The 50-Plus Room - for

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Frigid temps here. Every time I shovel snow, my knees and back tell me that I should move south (was never an issue until I hit 55).
Grew up in Illinois. Hated winters. After the Chicago winter of ‘82, where one weekend thanks to the wind chill reached -84degrees F (not a typo) - wife and I moved to Northern CA. As god is my witness, I’ll never shovel another flake of snow!
 
It’s 19° out and my wife had me fill up the bird water dish naked! (it’s a heated dish but needs to be filled daily).

I was in just my boots in the snow.

Hope I get laid for my good deed. She took pictures and because the leaves are down, the neighbors could have potentially seen me.

We spend a fair amount of time nude by the pool in the summer months, but the trees keep things mostly private.

Good god did we get a laugh out of the pics she took!!
 
Has anyone ever Installed a shed and preped the site with gravel? Can it be done in the winter? What do I need to consider?
 
OK, now that we've got things rolling here, let's see what we can find out about each other! Here's some questions I hope everyone will take the time to answer…
1) 65
2) College professor
3) Applied for Medicare this year 🤣
4) Still married, but no sex for the past 20 years
5) Maybe slightly more (since I finally gave up trying for sex with my wife)
6) Yes. I would then be able to start lifting weights seriously at age 32 instead of at 59.
7) Wiser about my relationships and priorities
8) Takes longer to recover from injuries
9) Less (two)
10) Twenty years younger
 
Shipping cans are spendy up this way. $6k for a 20' standard height one tripper. Dented units can be had for $5k.
 
Has anyone ever Installed a shed and preped the site with gravel? Can it be done in the winter? What do I need to consider?
Yes.

I don't know. Depends on the terrain but the biggest thing that comes to mind is whether the ground is frozen, and if so what it's like when it thaws. The sheds we put up here were on pier block foundations and gravel both. The gravel foundations were on a slope we leveled out by adding fill to extend the flat area. It's worked out fine despite the variable weather and excessive rains we've had since doing the work. The size of the shed may require a concrete pad but that is a local building code issue.

Again a few variables. Mostly things to consider with any structure, eg slope, drainage.
 
Has anyone ever Installed a shed and preped the site with gravel? Can it be done in the winter? What do I need to consider?

There are lots of places that will deliver finished sheds to your site on a roll-back truck. Invest LOTS of time prepping the pad. Use mason's line to ensure it is perfectly level or over time, the doors won't seat properly. use crusher run or stone dust for the base and pretreat the leveled soil with Pramitol before dumping the stone.
 
Shipping cans are spendy up this way. $6k for a 20' standard height one tripper. Dented units can be had for $5k.
I could have bought a new one for $3600. That price was delivered and we picked the one we wanted
 
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