Category: Engineering

After more than 20 years, the drywall above the shower enclosure in one of our bathrooms started to attract some mildew and the paint began to peel.   To repair this problem correctly requires some major work that involves multiple steps

With the American Medical Association and medical journals such as Lancet now joining the delusional leftists and their scientific fairy tales, it is becoming more difficult to separate medical fact from fiction.  As a counterweight, there is a great posting

Given the quantity of these “17-year locusts” (exaggerated just a little: cicadas) that we have around our house, we must be in the prime area infested by these insects in Ohio.   These large pests, which look like 3″ super-sized flies,

I noticed the Robin’s nest in my ornamental blue spruce near our front door.  After having the mama-bird squawk at me, I was able to get close to the nest to snap a photo.  The first image of the three

I discovered that many electrical items were not working in the faithful 2000 Toyota that we’ve had in the family for 17 years.  I opened up the fuse box in the engine compartment (see below) to check the status.  I

With the invention of digital computers, the notion of time as a universal construct has become extremely pervasive.  Most data are recorded and retrieved with the construct of a date/time stamp. For example, when people review their bank accounts, they