A McMansion can look like anything. What distinguishes a McMansion from an authentic mansion is the builder. A McMansion is built by a builder specializing in residential buildings and often using stock plans. An authentic mansion is usually built by a builder who specializes in commercial buildings and will follow…

I’ve been reusing my favorite password for years.

Agree. There are a lot of nice tents on the market for half the price. 

Did somebody say DEER? My dog’s favorite snack.

Many years ago we had a fire in our kitchen. The smoke permeated the house through the AC ducts. The company that did the cleanup used a product from Dollar Tree called Totally Awesome (the piss yellow liquid). They went over every hard surface, knick-knack, and every inch of painted surface, twice. After cleaning the…

I need to check out this jam idea.

Two years ago we bought a house with an ancient Culligan water softener. The sellers left an bag full of every receipt for every gadget in the house, so I noticed that the current water softener was 15 years old and it was the second softener they had. While it was still working, I decided to replace it anyway. I am…

The first thing I do when I get a new lawn mower is throw away the grass catcher and all the apparatus that holds it onto the mower. It’s not needed. The grass clippings recycle right into the turf as you mow, so you don’t need to get fiddly with buckets and “fertilizing” with tea. 

With Gmail don’t forget to scroll all the way to the bottom of the settings to click, Save. 

I used to live in an area with white tail and axis deer along with black buck antelope. Our HOA allowed us to build a property line fence up to 4 feet high. After a few years of watching the wildlife jump the fence along the back, I got the idea to build an extension that, hopefully, the HOA would not object to.…

If you can only get Wintoys from the Microsoft Store, then you are already the product. I don’t have a Microsoft account and cannot get into the store.

It is amazing how many people have no creative vision. They see walls painted green and they move on to the next house. We have remodeled three older houses and a couple condos.

Depending on your hobbies, the list should include paint, wet or dry (dust) plaster, and wet or dry (dust) cement/concrete.

I’d scan the codes in the picture, but I’m afraid I’d get Rick Rolled.

I’ve been tuning up rice krispies treats with a few tablespoons of dehydrated strawberries.  I also have dried dates in the pantry I want to try with rice krispies. 

I broke my 90s era Dyson last year and ended up buying the Shark Apex with two beater/rollers. One is a pad roller and the other is a silicone blade roller. It took three passes over my carpet before it stopped picking up stuff the Dyson had missed. The carpet looks new again.  Now I’m glad the Dyson is gone.

I wonder if induction heated dryers are a thing? 

I’ve never seen a driveway like this. I’ve seen pavers with holes in them for grass to grow through, but it would seem like these would get pushed into the ground with the weight of a vehicle - especially after a heavy rain softens the soil.

The paper suggests further research

San Antonian here.  If I’m getting into a hot car, there’s a button on my fob to open all the windows and sunroof. It’s genius. If I forget then I open the sunroof and the passenger side rear window to allow air to swirl around and up out the roof. That takes about 2 minutes to make it bearable. Then if it is humid,…