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Fri, 10 Mar 2006

Water's Edge Guesthouse on Pine Lake
While looking for hotels in the area last weekend (on the presumption that we would be re-refinishing our floors), I solicited feedback from a group of friends about possibilities for our family. One of my acquaintances suggested a small Bed and Breakfast that is located right on the shore of Pine Lake:

It is only 2 miles away from our home. But there are no kids allowed. However, I'll keep this in mind the next time we have both sets of grandparents come visit or any other time when out-of-town guests congregate to our home (like perhaps at the next Berrett baby blessing).

(Update Tue Mar 14 07:57:18 PST 2006 // short -> shore... oops)

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 7:31 pm
:: Filed under /links/bookmarks


 
Tue, 08 Nov 2005

Appliance Parts Depot
A few days ago Kristy noticed a brown substance creeping down into the dishwasher basin from the interior of the dishwasher door. So I disassembled the dishwasher door and found a 1/8" thin sheet of dense brown material that had been previously adhered to the inside of the door. The glue was failing and the sheet was slowly sliding down the inside of the door. Now that it was getting wet it was disintegrating and disseminating sticky gooey brown chunks all over our dishes. Yuck. I later learned that the substance is a noise dampener.

After trying a few google searches, I stumbled across this site, Appliance Parts Depot, that had very handy exploded parts diagram for my dishwasher. Wow. Nice and simple. I ordered the parts ($60) in a matter of minutes and now need simply await their arrival.

A few months ago, my dryer door gasket seal failed. I've been looking all over for a replacement part for it... even the place where I originally bought the thing couldn't help me (!). My dryer is kind of a hoity-toity brand... Asko. It's a very cool product, but just hard to find replacement parts. Well I'll be a monkey's uncle but wouldn't you know it, Appliance Parts Depot not only had the exploded parts diagram for my dryer, but they had the part I needed in stock, and for only $20! Sweet. Great site.

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:07 pm
:: Filed under /links/bookmarks


 
Thu, 18 Aug 2005

Motorcycle Maintenance
As I have mentioned previously, I own a metallic blue 2000 BMW R1200c cruiser. It's a wonderful machine. Back when I was commuting to an office for work, I rode everyday. But now that I work from home, I rarely get the bike out for a drive.

However, during my most recent ride, the bike turned 15,000 miles and is now due for a checkup. I've been toying with the idea of doing it myself; only because I feel like I should be able to do it myself I guess. I found this BMW Cruiser Tech Page while surfing the net just now. Looks pretty useful.

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 8:54 am
:: Filed under /links/bookmarks



        

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