Every house has its story. What's yours?

Life is full of surprising and intellectually stimulating interludes, particularly when one's household is equipped with offspring of an adventurous and inquisitive nature. One of the offspring contingent of this particular household presented me with an interlude of that sort mere minutes ago by accidentally drawing a thick blue line in permanent marker smack dab in the middle of the kitchen floor--a nice absorbent oak surface.

My wife, the Viking descendent, threw in the towel immediately after taking a few desultory swipes at the blot with some window cleaner.    » read more »

I may have mentioned in a previous post that our house is a rambling, character-oozing dwelling with multitudinous charms, but a bit on the elderly side, at least for this part of the world. Built primarily in 1930, with extensions added in the 1950s and the 1960s, it is festooned with interesting little nooks and crannies. As we discovered the other week, it appears to be festooned with something else as well - pesky little rodents.

Well, not festooned exactly. More like sprinkled.    » read more »

See EPA’s Useful Online Tools 

Washington D.C, January 2008 – Already, many parts of the country are facing severe winter weather, although the season began only recently. And with average heating costs across the nation spiking about 11 percent over last winter’s, the Alliance to Save Energy recommends energy-efficiency measures to help consumers cut home energy bills, increase indoor comfort, and reduce power plant emissions that contribute to climate change.    » read more »

· Provider of leveling lasers for professional users and do-it-yourselfers

· RoboToolz employs roughly 250 associates in China, the U.S., and Germany

January 08, 2008, Stuttgart - Bosch has acquired the assets of RoboToolz Ltd., headquartered in Hong Kong. In purchasing this specialized leveling-laser business, Bosch is boosting its Power Tools division, and further expanding its activities in the globally dynamic measuring-tools segment.    » read more »

Other Fun Holiday Energy- $aving Ideas

Washington, DC, November 2007 – High home and vehicle energy costs need not dim your holiday cheer this winter. Energy-efficiency holiday tips from the Alliance to Save Energy can help take the “chill” out of the holiday season by lowering home and vehicle energy bills, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions—and even spark some gift ideas.    » read more »

Washington, D.C., December 5, 2007 – The Alliance to Save Energy today urged the U.S.    » read more »

jimm and bela,

just selected this site and noticed all the pages and articles.

enjoyed all the new and old articles and wish you the best for this site. have fun this weekend.

becky

WEST CHESTER, Pa., October 2007 – Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers a family of 1-piece core bits for rotary hammers that increases the efficiency of drilling into hard, solid materials such as concrete, block and brick.    » read more »

--> WEST CHESTER, Pa., September 2007 -- Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, today introduced a new 1/4 sheet orbital finishing sander that is the smallest sander in its line up and is ideal for sanding and fine finishing of painted and unfinished wood surfaces. 

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--> WEST CHESTER, Pa., September 2007 -- Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has released the new SBE610 hammer drill that features a robust die-cast aluminum gear housing for increased durability, improving the tool’s dissipation of heat and increasing its service life.

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