Why we don’t celebrate Halloween
I’m not one of those dads who is extremely opinionated in the direction against what everyone else is doing. Why we don’t celebrate Halloween kind of falls into that category for me.
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DIY Steps to build a deck
This post is the next installment of “How to add-on to an existing deck”. DIY Steps to build a deck, followed or used as mere guidelines will help you along the way.
Continue reading →Jones Root Beer Review
This Jones Root Beer Review was done by the five Handy Father root beer connoisseurs. We had high hopes for Jones Root Beer. It has a nice, dark color.
Continue reading →Route 66 Beer Root Beer Review
I had trouble calling this soda a root beer, and luckily for this Root 66 Beer Root Beer Review, the problem is solved for me. “Get your kicks with Route 66 Beer™” is right on the front of the bottle.
Continue reading →Wild Bill’s Root Beer Review
We did a Wild Bill’s Root Beer Review, but it turns out that this is not the only Wild Bill’s Root Beer. This is the Northwoods Soda & Syrup Company Wild Bill’s Root Beer.
Continue reading →How to add-on to an existing deck
This post will be the first in a series to show how to add-on to an existing deck. We are doing an add-on to my dad’s existing deck in the same style the original deck was built, and also adding a larger portion at the end with an eventual gazebo to house a hot tub.
Continue reading →Basketball at the local rec center
Lately the physical fitness activity of choice has been pick-up basketball at the local rec center. Sure, I’m thirty now and pretty much the only people playing ball in my town are high school kids after school.
Continue reading →DIY Air conditioning in a truck
My father came across this custom DIY air conditioning in a truck. In the photo, the truck owner has installed a window air conditioner in the center of the back window in his pickup truck.
Continue reading →Rochester Root Beer Review (J. Hungerford Smith)
Rochester Root Beer Review by Handy Father. You will be hard-pressed to find Rochester Root Beer anywhere except in root beer stand / drive in restaurants. For sure, you can get this tasty root beer at Shopoff’s Drive-In in Syracuse, Indiana.
Continue reading →Garage Storage for Scrap Wood
Just about everyone has a pile of scrap wood laying around somewhere. This is an important feature in any Handy Father’s garage. Not everyone has found a good solution to garage storage for scrap wood.
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