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25/ So anyway, the takeaway from this story is: farmhand likes to use decking screws, even when I tell him not to, even when they're the wrong tool for the job. Hang onto that fact.
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26/ So now we pop forward to yesterday around 6pm, after work. I look at my greenhouse and notice that there's a small rip on one side. Well, it's Friday night, and it's getting dark soon. But I'm gonna deal with this first thing Saturday morning. I've got special tape, etc.
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27/ I go inside, unwind with some bourbon, go to bed...and around midnight, in the middle of a nice oaky buzz, I hear strong winds. "Oh, F" I think.
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28/ This morning I go outside. ...and I see something bad. This is the good side of the greenhouse. Everything there is solid.pic.twitter.com/3YDXUA9FmY
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29/ This is the other side. I didn't take pix first thing because I was so angry that blood was nearly coming out of my eyes. But everywhere you see a red line in this image, the greenhouse cover (installed just a few months ago) was torn.pic.twitter.com/XB61TMvLby
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30/ WHAT HAD HAPPENED? Well, look closely at how the film is secured to the frame. There's C-channel running horizontally, and the film goes over that, and then a long "wiggle wire" spring goes over the film. There's a stress point, I guess, at the C channel?pic.twitter.com/cKZzVS3OVp
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31/ I'm really really pissed. Pissed at myself, because if I had repaired the small tear yesterday, it might not have grown. ...but then I realize that the small tear did NOT grow. These are new tears. The C channel somehow broke free of the horizontal black plastic frame.
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32/ How did it break free? Normally I secure things really well. I investigate, and see that decking screws were used to secure the C channel. That's odd, I think. That's not the kind of thing I normally do. (I'm forgetting an important clue here)
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