I suggested she call Adam Ant and get him to come over and do it for her as this not a strong feature amongst her skill set.
After Dukie had created a big hole we got out the steel pylons. Dukie used the pylon driver on the Pantser to knock them in exactly where Long Hop and Rocky said.
After that we laid a few tonnes of cement. We mixed it in the ice cream maker in the van and it took a few hours. After that we put up the sides using some pre-fab concrete we had. Then the roof was built of pre-fab as well. This was a huge job.
Finally we started building the above ground walls. Honoruru, Long Hop, Lamb and I did this whilst Princess Leah and Dukie worked below with shop fittings and Parallel Universe recycled materials. Chyna was passed out on the ground.
The above ground walls were made of recycled timber and we attached a roof made of galvanised iron. We left a metre of open space between the roof and the walls for air flow. We installed some ceiling fans. Rocky worked in the electricity industry previously and she did all the wiring. We would need to get a generator as we couldnt possibly get 3-phase out here.
After a few hours Adam Ant turned up in his Chrysler Valiant. I told him Chyna was ratshit and she was on the lawn somewhere with her skates on. There was a tonne of food that needed to be cooked and he did his usual thing and got stuck into it.
After another hour Adam Ant called out and he had the food ready. Chyna woke up just in time for a feed. How unsual. We all stopped work and had a few beers with some of Ant's thai BBQ and salads that he had prepared. Amazing what that man can do. Then Princess Leah and Dukie said they were ready to show us downstairs. They had been hard at it.
We walked downstairs and it was like a scene from a movie. The girls had a floor made of some shiny surface and a huge bar made of stainless steel in the corner. A huge disco ball hung from the roof and a lighting system was pouring out every colour of the rainbow.
The bar was full of 4064 Squadron beer and ever spirit we had manufactured. It was truly special. "This will be really great for board meetings" said Princess.Apparently they had also used some persuasive techniques on the mining crowd and Mick Dundee had used his knife to secure us all of the materials at no cost. Cool Micky.
I couldn't see the use for board meetings but I didn't care. Princess got on the phone to the Freckles and told them to get ready for dancing lessons. Chyna didn't care either as she was first to christen the floor and said from now on she would be using it for roller derby training.
So then we went upstairs and started finishing the offices and school section. After a few hours it was done and we were exhausted and filthy. Princess Leah jumped in the Pantser and flicked on a new CD. It was time to relax and we put Hunters and Collectors on. As the sun was setting we heard the Pearl Jam/Mark Seymour version of "Throw Your Arms Around Me".
A classic sunset with some classic music and 4064 Squadron beer after a big day.
Love you all-sooriously,
LSW
XXXXX
1 comment:
why thanks futuristics. the things we DO are nice as well!
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