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Home Improvement

Buying (or Building) a Stairway to Heaven

August 25, 2008

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 [...]

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DIY = SMC (Saving My Cash)

August 14, 2008

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 [...]

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