Brother Jim (up in Flat Rock, NC) sent me some videos of his dry pond. Well, it did have an honest to goodness babbling brook running through the middle. It also had a few inches of mud at the bottom. He tells me he just took 40 truckloads of mud out of that bottom. He called it “cleaning out the pond”. It must have been a mud pond. Now he is going to build a little dock, fix the...
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I am excited! It doesn’t take to much for that to happen… 🙂 It’s raining here in Dallas. A great several day soaking rain. No big deal you think? Well, Dallas has been in a drought for about two years. I can only water the grass once a week and then on certain time periods on that day. Needless to say, most yards are suffering. Mine included. This isn’t the end of the drought. Predictions...
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WOW! What a bunch of work. Ha! I am still setting things up and learning the store interface. There is just so many things to learn and get set properly. Everything from shipping to TAX regulations. I have so many forms in the file. It’s all in buried in the details too. The store is not ready for prime time (yet). Corrections and comments are always welcome. I have had several good suggestions so far....
Continue reading...A New THMStore
I have decided to start a “for real” side business. I have opened a new web based storefront called “The Hobbyist Machine Store“. The URL is very similar to my hobby web site. I changed the last word from shop to store. The shop is where I work and play for fun and the store is where I will run the business. Follow the link in the second sentence above or at the bottom of...
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