Is this art? Or pornography?

@TheHorse (238268)

Walnut Creek, California

September 6, 2019 12:13pm CST

I chuckled as I took this photo at the cabin last month. I have been called naive and sometimes miss veiled sexual references in conversation. But when I looked at the water damage to the ceiling in my cabin, there was nothing I could say except, "That looks like..." My brother's friends (note that I say "my brother's" friends) were out of work about five years ago, so my brother arranged to pay them a pretty penny to redo the roof and some joists and studs in the "new room" of the cabin. Nothing had been replaced in about 55 years. Their work was pretty good overall, but they left some gaps in the tar paper roof that have allowed water to seep in, creep along the ceiling joists, and drip down onto the drywall, causing an overall sag in one area and several small "bubbles" like this one. One of my projects for last month WAS to climb up on the roof and try to fill in those gaps with a flexible sealant that was recommended to me by the guy at the Ace Hardware in Lewistown. I won't know until next Summer whether my work was successful.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43897)

• Cambridge, England

6 Sep 19

Looks like a tear in a piece of fabric to me, Horse. Nothing like a taco or whatever else you thought. Couldn't you have poured a bucket of water or two over your repairs to see whether they were working or not?

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Taco. Dang you and the horse you rode in on! Now I'm hungry. Well, the bucket of water would have told me that in the short term, everything is fine. But a bucket of water cant duplicate a Winter's worth of snow on a poorly designed (only 5 degrees of pitch) roof with rapid and vast temperature changes. Sigh.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

6 Sep 19

I see water damage. Now I will look away.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Heh. I haven't touched any of the water damage from the inside. I am NOT an expert in dry wall repair, and my brother can't remember the exact name of the color they used, so I can't repaint, even if we get the ceiling fixed up.

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@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

6 Sep 19

When I saw the thumbnail pic, I thought it was a leaf.

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@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

7 Sep 19

@TheHorse Cardboard?

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

@BarBaraPrz Glorified cardboard?

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Heh. I have no idea what the actual material is.

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@crossbones27 (52907)

• Mojave, California

6 Sep 19

Haha, dude, giving teachers a bad name, since 1958.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Sigh. I listened to too much Zappa as a child. My mind will always be slightly deranged.

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@crossbones27 (52907)

• Mojave, California

6 Sep 19

@TheHorse Oh, I see, you the jerk that makes it so I cannot listen to my music because they bad for my mental capacity and state. Gee, that sure took a turn for the worse. They have no point whatsoever.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

@crossbones27 Wasn't it Tipper Gore (back in the day) who wanted warning labels on record albums with naughty lyrics? Sales of said albums would have soared among teenagers!

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

6 Sep 19

I think you should just cut that off and paint that place with some Kilz or another sealer until you decide about a paint job. But people won't look at it and laugh anymore.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

6 Sep 19

@TheHorse You could always paint it a different color. Is there some reason it needs to be that color and no other?

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Heh. Well, not much I can do about it from California. I'm just hoping it looks the same next Summer. I'll be bringing some other art work up there next Summer (no bdy parts--jut nature scenes from here in CA), so maybe then I'll seal this and the other areas with issues. I wish my brother had had the foresight to remember the color his wife chose.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

@akalinus I want to please my brother and his wife. Also, I like the color. It provides a sense of warmth in a large room without much personality.

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@Janet357 (75638)

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7 Sep 19

oh come on! so far it was the roof of the cabin.that needs to be fixed?

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

7 Sep 19

As long as he is not fixing what does not need to be fixed....the world would be a safe place.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

@vandana7 I have been a good boy and left the ceiling alone. If it does not cave in on me, then life is good.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

It is.

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@LadyDuck (502152)

• Italy

7 Sep 19

I only see a water damage, something that should be checked and repair before it gets worse.

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@LadyDuck (502152)

• Italy

8 Sep 19

@TheHorse When water starts to leak it is always a problem that can only worsen.

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

It was the same this year as last year. But I still did some further work on the roof.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Sep 19

I seen what it was right away.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

A ceiling joist attracting water and letting it drip onto drywall?

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Sep 19

@TheHorse Pretty much. Had that in our main bedroom until we got the roof replaced.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

@wolfgirl569 Sigh. The bummer for me is that this one emerged AFTER we got our roof replaced.

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@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

6 Sep 19

There is this tree that is at the end of the driveway by a rent house, it has a hole that has formed in the trunk, looks just like that.

But..... that just looks like you need to fix the ceiling. A year with maybe a leak? That is to long to wait.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

I did some work on the roof LAST Summer, and things did not get worse. I did some more this Summer (last month). Maybe things will dry up and I can do some cosmetic repair next Summer.

@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 19

Yes, nature provides us with many works of art.

@teamfreak16 (43567)

• Denver, Colorado

7 Sep 19

Little did you know that someone got a photo of you while you were on the roof. Safety first!

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

Yes, I always put the rope around my neck. That way it doesn't slip off.

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@teamfreak16 (43567)

• Denver, Colorado

8 Sep 19

@isweartokira (3459)

• United States

7 Sep 19

oh my

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 19

I'll try to get it fixed up next Summer.

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