In Part One of this piece we discussed some very-important-not-to-be-overlooked-or-underdone structural elements of raising and/or moving a bathtub. Here in Part Two, we talk about the bun that makes that beefy patty look and taste real yummy--trim details. For me, trimming a tub includes more than what my eight year old daughter refers to as "curly wood." It's about how a tub feels when you get ...

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Well, I am excited, a couple of hours ago the House passed the extension of the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. The Senate has already passed it, and supposedly President Obama will sign off on it tomorrow. I was a little concerned because of the reported abuse of the Tax Credit, which I mentioned in an earlier post. I was afraid that Congress might not extend the Credit because ...

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I wrote last week about the two old houses in Berkeley, California that are in desperate need of someone to save them. All a person needs to do is submit a proposal to move one or both of the houses to another location, and they may get them for as little as a dollar each. Of course the big job and cost is moving them, and having a location for them ...

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