Install a New Concrete Foundation - Going Up! Recently my daughter purchased an old camp summer house on a lake. The house is about eighty years old and was built on crude cinder blocks that just rested on stony soil. Frost heave over the years has caused the doors and windows to not fit well. […]
Land Buying Checklist - Use My Checklist to Save You Lots of Money Are you one of many who are thinking of fleeing bigger cities to get away from crime, pollution, higher taxes, never-ending traffic jams, and a laundry list of other pesky problems? You’re not alone. You might be one of the millions like […]
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the land every creature was astir doing its best to spread peace, joy, and maybe a few dark chocolate pecandes. Last-minute shopping trips, baking, cooking, and wrapping gifts might have you scurrying and skittering about marking each passing minute as we march towards Christmas morning. I was […]
Christmas is now less than two weeks away. It's hard to believe 2021 vaporized as quickly as it did. Two mornings ago, I woke up at 5:00 am thinking of you. You may find this really hard to believe, but it's true. It was pitch black here in New Hampshire as we're so very close […]
Gravity Retaining Walls - Can Be Tall LIVE Stream 12-09-2021 Ask the Builder
Gravity Retaining Wall Systems - There are Quite a Few You might have a retaining wall in your near future. I can understand why as man has used them for thousands of years to create flat, or gently sloping, terraces on hillsides. Retaining walls, though, are far more complex than you might imagine. Tall retaining […]
Wait just a minute! Did I just overhear you whispering to Carol, Sean, Maryanne, Armando, Teresa, Vito and about 90 others who are part of your corner cabal about your plans to invade Cuba? I'm sure it was my tinnitus and you being a new subscriber, must have been asking if I played the tuba […]
Convert Cassette Tapes to MP3 Files - Pretty Easy - Takes Time On November 28, 2021 I asked my 31,000+ newsletter subscribers for help in identifying the best hardware to convert old cassette tapes to MP3 files. Quite a few replied with ideas. Just about every one is below for you to read in detail. […]
God Might Be a Woman - Compelling Evidence Watch these two videos for a light-hearted view of this polarizing topic about God's gender. I GUARANTEE you the first one will bring an enormous smile to your face. Then watch Tim Carter as God pays him a visit:
How to Build a Dormer Tim Carter shares a story about how to build a dormer over the phone. It's Ask Anything Thursday. Today is also a RAR Palindrome date and an even rarer - Ambigram. That means if can be read left to right, from right to left and also upside down! 12-21-2021
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