Sea View Part 4 (Return of Lefty)

When I arrived at the job site, I discovered that Lefty and Wright were back at work. Wright said that he was intending to "garnish" Lefty's pay. It seems that Wright feels that he is entitled to a great deal of compensation for the "expert" care he gave Lefty. There is also the expense of the "Lefty Scam" project to be considered. Lefty is not of the same accord, and likes to make duck noises every time he walks by Wright.

I had planned on doing some demolition in preparation for the refurbishing of the Sea View. From the looks of it the Phist Bros. got a little bit over enthusiastic.

When I ask why they had been so aggressive in demolition, their response was that they were just following Taelyn's orders. It has become necessary for me to once again explain that Taelyn is the "figure head only" supervisor on this job. Lefty and Wright said they will start asking me before they proceed with any project, in the future.

When Wright said "he said to do it", Taelyn was a little upset. Luckily, he got an emergency call from his PDCS. By the time he got back, everything was fine.

The next morning Taelyn decided to help Tarin bring the stairs (living room to second floor hallway) into the house.

I asked why he had used the front door instead of bringing them through the rear of the house, which is wide open. "The hand rail would have been on the wrong side", was Taelyns answer. It is sometimes very hard to understand Taelyn's logic. Don't get me wrong, I still like Taelyn , a lot. I've never known anyone with so much enthusiasm. The stair installation was going well, until!



We got Taelyn untangled and the stairs are now in place. You may have seen one of those charts that mark how many accident free days there have been on a job site. We have two. One for the rest of us and one for Taelyn. Taelyn's very seldom gets past two or three days at the most.

The Phist Bros. have been getting a lot of work done in the living room. The wallpaper is up, and most of the electrical is done. The addition of the carpet and molding should complete the room.




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I got a call from the Bank. There is a problem with the financing of this project. The Group, have been making payments for the building materials directly to the Bank. You guessed it, more of that "Pixie Gold". The Bank will only accept currency, from now on. I understand that the Group, has approached Ariel, about helping them get said currency. We'll keep working until we run out of the building materials we have on site, and hope something can be worked out with Ariel.

Taelyn's Fire Truck (Part 2)

For all practical purposes, Taelyn's Fire Truck is ready to roll. A First Aid kit and some tools have been added to the left side.

Hoses and some construction material have been added in the truck bed. Don't forget this is a multi-purpose vehicle.

Taelyn has moved some of his construction tools into the storage area right behind the cab.There are times when Pixies just completely amaze me! I asked Taelyn how he was going to be notified when there was a fire call. Listening for fire calls on a scanner, might get him into trouble. We doubted if the "official Fire Departments" would appreciate his presence on a fire scene. You may not believe this next item. Mr. Thorne has installed a satellite dish on the truck, capable of GPS. Nothing really amazing in that, however, this satellite is tuned to a "very special" frequency that is able to detect pixie distress calls. All a pixie has to do is yell "FIRE!", the satellite picks up the signal, and a siren goes off in Taelyns truck. Once the distress call is received, GPS locates the exact location of the call, speakers on either side of the driver (by voice), guide Taelyn's Fire Truck to the site.
I need to talk to Mr. Thorne. As ingenious as this system is, I think there may be problem with it. My question is, does the PDCS (Pixie Distress Call System) only detect "Fires", or all kinds of distress situations.

I may be being selfish about this .... but. Will "Rats!", mean I will be outfitting the truck with exterminating equipment? Will, "I think I am in deep dodo", require sewer sucking tools?

The possibilities are staggering! I do hope Mr. Thorne can refine the PDCS.

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Some of the Pixies have been calling the "Lefty Scam " number and making donations of "Gold".

We all know that "pixie gold" is not always what it seems. So far Wright has several bags of twigs, one bag of straw, and some odds and ends. I do believe that Lefty will be back to work very soon!

Taelyn's Fire Truck (Part One)

After finishing the Hitty House (that as pirated by Miranda), my attention was turned to the fire truck that Taelyn had found. It was kind of fun being away from the house building for awhile. We found some ladders and an axe to replace some of the missing equipment. The motor for the water pump was "toast", so we installed a rebuilt motorcycle engine just behind the right front wheel. It seems to work.

Taelyn insisted on doing all the lettering in his unique style. This is truck number 1, in his fleet.

A problem did develop. Due to Taelyns lack of stature, he could not reach the pedals. Some creativity, resulted in the installation of motorcycle handle bars. This put all the brake, throttle and etc. controls within easy reach. Plus Taelyn thinks it looks cool.

We added a seat belt (shown across his lap in the above picture). Taelyn insisted on Naugahyde upolstery , which proved pricy. As the Nauga's are very small this year, and it takes a lot of hides to cover a seat. When Taelyn was discussing what would be going in the bed of his truck, I noticed the lettering he had added to the rear bumper.

Taelyn was quick to point out that this was a multi-purpose vehicle. So far, he has plans to use it as a Fire Truck, Construction Truck and possibly use it in his Snow Removal Business. He asked how difficult it would be to add a snow plow. I wisely developed a hearing problem at this point of the conversation. Taelyn also had an advertisement on the side of the truck, how I had missed it, I don't know.

The truck still needs some items, and it will take a little while to completely finish it to Taelyn's satisfaction.

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The phone lines are still open at the "Lefty Scam Fund". Since there have been zero phone calls and zero pledges, I think Wright is about ready to declare Lefty fit to return to work.

