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Rudolph and his pals are ready for Christmas!

I hope Hermie can do more dentistry than tooth extraction.

I needed to patch a wall in the shower stall of my bathroom. Some carefully applied water brought a small container of vinyl spackle back to life, but what about matching the paint?

The bathroom was remodeled 21 years ago. The original plastic container of Sherwin-Williams paint I bought back then is still good!

Every paint manufacturer should use those plastic containers, instead of cans.

Click the pic to see her mom, and that should tell you who her dad was.

I’ll soon continue telling the tale of selling my first house. It was heated, as is this house, with forced hot water from an oil burning furnace.

The first home heating oil delivery we ever had, right after moving into our first house, during a cold February, was contaminated with bilge water. The truck had barely pulled away when the furnace stopped working. I had to fight with the numbskulls at this outfit to convince them it was their problem, get the tank pumped out, and the furnace working again.

After what they put us through, and considering I was a first-time customer, you’d think they’d refill the tank for free with good oil as a goodwill gesture. But no, they charged me full price for the delivery. I paid the bill, then fired them and went with another oil company.

But that screw-up, many years ago (I was 32), was nothing compared to this disaster. I doubt they’ll ever be able to get the smell of kerosene out of that house.