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This is page 2 of Basement Waterproofing. See pages 1 & 3 Before the rains started I did some inspecting. I discovered that MANY of the vertical joints in the cinder blocks were without mortar. Looks like the hydrostatic pressure and erosion over the years had taken their toll. I began to chisel out some Read More …
While I was down in Arizona I saw my brother and his son racing / playing tag with two “Zip Zaps” (Radio Shack’s brand of mini rc cars). They were the coolest things and I knew I had to have one. I asked him how much he paid and he said, “Somewhere around $25 – Read More …
Live To Learn, Learn To Love, Love To Live! -Matthew Cowley- Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, & small minds discuss people. -Admiral Hyman G. Rickover-Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you are saying -Ralph Waldo Emerson-
Back around 1979 my dad decided to add a basement to our house. It was to go behind the garage and above it he would build an addition. He dug the whole thing himself (with a back hoe) and poured the slab floor and poured the walls as much as he could. The remaining upper Read More …
In my Canon i860 and Canon i560 printers the BCI-3ebk is a pigmented ink while the BCI-6 is a dye based ink. There is a bit of confusion regarding the two black inks that are in many of today’s printers, especially the Canon BCI-3ebk and BCI-6bk cartridges.
About a year ago I was really getting into compost. I’ve got heavy clay soil and compost does an excellent job of loosening up the soil for my vegetable garden. Mother nature will compost pretty much anything if you give her enough time. Well, I’m pretty impatient so I’m doing all I can to speed Read More …
When my wife and I were thinking about getting chickens one of our concerns was how difficult it would be to care for them. I’ve got friends who completely “baby” their chickens (e.g. chicken diapers, baths, cleaning their watering dishes daily with bleach, etc.). I’ve also got friends who barely even deal with their Read More …
5/24/05 An hour ago my wife and I decided to go outside to see how our girl was doing. I was horrified to see a broken egg in front of the nest. It looked like something had torn its way into the egg… but wait a minute, maybe I’m wrong. I gently lifted up my Read More …
DISCLAIMER: This is one of those refill-a-hollic type things that is done for FUN more than to save money, so don’t ask “Why don’t you just buy a new pen?” I’ve been using my inkjet printer ink to refill my rolling ball pens for a while and have had mixed success, but for the most Read More …
5/4/05 She’s still in the nest this morning. Chel told me that the eggs, even if they are a few days old, won’t start to develop until they have a hen sitting on them. This is good because we are going on a little trip and don’t want to miss the big day! I heard Read More …