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How practical is it to use a bucket truck to paint a building? I have a large Victorian that needs painting. I could of course pay someone to do the job, but I was thinking it would be no problem for me to do it except for the height. That's where the idea of a bucket truck came in. The Idea is...

I'm considering digging out a basement. The reason for doing this is: 1 The old foundation is brick and needs to be replaced with a more substantial concrete foundation with all the proper hold downs. 2 I want to make it into a full basement, full 8' height where as it is presently a half...

When the weather is good I like to get out and ride my bike and lately I've been taking my camera most of the time. Well today on my ride I see what looks like someone fishing, standing in the middle of the river - hmm that's odd, so I stop and take a couple of pictures. Where I took the...

I rode my bike through a park today where preparations are going on for the cinco da mayo celebration, they were setting up booths and all that. And of course they need a dumpster to clean up all the trash after. So just as I ride through I see the dumpster delivery guy unhooking the cable from...

This morning I received an email from Wells Fargo stating that they were upgrading their online banking security and that I needed to log onto a link provided in the email and change all my security information. Also the email stated that if I failed to complete this upgrade soon I would no...

Received this in an email today. Dear Friend, I did not forgot your past effort and attemps to assist me, now I'm happy to inform you that i have suceeded in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. You are now to Contact my secretary ask him for...

I sold my house in the mountains and I'm temporarily (2 yrs now) living in one of my apartments in the city. So I need to get out when ever I can and one thing I enjoy doing is to ride my bike on the river trails that run through the center of the city. The other day I brought along my camera...

I got a call from the rental management co. that manages my apartments telling me that one of my tenants had a complaint about the electric stove and that she received an electric shock from touching the stove. OH that's not good, I don't want any thing to do with any one getting hurt. Time to...

A number of Sunset and Lowe's home improvement books are being recalled due to errors in technical diagrams and wiring instructions that could lead to incorrect installation or repair. The recall includes nine titles that amounts to around a million books. You can check these web sites to see...

I was a Costco Wednesday and I had just got back to my car and was about to load up my purchases when I heard a car accelerate at full throttle in the parking lot. I looked up and saw the SUV that was parked directly across from me rapidly backing out of the space and the next thing I noticed...

One of my air compressors has been acting up for some time now and I'm debating wither I should try to fix it or just get a new one. When I turn it on nothing moves and you can hear it struggling to start and if I don't turn it off right away it will trip the breaker. The way I get it to work is...

I went into a Citi bank yesterday and was shocked at what I saw. The tellers were isolated behind a massive bullet proof glass wall that went all the way from the wall on the left to the wall on the right about 50' and all the way to the ceiling which was about 16' tall. The glass looked to be a...

There have been a number of times I've thought I'd like to jump on the quad and run to the store instead of going in the truck. The quad gets maybe somewhere around 40 to 50 mpg and the truck gets about 14 mpg. I don't do it of course because the quad is not legal on the roads. But why is that?

I have a shed that is about 225 ft from the house and back some years ago I wanted to run power for outlets and lights in the shed. I wanted the lights on 3 way switches so you could turn on or off either the inside or outside lights from both locations, at the shed or at the house. So now...

I was awakened the other morning around 3:00 by a loud commotion outside behind my house, sounds I had never heard before. It sounded like two different types of animals. I turned on the light out back and went outside and by that time the noise had stopped. I shined a light all around the back...

They were here on the property when I bought the place. I just came across them the other day when I was cleaning up an area. The first one looks like an attachment for a tractor but it’s not very big, It’s about 28” wide. Could it have been used behind a horse? It looks like something to turn...

There’s a hand dug well on my property, it’s about 3’ dia. And maybe about 25’ deep. Not real sure on the depth. The wall of the well is brick lined, they seem to be dry stacked in place, no mortar. I was wonder how that type of well was dug back in the old days. I’m a bit on the old side but...

I was at the dump today, pull the tarp off the trailer, open the tailgate, push the button and watch the dump bed raise all the way to the top, drive the truck forward tell I clear the load, check that everything is out, then I push the button to lower the bed – nothing happens! OK that’s odd...

Last year I spent a month in France and while I was there I tried to get pictures of tractors whenever I could This first tractor is a backhoe that looks to be designed for use in paved areas.

I’ve had my computer in the dining room for probably more than ten years (one of those temporary arrangements) so now I decided to move it into the family room. I do have a nice oak desk but it’s too large for what I want, it tends to make the room look small, so I thought I would buy...

I just read an article in USA Today about how people are adjusting to high energy costs, more people are riding busses and trains, one person in the article quit a job and took a job closer to home. I thought it might be useful to start a discussion on how we’re all dealing with high energy...

Sometimes it’s the little things that you wouldn’t even consider could cause a problem. I ran into one today that doesn’t seem like much but once you think about it it’s obvious you can get yourself hurt. I was running the backhoe today and what I was working on I needed to get down off the...

Just made this yesterday, I’m just wondering if it’s obvious what it is. It’s a little over 8’ long, about 17” wide. most of the frame is 3/4 angle, the cross pieces are double 3/4 angle, the 14 verticals are 1 1/2 x 1/8 by 15” long. 5 holes drilled in each vertical piece. The long edge on...

I saw this when I was coming home today. I was several miles down the freeway when I remembered I had the camera with me, so I turned around and took this picture. My first reaction was NO!.... NO WAY!! you'd never get me up there. To begin with they are a long way up there, I have no idea how...