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Hitting for the coin cycle
Yes, yesterday was a great day in the coin finding world. While it seems obvious to me, allow me to explain that hitting for the coin cycle in this case means finding a penny, nickel, dime and quarter, all in the same day. I mixed my sports metaphors last night while explaining it to Carolyn…
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It’s tractor time!
A good 7 months and change after I bought it (well traded for it), I finally got my riding mower out for the first mow. It had gone through a few problems. First of all, the battery died. After testing it out with the van battery (and possibly destroying the van battery in the process?),…
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Vacation road trip report
So those of you who don’t subscribe to my other blog Every Whatever might have missed a recap of the various trips that we recently took to / from North Carolina. Day 1: Cincinnati to Hershey: 27 counties (7 new)Day 2: Hershey to Kitty Hawk: 21 counties (19 new)Day 3: Kitty Hawk to Blacksburg 25…
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Logic response
So remember back in March when I talked about sending in logic puzzles I had written to Dell Magazines? Well anyways, I (finally) got a reply back from them. I got a letter in the mail saying that they had reviewed the one I sent to them (“Shootout at DK’s Corral) and it “was reviewed…
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ARTIMIS sign
So on my way to work today I saw one of those ARTIMIS signs on 71 northbound. It said Work Crew ahead North of Rest AreaExpect Long Delays As I drove past I thought well isn't that one of the most worthless messages ever? The only rest area I can think of is the one…
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I would appreciate your leaving a comment on this post
So here's a snippet of something that we got in the mail the other day. Read it and then tell me if you think this is something mandatory. I'll leave a comment with some more details but I'm interested in your first thoughts on whether or not this is mandatory. —–Dear <someone>, We would appreciate…
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More coiny goodness
Thought I would update you on my change race. I’m up to $1.90 in change now. I’ve gotten a few people at work interested and we’re racing, though we are still trying to figure out the exact details and rules and such. Jeff left me a comment on my Bike ride home post that he…
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Bike ride home
So I rode my bike home yesterday. Savvy TPMTHDM readers may have noticed the exercise widget over to the side of the blog finally being updated (for the first time since early May). After just being very exhausted from working non-stop on 2 houses for weeks / months, I gradually just got lazy with the…
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Change Race
The other day I was reading a blog about finding change on the ground and such. Turns out that there were two blogs – two friends that were competing against each other to see who could find $100 in change first. They’ve both since past the mark – at time of posting, one of them…
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Kids say the darnedest things
So I wanted to comment on some of the things that I’ve heard various kids say over the past month. First off – the other day when my friend Brook was over trying to fix our van, he had 3 of his kids with him. After awhile of them sitting in the back of his…