Post #1694: Scraping the bottom of the barrel, for artichokes.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 25, 2024
This post is an anecdote about a shopping incident that snowballed. And, incidentally, how to assemble a whiskey barrel...
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Post #1963: Changing light bulbs at the rate of 1/year.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 23, 2024
Back in August 2023, I changed a light bulb (Post #1840). I changed another light bulb today. Thus validating...
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Post #1962: Fire drill
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 21, 2024
I happened to glance at the fire extinguisher in my garage today. As shown above, it has lost pressure,...
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Post G24-012: Gang aft a-gley. Shutting down the Great Potato Chit-Off.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 20, 2024
I think the takeaway is that I obviously want to chit my potatoes. Sometimes, you do your best to...
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Post G24-011: Replacing a lost watering can rosette.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 19, 2024
I, like many Americans, have a plastic watering can with no rosette. Rosette being the term-of-art for "sprinkler head". ...
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Post G24-010: Growing ginger in Virginia? This needs a rethink.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 15, 2024
Ginger and I have had a difficult relationship. It's not because I tried to murder her, early on, shown...
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Post G24-009: The Great Potato Chit-Off, Chits win round 1.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 12, 2024
Above, the Bluebell Trail, in Bull Run Regional Park, Fairfax County, VA, as of a couple of days ago. ...
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Post #1961: I just did my taxes, and some potentially helpful advice on the Virginia 2023 tax rebate checks.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 12, 2024
I did my Federal and state income taxes yesterday. This post is a bit of a potpourri regarding filing...
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Post G24-009: Chipping/shredding vines and green twigs.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 6, 2024
This post shows you how to build a little purpose-made sawbuck for use in chopping up vines and green...
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Post #1960: The U.S. is resolving the chaos in the EV charging market. Slowly.
By chogan@directresearch.com
/ April 5, 2024
This post started off as planning for a road trip from Vienna VA to a town in rural upstate...
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