Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Let's Play a Game (Part 2)

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Today was trash collection day. However there is more to today's City customer service story. I went out to my truck that was parked acr...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Let's Play a Game!

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Let's see how long it takes the City of Dayton's waste collection department to empty my garbage can. Here is the scenario. Over thr...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Sometimes it Takes a Year or Two or Seven.

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See this picture? It was taken in November 2007. It shows the doorway between the hall and the dining room. To the right is a doo...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

I Like Things to Work!

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Back around 1996 I bought this phone from Design Tuscano. I think I paid around $200 for it. I bought it for several reasons. I liked it. It...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

At it Again!

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Remember this from 2009? Well, it is happening again. If you missed your chance 5 years ago, now is the time to catch up! ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Samuel D. Edgar Patent

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I posted years ago about Charles Edgar's patents . He invented an automatic gate, an improved hay rake and a carburetor that I haven...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

More Roof Antics

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Way back in 2001, one of the first things I had to do was replace the shingle on the roof to the kitchen. At some point in the past a tree ...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Why I Have Been Busy Part 2

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There is a woman who lived across the side alley from us who is now 93 years old. She lived in her house since she was four years old. I use...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Why I've Been Busy Part 1

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It's the end of May you say! What have I been doing for 5 months? Well, lots really. Not so much work on the Old Crack House. Though I h...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

More Stuff

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For years the hallway door to the dining room looked like this.I really needed to put molding around the door frame to cover the brick. Well...
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