It’s fortunate that I had the good sense to marry an engineer. If I hadn’t, I would almost certainly be broke, homeless, and unable to calculate a bending moment. Perhaps her greatest contribution to my life has been her religious insistence on seeing a full budget prior to my starting any major renovation project. She’s [...]
I’m a huge advocate of anything DIY. Tackling projects yourself is a great way to save (metric) TONS of money, build confidence, and impress the womenfolk.
Since buying our house a couple of years back, we have been gradually updating and remodeling things one room at a time. Progress has been slow but steady, and each [...]
This past weekend, disaster struck. Sort of. But not really.
As my wife and I were preparing for a camping trip, I was washing off my scuba gear in the laundry tub. Everything was going hunky dory until I tried to turn off the hot water tap- nothing happened. The handle turned freely all the way [...]