What works for me is squeezing just below the bone in the bridge of my nose. I think it’s doing something to my sinuses (I can feel/hear stuff moving a little bit), and when I feel the tickle, doing this encourages me to sneeze.

Don’t wait to buy the Costco membership- Every grocery chain in the world seems to do a similar chicken. In the Twin Cities, the Kowalski’s roasted chicken is great and all you need to do is walk in to the store to buy.

The lawn chair and the cold coke was the final act that started with the crew who blocked my street and dismantled my dead 40 foot tree, reaching over my 6 foot fence. I have lots of pictures, lots of memories of the tree, ranging from climbing, to trimming away from the house, and raking the leaves for decades. Now I…

So far everything we’ve had is the same light fluffy shit, so not a challenge for anybody. On my first charge, I did the whole property three times before I chickened and recharged, with a quarter charge left. I’ve done it one more time on the 2nd charge, and I figure I’m down a quarter again. I’m dying to try it out…

If your feet get cold, drop some corn starch or baby powder into your shoes and work it around. Also powder your feet before you put your socks on. Your feet get cold because of the small amount of sweat off them , and the powder will keep your feet drier, longer.

I’ve used chopsticks into the screw holes, again gluing them into place. I cut the chop into short pieces, glue the hole ad the piece, drive them in with a hammer so they’re flush with the top of the hole, let them dry.

For the wall patch. Cut two pieces of sheetrock. One the size of the hole, one larger, that can be worked into the hole, and screw it into place around the edges, Place the piece that matches the hole on top of the first one, and put a few screws into it, securing it. mud the edges, and you’re done. The patch is…

Dab toothpaste on your bug bite. A little dab, not like you’d use on your toothbrush.

Snowjoe laughs at your idea that these are toys. We bought a 24" Snowjoe model in October, and we’ve used it 4 times so far. THe heaviest it’s dealt with is 5", and it makes quick work of it. My last snowblower was a 24" Craftsman treaded blower that I bought in 1991, and it was just as good, but so f’ing heavy my…

Woody Strode, who I knew as a CFL and NFL player was also a wrestler. He was a great actor in the 1960s & 1970s. He had a great physical presence but was a pretty good actor too. He did Spartacus, the Ten Commandments and bunch of westerns like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

Your insurance company is like an avenging angel. If you have a major claim, they are great and useful, helping you get back on your feet. On the other hand, for smaller claims, they get annoyed with you, and will take it out you in the months ahead. They will get their money back out of you, one way or another.

The steel wool (the fine stuff- nothing real coarse) that I put around and in the holes in my kitchen when we redid it in 1995 is still in place. Nothing got wet, nothing got through in the years since. My daughter is about to start a kitchen remodel this year, and I’m bringing over a package of 0000 steel wool that…

With the Target app, you can look for specific items, and when you tell it what your local Target is, it will go as far as telling what aisle that items in. I located the Korean ketchup I was looking for. Of course I shop at Target #1 (Roseville, MN), which is freakin’ huge.

Yeah, thanks to earlier articles by Claire I’ve been encouraging my wife to exclusively get the California council Olive oils when see needs oil at Target. Target does make it easy some times. She goes through a lot of EVOO, and I’d like it to be the better stuff. Hell, even I can tell the taste difference.

A month or two ago, there was an island for sale off the coast of Alpena Michigan. It looked delightful.

If you’re outside with Fido, and Fido is standing on three legs, get him inside. Last week, I saw my Great Pyr taking a crap while trying to hold up one of her back legs. It was adorable, but she came inside when I gestured to the door.

Ah, a New Englander. Jimmies are still sprinkles

on a related topic, stay the fuck away from the HGTV show called Good Bones. I have fixed up two houses in my life, and my wife and I both yell at the TV when those idiots work their hoodoo on a house. It scares the crap out of me what I’ve seen them do in the process of ‘fixing up’ a house. and I’m amazed that I…

...but then you get to lick your fingers when you’re done.

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