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Marvin Windows is using an unusual medium to advertise its fiberglass windows: humorous videos on the company’s website.
Marvin Windows & Doors began marketing fiberglass windows just as the Internet was taking off. While the Web became ubiquitous over the last decade, fiberglass windows haven’t gained a substantial market share.
Now the company [...]
Joan Dawes is now 72 years old and lives in Santa Rosa, not far from her children and grandchildren and, as of a few days ago, not far at all from a 50-year-old fiberglass sports car that brings back a whole welter of memories, a remembrance of the heady days when Dawes and her husband, Les, were building hundreds of these automobiles.
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One of the easiest ways to make your home look better is to replace the entry door system.
An enhanced entryway can add as much as $24,000 to a home’s perceived value — about five times the cost. Few other upgrades deliver this kind of return.
Busy homeowners want the beauty of real wood but not the [...]
The Associated Press
9:11 PM EDT, July 8, 2008
OCEAN CITY – Maryland Natural Resources police have charged the operator of a boat that crashed into the Ocean City Expressway bridge, sending 10 people into the water, with operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol.
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Fiberglass Goat Stolen
Business owners in Hendersonville say someone stole a fiberglass goat from a downtown art installation. The goat, called “Miss Connie Mara,” disappeared sometime last week. It was part of an art display called “Kidding Around” that includes 15 painted fiberglass goats. “Miss Connie Mara” is worth over a thousand dollars. It is actually the second goat to be taken from downtown. Police caught the thieves who took the first one at a traffic light with the art in the back of their car. The artist who painted that goat is touching it up so it can be returned to the street. People in Hendersonville say they hope “Miss Connie Mara” has the same fate.
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Stitch and glue building is the name given to boat building using plywood sheets held together by copper wire, string, cable ties, or some other method. The joint is then glassed over – on larger boats the copper wire may be left in, but on smaller craft it is usually cut out. An epoxy fillet joint is usually made on the inside of the joint on smaller boats, and the outside is taped over with fiberglass tape. On larger boats both sides of the joint are usually coated with fiberglass tape epoxied over the joint. The method provides for a very strong joint without the need to cut chine logs or other difficult to shape rabbets.
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(7/07/2008) By Colin Murphy – When college years are over for most baseball players, it is time to hang up the glove and put away the spikes–or maybe join a softball league. That is not true for a local group of guys playing for the A–1 Fiberglass Tigers.
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“The Cowboy,” the biggest, toughest in South Jersey, has turned the heads of passersby on Route 40 for three decades. He stands tall, and has weathered snowstorms and extreme heat.
“He’s probably a little bit tired,” said Grant Harris, Cowtown Rodeo’s owner. “He’s only been standing there about 35 years.”
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One person recovers from burns suffered in a boat fire on Shelburne Bay.
It happened Monday afternoon just off shore from the Lake Champlain Yacht Club.
Firefighters say two people were on board when the fire started in the engine and spread quickly. Both people made it to shore, one was taken to a nearby hospital.
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By GENE AUSTIN
McClatchy Newspapers
Published on: 07/03/08
Q: I have a wood deck that I have stained twice in six years with semi-transparent stain. The second time was a disaster, and the stain is peeling and chipping. Both times I cleaned and power washed the deck before staining. I can’t remember the brand of stain I used. What could cause this, and do I need to strip the deck before staining again?
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