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Spray paint lost all it's gloss
I spray painted some tractor parts (using an aerosol can). This matching color tractor paint tends to take several days to fully dry. In the hot summer it dried a little faster from the hot air an sun...
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Health Risks from PEX and other Plastic Pipes
Here are several of many web links that say PEX and other plastic pipes are not healthy, impart a foul taste to water, and has other issues. At the same time, it appears that the actual risks are not...
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MyPillow gets a rude awakening with $1 million suit settlement
MyPillow, the Chaska-based pillow manufacturer, will pay $1 million in civil penalties following a deceptive ad case brought by prosecutors in 10 California counties. The company may no longer promote...
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Plumbing KILLS !!!
The real truth about plumbing, is this: Plumbing KILLS !!! All types of plumbing used in the past, and currently in use, can and will damage your health and eventually kill you. At one time, Lead...
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Half a House
This site talks about the unseen in our world. It focuses on design and architecture. The article here starts off talking about the 2010 earthquake in Chile. It shows the housing brought in to give...
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OT: Be careful what you eat before surgery
In a welcome break from politics, The drapes even caught fire!!! An operating room snafu out of Japan is generating headlines because of its bizarre nature: It seems a patient's fart ignited a fire...
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Inexpensive replacement for these garage flourescent lights?
What do you think, honestly, of this idea? Costco has supposedly "universal" LED replacement tubes: The price is currently $7.70 per tube: So I bought 16 of these reputedly "universal" LED tubes: At...
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Robot could build much of your next house
Per Oren: Back in the mainframe days, we used to joke about media treatments of "Artificial Intelligence" - calling it "Artificial Stupidity". Looks to me like The Real Deal is here - and I would...
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clearing clogged sink drain
A bathroom sink drain is clogged almost 100%. I used a basic snake attached to my drill. It goes down 5' and stops. I opened the hatch in the ceiling of the closet below. There is a sideways T fitting...
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Ford V-8 story
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Charter spectrum home phone
Any single-line touch-tone corded POTS phone should work.
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Leaking kitchen faucet
My Peerless dual-sink kitchen faucet is leaking where the spout attaches to the base and knobs and swings back and forth between sinks and sink areas. It's probably impossible or requires removal of...
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Does your Coffin have a Lifetime Warranty?
Does your Coffin have a Lifetime Warranty? Are there any exemptions or limitations in this warranty?
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How long do LED shop/ceiling lights really last at full output anyway?
How long do LED shop/ceiling lights really last at full output anyway? In another thread, the topic came up that LED lights may not last as long nor as bright as claimed on the package: Lights of...
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OT car rental rates at airport
OT car rental rates at airport It's almost always more expensive to rent a car a the airport (or to return it there) right? In practice, does that mean the higher rate continues as long as one keeps...
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