Update for Thursday June 17, 2010

We had a really productive day today.
The alarm company arrived just as Brian and I were opening the front
gate. The alarm is now installed and working. Four people have codes and
keys, Ross, Tom, Tony and Anne.
Bill M and George M framed up the remaining 3 short walls at the ends of
the shelf rows. Brian and Ross installed drywall on the party wall, the
entrance foyer, and the side of the staircase, with help from Bill and
George. 16 sheets were installed, there are a few small areas behind the
stairs left to do on Sunday. Once we put up a door the area will be
secured. At some point in the future we will install a door at the
bottom of the left stairs, open the party wall at the landings and
remove the unneeded right staircase. Bill and George also installed a
few furring strips on the ceiling. Remaining to be done is Mylar taping
the seams at the front wall, installing 1x4 diagonal braces on the three
outside walls to provide for shear when the siding is removed for
replacement, and a bit of taping of the drywall. We got a lot more of
this done than I had anticipated.
Mike tried to start the green CN Wickham car, it turns over but will not
fire.
Allan and Tom arrived at noon, having attended the graduation cerimonies
for Algonquin College Museum Techs, two were former summer employees of
the museum. Tom worked in the library.
After lunch Tony arrived and introduced us to Anne White.
We moved a lot of furniture in the house, and took filing cabinets to
the main building. We also moved two very large cartons of plastic
storage bins into the paint car, temporarily.
The blog is now up and running
Ross Robinson.