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I've smacked my head into things before that made my teeth a little wiggly for a few days. I think the connective tissue gets torn. Mine have always tightened up with no lasting effects after a few days. I wish you the best, dental procedures are my worst nightmare.

It does seem, that most of our gun laws are written by people who have never seen a gun, in a misguided attempt to fix our violent society. I'm a leftist, but an unconventional one, it seems. I believe crime is caused by poverty and mental instability. Address these, and you will see a...

We drove and walked around all day yesterday, and it is rough out there. The Batsto river looks completely impassable- you'd be carrying over something every ten feet! Was at Hampton Furnace and wanted to get to Lower Forge via High Crossing and the east side of the Basto and the road I...

How does it look in the woods? Gonna do a bit of sightseeing on sunday and hit the basics. Are at least the main roads clear and passable? Quaker Bridge, Hampton, and Sandy Causeway? I'd like to take a friend to see the Hampton trestle if Rider's isn't too muddy or blocked with dead trees.

Yep, I don't even try with the hand screwdriver anymore. It's straight to the impact driver. And if possible, I replace the bolt with a hex head one. If you really mess one up bad, you can normally grab it with vise-grips. Or worst case, grind off the screw head, remove the part it's retaining...

Yes, the purge valve is always under the hood, and allows the manifold vacuum to suck fuel vapor in from the emissions canister near the gas tank. There is another valve near the tank, sometimes two, as well as a vapor pressure sensor. You got lucky that the valve side was damaged, and not the...

I can't see how that little mishap is related to an EVAP vacuum switching valve going bad. Probably just a coincidence, unless the wiring or connector got disturbed. You can normally test them with a little handheld vacuum pump and see if they bleed down under 5-10 in/Hg. To test the circuit...

Yeah with snow on the way it looks better to wait a few weeks. I was just excited, temporarily anyway, by the nice weather and wanted to take advantage of it.

Thinking of maybe doing a quick Batsto river paddle on sunday. Are Quaker Bridge and Hampton Roads in good shape, at least?

Have you ever tried this stuff? https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME I may try it out this summer. Have had Lyme Disease (acute only, no chronic symptoms) twice.

I have heard that some Hessians were buried near Mt. Royal, to the south of the Mantua Creek and east of Kings Hwy., sometime between Nov 20 and 27, 1777. A battle took place at the Kings Hwy bridge, which was burned to slow the advance, and then at a location upstream, most likely around...

What a mess. Looks like about 10 inches. I hope that was it for the year.

I too got chased at Menantico colony, they actually caught us and took down our names and addresses but declined to press charges so long as we promised not to come back. We were cornered by several people in pickup trucks and had no way to escape. I have several pictures from inside those...

Manumuskin, I have only been down the gas line ROW east of Union. You can enter near the intersection of Ascher and Union and go all the way to Ingersoll Ave in Milmay. It does get really overgrown in places with that reedgrass that lacerates your skin! This sounds crazy, but I got lost once...

I grew up maybe two miles from there, near Lincoln and Dante. Never heard of the place. I have been down Genoa ave past the end of the pavement but always assumed it was private property.

Ouch, that's a good bit of money!

Sure was! Moved here in 2008 and after a few years of problems with ice dams and leaks through poorly fabricated chimney flashing, in 2011 I ripped the roof down to the framing, reinforced that, and replaced the decking, underlayment, flashing, and shingles. Still looking good, and it took this...

Old houses typically used 2x6 rafters on very, very long spans- ones that would today require a 2x10 or 2x12 to pass inspection. I added collar ties a few years back when i replaced the roof, to stiffen things up some. I don't think there is any real danger, that house has stood for 80 years...

No interruption in power from this one but the wires were hanging scarily low over the street.

I went up in my attic and could hear the rafters creaking under the load of that wet, heavy snow. Got about 8" here in the shadow of the Walt Whitman Bridge.