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TweetPinShareA polished or coated garage floor is a real investment. Here’s how to protect it from the most common forms of damage and keep it looking the way it did …
Keeping Your Garage Floor Looking Good: A Practical Maintenance Guide Read More
TweetPinShareThe drive from Safford to Pima takes about twelve minutes on a good day. It takes a lot longer when you’re standing on the shoulder of Highway 70 with a …
How Small Arizona Towns Handle a Car Accident Claim: A Plain English Walkthrough Read More
TweetPinShareThirteen cards may not sound like much. Yet in Pusoy Game, those 13 cards can create a surprisingly complex puzzle. There is no need to wait through a long series …
Pusoy Game: Where 13 Cards Become a Game of Decisions Read More
TweetPinShareDuring a long game, the best equipment almost disappears. Squares remain readable, each piece is obvious at a glance, and a quick move does not leave a king rocking on …
Choosing a Tournament Chess Set: What to Measure and What to Handle Read More
TweetPinShareOne of the most significant continuous energy costs for farmers is irrigation. The fuel costs for diesel pumps can be high, and regular fuel purchases are necessary; the power costs …
How Solar Water Pumps Help Farmers Reduce Energy Costs Read More
TweetPinShareNo smoke. No smell. No warning. “Gases that affect people are the ones that nobody notices until it’s too late” stuck with me. He did not talk about a fire …
How Can a Gas Detector Detect Gas You Can’t Smell? Read More
TweetPinShareRecharging a car AC system is not always as simple as adding refrigerant. If the system has been opened for repair, air and moisture can enter the refrigerant circuit. Those …
Why a Vacuum Pump for R134a Matters Before Recharging Your AC Read More
TweetPinShareYour assessment notices a change long before you do. Add a pool, lose a bedroom to a fire, or sit next to a brand new subdivision, and the county’s file …
7 Property Changes That May Affect Your Tax Assessment Read More
TweetPinShareNine out of ten homeowners open their assessment notice, feel insulted, and put it back in the envelope. That is the real problem. The number on that page was never …
How Property Assessment Notices Actually Get Built (And Where the Numbers Go Wrong) Read More
TweetPinShareMy neighbor Rick moved from Ohio three years ago and got his first Texas appraisal notice in April. He did exactly what any reasonable person would do: he read it, …
The Paperwork Side of Property Tax Season Nobody Warns New Texas Owners About Read More