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In addition to my last posting, check the tab inside of the socket, somtimes it has been pushed back and does not make proper contact with the electric foot contact on the bulb. You can pull it back a bit using needle nose pliers but make sure the power is off.

Did you buy your lightbulbs from Walmart? Are the bulbs you are using to replace the existing bulbs all from the same maker? or the samer package? Check the electrical foot contact on the bulb itself, if it is very flat then it is not contatcting the end of the socket adequately when screwed in which resulsts in arcing and accelerated life of the bulb. This is a common problem with Walmart bulbs. Start with this before you call out an electrician. Particularly if you have not always been having this problem.

BPO aquarium?

I miss Red Lake, lived on McKenzie Island almost twenty years. Love those pics of Howey Bay and L. Vermillion. Brings back many memories.

We lived in our house for about 8 years. Our neighbour was a little old lady who lived by herself. The fence between us was a mish mash of chain link, chicken wire, shrubs, a shed and a rock wall and larger trees all connected together. Not designed to keep dogs in or out but impassible for children. I had already re-built two sides of the fence of the back yard. I decided to rip out this last section of collection of fences to replace it with a new one. She didn't have a problem with it. However when I ripped it out, all of her children came out of the woodwork and were seen walking the property line checking the location of the old fence and the holes I dug for the new fence and talking surverys. To myself I said, "Uh oh!" I inquired about the cost of a survey to locate the prop line and the cost quoted to me was in in the area of of $3,000!!! Way more than the $600 in materials required. So I pulled out my surveyor's tape from the shed, a leftover tape from my days as an underground supervisor ( we were measuring work headings on a daily basis as the engineers only made it in once or twice a month) made a big show of locating what pegs were available from adjoining properties and measured off to about 4" give or take to where the line should be and built the entire fence 6" inside that line. And if the children of the neighbour wished to dispute it they could hire and pay for a survey and most likely discover that the fence is well within my property.

Further to my last post about plywood, if you are using it as backing for a surround, one of the most common reasons to replace a surround is due to it cracking, holes in it or water bleeding through the caulklines. Then it immediately begins to decay the wood for a couple years and then when you decide to remove the surround and tile are you really going to tile on wood that has been affected by mildew and rot?

Do not use a wood base for tiling in bathrooms. You will get rotting wood in a couple years. I had it done twice ten years ago in two bathrooms and we had to remove all of the tile and wood as it absormed moisture through the grout lines. Yes of course the tiles were sealed several times. USE CEMENT BOARD. As for new products on the market such as denshield, it has not been time proven.

I'm sorry but I couldn't resist this one. Tb4me I have been in the property management business for thirty years and I have hired a lot of contractors. Every once in a while I come across contractor gods like yourself. I learned many years ago to stay away from them. Enough time spent on this posting.

If and when you get all the glue off and the tiles are sound and you plan on installing another tub surround put a susbstrate on the tiles first then use your new glue. Some glues will react to hot water once the new surround is installed and begin to swell leaving bumps all over your surround. Use a good quality surround and refasten using contact cement instead of glue. If you have never worked with contact cement talk to someone who has. It can be very tricky. One mistake any your new surround is toast. The proper way would be to remove all the tiles to the stud walls, install cement board (stay away from drywall or water resistane drywall) and reinstall your new and beautifull surround and you know it will last you twenty five years no matter how much you use it.

Geez. I think you need to do some research in the field you hope to aspire in. And yes you do need college for trades. Unless you plan to be a tradesmen's helper for the rest of your life.

dangling worm Are you still reading this thread? Shouldn't you be out looking for a job?

Is she married? Ask her if she married the first boyfriend she ever had or did she "release him" ?

Introduce her to this thread.

