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Solar terms
I am researching how to install Solar on my roof DIY mode. I called our local power company and talked to the rep that handles the setup and approval of residential Solar installations including the...
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Cap screws vs, machiner screws; thread size
Cap screws (allen head) vs, machine screws; thread size. If I want to replace a cap screw, must I use a cap screw? I have one of those DIY screw seletions and it's usually enough but this time, 6-32 x...
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need help about led strip lights
I recently received a call asking if I received the wrong product. Because I have bought some led strips from the online store, but I have received more strips, that is more than I actually bought, I...
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outstanding short video
This is all fairly good but outstanding. Waitresses setting a table. I'll tack on th enext one because it's a favorite topic of mine. What's really going on, I'm not sure, but some of these times the...
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OT: Wimpy watersports
What's the obsession with keeping warm when surfing or other watersports? A bit of shivering won't hurt you. If you're cacooned in a wimpsuit, you're not really in the water and aren't enjoying nature...
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Downingtown Raceway?
Whatever happened to the Downingtown Raceway? Or do I have the name wrong? Or the state. Closest I can find now is the Chester County Raceway, which is for go-carts. ' If it's closed, I'd expect at...
 
OT. Shark "Negative Encounter" was Shark "Attack"
Sharks have feelings too, apparently. <> Officials in Australia are rebranding shark Officials in Australia are rebranding shark
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Old Is New. Turntable
A company is marketing a turntable to turn cars around in a house's driveway. <> Memory tells me railroads used them for their locomotives long ago. This turntable driveway can turn your car around...
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Going back to work after working from home for over a year.
"Upon his post-pandemic return to the office 10 days ago, a senior editor at the Washington Post Tweeted this breaking news: "16-month-old pretzels taste pretty much like new ones." "
 
OT: Allow mobile phones when driving? Or ban the disabled from driving?
Using a mobile phone when driving is the same as a one armed disabled man talking to his wife as a passenger. Should we ban disabled drivers? Or perhaps be more sensible about phones?
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poison ivy
How long does it take for a dead poison ivy vine to become inactive ? About 10 years ago I noticed a poison ivy (maybe oak) vine about an inch in diameter growing up the side of a ceder tree that was...
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Grinding sound from Lennox Furnace
We were on vacation for a week and came home to an awful grinding sound coming from our Lennox central air system. Does anyone have any idea what this might be or how we can fix it ourselves?
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OT. Park Your Chevy Bolt Outside
Fire danger.    Tesla has its share of problems. Losing a roof would be an experience. ...
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Tapping into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak
and video at the url. Tapping into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak In a once unimagined accomplishment, electrodes implanted in the man?s brain transmit signals to a computer that displays his...
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In-window A/C Unit and Current Draw
My daughter wants to install a window type A/C in two different rooms in her home. She has no idea if the units she's looking at, which draw 4.9 amps (115v), would overload any particular circuit....
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