Guest Parking Permit
When it comes to guest parking we have opposing needs: NEED 1 – PREVENTING ABUSE: Here at Condo 311 we have don’t have a lot of guest parking spaces. Just (more…)
Newton’s Law of Motion and Our Garbage Chute
Sir Isaac Newton defined inertia as his first law in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which states: “The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every (more…)
Styrofoam is NOT Recyclable
This stuff is NOT recyclable Just so everyone knows: Styrofoam is NOT recyclable. The upshot to that is Styrofoam should NOT be placed in the recyclable containers. Because, then, Waste Management will (more…)
The Care and Feeding of Smoke Alarms
Lots of things to press We have smoke alarms. You might have noticed them on your ceiling as the white disk up there with the little, green light. You might (more…)
Removing That Screen
It took a long time. A long time. And a screwdriver. But I finally figured out how to remove the screen in front of the window in the master bedroom. (more…)
I Hate Spiders
What is it about this building that attracts so many spiders? Maybe this building is uniquely situated to attract bugs, and bugs attract spiders. Whatever it is, we have a (more…)
Talking Trash – The Dumpsters Out Back
We have our trash chutes on every floor that we toss our (bagged) garbage down. We have our recycling containers on the UL parking level for our recyclables. But what (more…)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Thermostat
Our thermostats are not the easiest things to deal with. In fact they can be downright rude. I had had just about enough of mine when I realized it wasn’t (more…)
What Does That Do?
Living in a condo is a much different world than in a traditional house. I mean, we have a “Rubbish Chute” at the end of the hall rather than a (more…)