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Anyone make a grill cover that will last more than 1 season?
Subject says it all. I've tried several brands of "premium" covers for my weber gas grill. Include Weber brand and whatever brookstone sells, plus some others. The best so far is some type of cloth...
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OT: Thought for the day
Grey's Law "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
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Don't buy used GM cars - no warranty anymore
Here's another aspect of the shocking way our corrupt politicians helped "save" GM: reason not to buy new ones, either, just to punish them. And "fire" all incumbents, next election.
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Tilex: does it lose its power after time?
I applied a good amount to a mildew situation in the shower. The next day -- nada. The Tilex WAS a few years old. I guess it pays to buy it in small quantities. What's a fairly safe way to dispose of...
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Ball Valve Replacement For House Water ?
Hello, Have a valve inside of the house which is used as a shut-off valve to an outside hose connection. Has to be replaced. It's on a regular 1/2 Cu house water line. Valve is therefore usually all...
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shed load bearing wall and floor joist layout question
Posted over in rec.woodworking, just pasting URL here. Could use your help please.
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Double sheetrock roof decking?
I saw the strangest thing today and I can't believe it is true. Apparently, I own a property that has a flat "hot tar" roof over multiple layers of "tar paper"(?) -- and the roof decking under under...
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Basement water proofing
Has anyone used this product? too good to be true, any comments, good or bad? John SANI-TRED is a proprietary do-it-yourself basement waterproofing product that has a variety of uses. Find out how...
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drill attachment
I have some wooden banister rods, the ends of which I want to grind down to a half sphere. Is there an attachment for a power drill which will give me a half sphere? What is this tool called and where...
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OT: Republican Liberty Caucus
Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus! At: will find a list of objections to renewing the hysterically- generated Patriot Act (which President Wuss has apparently decided to continue). Any...
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Touch-up basement walls
I belong to a little brick bungalow in the midwest US, built in 1954, poured-concrete foundation. There were some minor problems with water in the basement many years ago. With a sump pump installed,...
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HF single speed -or- variable speed multi-tool?
Any thoughts on which to buy? I got the single speed - 20K oscillations -- last week for $20 and added $20 in accessories. This week, the variable speed version is $40 with about those same $20 in...
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Help: Sun, furniture, and marital discord!
We have a nice Wells Fargo desk which fades in the sun. Our scientist friend has said that after 5 PM, infrared rays are not strong. So I raised the shade to the west at 6 PM. My wife argues that, if...
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OT: James Hansen on oil shale
Hansen, NASA's leading climate scientist, laid out the scenario for global warming before Congress thirty years ago. Big Oil and other major polluters pressured Congress and successive Administrations...
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Anchoring an existing shed to a concrete slab
I've got an existing 10'x12' shed sitting on a 4" thick slab of slightly larger dimensions. I'd like to anchor the shed to the slab without moving or raising the shed. The shed sits on several columns...
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