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The trials and tribulations when fixing up an older home
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Things to ponder
I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors. Or have term limits. ...
Walkway over the Hudson pictures
From last Sunday, October 11, 2009. I though for sure that there would be a good amount of color along the Husdon River, however, likely due to the micro climate induced by the warmer river water, the trees were mostly green. Around the Casa De C...
Walkway over the Hudson, AKA Poughkeepsie Rail Road Bridge
After years of work and hurculean efforts by all those involved, the Walkway over the Hudson opened last night. The original structure, the Poughkeepsie Rail Road bridge was built in 1888 to to carry rail traffic over the Hudson, mostly coal trai...
Top 50 construction blogs
The Homeowner’s blog has been listed in the Top 50 construction blogs, the fact of which finds me a bit flabbergasted. I perused the list, which can be found at Top 50 Construction Blogs via The Construction Paper. There are some well writt...
Zebra Mussels
The vile things. Here is a video of some of the old boat dock we removed from the lake in Canada. It is covered with Zebra Mussels, which are a nuisance if not downright hazardous. When Eliza was swimming, she cut her leg fairly deeply, into the...
Building a Boat Dock
This is what I did on vacation: I made a new dock for the cottage in Canada. The old dock was built about 20 or more years ago, nobody is really sure. It had a useful life but last winter the ice caused the dock part to become detached from the c...


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Posted: June 29th, 2008 | More Reviews From stevendev | Report This Comment