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DIY & Home Improvement

haele

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6. Interesting - I was born in LA, moved up to Seattle when I was 7,

Reply to Wash. state Desk Jet (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 05:08 AM

Feb 2014

Joined the Navy and ended up in San Diego - in 1983.

And now I'm a desk jockey, too...

I hear you about "getting too old" for this stuff. I used to run cable, install equipment cabinets, weld, climb masts, and crawl through bilges. Now, I'm waaay too old.

Haele

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Demo Party! and Mobile Home Renovation hints appreciated! [View all] haele Feb 2014 OP

Whew, that's one heck of a list! X_Digger Feb 2014 #1

!!! you are going to be busy for a while Wash. state Desk Jet Feb 2014 #2

Well, I have a sometime helper - future son-in-law haele Feb 2014 #3

I check in at least once a day. Wash. state Desk Jet Feb 2014 #5

Interesting - I was born in LA, moved up to Seattle when I was 7, haele Feb 2014 #6

Yep, somehow I might have known ! Wash. state Desk Jet Feb 2014 #8

If there's a built in hutch, rip it out with a smile on your face Warpy Feb 2014 #4

I hear you about the windows, they're all dried. haele Feb 2014 #7

Well, the carpet came out well. haele Feb 2014 #9

Sounds like a good start, but asbestos scares the bejeezus out of me. X_Digger Feb 2014 #10

Me too. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #11

Rather than the pipe wrap or tiles, what really scares me are the houses with it in the texture. X_Digger Feb 2014 #12

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