My spousal unit arrived home and promptly showed me the picture taken of the dreaded CHECK ENGINE light on our 2013 Yukon. (The parking brake is set, so that’s not a trouble light, but rather an indicator.) Last time, about… Continue Reading
About a month ago, I posted about the best apple pie, ever… Mountain Fresh Orchards in Edneyville, NC. Apple pie so good, you don’t need ice cream. Well, sad news: Mountain Fresh Orchards store closes for the season on November… Continue Reading
Our electricity goes out often, at least once every 2 to 3 months. All the outages are to be expected, given our location, but Duke Energy has been impressive with response. We’re typically without electric for only a day or… Continue Reading
VirtualLabRats.com started sometime early in the year 2000, nearly twenty years ago as of this writing. I worked a few years as an over-the-road truck driver, between Military Police School in the Army at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, and being a… Continue Reading
The first dog I remember was Toby. He was a doberman pincher, I was about 3 years old. My father trained him with what I now believe to have been the Koehler method. For those not familiar, it’s a dominance-based… Continue Reading