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Remodel Crazy and Tribal Ways.
July 29, 2010 – 6:09 pm | No Comment
Remodel Crazy and Tribal Ways.

Tribal lure and traditions are ingrained in our collective psyche. By The Paul The Internet Tribes are here! I’m no tribal expert, not an anthropologist, not an expert at anything, But I’m interested in everything and I belong to a tribe, yeah! Tribal life. Every single one of us has tribal roots, even Zsa Zsa [...]

Meet Stacey Quinn / 1st Trust construction loan expert.
July 27, 2010 – 9:08 am | 2 Comments
Meet Stacey Quinn / 1st Trust construction loan expert.

Minneapolis loans and who’s who in lending. Stacey Quinn wears many hats, including being past president and chairwoman of Mpls NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry). Now days this energetic and positively confident mover and shaker is writing loans for 1st Trust Mortgage located in the Twin City Metro area. 1st Trust is a [...]

You don’t need to read this Honey, sign here!
July 26, 2010 – 6:26 am | No Comment
You don’t need to read this Honey, sign here!

Online contracts and ethical use of terms and conditions. By The Paul OK,OK! That’s an oxymoron. Ethical terms and conditions are hard to define, one parties understanding may be different than the other parties understanding. So here’s a question, I ask for a 1 page contract to do some business, I’m buying Irish potatoes and [...]

Happy Birthday Remodel Crazy.
July 25, 2010 – 8:34 pm | No Comment
Happy Birthday Remodel Crazy.

Remodel Crazy is one year old! We started RC because the phone wasn’t ringing,  the RRP rule was just being announced and it was something to do. Since then Remodel Crazy like all babies got a personality and a reason to go on, we crawled, we stumbled we pooped in our diaper and then with [...]

Broadband Is Like Plumbing
July 20, 2010 – 2:59 pm | 3 Comments
Broadband Is Like Plumbing

What’s that Mike? by Mike Hines So, there I was, in conversation with family and friends on Independence Day when the group shifted topic to broadband…and a funny thing happened. When I hear the term “broadband” a basket of narrowly focused technical images come to mind. I guess it’s only natural after spending a few [...]

RRP / Whats up Doc?
July 13, 2010 – 6:50 pm | No Comment
RRP / Whats up Doc?

RRP almost 3 months Almost 3 months into the RRP and the Goody 2 shoes people have been let down, no enforcement and nobody cares. The baby killers are laying low just in case somebody reports them but they have nothing to fear, there is no enforcement. The rest of us are waiting to see [...]