Recent content by wayupnorth

I live in an Incorporated Village within the boundaries of a town. Our mill rate for property taxes is $2,10 higher than the town pays. People have tried to get me to run for the village Overseer but I am tired of doing that stuff now. It is a glorified HOA and has stricter rules that cost us...

In 1959 my family bought the land and had the original "camp" built for $7000. It became mine in 1989 and was appraised at $90000. I have done considerable work to the house since and have lived here permanently for almost 31 years. Now I could easily sell the house for $600000 +as this lake I...

Not everyone can go to Facebook. I am permantly banned for illegally impersonating myself. SO, please post the actual photos as I like seeing whats out there not a useless link.

I grew up in a house with an oil Sears Homart Hot air octopus, I do miss Sears as all our appliances were Sears Kenmore. But any standing pilot wastes up to 1/3 of gas usage so I l light the pilot every time I turn on my gas Hearthstone and fireplace I

There was a St. Regis paper mill not far from me. Unfortunately, it was shuttered and demolished leaving over 1000 people without jobs.

That old Calgon ad was funny..."Ancient Chinese Secret"

Would like to see pictures. I am permeantly banned from Facebook for being a robot impersonating myself. Screw them!

2 weeks ago I had a new metal roof installed. In the middle of the night, things were falling off my fireplace mantle. Went back to sleep and the next night, same thing. I got up in the middle of the night, turned the lights on and there was 3 flying squirrels on the rafters. Next morning I got...

I remodeled my bathroom several years ago and put in a Jacuzzi jetted tub. Now that I am older, I now wish I had put in a full size walk in shower. I never use the tub as it takes forever to fill.

Bradford washers were junk. I had an Empress 18 given to me that ran and had a filter flow. Transmission seals must have been toast as it leaked oil into the washtub. Junked at only 5 years old.

I have a New Yorker oil fired boiler that handles both heat and hot water for my 2000 sq. ft. house. Its now just over 30 years since it was first installed and still runs fine. It has had some parts replaced over the years but the combustion chamber is still snow white, thanks to the power vent...

I had that same Kenmore dryer from 1975ish. Great dryer, mine was gas. Given to my ex-brother-in-law along with a 70 series washer with a clogged self=cleaning filter and I bought my Maytag 511 washer and 410 dryer that I am still using today.

I think I will do what I am doing now, thanks. But I like my salads my way, not how some people make them

I hate the fact that all packaging seems to be Family Size. For one person you end up throwing alot away that spoils before you get to finish the package. Since I eat alot of salad, things like lettuce turned brown in just a few days so I throw 1/2 a bag away every week, what a waist.

Running a gas stove with pilots shut off is a pain to light every time for you. Plus someone unaware of no automatic ignition could turn gas on and KABOOM