The back yard has patios at the rear doors and a nice size quiet back yard.

Open a teak patio furniture store.

One of the board members is retired and has nothing better to do than to walk up and down several times a day with his clip board, making notations about every little thing, then calling the Management Comp to fine the owner for such things as : too many flower pots on the patio/balconey, anyone who has decorated their front entrance with holiday decorations such as hearts on valentines day, bunny rabbits on easter, Christmas lights are out of the question.

But over time, paint build up, wood wears down, and plastic seals wear out and rain started getting in.

It's sitting in there not even hooked up, still with the protective plastic on it, so it's impossible for anyone to use it.

Doors open with knowledge.I agree with Bryan, you can't get stuck in the world of academia, but learning is a life long goal in any industry, if you were in plastics, the process and dyes would keep changing and you'd need to stay current.

One thing that works great is using a wall paper steamer (can be bought at Home Depot for less then $100) in combination with the paper tiger thingy mentioned and one of those flat plastic scraper things (can't recall the name).

-Commercial construction firm-Property Management Company-Engineering firm-CRE lender-Health care services-Plastic surgeonI like most of your ideas.

They finally ran a camera and found a plastic cleanout cover was stuck in it and finally got it with a claw on a rodding tool.

The WM-PC plastic water meter is only $55 for 1/2" and $69 for 3/4" and the WM-NLC lead free brass meter is only $100 for 1/2" and $112 for 3/4".