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2007
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I remember my first white Christmas while living in Michigan as a child. There was the smell of roasted pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg and gingerbread cookies. My parents were drinking eggnog as we decorated our tree. Snow glistened on the moonlit landscape outside our window. I sometimes yearn for tho...
12/08/2007
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Yesterday was one of those rare days where the area was covered by a light fog with no wind. Days such as this lend itself to perfect conditions for photography as the light is pure and unique conditions are set up for one to use their imagination. One of my stress relief's is photography - espec...
12/08/2007
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Pareto's Principle or the 80/20 Rule is best known as "20 percent of something always are responsible for 80 percent of the results." The verbiage for this rule has been modified to fit the business model, "80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients." One day while I was looking to see wher...
12/08/2007
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Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State and rightfully so. So many well known Tennesseans such as Davy Crockett have given their life in service to their country but Cornelia Fort is one Tennessean whose life and ultimate sacrifice is rather obscure.My interest in Cornelia began while looking a...
12/07/2007
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Water Heaters – Facts and Common Violations As a licensed home inspector for the State of Tennessee and an ASHI certified home inspector, the most common water heater violations I see with water heaters center around the Temperature, Pressure, Relief (TPR) valve. Water heaters are pressure vessel...
12/06/2007
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The other day I requested some information from a manufacturer on decoding the serial numbers on their products so I could accurately age the appliance. On the fax cover sheet they had the following about service:Service...Giving what you don't have to give.Giving when you don't need to give.Givi...
12/06/2007
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As a licensed home inspector for the State of Tennessee and an ASHI certified home inspector, I am continually in and out of properties almost daily; some new - some old. Generally, it is the older properties that I find really fascinating.I entered the master bath of an ‘80's style ranch and fli...
12/06/2007
If you have one, when was the last time that YOU entered, inspected, or had your crawl space professionally inspected? As a licensed home inspector for the State of Tennessee and an ASHI certified home inspector, I have seen a lot of damage in the under world that could have been avoided by pe...
12/06/2007
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Chimneys are basically very small structures. Just as your house needs a roof to keep water from entering, so does your chimney. Chimney crowns are simply chimney roofs. The crown should slope down from the flue liner at a minimum of 3 inches of fall per foot of run. Flat or improperly sloped cro...
12/06/2007
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Give your customers what they want in a way the search engines like.These are some of the tips that I have been gleaning from the cyber world on building an effective web site. Unlike the physical world which focuses on location, location, location - the paradigm shift of the virtual world is inf...
12/04/2007
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