Can you believe we're almost finished with January 2017? Holy potato! Small Engine Reminder!! Just after sending this to you, I'm going to go up to my shed and start my lawn mower and my walk-behind string trimmer. I'll also briefly start my gas-powered pressure washer. You need water passing through it to cool it […]
My website revision project is moving along quite well. Yesterday, I spent the entire day going back through all of the columns I've revised in the past two weeks and made some subtle formatting changes. The changes were for the better! It'll be interesting to see if you can tell what I did. I was […]
I've got lots of revised columns for you below. I'm having a good time doing this project. Why, you might ask? For years, I've known that lots of the information I've discovered the hard way working on countless jobs is still trapped up in my gray matter. This project is giving me a chance to […]
"You may want to know the exact brand of the gutter guard here at my house. I'm not sharing it because the company and I parted ways after I received many complaints from my followers. They were put off by the high price and the high-pressure sales tactics. CLICK HERE to get great ones on […]
It's Friday! If you're retired, that's inconsequential. The rest of us know what it means! I just looked at the extended weather (WX) forecast for central New Hampshire where I live. Holy Tomato! You'd think it was early March! If the WX stays like this, the lake by my house will not freeze solid. Here's […]
Once again, there's lots to share. I'm having a BLAST going back and revising all of my past columns at the AsktheBuilder.com website. More on that in a moment. My oldest daughter Meghan, and her husband Brent, bought me an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas. I LOVE IT. It's just a little bigger than a […]
I've got some great news for you. In fact, I'd love your input. A month ago, I was in California and had a meeting with a friendly competitor of mine, Don Vandervort and his son Kit. Don owns the website hometips.com. We were talking about how we could help one another, and Don suggested something […]
Happy New Year! I hope yours is off to a good start. Mine is. Three hours ago, I was having breakfast with two friends, Jim and Janey. I worked with both on the scenic train. It was good to see their smiling faces. We talked about lots of things, but I shared with them a […]
It's a glorious bluebird day here in central NH. The sun has been up for about 30 minutes or so. Two days ago, the Winter Solstice happened about ninety minutes before sunrise. It's my favorite day of the year because after that point, there's more daylight each day if you live north of the Equator. […]
This is a quick Friday blast. I'm in California and my body is still on East Coast time. I've been up for nearly an hour and a half and it's just 5:25 am here as I type this. Yesterday, my youngest daughter Kelly and I went on an exciting canopy tour through giant redwood trees […]
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