rudyamid on September 29th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

We went to Olive Garden today.  It was a cool sunny day when we talked about: Most of us ordered the Zuppa Toscana soup.  It was great. The all-you-can-eat bread, soup, and salad meant we can max out, and have the main course to-go for dinner. Going to wear a suit and tie to work […]

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rudyamid on November 15th, 2007 at 10:14 am

This entry is to record what I need to replace the toilet flapper. For some reason, the old (original) ones kept warping and water kept seeping out from the tank. I had to replace 2 toilets with this so far. Korky 1.6 can be purchased from Home Depot for $5. Hat tip to LK for […]

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rudyamid on July 6th, 2007 at 4:16 pm

I was planning for a quiet, uneventful, lazy 4th of July holiday this  year.  But a problem with one of my house’s air conditioning condenser had me busy doing some work!  The AC condenser I have is an old (read: crap) standard 3.0 ton 10 SEER.  An HVAC “pro” told me that it’s old (only 6 […]

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rudyamid on April 20th, 2007 at 9:26 am

For the past 2 years, Yantie and I have been going around the house trying to replace every single lightbulbs to one of those energy efficient ones, called “Compact Fluorescent” bulbs.  Those CF bulbs use up much less energy (upto 4x less) and last way longer.  Around the house, I counted about 34 bulbs replaced […]

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