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Weekend project

Vent pipe finally secured with a block and tackle on the roof and a hanging strap in the wall. If the block and tackle slips the strap will not let it fall.

Now I can return to demolition. Once the old pipes are out of the wall, the installation of the new pipes should be rapid.

Hanging strap in place to catch the vent pipe
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Where do you work remotely?

As a remote worker, I’m considering getting a van or RV to use as a mobile office. Most of the time, I would be working out of my driveway. What the pros and cons? Caveats? Can a van or RV be a stationary office for lengthy periods of time? Should I build an outbuilding instead?

With a van or RV, I could take my office anywhere. I could work anywhere. I’m not sure about just not sure about environmental controls and other upkeep that may be more easily handled with an addition to the house or a separate small building on the property.

If I went with a van or RV, an added bonus is that I could set up my ham shack in the van or rv and not bother the family with my radio noise.

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Your life can improve

If you feel a mess
If you are depressed
If chaos rules the day
Perhaps you’d rather sleep it away

Play the lottery
For that quick fix
Four dollars
Buys a little hope

A magic bean
Will not fix
The problems
You have seen

Instead
Choose something small
Wake up, floss those teeth
Floss them all

Tomorrow
Add another small task
Instead of stinking
Take a bath

Don’t let the bath
Replace the floss
Combine them together
To be a boss

Next day when you awake
Hit the floor
Eight pushups
Maybe more

These small tasks add up
Do a little more
And those huge tasks
Will shrink away

Day after day
Is how habits form
One day soon
You will wake up with tasks no more.