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OT HIghway Patrol cars
OT HIghway Patrol cars This is especially directed at my fellow old codgers, but anyone can join in. I've been watching reruns of Highway Patrol with Broderick Crawford for the past few months. I...
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Comic for the group
a persistent link- if you click tomorrow you will have to back up a day) Reminds me of my childhood. Lock up the power tools? Whatever for? Baby Blues | Comics and Games - seattlepi.com
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Another thing I never knew the name of...
Did you? Methinks they might better be called "sex-change bolts" Sex bolts & Mating screws - Bolt Depot
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Condensate pump pan?
Does anyone know if there is a pan made to fit under a typical HVAC condensate pump? I have a condensate pump in the basement for the furnace and AC that pumps the water outside. I'd like to put a pan...
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check valve
Thanks to information from this group, I had installed a gravity powered recirculating loop in my hot water line, with a brass check valve (flapper type) to prevent backflow. It worked very well for...
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dimmer on grinder
I am building a billiard ball polisher. All it takes is some type of motor that will turn a turntable covered with carpet. Google how to build a billiard ball polisher. I have an old right angle 7"...
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OT: Loud noise in the woods....
Went for a walk with my daughter in the nature preserve near our home, looking at wild flowers and hoping for some morel mushrooms. Nice path along the creek, gorgeous day, quiet woods, and suddenly...
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worm drive saws
I just noticed something new to me, while looking at circular saws on E-Bay I noticed that all worm drive saws(71/4) the blade is on the left side while on regular circular saws it is on the right. So...
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Pitfalls of a diy electric water heater?
Apropos of the recent thread on tankless heaters, is a diy tank-type electric water heater feasible? 100 gal or so propane tank? Might have to epoxy paint the inside or sumpn. 'course, a little rust...
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Two Input Power Strip? (for transfer switch between two A/C sources)
Is there a simple power strip that has two male plug-in cords instead of one, with a switch controlling which cord connects to the female outlets on the strip? It's needed for quickly switching some...
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metal electric outlet box cover
I am remodeling my kitchen and am planning on putting in a in-floor heating mat with a programmable thermostat. The instructions for the mat said to install a 4" square outlet box and run condit down...
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Need Help Re Pipe Connection
I have plastic water piping. I have an outside freeze-proof faucet connected to this piping that I want to replace. Wouldn't you know that the male end of the metal faucet threads into the female...
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OT With three wives, why was his place so messy?
OT With three wives, why was his place so messy? It looked like a college dorm. Not just in the video the SEALS took but in his own vide. The power strip was on the floor in *front* of the little tv....
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Wood preservative for in-ground & near in-ground use
The local borg used to sell a jug of green copper-based fence post preservative that smelled nasty but seemed to do a good job of preventing rot on fence posts. I went to HD tonight and in my area...
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Cause of blue stain in toilet? Iodine?
I haven't cleaned my toilet bowl in about 2 months and I'm seeing this blue trail of a stain running out from the large jet in bottom of the bowl. I've never seen it before (and I've gone a lot longer...
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