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When we were first married many years ago, a 65 MG Midget was our only car and daily transportation. It was reliable and not very fussy except for the occasional carb sync, for which I owned the tool. Not mine, very almost exactly the same.

I don't know how anybody thinks they're going to pay a contactor to remodel a bathroom for 10K. I'm in the middle of a MB remodel that I'm doing myself because paying a contractor for just a 3x4 shower made of some sort of engineered panels was $10k (local cultured marble) to $17k (Kohler...

The biggest idiots are the folks in pickup trucks that back into their space at Home Depot or Lowes and come out of the store with a couple of sheets of plywood. Now what? Then there's one guy down the street who backs into his garage. Must smell great in his house.

Happy Columbus Day!

I'm going to use something like that in my remodel. The left side knob is a thermostat and the right-hand knob is the volume control. Once you set the temperature, you only ever need to use the one right hand knob and it will maintain that temp regardless of water pressure or incoming water...

If it's leaking out the showerhead or tub spout, put a new cartridge in it. Pretty simple most of the time. If it's leaking in the wall from plumbing line connections, you're in trouble.

Yeah, replacing a good shower valve just because you want stops can get ridiculously expensive. Most of the time, those cartridges just slip in and out. You had an unusual case. I'm going to start a bath remodel at my house in a few weeks and since I have access under the shower location via a...

Many modern shower valves, including the one Sylas has (I think it’s a Moen Positemp) come in a version with shut offs built into them for a few dollars more than the plain version. So if you’re building or replacing they’re a good choice.

Been there Original covered bridge dates back to 1365; water tower in back is even older. Almost completely destroyed in 1993, probably by a discarded cigarette, but restored to as close to original as they could.

That movie was about Dian Fossey, not Jane Goddall.

Took a trip down to Promontory Point, Utah to see the Golden Spike National Historic Monument and watch them run the trains. Government shutdown 2 days later. Timing is everything.

I think that holds for the majority of pet owners. My wife, my daughter and my pets. The rest of the world can disappear. I’m sorry for your loss.