Tag: travel
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The Purpose of a Credit Card
The reason that lending institutions send you offer for their credit card is to lure you into a situation where you have to pay their high interest rates. The long and short of it is they wish to make money. However, my reason for using credit cards is different. I load up the card and…
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Budgets
In today’s marketplace with all the unexpected delays and other hazards which can trip you up it is important that you stick to your budget. I cannot say that I like my budget, but I will say that it keeps me out of trouble. When money come in at a regular pace it is…
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Making A Simple Tool to Push Pipes Under Obstacles (Such as Driveways and Sidewalks)
To begin you’ll need the following materials. 1 ¾” steel tee 1 1”3/4 “steel nipple 3 short sections of ¾ steel pipe 1 ¾ plug (screw on) 1 ¾ pipe to hose fitting adapter that spins freely 1 ¾” valve (I use Ball valves here) Teflon tape or pipe dope I like one of these…
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Opportunity Knocking or Warning
When I was beginning to think about going out on my own, I had a person who was an insurance adjuster who promised to send work my way. I did go on a few projects, but I never won one and then, finally stopped calling me because I saw them as a waste of my…
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Working With People
Our industry today has gotten more complicated. The days of walking up to the counter of the building department with four pages of blue prints have passed. There are numerous committees that have to approve and make their demands to your project. What use to take a day or two in some unpopulated areas…
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Keeping Communication Lines Open
Today was a cold and rainy day at the project’s location, but it was a day in which the owner had off and he has come out to talk about the progress and ask questions. So, today I took him our to see the little shed (4’ x 8’) I added to the back of…
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Shingling
The felt or the new underpayment has been installed and it time to begin shingling or tiling the roof. I prefer shingles over tiles personally. Tiles do not last forever and when the felt wares out the cost difference favors shingles. When I do shingle, I highly recommend Malarkey Shingles and I favor the…
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Things To Reconsider Before Purchasing That Home
There are people who would not mind these situations and there are others who would prefer them but I believe that most people would wish not to purchase homes next to the following types of properties. I am not saying never purchase these properties but you need to seriously consider all the information about a…
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Never Stop Questioning
A lot of business schools use the account of Ray Kroc. It is true that he saw something in MacDonald’s that other failed to see. The difference in him and many other is he never stopped questioning. He walked into a San Bernardino fast food restaurant a milkshake mixer salesman but left, a business…
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Laying Out the Building’s Footprint
Once the concrete is poured and has cured or the Floor joist and sheeting are down it’s time to start layout the footprint of what you’ll be building. The first I like to check my corners for square. I do not use a t square or a sheet of plywood I use Pythagoras’ theorem.…
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