A Change In Plans (Plan B)

The Hitty house is complete and just in time. The Story Teller is due to arrive any day now. The refurnishing was not too complicated.

The addition of electricity, window frame molding, carpet on the second floor, floor molding through out, repainting the kitchen and an overhead light.

Then, came Plan B. The house was commandeered! See Miri's House.

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Lefty is still laid up. Personally, I feel that Wright is taking advantage of Lefty,s situation.

Taelyn went to visit Lefty, the other day.

Lefty seemed very interested in learning about Taelyn's Fire Truck. Everything was going well, until Tarin arrived for a visit.

I understand there was a great deal of screaming, as Lefty drove under the covers.

Lefty hid under the covers until Tarin left. I really think that Lefty is , once again, taking things to seriously. Tarin brought flowers and it looks like he is really trying to make friends with Lefty.

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Lefty is having problems paying his medical expences. It seems that Wright has to charge some pretty hefty fees. Being a Quack alumnus, his Mal-Pratice Insurance rates are staggering, thus the high fees. Anyone that wishes to help defray Lefty's bill, might donate to the "Lefty Scam Fund", call 555-5555 (please have your credit card available).

A Change in Plans

(Emi), called, hoping that I would be able to help her with a problem. A new doll was moving into the Tree House. Since this new addition has the reputation as a teller of great stories, it was felt that she should have her own home. The other inmates were excited about the arrival of a Storyteller, and had found a log cabin they thought would suit her. The problem arose in the fact that the new doll was due to arrive very soon, so there was some urgency in completing the refurbish.



Since Taelyn is the "Pseudo-Supervisor" on the Sea View house, I asked him to meet me at the site of the Story Teller's house. Emi had requested the addition on lighting, carpet and a little painting, to dress up the cabin. With Lefty being laid up, (his condition is being greatly exaggerated, by his health care specialist, Wright), this was a good time to tackle a smaller job. Taelyn was in complete agreement, and will tell the "Group" about the delay on the Sea View project.

Taelyn was very helpful with suggestions. I found out that Taelyn has an alternative reason for recommending a delay at the Sea View. He has his own Fire Truck!

According to Taelyn, he found the truck abandoned. It had been stripped of ladders, hoses and all fire fighting tools. He was wondering it I could get it outfitted so that he could start his own Fire Department. The name "Taelyn Independent Fire Department" is sure to send fire insurance rates soaring off the charts.

We'll see what can be done about getting his truck rigged up, If he is playing Fire Frighter, it may keep him out of my hair, once we get back to working on the Sea View.

Sea View 3 (A Day With Surprises)

The "Group" decided that they would like some touch up on the exterior of the Sea View. This involved some sanding, priming and repainting. The colors will be staying close to the same. But because of an "incident", it became necessary for me to call in Tarin. Of course, Lefty was not too happy about this!

Once again Tarin did a great job. I can not say enough about the advantage of eight legs and multiple eyes, when it comes to this kind of work.



The "incident", once again, involved Lefty. That was no surprise. I had put him to work doing the sanding. He was doing a pretty good job, until he slipped, fell, jumped, or whatever.



I'm not sure that he knows exactly what happened, himself. My feeling is that he fell asleep. Never the less, there he was laying on the counter, the sanding block on top of him.



This is were the "SURPRISE" comes in. From the following (overheard) conversation, it became apparent that Wright had had some medical training. He immediately had Lefty in a brace and was counseling him. Who would have guessed that he had access to an Xray machine?

The conversation went sort of like this.

Wright: I see no signs of anything broken inside you.You say that the pain is in the area of your pointing finger and thumb. There may be some damage to the soft tissue, tendons, or nerves, which will not show up on an Xray. Take two aspirins and call me in the morning. I'll mail you the bill. Next!

Later, I questioned Wright about his medical expertise. He told me that he had attended, but not graduated,from Mallard Medical University. MMU (home of the Sun Tanned Ducks) is on some remote island in the Caribbean. Apparently he is not a full fledged Quack Alumnus.

As I said it was a day of surprises.

Sea View 2 (Permit RM 63007)

J.R. Katscan has issued the permit for the remodeling of the Sea View. In case you notice, that is not fur wallpaper inside the house, but is J.R., after he hung up the permit.

I got the Phist Bros. to come by and look at what we would be doing. They were quite surprised by the scope of the project, and frankly not very enthusiastic. They had some real problems with Taelyn being the supervisor. Once I explained that they would really be taking orders from me, they felt a little better. There are some problems with the electrical circuiting in the house also, ("The Group" have some specific ideas about lighting) that will mean doing some minor demolition work. That seemed to put a smile on the Phist Bros.... "knucks"? Lefty was very glad that I will probably not need Tarin (the spider) on this project.

We get started with some of the removal work, and laying out the necessary modifications to the electrical.

J.R. Katscan has taken a real interest in this house and every time I turn around, he appears to be observing what is going on. Hope he isn't planning on being underfoot all the time. If so I may have to get Lefty and Wright to get out that ball of string , again .
See Perfect Home Pt 10

He seems to like lending a hand, now and then. Here he is helping Lefty checking some roofing.



Some of the rooms are going to be more difficult to complete then others, but we are making good progress on the first floor.





We haven't seen Taelyn on the job site yet, which is probably a good thing. When he shows up, I might give the Phist Bros. permission to use the ball of string on him too.