By brwood(view all posts by brwood)
at 9:56AM Tuesday August 30, 2011
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Hurricane Irene struck a few days ago and some people in the Northeast are still without power and other basic services. This got me thinking about some basic emergency preparedness and how sometime the old solutions are still the best. You may get all your news on your
iPhone via The HuffPo, or eat only microwave organic food normally--but most likely that's not gonna cut it after an earthquake, hurricane or other natural disaster.
Here are ten items you are going to want stashed away somewhere in case of emergency.
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By brwood(view all posts by brwood)
at 11:56AM Tuesday July 5, 2011
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Now that summer is in full swing following the July 4th weekend, it's definitely time to take advantage of barbecue season. I'm going to run down the barest essentials you will need on your shopping list for a cookout for 8 -10 people. This isn't just theoretical either; I just had people over on Friday for a friend's birthday and cooked out. The idea for this post came to me Thursday night while shopping.
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By brwood(view all posts by brwood)
at 11:55AM Tuesday June 28, 2011
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They say good fences make good neighbors, and I guess it's true. Personally if I have a problem with my neighbor, I'm the type who would actually knock on their door and discuss it with them. But, in my suburban Van Nuys ranch home one neighboring house is actually a rental, so there is a bit of turnover there. Unfortunately that is also the house that is adjacent to our bedroom and bathroom windows.
So it was decided between me and the wife to put up a privacy fence. Actually our entire subdivision is subdivided by 5' tall concrete block walls that have been up since the 1950s, so all we had to do was add a few feet to the top.
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