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First Air Condioner, Kinda, Sortof
The first attempt at White House air conditioning was after President James Garfield was shot. Engineers rigged up a system with a fan blowing air through some wet cotton screens. <>
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Cellulose Over Vent Fan Housing?
I replaced the vent fan in my upstairs bathroom. When doing so, the blown in cellulose was moved. After installation, should I cover the vent housing with cellulose from the attic, or leave it exposed...
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3 years ago
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OT Southwest and postponed flights
OT but not politics Last year I made a plane reservation to see my brother in Florida. Southwest. After I canceled it they said I had a year to use the money. IIRC, not all the airlines make it that...
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Texas power
A few years ago Texas was talking about leaving the US. Maybe we should have let them. They wanted their own power grid to stay away from the Federal regulations. Now I don't really understand all the...
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Floor lamp light fitting part wanted
My wife just brought home a torchere lamp. She says something about the bowl coming off in the taxi on the way home. i am trying to figure out what, if anything broke? The glass bowl secures to the...
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3 years ago
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OT School discourages entrepreneurship
You would think a school would encourage student to do more, learn business techniques and get ahead in life. No, this school not only stopped the kid from conducting business but even involved the...
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3 years ago
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Dangerous bassinet?
This is from 2 years ago. It doesn't say what about them is dangerous. Does anyone know? Aren't some things that recalled still fully usable if the owner makes a change or two? If so, it would help to...
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3 years ago
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I don't want to
A few days ago, the governor of Florida iirc declared that state or government flags should be lowered to half-mast for the death of ... guess... Rush Limbaugh Amazing in the first place. And Palm...
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3 years ago
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OT - minimum wage
Google tells us this: "The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing federal minimum wage or less declined from 2.7 percent in 2016 to 2.3 percent in 2017. This remains well below the...
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3 years ago
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Troy-Bilt TB146 EC cultivator gas tank hoses
Both the yellow (larger) and the greenish blue (smaller) Troy-Bilt TB146 EC cultivator gas hoses crumbled when I took it out of storage. bought hoses at Home Depot but how do they connect to the gas...
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3 years ago
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The other side of the corona coin, sort of
The other side of the coin, sort of. I found it got boring about 1/3 or 1/2 of the way through, but the comments were good again. (Scrolling to the bottom almost always makes the comments appear after...
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I wish I were at CPAC
A CPAC, "a golden statue of 'Donald Trump' and booing when attendees asked to wear masks".
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3 years ago
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OT Why $7.50 is enough
OT Why $7.50 is enough "Republican Senator John Thune has rejected an effort from congressional Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15, pointing to his $6 or less hourly...
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why frozen gas
Somone on NPR's Morning Edition excplained that the water in natural gas is removed by the gas companies in the north, so thta it won't freeze, but they didn't do that in Texas, so it did freeze. I...
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OT. Muscles Move Barn
A Bruno, Nebraska, farmer needed to move his barn. He couldn't afford to hire so his son suggested making hand holds so people could grab on and just carry it. <> About 4,000 people watched about 350...
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3 years ago
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