Posted by pattya on February 17, 2009
Even though I live in a fairly small town, I consider myself lucky that there are several different wireless internet providers in the area. Pretty much everywhere you go, there is a wireless hotspot, which I think is great. I’m a freelance writer and editor, and while I have a wonderful office and high speed internet service at my home, I love to get out of my comfort zone and do some writing outside of the house. It’s a great way to get the creative juices flowing.
My nice little Midwestern town is somewhat of a tourist haven and it’s great to be able to grab my laptop and go sit in a park or a nice little coffee shop and do some people watching to find inspiration. While I do sometimes just use a pad and pen, having the option of a wireless connection can help if I need to look something up on line. And business owners are great about letting people sit for hours with a laptop, surfing the net or writing.
I think that the only place in town that doesn’t have internet access is the local church and I wouldn’t be all that surprised to find out that even they were wired!
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Posted by equiPrime on February 14, 2009
The first rule of doing any kind of construction job is that you have to have the right tool for the job. This sounds obvious but it’s actually really easy to have the wrong set of tools and yet to try to make do with them. This is always a mistake. If you ever find yourself buying tools for a construction project, make sure that you know what you’re buying before you make the purchase.
I offer this advice out of my own experience. There are unfortunately several examples of this problem from my past. The first one that comes to mind is a time that I needed to buy a temporary construction fence for my place of business. Someone else told me that they had a good experience using a tensabarrier system so I purchased that without looking at it too closely.
Now, don’t get me wrong, a tensabarrier would’ve been a great solution to some indoor barrier issues. It’s a good product. But what I needed was something durable for use outdoors and what I ordered didn’t meet that need. The point is that it doesn’t matter how good the tool is if it’s not the right tool. Now I make sure I know what I’m getting before I get it!
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Posted by Primer on February 12, 2009
Growing plants has always been a hobby for my wife. Last year she decided to open a small nursery to start making money at something she enjoys. We leased a small building on some land in town, and opened up about eight months later. Being a small operation, we forgot about some of the big things we were going to need to be effective, and not kill ourselves in the process.
I told her we needed a used fork truck, as we couldn’t afford a new one at the time. She did a net search for forklift in Texas, and came up with a few options that fit our price. My job was to go look at it, learn to use it, and bring it home. A week later, we had just what we needed without paying an arm and a leg for a new one.
We have not been open for a year yet, but business is going pretty well. Since people can’t afford new homes right now, it seems that they want to make what they have looked better for a while. As a result, we are moving more stack than we figured, and that has made our delivery schedule heat up. Without that new forklift, I would probably be in the hospital by now.
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