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Growing giant vegetables in Wales
Monster vegetables without having to endure terrible cold winters in Alaska. 200 pound vegetables. Another good video is, 12 fruit trees that thrive in the desert with little care
 
Silkscreening
I know someone who has a silkscreening business for making t-shirts. One of their lights failed and he asked me to look at it. There is an ancient power supply that runs off 240 volts and seems to...
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Use the proper equipment
If you find yourself asking, do I need a ladder, am I to old to stand on this chair or couch? Get the ladder!!!!! Years ago I thought I can stand on the couch to take down Christmas decorations. I...
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.. be careful UP there .
It takes just one little slip-up to change many lives for a long time. John T. Doug Musson and his family have decorated their Spruce Avenue home for more than 30 years and the yearly display...
 
Chargemaster rates..
I suggest that you do a web search for 'chargemaster rates' and read up on it. Here's a web link for a start: What, no comments? No one learned anything about how much we are getting ripped off by the...
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Genie garage door force adustment
The garage door has a 3-5" gap from the floor when closing, the force adjustment has been max to up arrow. Also noticed that placing the arrow in the middle of the adjustment gets the same result of...
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OT. A Cappella Christmas
A bit of Christmas music. Home Free: or And Pentatonix: or Get our holiday album, FULL OF CHEER, on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/FullOfCheeriTunes?...See us perform this song LIVE on TOUR!...
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Water filter light
On my Kenmore refrigerator, the water filter light has been working fine for years. The last time the light turned yellow, I ordered a new filter. And a few weeks later, the filter light turned back...
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Anyone know any tricks to separate 5gal pails stuck together?
You can turn them upside down, hold the bottom bucket with your feet and then spin the top bucket loose like you're unscrewing it off the other bucket. Or, lean on the inner bucket's rim to bend it...
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Power went out - generator kicked on - but only half the house is lit up?
Sounds like you'll need an Electrician to replace your Relay, as only 1-leg of the generator's feed is activating and the other is getting stuck. As far as I know, you can't take them apart to lube...
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Deck again - county screwed me.
We're paying a little over $4,000 now and that is with a senior discount of $500. The split is 18% to the county and 82% to the school district. Compared to surrounding states we are low and down...
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Hot water knob on the bathroom faucet is wonky
Yeah, that's the way to be! I haven't had any failures in my ceramic disc and metal cartridges, so I'm still a big fan of that combination. However, I still have a few shower stems that are old brass...
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Cover Concrete Block Garage Walls
I called in Garage Tech: and never regretted it. I suppose you can do some of that yourself, but their process for the garage floor looked like it required some expertise. If you want to stay with...
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Cities face growing crisis as RVs become homes of last resort
good to see that you are a supporter of the homeless who sleep on sidewalks
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No route has been found for the number you have dialed.
A new message from the telephone, No route has been found for the number you have dialed. No ringing sound, no funny tones, starts immediately after dialing, man's voice.
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