{"id":2821,"date":"2012-08-07T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2012-08-07T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:34:05","slug":"the-post-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/the-post-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The Post Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being dismayed at the pile of dirt created by the digging, putting up the ledger board,\u00c2\u00a0then playing with the sonotubes before killing ourselves shoveling dirt and hauling cement, it was high time to see some actual deck-like construction begin.<\/p>\n<p>So, once again after ordering up an incredibly hot day, Rob and I started with one last setup of those damn strings (have I mentioned how much I dislike those? Oh I did) and then we got to use his fancy drill and finally get some work done.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get many pictures that day, but the finished product looked like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/the-post-post\/wp_000079-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia Lumia 900&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343556201&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000654878847413&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beam me up\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2829\" title=\"Beam me up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/WP_000079-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A damn fine set of posts and a beam if I do say so.\u00c2\u00a0 The best part of this was Rob&#8217;s solemn promise that I never need to set up those damn strings again (I may have hallucinated this part, can&#8217;t be sure)<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it for today&#8217;s update, with hardly an inappropriate pun to be found.\u00c2\u00a0 What else do I have?\u00c2\u00a0 Let&#8217;s see.\u00c2\u00a0 I finally got wood.\u00c2\u00a0 Does that work?\u00c2\u00a0 Let&#8217;s go with that.<\/p>\n<p>Other deck posts (har har):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/09\/vallentyne-deck-build\/\">The Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/digging-a-hole\/\">The Hole<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Heat Ledger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/heat-ledger\/\">The Ledger<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Enter ye the trench of puns, and abandon all hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/enter-ye-the-trench-of-puns-and-abandon-all-hope\/\">The Footings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being dismayed at the pile of dirt created by the digging, putting up the ledger board,\u00c2\u00a0then playing with the sonotubes before killing ourselves shoveling dirt and hauling cement, it was high time to see some actual deck-like construction begin. &hellip; 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