Category Archives: On the Square

“Can I help you sir?” I swept into the store with a flourish, “PARTS! I REQUIRE PARTS FOR MY FARGLE-SNORKER!” God bless the NAPA Auto/Truck parts guys…they don’t even flinch when they see me coming anymore. I use them often, … Continue reading →

Hmmm…another nook…or perhaps a cranny. That’s an interesting thing about old houses and buildings…they have nooks and crannies all over the place. Working on the 1860’s building on the square Monday… On the commercial building, there is a drop ceiling … Continue reading →

Our building on the square…which dates from sometime in the late 1800’s, was doctors’ offices upstairs, and a pharmacy and soda fountain downstairs. Near as we can tell, it has always been so, until sometime in the 1940’s when the … Continue reading →

Ever wonder about the construction of a 70’s era pool table? We cut up the pool table and another crappy (heh) display…in order to more easily get them down the stairs and out of our building. These were not in … Continue reading →

Well, Mike Rowe isn’t returning my calls, so it looks like it’s up to me and the wife. With the Christmas season and its accompanying spending and other madness (oh, and let us not forget “property tax” season), we need … Continue reading →

Working on the Old Vic Monday…got a call. A good friend of mine was in trouble and I had the tools to help out. Seems some high winds the night before blew my friend around a bit…and while not injured, … Continue reading →

My sister’s SO drives a truck for a scrap yard. Thanks to him I scored a 10-foot stainless steel prep table and food sink…AND a hand-washing sink…complete with faucets and drains…all for $236…it was headed to be scrunched and bailed … Continue reading →