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2010 

     The other day, we went to the ocean.       What do you expect to look at when you go to the ocean?      The ocean, of course.       When we look at the ocean we look at it from all angles----with the sun setting over it----or the fog rolling in.  We might even get a glimpse of it through a ...
08/31/2010
     Most of us are “adrenalin” junkies----and those that are not are probably either in denial or not aware  of how the body works.  One can even make an argument that the pursuit of adrenalin is not only human but is what drives us to do much of what we do.  I can’t really tell which comes fir...
08/30/2010
     The Standards of Practice for Home Inspectors in Seattle and all of Washington State are what one would describe as “Minimum Standards.”  They provide a “guideline” for basic performance.  This is true of all Standards of Practice for our profession----whether these Standards are State mand...
08/29/2010
     When the kids were little we would often do day hikes in nice weather into the mountains.  These were simple hikes.  Other than maybe being prepared for a little rain, it really didn’t matter what you wore----cotton, polyester----whatever.  When one is doing more serious hiking into higher ...
08/28/2010
     My uncle, that owned the farm that I grew up on, used to give names to all the cows.  Each calf, when it was born, would be given a name that began with a letter of the alphabet that was applicable for that year.  For example all calves born in the year 1957 had names that started with “N.”...
08/27/2010
     Throughout the ages people have wrestled with the question, “Who am I?”       Well, sit down, because I have stumbled on not only the answer, but the answer to an even bigger question as to why no one was able to see it before now?  Roll over Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Timothy Leary, Monty P...
08/26/2010
08/25/2010
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     I had a long-winded, esoteric and witty idea for a post about the following picture, but as it turns out I don’t have time to write it because I am supposed to be working on a report.      So instead I decided to just throw the picture out there and see who can guess what caused the marks o...
08/24/2010
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     The building industry has long been filled with materials made to look like other materials.  Things like wood grain vinyl siding, wood grain plastic laminates and wood grain cement siding are examples.  If you noticed a "wood" theme here, it is because most of these newer materials were de...
08/23/2010
     I did not have to do a taste test to know this was not chocolate sprinkles.  It was bat guano.      If you look VERY closely at bat guano, you can see the little sparkling pieces of insect wings and body parts.  The bats in this case, inhabited the house in the space between the wood framin...
08/22/2010
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My blog is intended to provide information related to home inspections in Seattle, surrounding communities and anyone else interested. Sometimes I will provide information that has nothing to do with home inspections. Enjoy!

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