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To my fellow Texans, glad to report the new Harbor Bridge is finally open after almost a decade. Gotta say the thing is an absolute monster. Primary purpose for construction was to finally allow those really large container ships to enter the harbor. Will be interesting to see how this will...

I'm doing a lot of house remodeling and just came across what I think is an unusual shortcut taken by the home builder 20+ years ago. In pulling some hallway baseboards in order to replace them, I noticed they must have been installed before the tile floor was installed. In other words, the...

In the course of maintaining my vehicles I've accumulated some rebuildable cores. Since I get most of my parts from Rock Auto, eBay, etc., I seldom deal with core charges. I'm trying to get rid of my old steering rack and an old alternator (both from a 2005 Caravan), but am wondering if parts...

Although I think backup cameras can be a handy addition to a driver's toolkit, their virtual omnipresence seems to be causing unintended consequences in terms of driver courtesy. For example, why is it every Tom, ****, and Harry is suddenly compelled to back into parking spots at busy...

Just came across this on the W-M site. I don't have a diesel, but may grab some for my older cars...

We're slowly remodeling our house, going room-by-room as I have time. The guest bathroom is on deck. Last weekend my wife and I attended the Corpus Christi Home Show, so we decided to take advantage of a few "free estimates" for tub and shower replacement. We're going with a Mexican theme for...

Just finished installing a pergola kit on my (smallish) back patio. I used a 4x4 kit from Amazon to create a perfectly square frame, which is roughly 7x11 and about 8 feet high. While I was originally going to add a "traditional" pergola-type roof, I now want to add a closed roof for sun and...

As a long time subscriber to several popular automotive magazines, I've watched the quality of so-called automotive journalists decline precipitously over the past 10-20 years. This article I found today - covering manual transmissions - has to be one of the worst I've ever seen. It's so bad I...

When we closed on our home in Corpus Christi in March, there was a potted tree on the side of the house that stood about five feet tall. Its branches would annoyingly brush against the fence and siding when windy, so we decided to do a little research and eventually planted it in the front yard...