Number three is on the way!! Here we go again, excitement, worry, no sleep the whole shibang. The first question is how are we getting our house ready for the new arrival. A new baby will bring many challenges to the average family – good challenges. The first for our three [...]

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It seems that the theme here in Charleston, South Carolina is when it rains it pours – every day. We have been a little soggy to say the least. The flat roof on the back of our house has been a pain, but leaking seemed to leave my thoughts as we had a [...]

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Yesterday, January the 12, 2010 there was a very bad earth quake in Haiti near Port au Prince. There are as many as 100,000 dead and it is estimated that 3 million are affected by this quake. This is a terrible tragedy that has been brought on a very poor country. I [...]

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I recently wrote a post about non-contact voltage detector under an electrical safety topic. This is a video to accompany the post, I hope it will make the function of this great tool easier to understand. Anyone that has shocked themselves will appreciate the heightened safety factor you will enjoy when you arm yourself [...]

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Do you have a home question that needs to be answered, and you can’t find a blog or website to answer your question. Many people use Yahoo! Answers, It is a site where you can get your questions answered in a hurry any time of the day. I of course would try to [...]

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Sometimes it is tempting to run long connections of extension cords to get to a job site that is far from electricity.  There are at least two things you need to remember when this thought pops into your head.  The first is that you may be damaging your tool, and it certainly is not running [...]

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Usually you only run into three different kinds of screws when you are working on your house, the Philips, Slotted, and Hex Head. I have put together a little chart to help identify screws that don’t fall into the common household category. Most likely you will not run into many specialty screws in your [...]

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Here I go again…on the roof. I am making another trip onto my flat roof, and of course its leaking again. I know I have said it before but here it is again – Do Not Put A Flat Roof On Your House! -
Well I got up on the roof today with the [...]

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Hey everyone!…Merry Christmas from Popssurvivalguide.com!.
I hope all is well with everyone, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. I ended up having to work this Christmas, which is not at all what I wanted to do, but I am regardless thankful to have a job that pays the bills. We are having to [...]

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Do you need to square a large project like a deck or flooring layout? The Greek math guru Pythagoras came up with a simple rule to make a 90 degree angle. Its the 3-4-5 triangle. This is applied to a project by measuring 3 feet on one leg, 4 feet on the next [...]

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