In part 1 I described the “joy” of getting finance for my farmhouse / shop project. Next came the challenges of actually closing on that financing.
The commercial lending department needed an appraisal on the construction project. Since it was new construction the apraisal would bve based on plans, specs, and quotes along [...]

I dearly love my Thinkpad X60. It is light, it is quick, it has a biometric reader, and it is mine (not my employer’s). However, it has one really big drawback - it has only  a 1024×768 screen. My official work computer is a well used Thinkpad T40. The “company” announced I was allotted a [...]