Saturday Tweets: Too Many Tweets!

...it’s not an Uber or a self-driving car… it’s the bus! Our latest episode, “Making the Bus Sexy Again,” is here. https://t.co/Qn6WT81cQU pic.twitter.com/xxdXriepKI — The War on Cars (@TheWarOnCars) March 7, 2019 I quit as a math teacher in the public schools in America when I realized I had to choose between doing the BS to prove I was doing my job, or actually doing my job. Complying with the BS made real teaching impossible. My wife's last da...

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Fixing a Door Strike Plate With Repair Realism

...y don’t do much else. While we’re at it we need to find a clever solution for doors that swell and contract. One of the signs of spring here is neighbors hiring people to cut down their doors. We should have doors with tops and bottoms that extend and contract. Much of the knowledge of furniture making relates to how to allow for seasonal wood movement so that your table or cabinet doesn’t pull apart between the cold of winter and the heat and hum...

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Saturday Tweets: Parsley Poodle Sandwich

...Y6yEREr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2019 Watch Netflix at work by making it look like you’re on a conference call https://t.co/0CmD0kgVLy — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 10, 2019 I’m in a wheelchair or pushing a baby along. How do I get around this? @LADOTofficial @davideryu #shermanoaks pic.twitter.com/cbqaZP2Rxs — CiclaValley (@Ciclavalley) July 12, 2019 Let’s do this in LA starting with the section of the 2 freeway between Glendale an...

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Saturday Linkages: Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind

Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind, John Everett Millais 1892. Ornament Making in the Octavia Lab ‘The Best Thing You Can Do Is Not Buy More Stuff,’ Says ‘Secondhand’ Expert Do This Before It Snows! Snow Blower Maintenance A wheel education: the environmental diploma you earn by bike Cypress Park’s “Egghead Stonehenge” takes a hit Notes on an afternoon inside John Portman’s Bonaventure Hotel Should I Worry About Death Cap Mushroooms in California? Video:...

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How to Hard Boil an Egg

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4x-nzwztJ0 Eric of Garden Fork, a.k.a. “East Coast Eric” tests two methods of making hard boiled eggs in this video: Instant Pot vs. a steamer basket on a regular old stove top. Watch the video to find out which method works best....

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