It's a little different, but many years ago I was told my contract would not be renewed, but they would give good references if I accepted it.

Naps (30 min maximum) are good. Not easy to do at work though.

In my area and every place I've lived, there are either Goodwill stores or Salvation Army stores or other such stores. While it takes a good eye to pick out quality furniture vs. cheap crap, you can usually find solid, well-built furniture there.

After looking at the link, everything there is correct, but the more complicated things like fixing corner bead and retaping seams are not as simple as it looks. I think the tendency for rookies is to use too much mud, which leaves you with way too much dried mud to sand to get to a smooth surface.

I cannot possibly overemphasize having a living will or healthcare directive. Two weeks ago my brother went in for a triple bypass surgery and had a severe stroke four hours after the the surgery was done. He was 61. I spent a day with his wife and son watching the machines and monitors as more and more of his…

I have a bottle of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil in the shop that I bought several decades ago. Cost far less than making my own. In a pinch, kerosene or diesel fuel works as a decent substitute.

Note [ tire plugs like this are not a permanent fix. They're fine for a emergency repair, but you should have the tire removed and a proper patch put on the inside of the tire at a later date.

Your local gas or electric utilities may have one. Some utilities will do them free, others may charge a nominal fee for doing an audit with thermographic images.

I don't know about you, but when I deal with rough lumber like pallets, I get out some leather gloves, and when hammering stuff, particularly those nails, safety glasses should also be worn. I bet those nails would go through his shoes rather easily too.

Yes, my company reuses them. Some of the larger pallets used to ship big stuff include shipping instructions to send them back to the plant.

Since I'm a bit crippled, I use a spray can of Prestone ethylene glycol when it's a light coating of frost. I still use the old ice scraper when it's thicker.

I don't get to listen to Dave often, doesn't he use the envelope system for tracking spending, but uses the "debt snowball" method (make the minimal payments on all the debts and concentrate on paying off the smallest debt first, then move on to the next smallest debt, pay it off, and so on.

I use bags of water softener salt pellets. The bags don't move around, are waterproof and relatively easy to lift compared to those 70 lb. sand tubes.

The other day I went to the hardware store to buy some tri-sodium phosphate (TSP) and I read on the TSP box that it has no phosphates in it. WTF?

A couple of points:

For a really, really bad day when I'm terribly upset, I just leave for the day and maybe stop on the way home at Dairy Queen, get a cone or a sundae, then I go to bed when I get home. When I'm really tired, that nap can be a several hour affair.

Heck, I just use nails and hang them on the wall.

We converted to a wireless phone unit from Verizon that connects into our house's phone wiring. Big advantage is that we got rid of our long distance carrier and our absolutely awful local telco and saved $30+ per month. And, the amazing thing is that it has a battery backup built in which lasted for several days…

Mower deck comes off, snowblower goes on the garden tractor. Gas grill goes into the garage when the snow blower was stored. Boat is already stored in the machine shed. Outside furniture gets taken in and stored in the attic of the granary hoses drained and stored. Fix the heated water bowls for the outside…

I also work for a company like that. I agree.