[THC] it's here! it's here! I'm cutting a hole in the wall!

[Linda Swihart]

I went for a little walk with the wire cutters and pruning shears, 
making a new path into the "back five," and as I returned toward the 
house where Rick and some other guys are playing railroad-building board 
games, I saw the UPS truck leaving my driveway.

It's 13" wide and 14" tall, or the other way around, I forget.  As soon 
as I send this I'm getting the drill and some chisels and moving the 
freezerator aside so I can make the opening where the beer lines will go 
through the wall.

Come over!  Check on the progress, give opinions!  Have a beer.  Come 
over tomorrow or Sunday if you can't come over today.  We're having the 
multiple day open house thing.  Bought new pool cues.  Beer will come 
through the wall soon!

Bar/pew update:  Alan came over and helped me get it started several 
nights ago, and Bob Golden gave some great advice before we started.  
Then on Dec 31 during the afternoon I spent several hours prying and 
knocking it apart.  My goal was to get the seat and the curved trim-rail 
from the top of the seat-back, and put them together to make the bar.  
Major problem is that the curve is not the same, and there is no bending 
the trim-rail.  Also the seat is *really* badly beat up and cracked.  
I'm sure it's over 100 years old and it's badly cracked in too many 
places.  The wood is dry and brittle and warped...  so it looks like the 
trim is all that will survive, and the ends if I can figure out how to 
incorporate them.  They're not particularly fancy but they're kid of 
cool.  The coolest part of this all is that the monstrous thing is out 
of my house finally.

See you soon I hope.  If not this weekend then maybe on Jan 24th which 
is when the brew day here is.

Linda