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CORRECTION: OT If you grow your own food read this.
read "Landowners pollute their soil with Dow chemicals" And there's a very good reason for it: Dow makes the best chemicals. The market has decided....
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Corrugated fiberglass sheet and white transparent corrugated sheet
What is the difference between corrugated fiberglass sheet and white transparent corrugated sheet? Are the specification of the materials same?
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Suspended Shelving Units
After the rain we recently had here in the Chicago area, I have decided that I want to put in the suspended basement shelves that I have intended for many years. I know I could make a set in a variety...
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What is the exact tap & die size for a USA garden hose thread (it's not NH)
From a prior thread, it appears that taps and dies do exist for standard USA garden hose thread; but one needs to know the exact size of the GHT which seems to be an openly held secret. Can we confirm...
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Dishwasher Rack Longevity
I have a question or two about dishwasher racks. We installed an inexpensive ($400) Maytag into an apt kitchen 3.5 years ago. The tenant just moved out and a dozen tines are either gone or split with...
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Vent/Air intake for heater room
I am in the process of closing in (building walls around) a basement heater room. The room will contain 3 gas heating furnaces (80,000 BTU's each) and 3 gas hot water heaters (30 gallons each -- I...
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Right way to wire a generator tranfser switch?
Hi Readers, The installation instructions for the generator transfer switch I want to buy (figure 4 on page 5 of that I'm to leave neatly placed wire nuts as connections inside the circuit breaker...
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Weber barbecue: Regulator prevents full temperature unless you play with main value
The one thing I hate about my 1-year-old Weber grill is that you have to open the main propane valve very carefully or the regulator will kick into some sort of safety or limiter mode and the grill...
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Lightening
If lightening hit my well head, a pipe about 2 feet tall with a cap sticking out of the ground, can it follow the pipe down to the water, come in to the pump and out to my show head and zap me?
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TWo parts in one?
In a Kitchenaid Dishwasher, is it ever the case that the door swtich is part of the same part as the float switch?
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Electric Range Hot Spot
My wife is is the hospital so I have to cook for myself again. Last night I was boiling some water on the electric range and noticed that there was one spot on the outermost spiral of the heating...
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Block mortar
I'm doing some blocks to do a block wall, and some bricks. The components of Portland, sand, lime, etc, I'm sure are cheaper in toto than bags of the mortar mix. However, one has to buy quantities of...
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Whirlpool ad at Costco
Latest ad shows a nice sale on a Whirlpool washer and dryer called the Duet Sport. That's right, Sport. I called SWMBO over to ask what made a laundry pair a Sport model, and got the expected...
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Soundproofing A Condo
Why do your want to soundproof a condom? It you doing the screaming when you have an orgasm, not the condom. Just put some vaseline on it so it dont squeak.
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OT JetBlue flight attendant allegedly fled his plane via emergency chute -- beer in hand
To Go!
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