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Posted on September 26, 2025

Had lunch at Boston Logan where we saw a prep cook shucking oysters. But the knife had a cord! Maybe an electric shucking knife? I asked my server and he explained that it wasn’t electric, but rather a security cable that tethered the knife to the station. They have periodic security audits, and if a knife is missing they shut down the airport! #Italy2025

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Posted on September 26, 2025

IND ✈️ BOS (8 hour layover 😢) ✈️ 🇺🇸🇮🇹 MXP 🚗 Alba, Piemonte 🍷

Here we go! #Italy2025

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Posted on September 7, 2025

Lesson learned: Moving sofas and furniture is a lot harder when you’re 50 than it was when you were 25. Ouch!

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Posted on August 31, 2025

Sunset. #lakelife

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Posted on May 24, 2025

Had to do a little #diy for the buoy ballast. Five pounds of chain (plus other hardware) kept the buoys upright in testing. Now we’ll see if it works in production. Fingers crossed.

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Posted on May 24, 2025

The finished beach. #lakelife

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Posted on May 24, 2025

We’re refreshing the beach today with 2 cubic yards (1500 L) of sand. This is the “before” shot. Next steps:

10 shovel sand into trailer

20 dump trailer on beach

30 rake sand

40 GOTO 10

#lakelife

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Posted on May 11, 2025

What we found beneath the carpet was in really good shape. Better than I could have hoped—really nice, dark stained, heart pine floors. There was one small area of water damage, and one small area that will need patched, but otherwise in good shape. #diy #lakelife 3/3

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