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No cash accepted
Clear glas must be clear. When our town started recycling at the dump they has a container for clear, another for colored. One colored bottle would contaminate a big container of clear. There was...
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why is my mobile home furnace kicks on even though the thermostat is set to low and the cool/heat switch st to off
my blower runs all the time and the furnace kicks on even though the thermostat is set to low and switch set to off
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Wall switch won't turn off bathroom ceiling fan
Replace the switch.
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Flame Weeding: Why Not Burn Them Until They're Gone?
... nobody eats them or are they inedible to people? mow them repeatedly. they'll go away. smother them also would likely work. clear plastic over them, if the area gets any sun that would likely fry...
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Solution found to electrical smell in the air
A while back I mentioned something about an issue where I could smell something electrical in the air. It was discussed as maybe being ozone in the air or something wrong with the wiring. We could...
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Wave tower and 'portable' air purifier
I have had both the installed Wave system (the tower) and the stand-alone air purifier since last August (2016). Since that time I have developed mildew on basement furniture, a prevailing odor of cat...
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tile grout, is it hard enough to stand up to the weather?
later this year i may have several pallets of old bags of grout (for free) that i can use to fill in some erosion or along the edge of the drive. i'm curious if it will be hard enough to stand up to...
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Weird stuff on my yard
Have some things on my yard that I am not sure what it is. I have gone to two garden shops and got two mutually exclusive responses. After rains the last couple of weeks, I have a cottony cover on my...
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1st electricity-free AC developed from recycled bottles!
In a lot of places around the world people don't have access to some of the luxuries we take for granted: electricity, internet, running water, or even regular supplies of food and clean water. Add to...
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Patching bare spots in the yard for Dummies
What about the other kind of grass .. how about a post to grow-your-own - marijuana - all of Canada will be freely growing it next year ! John T.
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Water heater t&p
A guy from our city gas told my wife this T&P line needs to go down. I just need to run it directly to where it enters the wall, without going up, correct? Also, the other photo shows where the line...
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Aluminum Corrosion
Does anyone have first hand, personal experience removing and neutralizing corrosion on cast aluminum? I was given a never used, 3 year old pressure washer, 3k psi, 190cc (6hp) Honda engine. The unit...
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Garbage Disposal Seizes Up
Yep. When I had my first disposal installed, the contractor went for an Insinkerator base model. It was pretty loud and only lasted 4 or 5 years before leaking. I went and bought another Insinkerator...
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apple tree etc...
imagine that, she included some famous and inspiring women and their quotes, not to mention the plethora of images to choose from. it's almost like writing a history of baseball and...
 
OT: Jet engine thrust kills woman
Figured this was bound to happen. I always wanted to get to St Martin to see this. The end of the airport is almost on the beach, people wait there to experience jets, including big ones, landing...
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