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I feel more like typing so will discuss the mystery. About a dozen years ago a competitor asked for my help in resolving an issue with a snow melting system he installed. Call him Kevin. A homeowner with an existing system got Kevin's name somewhere and told him his driveway snow melting...

Isn't a bit like comparing conventional warfare to guerrilla warfare?

If there isn't another bailout how do you un-flush a toilet? How does CP keep running? I can see private suppliers putting them on COD for fuel, hydro, stationery, etc. Wages from the top down stop being paid. Unless all the posties continue to work for nothing it all stops. Letter carriers...

You may have solved a ten year old mystery. Too complex for typing.

I used to have a landscaping version. The nice part was you could age the trees and see what they would look like in 5, 10 or 20 years. Sometimes they're too close.

We need new laws for when a driver commits a second DUI. That would be better discussed in the legal or political forums.

Kijiji has listings but most are storage only at ~$400 a month. Amateurs working on stuff brings memories of makeshift tools and poor housekeeping. You will be competing with one and two man trade outfits trying to establish footholds.

Addictive buying is fanned by Wall Street. There are no new foods just new sauces. When TH advertizes a new donut, chocolate with peanut butter glaze, it might make you wonder what it's like. Use your imagination instead of buying one. You know what cocolate tastes like and what peanut butter...

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Nail a foot or so of sacrificial 1X6 to the faces??

Any thoughts re 4 X 4 post vs 5 X 5 A 10 foot PT 4X4 is about $20 and a PT 5X5 is about $35. The advantages of 5X5 is the extra 65% of wood should make the post more resistant to twisting or warping. T/F? The post will be cut from a bigger tree which sounds like a plus. It has IMO a sturdier...

Be cheap with the Varsol as well. BTW the generic name is Stoddard solvent. When I clean a brush with Varsol I pour the used stuff into a liter jar with a lid. The pigments and heavy carriers settle out leaving just dirty Varsol on top. The next time I clean a brush: 1) I squeeze out as...

A few years back caging solo back from Manitoba in the middle of the night, northern Ontario, and taking advantage of no other traffic, I suddenly realized I was either being pulled over or the Northern Lights were in blue red mode. Sub HTA 172 but barely. It was pitch black as I pulled over...

Paint or stain? I try to avoid anything that might peel. Anyone have comments on which is better. IMO spraying on a stain is easier. If paint starts to peel it's a thankless job to get it right.

That could work. A shared fence on another side is cedar with ornate trim and a Cetol finish. New it looked fantastic but after about five years the finish is pretty sad. The neighbour that initiated the project got a price on sanding and re-varnishing and he suddenly began liking the weathered...

What size posts did you use? I'm trying to paint a nice cost picture for a neighbour hoping he'll go for a short fence, six feet high. Sixteen to twenty four feet long. I figure each 4 X 4 PT post will cost about $50 plus labour. 5 X 5 looks nicer but ~ $70 and 6 X ~ $100 all plus labour and...

Those things scare the crap out of me. Push down on a piece of wood as it passes over a wood chipper.

While that is partially true, a lot of the workers that are marching to extinction are detached from reality. For many, it's a variation of the sunk cost fallacy where they can't let go of the reality that 25 years invested in hopes of long term security has no future short of eliminating the...

A guy I knew was a pack rat and advised looking up for storage. So much space not being used.

A guy comes home with a map of the world and tells his wife to throw a dart at it. Wherever it lands, that's where we're going for vacation. She throws a dart. Him: "Great, we're spending two weeks behind the refrigerator."