Category Archives: Things I Hate!

My email to the US Mint.

Posted on August 5, 2011 by George B.

Dear Sir or Madam, I figured someone likely monitors the email address suggestions@usmint.gov, so I thought I’d send you this idea. I went to Home Depot today and took this picture with my cell phone, this is likely the cheapest of the … Continue reading →

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Important Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2011 by George B.

Balance the debt on the backs of Billionaires? Here’s some  perspective..IF the US Government confiscated every dime Warren Buffet has, we could use his tremendous wealth to cover what we ADD to the National debt each day for less than 10 days! … Continue reading →

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Inventions, A self contained study in what an invention is not.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by George B.

Perhaps you’ve looked into Patent law to some degree, and maybe you thought you had a great idea and even thought about getting a patent? At the root of patent law is the basic premise that this indeed was your idea.  One … Continue reading →

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Chris Grieve, King County Council’s Poster Boy?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by George B.

What makes the world turn? Maybe it’s better to ask what makes your guts turn? Seattle makes the national news.. again… I’ve even had some personal emails from folks back East laughing.. laughing at who you say??  Washington State King County … Continue reading →

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DIYers… Critical Thinking Skills, and breaking news on hydrogen!

Posted on April 22, 2011 by George B.

Yesterday I received an email from a fellow that had found my generator test stand video on Youtube and associated it with an over unity video of a motor running a generator. Of course there was electrical energy left over to run a drill press … Continue reading →

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Another installment, “import lessons learned”.

Posted on April 6, 2011 by George B.

  lessons-Learned As mentioned in a previous post, there are a number of things that can go wrong when you import… including an emergency order to ship the inbound freight back to where ever it came from as happened in this case. … Continue reading →

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And Important Read on EVs for Hands on DIYers

Posted on April 6, 2011 by George B.

More Wisedom from a Successful Professional in the Energy Business. Sure…. you’ve read article after article about how cool Electric Vehicles are, and how they’re our future.  One of the first things to annoy a real hands-on DIYer is the fact that many … Continue reading →

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It was a wash out

Posted on April 3, 2011 by George B.

I remember the first time I saw that new ATM at the Boeing Credit Union, I hated it! Soon I learned how cool it was, you can deposit a hand full of checks and it will print you a deposit … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Importing

Posted on March 29, 2011 by George B.

I’ll never forget some of the posts a certain fellow in Canada made in a forum about ‘Dealers’ and their Capitialist ways. He showed his complete ignorance of the challenges of import when he posted that a buyer should not have to pay … Continue reading →

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Ensenda, what’s that?

Posted on March 5, 2011 by George B.

 An email from Diyer Phil P.  This item addressed to me was delivered to a home MORE than a mile away from here.  The lady that received it knows me and called to say it was at her house. Amazon … Continue reading →

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