Just the bathroom. Highest tech thingy in the bathroom is a handheld electronic Sudoku game.

Been in the IT business for 32 years and I agree.

I once rented a cylinder hone to overhaul a small engine. $2.50 for the day. However, for the same project I bought a inch-pound torque wrench because I would use it for future projects.

I think that being positive is great. However, being overly positive to the point where we're living in our own hype and hope, and thus ignoring reality, can be less than optimal.

I understand been there myself. Hard to deal with both anxiety and depression. At one stage in my career, I did operating system testing - I was paid to find problems and break stuff. I had to do something else after a while because it aggravated my depression.

Perhaps that's related to how in the IT business and other businesses, major projects always seem to take longer than the original plan - sometimes a lot longer than planned.

Totally agree. My wife and I used 95% of Ramsey's method before we heard about him. And yes, we're debt-free including the house.

Agree.

I don't let it stop me from working. A couple of ideas.

Sure does. Especially after driving in freezing rain and the temp falls off overnight.

I prefer silicone spray on the door gaskets and seals. WD-40 probably doesn't do very good things to the rubber.

Popular Mechanics has long history of publishing plans - many of which can be downloaded and/or purchased. There are free plans available on the web, but from what I've seen, the free ones are not as good as the ones you can buy. Your local library may be a good source.

In my state, school districts offer adult enrichment education - some schools have shop courses. For example, the Rochester MN School District has a Woodworking-Beginning/Advanced class. 10 - 3 hour sessions for $105. Your state may have something similar.

Ya shoore, ya betcha! It's a liddle late for does of us here in Minnesoooda.

If I remember correctly, the issue is that the hybrid wheat that is now ubiquitous, refined or not, is different from wheat of 50 years ago and older and contributes to an extremely persistent and difficult to eliminate type of obesity, besides causing peaks and valleys in blood sugar. A typical breakfast of toast…

I used to play flute, so I understand the muscular thing. Might have to start singing again too.

Will print off the info and run it by my doctor.

I have mild sleep apnea, but the CPAP machine has not worked for me.

Survived a tornado, worked through 6 months of insurance hell getting a settlement, and rebuilding has started.

I don't make new year resolutions, but I do some evaluation about what went right and what didn't in the year, then build goals, specific plans and checkpoints for the plans for the big deliverables for the following year. This is for my work life only. Because last year was a killer year - high workload, lots of…