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VIDEO: Fixing A Swing
The swing disintegrated. “Should we buy a new one?” Janice asked. Forget that! We’re here for only one more summer. Time to dig out the Duck tape.
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Vision Oriented and Budget Limited
A budget minded person would tell my wife to suck it up – new appliances are expensive!
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Gutter Gardens
Not that I’m opposed to gardening. Why just the other Saturday I was weeding my gutters. It’s hard to argue with your wife about the need to clean the gutters…
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Tools of the Trade
I never owned a proper tool box before two years ago. I would just go out in the shop and forage for tools like a gazelle grazing on the savannah.
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December 2019 Newsletter
I have never felt more stupid than I did in the first six months of my apprenticeship.
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Thanksgiving in the Most Redneck County in America
In fact, Coshocton County has been voted the most redneck county in America! Local rumor has it that Dale Earnhardt Jr. owns hunting land in the county and this helped…
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Josh’s Christmas Tips for Practical Men
Here are some surefire tips that’ll help maximize the perceived value of your cheap tokens of affection.
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5 Ways to Look Rich While Being Dirt Poor
If you don’t have any possessions to sell, simply paint everything you own white and put only one piece of furniture in each room. If your house looks like an…
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Like an Iguana with Its Head Cut Off
I clean the van in the most frustrating way possible.
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Almost Heaven, West Virginia…
This lodging has three distinct advantages over a grub filled rotting tree: electricity, running water, and a porcelain toilet.
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The $20 Refrigerator
Maybe I could anoint it with oil. Maybe I could cast a demon out of it. That way the repair costs would fit into our budget, unless of course the…
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Rain, Flies, Cooking Shows, & A New Mattress
I want to slap every one of them and throw them into a grass covered hut in Haiti for a few weeks and feed them nothing but monkey brains and…
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Burn Couches, Not Bridges
Junk piles seem to grow to point where they have their own gravity and actually start absorbing items into themselves. It will begin pulling things off shelves and will actually…
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Garage Sale Cultures
In Lancaster County you’re a slacker (which is a slippery slope to a sinner) if your garage sale isn’t churning out revenue by 6 am. Then it shuts down promptly…
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Blog 25.4
You know you’re a parent when you find diarrhea on your shirt but instead of removing it, you smell it first just to make sure it’s actually worth the bother.
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Fixing Things, Finally.
The van began complaining a few months back. I didn’t pay much attention to it. I’m used to vehicles that complain and groan and even try to kill me on…
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Dropping the Ball on New Years
Janice laughed too. “Yay! Now we can practice being poor missionaries in Siberia with a cheap minivan.”
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Yoder’s Bent & Dent Emporium VS the Mission Field
Last time I was perusing the aisle of the Yoder’s Bent & Dent Emporium, it occurred to me that shopping Amish bent & dent stores is a lot like wandering…
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Minivans are Manly (Obviously) & Cheap
Before you puff up your chest, pound your pecks with your clenched fists, and bellow laughter, let me explain the pros and cons of mini van ownership.
