tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post383231418320545091..comments2024-03-19T15:57:08.633+10:00Comments on Fun and VJs: Lost in translationbrismodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-53971260335075512602013-10-09T09:59:31.565+10:002013-10-09T09:59:31.565+10:00Oh Dana! You poor thing with your shade sail. Yike...Oh Dana! You poor thing with your shade sail. Yikes! At least you know now that shade sails aren't something you'd attach to your house again! xxbrismodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390135910400025884.post-87722012324276893862013-10-09T01:32:43.938+10:002013-10-09T01:32:43.938+10:00I can understand why that style of light would tra...I can understand why that style of light would trap bugs, but I'm still trying to figure out how bugs get into the screw-on style of globes. Tricky (and self-destructive) little critters, aren't they?<br /><br />We had an incident just the other day that demonstrates the problems with design working in some regions and not others. Over the summer, my daughter and SIL decided to get one of those popular three-cornered sails to cover the patio, instead of an umbrella. One of the corners attached to my house. It looked great, gave us good shade, and we loved it.<br /><br />Our area is prone to high winds during severe thunderstorms in the spring and fall, because the terrain here is flat and has little vegetation to slow down the wind, so we knew we'd have to take the sail down soon. Unfortunately, we didn't do it soon enough. We had a very minor rain the other night and, with it, apparently a freak gust of wind that got under the sail and literally broke off part of the fascia board of my house as it tore the sail down. (I say freak gust, because nothing in the news indicated any high wind in that brief, light shower.) So I'm thinking that sails are not such a good idea in my area. I can't imagine what it would have done in a real storm.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.com