Archive : October 2014

Big and small wood veneer projects

Veneering is an excellent way for DIYers to work with highly-figured domestic and exotic woods that are too expensive for most of us to purchase as solid boards.  Windsor Plywood, for example, has a selection of hardwood lumber that ...

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Happenings on the November calendar

A new month is upon us. And so another page of the calendar gets torn off and thrown away and now there is a whole new month laid out before us. Let’s have a look at November down through the years. • Do you remember anything s...

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When German is your mother tongue

Often, our most careful English-users claim English as their second language. Horst, who gave no surname, is an example. In July, he wrote: “German was my first language. I took it upon myself  to try to master English the best...

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Two stock market theories

There are two theories associated with stock markets at this time of year — the October Effect and the Halloween Effect. According to the first theory, stocks tend to decline in October, while the second theory postulates a rise in stocks...

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House hunting in a buyers’ market

When WinnipegREALTORS® asked its members at the association’s annual October technology conference and trade show whether a buyers’ market now  existed (e.g., over 4.5 months of inventory), a small majority said that was th...

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Big and small wood veneer projects

Veneering is an excellent way for DIYers to work with highly-figured domestic and exotic woods that are too expensive for most of us to purchase as solid boards.  Windsor Plywood, for example, has a selection of hardwood lumber that ...

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Happenings on the November calendar

A new month is upon us. And so another page of the calendar gets torn off and thrown away and now there is a whole new month laid out before us. Let’s have a look at November down through the years. • Do you remember anything s...

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When German is your mother tongue

Often, our most careful English-users claim English as their second language. Horst, who gave no surname, is an example. In July, he wrote: “German was my first language. I took it upon myself  to try to master English the best...

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