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OT: Polishing Your Resume
What you did: Changed a light bulb What your resume says: Single-handedly managed the successful upgrade and deployment of a new environmental illumination system with zero cost overruns and zero...
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container ships
On those container ships, like the one stuck in the Suez Canal, do they ship anything below decks anymore? What do they do with all the space? Is the deck at the same height as the top of the hull or...
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Channellock
Channellock - Wikipedia
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Roundup and GM crops being reduced in Mexico
<> GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.
 
Minor Mystery
We had a power outage here last Friday that lasted about 19 hours. (It was caused by a wind storm blowing a large tree into power lines a few blocks away). I happen to have four 100 Ah LiFePO4 12v...
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OT. Ever Given Floats. Suez Canal Open
<> A super moon helped. THE mega-ship blocking the Suez Canal has FINALLY been refloated and moved down the channel thanks to a supermoon.Officials said that rescuers have su THE mega-ship blocking...
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Took off existing tile to repair leak and when the existing tiles were out back, I do not have enough tiles
As above
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Five myths about poverty
Even if you are not convinced of all these, they are certainly something to think about. Five myths about poverty I see flaws: "And what about rising from rags to riches? In the United States, 1 in 25...
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How much electricity do these things use when not in use?
I'd appreciate it any replies went to all three groups that this is posted to so I don't have to read all three to see all the replies. When I started in Usenet, that was considered the proper way....
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Seat belts on school buses?
With all this talk about gov't. job is to keep us safe (mask mandate, auto crash standards, vaping prohibitions, for instance), I've always wondered why seat belts aren't required on school buses....
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magnet to remove nails in walls
Have an old house, circu 1880's, when then or later canvas was hung in rooms and wall paper hung on canvas. The canvas was nailed to the walls of the room & nails are very difficult to remove. Help!...
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the Dejoy act
A group of House Democrats on Friday introduced legislation to prohibit the Postal Service from lengthening mail-delivery windows and require it to adhere to present service expectations. They named...
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02 sensor and better gas mileage
In on Sat, 03 Apr 2021 02:07:24 -0400, "Steve W." <> wrote: I did buy a code reader last year that would read the live data, but what I should look for has been mostly a mystery since then, until the...
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Amazon sellls everything!
Amazon sellls everything! the price without insurance, $2074. But you save 5% if you sign up for Amazon Prime. Note that they take insurance. And that it does require a prescription.
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Storing a walk-behind leaf blower
Has anyone had success with storing a walk-behind leaf blower by hanging it on a wall? The darn thing takes up floorspace in the shed for 3 seasons and wondering if I can find some heavy duty brackets...
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