Author Archives: Jim McClain

About Jim McClain

Born 1949 and not dead yet.

To Avatar, or Not To Avatar

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Jim McClain

Nearly all the commonly used message boards allow the use of what is known as an “avatar.” These are the little pictures that you see next to the member’s names in the message thread. Many of the message boards I … Continue reading →

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Recessed Door Pulls

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Jim McClain

This is a review of the Baldwin Hardware Flush Mount Door Pull I purchased for my bedroom closet doors and a pocket door. In my bedroom remodel, I used metal accents with a Venetian Bronze finish. I searched Google and … Continue reading →

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Doctors Ain’t Always Right

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Jim McClain

Three years ago, one of my doctors at the Veterans Hospital in Reno, NV told me I had 2, maybe 3 years left. I am very happy to be here to show you that doctors ain’t always right. Yes, I … Continue reading →

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Building a Platform Bed

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Jim McClain

Building a Platform Bed for Style and Storage Is Easy You could say the problem with my bedroom is that it’s too small. Trying to move around in my bedroom is difficult – I keep bumping into things. The bed, … Continue reading →

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Building a Storage Unit #2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jim McClain

I really do enjoy building things and remodeling my apartment. But this storage unit has not been much fun. It’s just not glamorous. Ya know what I mean? But I made progress. As I mentioned in my last entry about … Continue reading →

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Building a Storage Unit #1

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Jim McClain

I’m starting a new project. Wait just a darn minute here, you say? That’s right, I’m not so bad with tools. Did I forget to tell you I did flooring for 35 years? Have I not mentioned… well, no, I … Continue reading →

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I Want My Old Body Back

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Jim McClain

My old body could eat junk food on a regular basis because my work installing floor coverings ate up a big portion of the calories I took in. I could stay up past my bedtime too. My after-hours activities ate … Continue reading →

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David Bromstad Brought Me Back To Life

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Jim McClain

Just the way I had spent most of my days the last 3 years, in early May, 2009, I was holed up in my cave of an apartment waiting to die. I was told I had end-stage Emphysema and not … Continue reading →

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Enough With The Anti-CHP Rhetoric

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Jim McClain

In response to so many letters to the editor of Feather Publishing newspapers… Can we finish up with the complaints about our local California Highway Patrol real soon, please? It’s getting tiresome and some of you are sounding like whiners. … Continue reading →

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A Computer Mod is OFF the List

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Jim McClain

More than a year ago – yeah really, that long ago – I wrote What My Other Foot Wants. This was/is my own personal “bucket list” or as I called it, my “other foot list.” Well, things have changed in … Continue reading →

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