I’m in a never-ending battle with basement and garage storage. I hate clutter and stuff lying around on the floor. You know the drill, a…
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I’ve got a secret. Well, not really a secret, but more like a discovery. I found this room in my house. It was kinda like…
By Marty
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The DIY Cat Tower Get the plans Help support the site I’ll buy each of you a beer (no tip) $10.00 USDI’ll buy one of…
By Marty
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Ahhh… the big game is coming soon. Who’s it gonna be? The Tigers vs. the Sabres? I don’t care. Those aren’t even football teams. I…
By Marty
Strapped for ideas for Father’s Day? Don’t worry, dadand’s got ya. STIHL Dynamic BT Hearing Protection Thanks to STIHL, I no longer have to cram…
By Pete
It’s been a wet, mushy winter and I finally got sick of my socks getting wet/snowy/muddy when I take off my boots, so I ran…
By Pete
Ever think, “Hmmm, did we close the garage door”? I have. But with the myQ® Smart Garage Hub, I can open / close / check…
By Pete
Logan at Fuse Reels contacted us and asked if he could send us his Fuse Reel Side Winder to try out. He said if we…
By Pete
Disclaimer: the fine folks at Nikko R/C sent us their un-released Turbo Panther 60th Anniversary Edition to try out, so we did. The TLDR version of…
By Pete
It’s that time of year again. When you ask Dad what he’d like for Father’s Day repeatedly. Here are our choices, all better than a…
By Marty
We’re making a list, we’re checking it once, we don’t care if you’re smart or a dunce, dadand dudes are makiiiiing a list (and a…
By Pete
This is a sponsored post. I was a scout at one time. Not the “talent” kind-of-scout, but the uniform-wearing-help-old-ladies-across-the-street kind of scout. I took away…
By Marty
Somewhere around the seventh or eighth grade, I learned to sew. It was part of an art class. It was one of two things I…
By Marty
Don’t skimp on gifts for your dad. He drove you places and he taught you things. Remember the time he somehow fit three 3-wheelers in…
By Pete
The Rock Band Guitar Whammy Bar Fix. I broke down and bought Rock Band 2 and the instruments off of Craigslist for my 10-year-old. The ad…
By Pete
When one gets to the point that they have all the stuff they need, holiday gifts become harder to find. But the holidays are for…
By Marty
Many of you know that Pete and I have been friends for a long time. Since second grade, in fact. While we met in Florida,…
By Marty
I’m writing this as I prepare for another weekend of camping with my family—this time we’ll be tent camping at the Boy Scout camp, so…
By Marty
I’ve spent 3 years taming the overgrown, neglected 2-acre lot that came with my house using Fiskars (pronounced “Fis-Cars”) machetes and loppers. I’m a damn pro. I…
By Pete
I always love getting into those “first car” conversations with people. “I had a 67 blah-blah-blah with a 289 and three-on-the-tree…” or “It was a…
By Marty
Here at dadand HQ the school supply lists are starting to trickle in. That got us thinking that we should make some kind of list…
By Pete
Some of you might know I rehabbed a little popup camper. I got it for a song. Well, not literally, but if it was a…
By Marty
It was the summer of 1985. I was working with my dad to enclose our porch and make a “Florida Room” as they call it…
By Marty
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