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  • See: If you want to make your own template, here’s how I do it. Get a couple pie...
  • Greg Louie: MIght have been me. I use a sharpened ice pick to mark the pinhole, then pr...
  • Jim Milstein: I think tri-square is better spelled try square. It's used to try squarenes...
  • altis: A woodworking gauge works well too: http://warringtonbears.org.uk/insert...
  • Spencer: I like to use a centering ruler combined with a normal set of calipers. You...
  • atfred: I've used your paper folding method - works great, quite ingenious....
  • Harryanealiv: i just did this drive last week, south to north, in an old Volvo station wa...
  • Dalethemale: Can you take a touring motorcycle through the Irish Canyon? How often do ...
  • Lou Dawson 2: It's just hooked up to an existing system like any other RV or mobile home ...
  • Crazy Horse: Another solution that readily finds the white-out pen on the editor's desk:...
  • Bill B: Hey Lou How does ASC manage the sewage from the tiny houses?...
  • Crazy Horse: I worked on a house in Teton Village three years ago where the construction...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Thanks Crazy, excellent op ed. I'd add that another part of economics has t...
  • Crazy Horse: Lou, like most articles in the liberal press, the one you quote tries to de...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Thom, thanks, just to be clear to our readers, the ski's _bottom steel edge...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Crazy, this 2014 article about Jackson and tiny houses is pretty good, stil...
  • Thom Mackris: Hi Lou, In addition to the extra work on your part, I don't think you'd ...
  • Crazy Horse: The traditional Western approach to getting rid of unwanted predators was t...
  • Andy Carey: The tiny house for the employee reminds me of the numerous timber towns in...
  • cam shute: thanks for the shout out Lou!...
  • Lou Dawson 2: Bruno, I think that's above my pay grade in my level of economics education...
  • L: Any word on last width? Volume?...
  • Bruno Schull: Hi Lou. I have what is probably a silly question. Instead of all those tr...
  • See: Regarding solar panel efficiency: I recently got an Anker 15 watt solar usb...
  • Scott Allen: 100 years old and making snow turns! That was inspiring....it's hot here ...
  • Nate C: I think the Wasatch would lose a lot of its character if there weren't peop...
  • OMR: Good points Lou. I for one do not pull out the drone if I know other skiers...
  • Shane: I had my first "drone experience" last weekend when my wife and I were lazi...
  • Hacksaw: Careful Lou, some S&R teams are getting drones. Know before you shoot....
  • Lou Dawson 2: OMR, sure, I enjoy the amazing creative results of drone photography as muc...

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