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Lowes closing a few stores
"Lowe's Cos Inc is closing 20 of its U.S. locations and eliminating nearly 2,000 jobs, and the home improvement retailer is slashing its store-opening plans to improve profitability." stores being...
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Broken office chair
This posting may be a little difficult to present clearly. I "had" a no-name office chair, at least I did until last Friday evening. This be a gas strut supported swivel chair that is height...
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Emergency power transfer switch wiring question
Hi, I had an electrician tell me today that the installation of my emergency power transfer switch is not to code. This was done by a different electrician about 4 years ago, it is for a generator....
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OT -- work bench light for van
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:j7g08d$tr$ During the last long time power outage I remembered we had an old propane lantern for camping. Coleman makes them. You have to carefully wrap a strangely...
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OT: College is a rip off
Students getting out of college today are facing a pretty bleak future and massive debt as universities raise prices at a rate faster than inflation and any other "service" in our economy. I feel...
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Home many screws to hold a Hoover Vacuum together? (43)
Just spent an hour dismantling an older (~2000) Hoover vacuum, bagless upright type. Removed 43 screws to get it into small enough pieces to put into garbage pail and recycle bin. Kept the actual...
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Vinyl Fence Panel Mounting?
I am preparing to install a vinyl panel fence for a friend and have noticed that the panel mounting brackets seem to make later removal of the 6ftx6ft panel either difficult or impossible. Who designs...
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air compressor oil
My small air compressor got knocked over and the oil in it leaked out. Do i need a special type of oil to refill it? thanks, cj
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duct cleaning
My wife is insisting that we have our ducts cleaned and I am curious as to how this is done. Do the workers snake brushes through the duct work to loosen dust/gunk? How is the debris removed? The...
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tarry goo in bottom of air conditioner housing?
Hi all, still helping a friend get his house in shape... cleaned the A-coil today. Lots of crap came out! Anyway, the housing above the furnace for the indoor portion of the AC looks like it had about...
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OT You want fries with that?
's Cashier Caught on Cell Phone Video Beating Unruly Customers Read more:
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Woodpeckers
I have a woodpecker who has taken a likening to the cedar siding on the house. Any suggestions before he puts TOO big of a hole in the siding.
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Ill. man killed trying to steal power lines
Finally, a headline writer with some guts/balls. No namby-pamby use of the word "allegedly" here. Although the story itself does not say that the man died while trying to steal the power lines - which...
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How do you know if you are dealing with a load-bearing wall?
And even if it is not a load bearing wall, should you still "prop up" the ceiling thereabouts before working on replacing it? Wife and I are considering replacing the wall between the kitchen and...
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skylight covers
We have skylights on the roof of our office building and we like to install covers that can block 100% of the sunlight. Each skylight is 100" x 26" x 2" measured around the edges, and there is a 1"...
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