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Similar to the tip about the cable placement on audio/video gear pic, when I take something apart to (hopefully) try to fix it, I'll take some pics as I go along so I can (hopefully) put the gizmo back together.

A couple of years ago I had some plumbing work done and I took pics when the wall was open. Then during some later remodel work, the pics came in handy for the contractor to understand how the shower pipe was connected. Saved some sheetrock demo expense.

I could see this tip being useful out hiking where you run into multiple trailheads.

@crayfish, we slept on a Tempurpedic for 5 weeks house-sitting back in the summer and crashed at another friend's house in early fall, and spent ~3 weeks on her Tempurpedic off and on. We really enjoyed sleeping on them.

When we finally settled down a month ago, we got a Sleep Innovations foam mattress on sale from Amazon. So far so good (but my wife did track down a mattress cover to "cool" it down). It's still early days but I think it's as comfy as my friend's Tempurpedic, for a lot less money. Plus it's made in the US. And the outgassing wasn't bad at all.

I'm pretty sure this is the same company that makes foam beds for Costco. For the price, we figured we could dump it in our empty guest room, but it's working out well for us too.

I purchased an old house a few weeks ago and a model of the house came with it. I suspect it was made by one of the 5 kids who grew up in the house sometime in the 40's or 50's.

It's not as detailed as the 1930's house, but was still neat enough to move it from the basement to the entry foyer.

I love casters too. Harbor Freight is a good place to get them on sale for cheap. Among other items, my MALM bed is on casters and it gets repositioned frequently.

Very nice. Can we see some more stairway treatment posts please? My tri-level stairs need help.

The Frye is a great museum. And it's free too. Even has some free parking.

I have gourds all over. It was a lousy summer for growing more with a cool Spring; 5 plants only yielded two gourds.

The larger "birdhouse" gourds clean up nicely and you can "tone" them easily with a dab of stain or shoe polish. Mostly I just remove the outer layer with the back of a dull paring knife and that burnishes them nicely.

I never can figure out how to lounge on a couch without bolstered arms. I manage ok in a bed, but when I lay out on a couch, I need the "headboard" effect of arms.

Is there a real stream down there? It looks "constructed".

The trend around here is to daylight and rehab streams; I wouldn't think much of the idea of building a "Fallingwater" house over a creek. The Corps of Engineers may care, but probably not in the land of the L.A. River.

Glass floors? Sure - how about a light tube going into the box and making it a big terrarium?

I put a splash of vinegar in every load.

I doubt that it'd help much on the shoe spam above.