This coming Saturday those of us in
the Northern Hemisphere enjoy the most amount of sunlight in a 24-hour period while our under-equator allies struggle through the most amount of darkness in the same 24 hours. It's time for the solstice.
For me, it's a sad day because the sun starts it's journey towards the south. Six months from now it will be dark at 4:15 p.m. here in New Hampshire.
I can already see your email in my Inbox now, "Tim, you want depressing? Where I live here in FILL IN THE BLANK, it gets dark at 1:15 p.m. and doesn't get light again until 10:00 a.m. the next morning!" Yes, I'll have a piece of cheese with my whine.
This weekend I work on the train at night. It's the insane
Motorcycle Weekend here in central New Hampshire. The train acts as a giant shuttle for people who want to go to the epicenter of the event - The Weirs. No cars are allowed anywhere near The Weirs. You can get there one of six ways: walk, ride a motorcycle, by boat, swim, by the train or parachute in.
If you ride a Harley or similar bike, then surely you know about Laconia Bike Week. I'm told
it's the third largest motorcycle gathering in the USA only behind Sturgis and Daytona.
The cooler weather, scenery and hundreds of miles of winding roads here in NH make for great riding.
Tip of the Week - Safe Wood Preservative Chemical
Sometimes I forget about how much unique content is tucked away at my AsktheBuilder.com website. As I was driving yesterday to town to do some errands, I thought about my past columns that discuss how you can soak lumber in a simple solution to give it great protection against wood rot and insects. I'll bet you didn't know you could do this, did you?
Check out these columns:
Soak Wood With Safe Borates
About Borate Chemicals
Using Borate Chemicals
Borate Chemicals
Barbara's Hypertufa Planter
Say what Tim? What the heck is a hypertufa planter?
As Napoleon Dynamite would say, "See for yourself."
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