I fenced today all alone. My help had to do other things so I was at it all alone. There is a price to be had for reusing old fencing. It has holes and needs to be patched, it comes in too short lengths and has to be spliced together. On the upside we did save 75% on the fencing costs. I finished the L side completely. I may have to build another rock jack to hold the fence down in the low dip. I stretched it pretty tight and I am afraid it may pull up the metal posts. So now I need to build another jack. The long side has half the woven wire standing up already. I may very well get all the fence up tomorrow even if I do it alone. The only problem is installing the three gates. I will need help with that. I will have to work on the fencing again on Monday. I am crossing my fingers for a completion date of Monday.
I had to run in to Pendleton to get some T-post clips (these are used to hold the fence against the metal posts). I went into PGG and asked the checkout gal for T-post clips, she called someone and this young gentleman came out. I asked him if the clips came in packages of 25? He said they did, so I asked for 30. He gave me this weird look and went off to the store room. I wandered the store and kept trying to figure out why he had given me "the look". It took him a few minutes and out he came with 30 clips. A single bag of 25 and 5 loose clips! I laughed at him and said I need to do "some real fencing" and I wanted "30 bags" of clips. He looked chagrined and went back and got a large bag full of clips. I chuckled all the way to the pickup.
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