Happy Leap Year Day!

The Cherry Blossoms have begun to burst on my street.
(Sorry to rub it in.)

Affordable beachfront housing for Millennials

Westcoast waterfront homes under 2 Million! Some assembly required.

So this is progress? (Good luck, kids!)

When I was kid you could buy a house for 30% of a single workers income over 20 or 25 years. Now it's 100% of 2 people's gross income.

They moved this building to make way for condos.

Hey kids! Dig this!

Q: What field needs highly trained workers all around the world?
A: Construction. Can you dig it? 

Spring has already begin to sprung in Vancouver

Spring will soon be here - and there's always lots to do around the garden

Get an early start and a longer growing season!

Start your seeds way early using a DIY Cold Frame

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Waste not; want not.

Salvaging a broken hammer handle

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Kids of today are the inventors of tomorrow.

Here's a kid's toy that could inspire the Electric Passenger Airplane
Electric Motors Explained - 50 Year Old Toy Unboxing

Hands down: my most Frequently Asked Question

Q: What kind of oil should I use in my engine?
A: https://youtu.be/nUPsjIG8Mio

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Quality control is an uphill battle

I had to reload this ‪video‬ because of a 20 second frozen section on the ‪‎YouTube‬ server

Not just ‪‎DIY‬ ‪videos‬

Check out my collection of the History of ‪Rock Music‬ videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/repairs101ca/playlists

Great project for the dark days of winter

Lamp Repairs - How to Rewire, Switch Replacement & Underwriter's Knot

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Don't forget Valentine's Day is on Sunday!

Lots of people will tie the knot this weekend

Make hay when the sun shines

Every sailor knows: the worse the weather - the better the wind

British Columbia : Canada's wettest coast

Some days it doesn't rain here hardly at all.

The foreman's first job is the safety of their crew. Welcome to the crew.

Safety tip:
Always use a file handle to avoid being skewered by the file's tail

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Great gifts you can make

Six days left until Valentines Day! 
Here are Six Easy DIY Gift Projects

Some clichés from the Prophet Sailor

Any way you look at it... this is my latest post.

Looking back I see many things I would do differently

Fewer businesses offer apprenticeships than ever before

This is where I learned how to tie knots

Cedarvale's school of hard knocks on the top of the head

Education is the key to self-sufficiency

Skilled workers are in demand - we need more money in schools
Not more excuses 

Heavy equipment is everywhere!

Great gifts for men

Valentines Day is two weeks away - getting any ideas?

No joking matter.

Sorry, no post today.
I have something important to do.