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OT: Senior try to change a password
Hi All, A friend sent me a funny: -T WINDOWS: Please enter your new password. USER: cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters. USER: boiled cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the...
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Confused by Comcast "fees" & Samsung SX022ANM
I'm confused by Comcast Comcast "Broadcast TV Fee" of $6.50 and the "Regional Sports Fee" of $4.50 and the Samsung SX022ANM "thing". I'm trying to help someone else who is in an apartment and moving...
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Plumbers & Super Bowl
What's a Super Bowl , some new kind of toilet ? And FWIW , I not only have a quarter turn valve on the WH , but there's one for a main line cutoff right by the house and a pair that turn off the...
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Worm like thing growing from my wall
Can anyone tell me what this is. I was cleaning my bathroom. And came across this being my toilet in the corner. https://www.homeownershub.com/img/8m
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OT - homeowner tips from Uncle Rob
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Not huckleberries but how to peel boiled chestnuts at home?
How best to peel boiled chestnuts? The grandkids love boiled chestnuts, so I boil them for about 45 minutes, but for the life of me, I can't "easily" get that darn peel & underlying skin off. Is there...
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Larson new elegance security door
I had a Larson storm door with 3-point locking system installed about 1 1/2 years ago. The bottom latch stopped retracting without warning and therefore door cannot be opened I wonder if anybody had...
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Move washer/dryer to other side of wall
Whack out the suggested dyi steps then cut uot a sizeable part of carpet an d replace with nice tile and new edging or lay down some easy linolium. A p ro would knock this out same day. I would be 2...
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Juniper wood
... no, bury it and let the fungi/worms have it. we don't burn much at all (neither of us have much tolerance for smoke of any kind) and eventually broken down wood makes the best garden soil. or use...
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OT: Paper V8 working engine
This model is almost completely made of paper (except some scotch tape on valves to eliminate friction) and runs on compressed air. LxWxH: 32 x 24 x 27 mm Shafts diameter: 1 mm Piston stroke: 6 mm...
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Bathroom window
That would depend on who made the window. NAMI is a certification, not the maker of windows. National Accreditation & Management Institute, Inc. = NAMI
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Blocked cold water 1/2 " copper pipe
posted for all of us... Yes
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Paint for sectional garage door
The paint on my garage door has become faint so I'd like to re-paint it. Because I live in a condo development, all garage doors must be the same color. What is the "standard" brown color for garage...
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[FoxNews]A small town's sudden power surge fried tech gear in hundreds of homes
This thread reminds me of a surge protector question I have. I have a Tripp-LIte surge protector It has two "filter banks": one marked (50db) and the other (75db). What do those number mean? Different...
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Electric cord repair
Other than for underground wiring connections, which are about like a skinny cigar tube and have clamping screws and silicone gel to weatherproof them, I don't recall seeing butt connectors rated for...
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