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Old Wood
I bought this house last summer and there was a picket fence panel lying on the ground for over two years. How do you judge its reliability (mildew, rot, other biohazards) and how it can be restored?...
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Lost my part time job
After I retired, I wanted to keep a little busy so I found a part time job. It was with a Boeing subcontractor and it was perfect. I'd go in for just a couple of hours a day. My job was to put the...
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Knots
Ever wish you could tie the appropriate knot when you need it? how to tie 196 different knots, including 5 (not just 4) for a necktie) and 3 for shoelaces, and 2 for a surgeon. Learn surgery in your...
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Damage to the plane
If a passenger is not wearing his seatbelt when the Seatbelt Light is on, and the plane does a nosedive, and he or she goes up to the top of the passenger compartment, bashes it with his head, etc....
 
Betty Crocker Cupcake Icing
I bought a can of Betty Crocker Cupcake Icing chocolate. Impatient people can skip the story and go stright to the amazing part** It was 54.99, marked down to 2.49. Usually the half-price stuff looks...
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WWWW - What's with windshield wipers
WWWW What's with windshield wipers. The last time I bought them they had the normal kind, with metal brackets that pushed the rubber against the window, and they had one-piece curved rubber with a...
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OT where has it gotten us?
I was at the Ugvar-Hazy museum, near Dulles Airport, part of the Air & Space Museum today, and I saw a plane that was like the plane that George HW Bush flew in WW2. Eventually he was shot down but...
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Did you ever make this mistake - wiper blades
This is my problem, in a nutshell... <> <> <>Need to replace the 96 toyota 4runner base 2wd rear window wiper. I can't get it at Costco (even though they're on sale right now) because the shortest...
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Thermostat screw up
My thermostat for the AC/heat pump is a bit more complex than the Honeywell, etc for heat only. You have to select some equipment in the settings that I've never had to touch since the house was new....
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Where can this soft silicone kitchen utensil be bought?
The kitchen needs a new one... Good Cook brand it seems. Where can this soft silicone kitchen utensil be bought? goodcook — Postimages
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Maybe working?
Had issues connecting to blocknews on this computer so tried eternal=september. Worked on the other group that I could not get
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OT auto - catalytic converter
My 8 year old Kia 170 k km 4 cyl. gas auto has started to behave very sluggish on acceleration and hills. No check engine light ; no mis-fire ; no smoke ; noleaks ; starts & idles fine ; Fuel economy...
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Do you have one of those television things?
Many inventions were deemed toys and future failures of no interest. Telephone, internet, automobile. In 1939 the New York Times stressed that "TV will never be a serious competitor for radio because...
 
How strange. Fields may be mssing.
That's not my problem, it's theirs, and they've never said anything to me about it. I guess they're flexible enough to give my car to someone else if I've taken someone else's car. But yes, since I'm...
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Chicken coupe, small yard
Anyone ever built one? I'm thinking just 2-3 chickens and would need to sell them back at winter or heat the coupe in winter somehow.
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