{"id":208,"date":"2002-11-06T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2002-11-06T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=208"},"modified":"2002-11-06T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2002-11-06T12:10:00","slug":"is-it-a-deck-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2002-11\/208-is-it-a-deck-yet","title":{"rendered":"Is it a &#8220;deck&#8221; yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, I made a lot of progress on the deck. Now most of the decking is in place, with only the wide\/long part of the lower deck to complete. And the stairs, and bench, and railings.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s bright and sunny out there now, so I&#8217;m going to take off early this afternoon&#151; the first 110B Islington bus is at 2:15&#151; and do some more work. <!--more The forecast for rest of the week...-->The forecast for rest of the week is calling sun and cloudy periods, with a high of 12&deg;C on Friday and Saturday!<\/p>\n<p><font size=+1><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;5 Day <a HREF=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/scripts\/citygen.pl?client=ECCDN_e&#038;city=YYZ\">Toronto Weather Forecast<\/a> <\/strong><\/font><font size=-1 face=\"Arial\"> from <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/_templates2001\/canada_flag_colour.gif\" width=25 height=14 border=0 alt=\"The Source\"> Environment Canada<\/font><\/p>\n<table border=2 bordercolor = \"#62CA96\" width=\"360\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td BGCOLOR=\"\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=2 cellpadding=5 width=100% bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Wednesday<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Wednesday <br \/>night<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Thursday<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Friday<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Saturday<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td bgcolor = \"#62CA96\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\"><strong><center>Sunday<\/center><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/02.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"A mix of sun and cloud\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/36.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"Chance of showers\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/02.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"A mix of sun and cloud\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/02.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"Sunny with cloudy periods\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/02.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"A mix of sun and cloud\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca\/icons3\/12.gif\" width=60 height=51 alt=\"Showers\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\">A mix of sun<br \/>and cloud<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"#CC0000\">High 8&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\">Chance of<br \/>showers<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"blue\">Low -5&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\">POP 60%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\">A mix of sun<br \/>and cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"blue\">Low -5&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"#CC0000\">High 1&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\">Sunny with<br \/>cloudy periods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"blue\">Low 4&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"#CC0000\">High 12&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\">A mix of sun<br \/>and cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"blue\">Low 4&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Arial\" color = \"#CC0000\">High 11&deg;C<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"10\" valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor =\"#FFFFFF\">\n<table height =\"100%\" width = \"100%\" cellpadding =\"0\" cellspacing =\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign = \"top\" height =\"100%\"><font size=\"1\" 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