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Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – FEB 2011 Do you know a “Garage Guy”? Or are you “Garage Guy”? Garage Guy loves his space in the special place. His turf. Man Cave Annex. Here defines Garage Guy. Garage Guy has tennis or golf balls hanging from strings on the...

“Good, Fast, or C...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – JAN 2011 I get a kick out of these TV home improvement shows that make over a house in 24 hours. Or the kitchen that gets redone on a weekend. Or the house that is increased in value by multiple thousands of dollars by spending pennies…...

We Need Specialists...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – NOV 2010 “Welcome to 2010” is what my Kid said. “It’s about time!” he continued. What he was commenting on was that a couple of weeks ago I got a new computer. One with Windows 7 on it. Don’t ask me the details because I don’t...

Polishing the Pig...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – OCT 2010 OK all you valued readers to this here column; I have had enough of something and now that I have this months soapbox to stand on here goes. I have noticed something lately that is making me sick. Bad work done by unskilled and...

Two Goats and a Dozen C...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – SEP 2010 This is a story about two Goats. And a dozen or so chickens. At our new old house, we have a barn out back that I build a Chicken house on to. Yup, I did a remodel / addition on the barn. It has a concrete slab, insulated walls,...

Inspiration...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – AUG 2010 Inspiration for me comes from the goofiest places. I can be looking at a bottle of Salsa on the kitchen counter top and all of a sudden the answer to a truss modification will pop into my head. There must have been something on that...

Air Filtration Systems...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – JUL 2010 “If we can not do something about this dust, I am going to go crazy!” Is what she said to me. “I have to dust this house a lot more than what I think is normal.” What spurred this comment was me asking as I finished up a...

Lead Laws...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – JUN 2010 In the world of home improvement and remodeling of any type, by any one, there is a date that should now live in the minds of contractors and homeowners for all of future history. April 22, 2010. The day the “Lead Laws” went...

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – MAY 2010 I have a real problem. And it is starting to bug me. My problem is that I can’t let things go to waste. You know, just throw it away! Now before you start thinking of the next episode of Hoarders on TV, I am not talking about this...

Invest in Quality and D...

Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper – APR 2010 Spring brings changes. They are all around us. One that happened for me is the moving of The HomeFix Radio Show to 670 KBOI. A bit of a mental challenge for me, but like most things, I adjusted and got used to it. Thanks to those...

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