That is one problem with colleges. You have a dream and that's what they want to hear. Sure they will put you through school, sure they will help you get that trade but what they don't tell you is they need you in school so that they can get additional operating funds, grants etc. It doesnt matter that their may not be many jobs out there they want you in school. On the other hand you also have to do your research and find out what the hot trades are these days. And whether these trades can support you with year round work. I was a miner by trade and never had problems getting work but had to be willing to go where the work was. Somewhere in Ontario and Canada there is demand for carpenters. But full time year round work is another issue altogether. A mining company may have on staff two hundred miners, fifty diesel mechanics, fifteen electricians and ten millrights but usually only one or two carpenters, and maybe one certified nat. gas fitter. However in a fast growing community the opposite is the norm. There is nothing wrong with the trade you are experienced in but you need to go where the work is. Read newspapers etc. and find our where the growing communities are. The Soo is not one of them. Alberta was, but is not at the moment. Sask. seems to be the hot province for jobs. But you have to do your research before you commit to any particular area or province. Solopaddler mentioned Yellowknife. It's a gold mining town with similarities to Kenora but Kenora is a pulp & paper town along with tourism. Yellowknife has very long winters and probably little demand for carpenters as housing will primarily be focused on const of stacked units not necessarily with concrete and steel though as it's expensive to ship up there. But there are no wood manufacturers either as the thin treeline can not support harvesting lumber to build housing. Yellowkife is a very expensive town to live in but that may have changed now. There is a demand now for auto mechanics for larger vehicles, double and triple axle trucks, etc. If there is no work in carpentry then there won't be any in plumbing and electrical either. Those three work hand in hand. Can I suggest open pit mines and haulage trucks and drills? Mining is another but not in Sudbury right now. Red Lake sounds like the place for you but you have to love fishing and the outdoors. New mines coming on stream and old mines expanding. But small towns have a boom and bust cycle so pick and choose carefully. Good luck.

I dont have a pic of the casting deck and the boat is covered up for winter. The boat is in most Legend advertisements in magazines or you can see it online at legend boats utility boat section.

I have a 16' prosport widebody with a 30 hp 2 stroke Merc. It's an excellent match for two people in the boat. It has the casting deck and floor. Handles well on small lakes and rivers and is fine on larger lakes.

Let her rip, pm me if you prefer. Are you a landlord or a tenant?

Last spring our basement got flooded out with sewage while out fishing. Spoke to my wife from the landing and she filled me in on a major rain storm flooding parts of the city. Our backyard was under water, as well as the driveways either side of our house. I told her "Don't worry, I'm coming home with the boat." lol In the fall we cleaned the shed (haden't fished since the flood due to required repairs in the basement and then that's when i realized all of our fishing gear had disappeared. Two tackle boxes, six fishing rods and reels. Some still in the package. This was my Christmas list; Ugly Stick fishing rods, Mithchel open face reels, tackle box, yellow & black 3/8 &1/2 oz. jigs, swivels, yellow & black twisters, William warblers, Normark or Rappala filet knives, Rappala lures, muskol, mepps spinners and pliers and sun blocker. These I call the essentials.

Just so you know, Trane makes a nice furnace and they usually have a 10 yr parts and service warranty on the entire furnace. All you have to do is have it serviced once a year. If you go with a unionized outfit or someone contracted out by Union Energy it will be more expensive. But make sure you go with a Trane qualified serviceman. I dont touch my furnace and I dont worry about it either. I pay about 75.00 for an annual inspection. A unionized outfit or one contracted by Union Energy charges almost two hundred if not more. I would avoid Lennox furnaces because the exchanger usually goes in three or less years and it very expensive to replace even under warranty. I speak from experience as a property manager with a portfolio of over 100 scattered units throughout my home town. We had approx. 8 Rudd furnaces in our portfolio. We also had three new Lennox furnaces. All developed holes in the exchangers within three years. PM me if you want stories about windows and window installers or roofs and roof installers.

I will work on everything and fix anything plumbing or electrical related but I do not touch gas fired furnaces. I let the techs do that for obvious safety reasons. I would not attemtp to fix a furmace or re-;ight anything. Wait for the tech, and after it is repaired have it serviced annually. No one wants to blow up their house or family. And dbl chk those smoke and CO detectors.

Aluminum man.

I worked n/s at the mine 7 to 3 for years and went home at 4 in the morning. Lived on an island so I enjoyed the boat ride at dawn. June, and September were the nicest times of the year due to the morning fogs and late sunrises which extended dawn by an hour or so. The colors on the water and sky were phenomenal.

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Hmmmm. Lots of walleyes and few northerns. That's what I call paradise. Nungesser is a very large lake. Lots of bays. It has road access and fly in lodges. There is a very prominent ridge on the south side of the lake. We use to hunt moose below the ridge. Book your vacation in early spring just after ice out. Should be northerns in all of the shallows. Walleye will still be spanwing but will begin getting very active near fast water.