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Saturday, June 24, 2017

This Week

Maybe Airlines I was trying to fly to Chicago a few years ago, booked on a flight to leave Sunday night at 7:20pm. I was going to a conference on how to save energy. It was all day Monday and all day Tuesday. The conference started at 8am Monday so I thought I needed to get there Sunday night. When I booked the flight I was trying to be a good Memphian and fly on the airline that had a hub in Memphis. The name of the airline starts with a "D" and has five letters, I'll let yo... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, June 24, 2017

Saturday, June 17, 2017

This Week

The tool chest A few years ago the top part of my tool chest was stolen. I had gone out to get the paper and left the garage door open. I was going back out after breakfast and didn't really think anything about it. My wife went out to put something in the garbage and noticed a High school age kid running down the street with something. An hour or so later I was back out in the garage working and went to look for a screwdriver. I had several in the top part of my tool chest. They were ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, June 17, 2017

Saturday, June 10, 2017

This Week

The tool chest A few years ago the top part of my tool chest was stolen. I had gone out to get the paper and left the garage door open. I was going back out after breakfast and didn't really think anything about it. My wife went out to put something in the garbage and noticed a High school age kid running down the street with something. An hour or so later I was back out in the garage working and went to look for a screwdriver. I had several in the top part of my tool chest. They were ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, June 10, 2017

Saturday, June 3, 2017

This Week

Great Stuff We had a bunch of cold air leaking around some pipes in a mechanical room a few years ago . You could stick your hand up by the hole and feel  nice cool air being sucked out it. That's bad, I don't really want to cool any mechanical rooms. So being the "Do it yourself" kind of person that I am, I went over to the hardware store and bought some "Great Stuff". I had seen the guys on "This old house" use this before, it looks so easy. The... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, June 3, 2017