This Cheap Trick Rocks Too !!!

I 've been doing the work I do full time for well over thirty years now and worked in and around my work sporadically well before that . The thing that has continued to keep it fresh for me all these years is the fact that you can never learn everything. It is amazing the countless times that having done something successfully the same way for years, you will chance upon some different way to accomplish the task at hand. While it may not be any easier or improve the desired results, it can come in handy to know a different approach when the usual or "old"way is proving to be more difficult than usual. So, you ask, when do we roll that big fatty, plop Cheap Trick into the old 8-track and kick back to some heavy tunes and a bowl of munchies? Well obviously you weren't paying total attention my Furry Freak Brother! I said that this cheap trick rocks as well. I'm not talking 'cheap' as in parlor trick, I'm in 'cheap-speak' mode as in not-a-lot-a denaro. As you may recall, I mentioned a couple of weeks back that I'm in the process of building a kayak. It can take a squajillion small clamps of the spring variety. Let's see.......$3.50 - 4.00 each times a squajillion is ..................well, you get the idea. Here's where Mr. T would always grunt, "Pay attention Foo!!" Go to your nearby Big Orange or Big Blue Big Box home center and snag yourself a 10' length of Schedule 40 4" PVC pipe. It will set you back about $12. Carefully cut it into 2" lengths and then stand on end and make one cut through the wall. Viola!! 20 to 30 minutes and you've just made yourself about 58 spring clamps. That's about 22 cents a unit Norm! I scored this trick from a kayak site I've been frequenting and had a chance to take it for a test row this past week. Gotta tell.....old dog, new trick, change the bong water..........this Cheap Trick ROCKS !!!

Checkin' out the Blog

My wife innocuously asked over coffee...."So...have you blogged lately??" Uh.. not exactly I reply. " What do you mean 'Not exactly.' ?? Either you have or you haven't!" This of course commenses a discussion on the effects of blogging, the reasons it's good for business and a muriad of details and statistics I've been previously unprivvy to. Truth be told she already knew the answer to the question when she first asked because in all likelyhood, checking to see if I blogged is problably a part of her daily litany of internet surfing and general business handling. If this is indeed the case, I can expect tomorrow's ....uh... interrogation to be along the lines of "Are you saying that I'm nosy???" No dear...I would never imply that. I will report in tomorrow. ( I already hear her chortling ....."Aaahhhh, a method in my madness!!" Something to post about.)