Other Repair Work – The Haps With Herb

“There Has Been A Critical Error On This Website” – NaBloPoMo #8

November 9, 2023 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23287 – 1172 Here’s the haps: The other day I was extolling the virtues of being self-hosted and I still think it’s best for me, but sometimes you hit something that is a mind-bogglingly annoying challenge. Earlier today (I’m writing Continue Reading[...]

Nonce Nonsense – Timeout!

June 13, 2022 Herb 47

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22773 – 987 Here’s the haps: I am getting some pictures ready from our campout but I need to find out a little unrelated info from you all, dear Readers, if you please. I was just informed by one of Continue Reading[...]

Blogging Is As Easy As Falling Off A Ladder

December 9, 2021 Herb 25

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22587 – 900 Here’s the haps: First, F.Y.I. there are a couple of updates about my daughter-in-law’s status from my son over at Brother’s Campfire. There is still a long row to hoe but the last couple of posts were Continue Reading[...]

I Had A Screw Loose But It’s Gone Completely Now

March 2, 2021 Herb 36

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22306 – 790: Here’s the haps: Sometimes the littlest things can be the most annoying. The grain of sand in your shoe or your sock slides down into your shoe or you go to the store and get home only Continue Reading[...]

Minor Plumbing Update and Please Don’t Feed The Animals

November 24, 2020 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22208 – 763: Well, the guy came and ran his scope down the pipe and there were the mud and sand. The pipe is collapsed. We’re built on a solid slab with no crawl space. What this means is Continue Reading[...]

Plumb Philosophical or The Philosophical Plumber

November 22, 2020 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22206 – 761: Here’s the haps: For the last couple of days my wife has been unable to do the laundry because when the tub would empty the drain would back up and overflow. In the past a thing Continue Reading[...]

A Gate Of A Fence or Offense

September 21, 2020 Herb 12

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22143 – 715: A couple days ago I posted the meme about a fence and right after that, we had a real incident about a fence. Our neighborhood is at the top of a hill and ours was one Continue Reading[...]

Computers: A Love/Hate Relationship

September 5, 2020 Herb 18

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22128-699: Well, there will not be much of a post tonight. My wife’s computer has stopped recognizing that it has a hard drive. This will take some time and attention. Sorry. Thanks for taking the time to drop by, Continue Reading[...]

Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

August 3, 2020 Herb 24

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22095-665: Quite some time ago it was brought to my attention that people said they liked my blog but were having difficulty commenting using the WordPress Reader. I loosened up a bunch of settings and thought I had fixed Continue Reading[...]

Arrgghh – Plumbing

July 3, 2020 Herb 12

I had a post prepared, I thought, but as I went through and re-read it, there were several points I wanted to make clearer. While I was pondering on how to do the rewrite my wife said, “I think the floor looks Continue Reading[...]

Security – Shmecurity

January 28, 2020 Herb 6

Well, not really. Security is a real pain, though. Some users on one of the sites I administer, Brothers Campfire, were having trouble with Google Chrome because his web address started with http: instead of https: and I had to find a Continue Reading[...]

A Flowery Fiendish Conspiracy

February 20, 2017 Herb 6

Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings and Flower Children, I have written about many things on this blog in times past; politics, religion, personal, emotional and spiritual matters and a lot more. But I have discovered a conspiracy that is profoundly evil Continue Reading[...]