AsktheBuilder.com News - July 10, 2022

Issue #1189 (I think...)

 

Dear ,

 

"She can tell you 'bout the plane crash
With a gleam in her eye."

 

Each week scads of folks subscribe to this newsletter. This might be your inaugural issue! Start banging pots and pans or your porch for goodness sake.

 

Once the mayhem subsides, we should acknowledge and pay respect to you, yes you. It's possible you've been a subscriber for 200+ moons.

 

If that's the case, look at this photo:

 

Do you know what's going on in this photo? Do you remember the video I recorded showing you how simple it is to get windows clean?

 

Are you one that uses vinegar? How about drying the glass with newspaper?

 

Do you think professional window cleaners use both?

 

Did you know you can get professional results like you see on the right side of that window sash in just SECONDS without using stinky vinegar and smudgy soy-bean-ink newspaper?

 

BTW, professional window washers don't use either of those two things for goodness sake.

 

Go here and behold what you already have in your kitchen to get PROFESSIONAL window-cleaning results.

 

Texting SCAM

 

This past week an online scammer or two or three tried to trick me. I've sold things on Craigslist for years with great success. I've also used FacistBook's Marketplace too. There are other online marketplaces where you can sell things.

 

Here's all you need to know. If you're trying to sell something online and a possible buyer messages you: "Hey, I want to buy that thing now. Can I come pick it up? Please text me at XXX-XXX-XXX."

 

Don't do it. The person will then say in a follow-up text: "I want to make sure you're not a scammer so please text back this 6-digit code - XXXXXX."

 

If you fall into the trap and text back that code, you're toast.

 

Read about this here.

 

Water in Your Yard

 

 

"Nothing enhances the value of real estate like a view of water."

 

Do you know the famous person who shared this wisdom?

 

I didn't think so. I suggest you go here and discover how you can add more tranquility to your life. Be SURE to look at the photo at the bottom of the column.

 

 

This coming week I'll be in western Maine. I'm the Chief of Communications for the New England Forest Rally.

 

What's that? Go here and watch this informative video.

 

This is my last year as the Chief. I've been grooming my replacement for the past six months. On Friday morning there's a big meeting of all the volunteers. About 200 people are in the second-floor cafeteria area of the Sunday River Ski Resort.

 

I'll be one of the last to make comments and all of mine are directed to the amateur radio operators who have volunteered at great expense to help out.

 

I'll speak for just a few minutes with several important reminders and then say the following. You may be old enough to realize the source of the message:

 

"I want you to realize you’re an integral part of a volunteer amateur radio communications team that’s partaking in one of the most challenging public service events in the USA, if not the entire world.

 

There’s one thing you’ll be able to say when you get back home next week.

 

And you may thank God for it.

 

Weeks, months, or years from now when you’re sitting around your fireside with your grandchild on your knee and she/he asks you about the greatest accomplishment you did with your ham radio license, you won’t have to say….(deep inhale) Well, (pregnant pause) I used my HT with its useless rubber-duck antenna and worked the 3K Trick-n-Trot race.

 

You know how I feel. I’ll be proud to hear your transmission on any stage, anywhere, at any time here at the New England Forest Rally.

 

That’s all."

 

I need to pin some of my Boy Scout medals on my safety vest and maybe wear a colorful wide sash. I'm working on having someone hold up a big American Flag behind me.

 

Go out and enjoy the WX as we call it in Morse.

 

Tim Carter

Founder - www.AsktheBuilder.com

Acadia NP POTA - www.W3ATB.com

 

Do It Right, Not Over!

 

P.S. What do you do if you need to create a very big hole in solid bedrock but it's too expensive to use TNT or other houses are too close?

 

I know, you could build a huge fire, get the rock up to 1,200F and then douse it with cold water. 

 

But there's a much faster way. Go here to see how to crack stone.