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A truckload of rebar got hijacked
Have you ever been robbed? I was hanging out with my Uncle Jim last weekend, and he was telling me how his truck had been robbed recently. The technical term is “hijacked” and sounded like a scary situation, but also a little bit funny. I am sure it wasn’t funny to be there, but Uncle […]
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What to do with all this rebar
She called around to several local building contractors, and had them come over, examine the rebar rods and wire ties, and then make us an offer Josie and I were so excited to move into our very first house. It wasn’t the biggest house in the world, or the nicest, but it was 100% ours! […]
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Hauling it away was the hardest part
The first time I was able to buy a product and “flip” it for a profit was an old porcelain doll. I found it at a local yard sale, cleaned it up, and posted it on Ebay. That doll cost me two bucks, and I sold it for forty! After that I was hooked, and […]
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Learning to work with rebar took some time
By the time Earl was ready to train me to take over his shop, he was too old to do it the right way. Earl was never good with knowing how long things took, and for some reason he thought that my training could wait until a few weeks before his 70th birthday. At this […]