An Ice Runway - Only Available a Few Months You've maybe seen a light airplane land on a lake. It was outfitted with pontoons so the plane wouldn't sink. But what about landing a plane on water that just has wheels only - no floats or pontoons? Alton, NH is a unique town that has Read More »
Unique Fifth Wheel Trailer - For a VW This trailer is forty years old. It hit the market in 1974. Maybe you can find a restored one on eBay. I bought a new 1969 VW Beetle as a present for myself on my 17th birthday. I had saved up for a year for it and Read More »
Train plowing deep snow - watch the snow fly! I'm sure you've seen regular trucks on roadways plowing snow. If you're a traveler you've maybe been stuck in an airport concourse looking out the windows as giant plows work on the tarmac, taxiways and runways to get you back home. But I doubt you've ever Read More »
Your Special Skills You realize you have special skills, right? I'm willing to wager many could benefit from what knowledge you've accumulated during your journey through life. I'm sorry in advance for what I'm about to do to you, but please understand, it's very private. This may not make sense to you and leave you Read More »
Tim Carter interviews Colin Jaffe', Behr Senior VP of Professional Sales, on February 12, 2014. The first-ever Behr Paint editors conference had just concluded and I was one of but a small handful of media invited to the event. It was one for the history books to be sure.
Concrete Restoration and Decoration - Give Your Concrete A New Look Quick Column Summary: Restore the beauty of concrete work Tattoo a new look onto your concrete Patch cracks Practice makes perfect DEAR TIM: This has been the winter from Hades. I own a house in Connecticut and my parents have one in sunny Florida. Read More »
After watching this video, you'll agree Russians are experienced and resourceful when it comes to retrieving a car that fell through the ice on a lake. Keep this tip in your head in case you need to do the same thing. It's so smart, simple and stupendous! Featured in the March 4, 2014 Newsletter.
Treasure Hunt - Day Four It's time for Day Four of the Treasure Hunt. Links to the first three days are in the link below in case you've not played yet. If you're a NEW SUBSCRIBER in the past five days, this is not a normal newsletter. You'll see one of those on Tuesday, March Read More »
The Treasure Hunt! This will be SUPER Fast. THOUSANDS of people are playing the Treasure Hunt! Woo Hoo! You should too. It's EASY. I created a new EASY-PLAY page. Click and see for yourself. Day Two had a little confusion. The island with the rectangles was misleading. I went for the easy answer of 69 Read More »
Are you sick of me in your inbox yet? I hope not. This is going to be a regular newsletter, although a little short. Let me know how you like this change-up. Baseball is right around the corner. 🙂 A True Story About fifteen months ago, the Chicago advertising and public-relations firm, Walt Denny Inc., Read More »
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