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90How To Build A Survival Cabin On A Shoestring Budget
In June of 1999, my wife and I were desperate to get a place of our own. My long established business was fading, bankruptcy was being held off by nothing but a long stick and a lot of determination, and my...
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87How To Choose A Portable Generator
If this is your first time to purchase a portable generator for any reason, there are a number of factors that need to be considered. The following is not necessarily a comprehensive list but should at least...
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89Product Review: Slick 50 Engine Additive And Transmission Additive
Back in the day, circa 1967, Slick 50 had yet to hit the market in the field of engine oil and automatic transmission fluid additives. The only thing around and well enough known to be much discussed was STP,...
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84How To Keep A Warm House Through The Winter On Minimal Money
Over the years, I have seen many a cold winter. Perhaps the coldest was in 1983-84 in Chinook, Montana, not that many miles from the Canadian border. Montanans refer to U.S. Highway 2 as "The Hi-Line" for a...
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84How To Dig A Hand Dug Well
During the three years that my wife and I homesteaded a 20 acre parcel of mountain property near Craig, Montana, we obviously needed water. Not having the kind of money it took to hire a well driller meant...
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84After Trucking School: Truck Tire Blowouts
While none of us experienced a truck tire blowout in trucking school, every one of us who drove big rigs commercially after graduation got to find out what it was like. You've noticed that trucks seem to have...
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80How To End Up With Pet Kangaroo Rats
Having a kangaroo rat as a pet, let alone two of them, was not a goal. Truthfully, I was only interested in how to dig a small pit in which to bury a 55 gallon drum . When properly installed with plenty of...
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83After Truck Driving School: Smoking The Brakes
Several months after graduating from truck driving school, I had yet to smoke the brakes on my assigned truck. For all but four or five days per month, the big red Volvo tractor was my home in motion or at...
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82The Amp, The Watt, And The Volt: The Three Musketeers
This article refers to the amp (short for ampere), the watt, and the volt as the Three Musketeers because both groups are, as it were, inseparable. Like the song lyric from Love and Marriage states, You can't...
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84Going Rogue Is A Dangerous Book
Going Rogue, indeed. When it comes to Sarah Palin, her detractors and her supporters number in the millions. Those who know me are quite aware that I number myself among the latter, so why on Earth would I...
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