This post by Charlie has already gotten no small number of comments at his blog and when Barbara Duncan put it out there again. It brings up interesting subject matter and shows how people vary in their ideas. Every listing that I have ever seen lists the number of bedrooms present in the ho
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01/10/2009
I think this is the first such annoucement I have made here at Active Rain. But, next week, my wife and I are heading down to Oaxaca, Mexico. The plan is that my certifried home inspector assistant, Nutsy, will keep the business going in my absence. It is good to have an assitant that one can cou
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01/10/2009
I was raised in a US border town. Bellingham is only about 20 minutes south of the Canadian border. Our area is heavily impacted by the large Canadian city of Vancouver, BC. As a kid, many of the TV shows and the radio stations I listened to were out of Vancouver. Because of that proximity to Can
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01/09/2009
I have been kind of isolated from all of the flooding going on in Whatcom County. I live in a high enough area that it is not a problem. However, flooding yesterday was so bad that schools were closed and people -- trying to drive through high water -- were abandoning their cars. Several of the m
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01/08/2009
There are probably any number of songs that were written in a car, a bus or an airplane. However, from a historical standpoint, one song comes to mind. No doubt about it, the late Roy Orbison will go down as one of the true legends of pop music. He had it all -- the ability to write songs and a
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01/08/2009
After a lengthy meeting yesterday, the Washington State Home Inspector Licensing Board passed the new Standards of Practice and Ethics for the state. This had, initially, been scheduled to happen in early December. However, the language in the document was complicated enough that we had to study
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01/07/2009
In the annals of pop music, one vocal group of the 1950's really stood out as providing music that was lots of fun. That group was the Coasters. Their first two hits made it to the top of the charts, #2 in each case. You might remember the songs Yakety Yak and the Charlie Brown. Both songs were w
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01/07/2009
Home inspectors and realtors need to have their own guidelines and boundaries as to what they expect in a home inspection report. Some people, both sides, want fewer words. Others want more detail. There seems to be a niche market, either side. Charlie did a good job talking about that in this bl
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01/06/2009
The comments on this blog have come in on both sides of the equation. No matter where you stand on it, Charlie's words are worth thinking about and determining where you stand on time vs money. We have all heard, "Time is Money," for so much, and for so long, who would dare to ask the questi
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01/06/2009
Sean's photos are really pretty .... the way I remember my Florida trip years ago. I thought I would send them up to be shared again.Hello Folks, Below is a pictorial review of some of the sites in Southwest Florida for 2008. The first photo is on the Northern Tip of Boca Grande in Charlotte Coun
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01/05/2009
