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2013
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I did an inspection yesterday in a nice older home, built in 1954… but I am still older than that! One of these days I’m gonna find one older than me! Enough of that… this one has been remodeled several times, added on to, etc. I was surprised to see that there was a set of pull down stairs to ac...
03/30/2013
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Yesterday I done an inspection on a home built in 1991. The house was very clean and appeared to be maintained well. The owner was there and he made a point of telling me how thorough he was and how meticulous he was when it came to maintaining his home. "Why, I even have the roof pressure washe...
03/29/2013
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I have so many memories of going to the Drive In! I can remember when I was really young, going with my parents. Then at intermission going to the concession stand and the playground. They would turn the lights up, awesome times! That speaker resting on the window edge that you rolled up about on...
03/19/2013
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I did an inspection yesterday on a home built in 2006. From the very first moment I walked in the door I could tell that the house lacked any type of regular maintenance. They obviously bought the house and merely lived in it. The registers on the ceiling had dust all around them... they loo...
03/15/2013
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Let's face it, most people work for money... period! They are only there to get the money they need to support their families and pay their bills. Try to endure whatever they do, take the money and run. Some people try to enjoy their work, or say they do by making the best out of it. Others have ...
03/13/2013
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Ole was hunting geese up in the Minnesota woods. He leaned the old 16 gauge against the corner of the blind to take a leak. As luck would have it, his foolish dog knocked the gun over, it went off and Ole took most of an ounce of #4 in the groin. Several hours later, lying in a Duluth hospital b...
03/12/2013
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I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new member to the Active Rain family. His name is David Bender. He resides in Wesley Chapel, Florida and his company is: David Bender’s Dryer Vent Cleaning His first blog post can be seen at: http://activerain.com/blogsview/3652981/dryer-ven...
03/11/2013
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I almost had an inspection today... I was standing right there in the living room talking face to face with my client and the Realtor that had referred me to them (Thank you, you know who you are)). Whenever I have an inspection booked, I always do my homework waay before I go to the prope...
03/09/2013
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Craftsmanship is defined as a man that practices a craft with great skill. I see some crazy stuff on a daily basis, you know... some "what were they thinking" moments. When a tradesman is hired to do his craft, it amazes me that sometimes it is done without thought, any thought! If you are going...
03/08/2013
I got a call yesterday from Barbara-Jo Roberts, our local Ambassador for Active Rain. She told me about the Sensei/Grasshopper contest, and gave me the suggestion to add back links to my blogs and signature to help me to get more traffic to my website and give me a boost for Google rankings! Whil...
03/06/2013
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Fred Hernden, CMI
Albuquerque area Master Inspector
