Russia just denied they have any submarine in Sweden, so that's a confirmation that they actually do. If their recent history in Ukraine is any guide, that is.

This is so simple I can't believe it's the first I've heard of it. This trick would have saved me a lot of swearing over the years. Thanks!

Wow! nice post and hits it squarely on the head! Kudos

hindsight is always 20/20. and High-tech doesn't always win.

Canada - Please, I beg you - I like you guys and I get up to BC every chance I get, especially for your Abbotsford airshow.... for God's sake, choose the F-18 and F-16 over the F-35. Please! Lockheed has lost their mojo! Don't get sucked in to that money pit!

Thanks Thorin! downloads went perfectly. I missed my old InDesign and didn't want to spring for the whole CS subscription.

Great article! thanks. btw; a great friend of mine who is a mountaineer and a bit low-tech anyway, asked me if I knew where he could buy a sextant. I said, 'Gee, Rob - why would you want a sextant in this age of GPS?' He replied, 'Because when all of those satellites GPS depends on go down, I want to be the only guy…

'I suspect there isn't a person in the world who hasn't had trouble trying to find a wall stud when hanging a picture, shelf, or TV mount. '

I hired a licensed plumber to plumb the first house we built. We'd had a delay getting the well water going so we went ahead and got the drywall done. When we turned on the water we had 3 leaks in faulty solder joints and I ended up tearing new drywall out of the main bathroom. That's when I decided to never hire…

Wow, Tyler! that takeoff shot is amazing! I can almost feel the heat! thanks for another great article.

'Yet in an Air Force where programs like the F-35 suck so much marrow out of the fiscal bone, there is little left over for actually learning to fight with the gear we have, yet alone the more expensive stuff we will supposedly be getting sometime in the future.'

A cordless drill/driver is an absolute necessity, but I love my Milwaukee compact 18V impact driver. (Milwaukee 2650-20 M18) and I use it at least every week. It will drive 3" screws effortlessly without stripping the heads. Be sure to use the impact rated bits.

My great friend, who is also a first-class contractor and has helped us through an 8+ year remodel told me something I never forgot: 'A cluttered work environment makes for a cluttered mind' When I asked what he meant by that, he said, 'When you're working in clutter, you can't think straight and visualize the…

Yep. You are absolutely correct. I killed several baby seals before I learned about MAPP. Now I donate to the ASPCA every year. ;-)

'Old plumbers' are accustomed to using lead ('plumb' is lead in latin, hence the name) that's why he told you MAPP is overkill. Sorry, but MAPP is the only thing that works for me. And it's a LOT faster with the new lead-free solder.

Agreed. those fabric heat shields are awesome! I used to use heavy aluminum foil but the fabric shield has been my go-to for the last 10 years.

Soldering copper with the lead-free solder (the only kind you can buy now) requires a hotter flame than you can get from propane in the blue bottles. You need A MAPP type gas in the yellow cylinders that produces a much hotter flame. I found that out the hard way when I began a total plumbing remodel and suddenly it…

A big remodel is definitely a good way to pressure test your marriage! When I had to remodel our first house and we lived in a 5th wheel trailer for 2-1/2 years during the process, I figure I came within two weeks of my Wife's breaking point. After we moved back in, I asked her what she thought we should do with the…

Very nice! I was looking for something besides the usual pegboard for the end wall in my shop and the modular french cleats is an elegant, good looking solution. Thanks!

That yaw was obviously on purpose to throw the retardant where the crew wanted it. What a great airplane for that kind of work!