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		<title>Why is everyone sick?</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/10/16/why-is-everyone-sick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this H1N1 2.0? (apologies in advance for the randomness of this post) I&#8217;m getting over a mild cold. The Irish Wife is blowing chunks of stuff I&#8217;d rather not attempt to describe. 1/2 of my office is sneezing, sniffling, coughing or otherwise miserable.  What the hell is going on? We&#8217;ve had a cold snap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and he&#8217;s buying a stairway&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/08/02/and-hes-buying-a-stairway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[quick update on the basement reno: new stairs!  the old clunkers are gone.  newly installed, glued and screwed treads and risers. i left the old stringers in place, just beefed them up with a bunch of blocking.  paneling is up on the concrete wall as well. i couldn&#8217;t frame out this wall and use thick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ryobi One+ 18V Lithium Impact Driver &amp; Drill</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/07/22/ryobi-one-18v-lithium-impact-driver-drill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it&#8217;s been a while. I&#8217;m sorry. The summer is here and, even though the weather has been sucking large in Toronto, I do find it hard to sit down and write when it&#8217;s warm outside and a new bike constantly calls my name.  Even one month into a municipal workers strike that has garbage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basement renovation update</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/07/02/basement-renovation-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick update on the reno: The DriCore subfloor is down and I&#8217;ve started framing.  The goal is to have the framing complete this weekend and start roughing in electrical.  I want to be ready for the spray foam insulation guys (Insta Insulation) for next week. I&#8217;m doing most of this work by myself, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Reno Update &#8211; Self Leveling Concrete</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/05/31/home-reno-update-self-leveling-concrete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a lazy day.  Too many &#8216;work&#8217; days in a row and the Bastard needed a day to rest the back, the mind and play with the new iMac.   Here&#8217;s a tip &#8212; Apple&#8217;s refurbished machines are like new, just cheaper!  Sure, they&#8217;re typically not the most current models but when you&#8217;re saving 15-25% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard work is cheap, but it hurts</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/05/24/hard-work-is-cheap-but-it-hurts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 02:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s what The Scot got up to this weekend&#8230; Back filled the hole in my basement floor &#8211; about 10 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep&#8230; Patched the concrete in the floor.  Mixed, poured, screeded and troweled it myself.  Bad idea. Got the excess soil and concrete out of the basement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Renovation Update &#8211; plumbing</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/05/21/home-renovation-update-plumbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, it&#8217;s been a while.  Hopefully you can understand why&#8230; The reno is in full swing, and I&#8217;m completely consumed otherwise.  We had our neighborhood plumber over today to replace the aging drain under the foundation.  It was made of vitrified clay, and full of roots.  The last thing I needed was a problem with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn Your Basement into a Pool</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/05/05/turn-your-basement-into-a-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scot has started the Summer of Renovations on the house.  Save for one SNAFU, the demolition of the basement (soon to be the rec room) went well.  Here&#8217;s what happened: So you see, that&#8217;s the water meter, and it&#8217;s somewhat disconnected from the line coming in to the house.  This was taken after we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Power Tools!</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/04/27/free-power-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thescottishbastard.com/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(apologies for the long dwell between posts, have been very busy with other things) Rent vs. Buy? Which is better? In most cases, when doing DIY jobs around the house, it makes sense to rent odd tools. Power augers for drilling post holes, for example, are extremely expensive and for $100 or so you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRA Home Renovation Tax Credit</title>
		<link>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/03/20/cra-home-renovation-tax-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thescottishbastard.com/2009/03/20/cra-home-renovation-tax-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the scot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t go spending it all in one place! I&#8217;ve heard a lot of people talking about doing some home renovations (The Scot loves home renos!) and the subject of the HRTC comes up quite a bit in conversation with the Bastard&#8217;s friends.  Here&#8217;s what I understand about it, in short form: You can claim up [...]]]></description>
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