Archive for the ‘Efficiency Matters’ Category
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
We have established the fact that we are "DIY challenged" when it comes to finishing a basement with a bathroom and learned valuable important lessons in home improvement. It's a good thing that we haven't done high cost mistakes before it was too late. We have done more work for ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Our water heater is 15 years old, it was originally installed by the contractors who built the houses in the development. I learned that contractor grade water heaters are rated good for 5 years, so we consider our selves lucky to have lasted this long and it's still working. Recently, ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Look, I have been extremely patient with my old wireless phone provider. I arrived here at the States 7 years ago and that's how long I have been with them. I don't like breaking relationships but if it's not really working then I have no choice but ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
I am back from having the mini van serviced at the Ourisman Honda of Laurel where we bought the van. It got the much needed oil change since the indicator was nagging me to have it done by a negative % oil life message. I love intelligent cars ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
The flat rate boxes that I ordered from USPS came in today. It's free to order them. I used the flat rate service when I sent a package to my friend in California. It's really convenient because it's free to order the boxes online, pack the ...
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