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emergency Roadside Assistance app alternative ?
opinions on this service, please [my toyota roadside service is free for 2 years, so i will be exploring my options, after the 2 yrs] Now there's an app that connects users with the quickest and...
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8 years ago
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Electric Blanket Problem Solved
I bought an electric blanket, used it for 2 months and it stopped heating up. I swapped controllers with another of the same blanket and isolated the problem to the controller. I opened it up, didn't...
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8 years ago
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Snow Blower Seems To Have Lost Power ?
12 HP Honda single - BCS walkbehind, single-stage snowblower attachment. Crude as it is, this thing has always been something of a beast.... chewing it's way through all kinds of stuff. Had it out for...
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8 years ago
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My Snow Shoveling Solution For The Deck
After 25+ years of shoveling my deck by either forcing the snow through the railings or lifting it over, I finally decided that I was getting too old for that. The deck is 6' feet above the yard and...
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8 years ago
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Chimney Inspection
My condo association requires a chimney inspection every two years. The bus iness managers say the inspector need have no certification nor licensure. At a minimum, I want whoever does this to check...
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8 years ago
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Jonas storm south east USA, hope everyone is okay
Sounds really bad. Hope everyone is okay. 5:28 p.m. EST: Power outages are starting to increase rapidly in North Carolina, where about 104,000 customers are now without power according to a survey of...
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8 years ago
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Electrical Safety Quiz
* Electrical Safety Quiz * You're unplugging an electrical cord, when suddenly one of the prongs breaks off inside the outlet. What would you do? (Select one or more below): ---- 1. Panic and run out...
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8 years ago
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(OT) WTF is this?
They keep putting these extremely retarded commericals on TV for "Candy Crush". Apparently they are some sort of game for smartphones. (That' all I can make of them). I dont have (or want) a...
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8 years ago
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Q: The wattage for electric blankets?
Do you think that an electric blanket that has 100 Watts on each side is warmer than an electric blanket that is 180 Watts altogether?
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8 years ago
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should paint come off with a razor blade?
We want to repaint a plastered room. It has 2 (3?) previous coats of uncertain age. Some paint is coming off, at least partly due to water from a long-ago roof repair. I scraped it pretty...
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8 years ago
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Bosch SHP65T55UC dishwasher E15 error code:
On the Bosch dishwasher if error code 15 is observed it may be due to the w ater fill level exceeding the overflow limit. This may be due to a malfunct ion in the Bosch part # 752738 or generic part #...
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8 years ago
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Ancient CFL
I had a yellow CFL in use as a porch light for centuries now. It finally died yesterday and I replaced it today. Strange looking thing - looks like a regular incandescent bulb but with the sides...
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8 years ago
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Faucet aerator
My water flow from my kitchen faucet seemd slow so I unscrewed the aerator to see if it was plugged. I'm having a lot of trouble reattaching it. It is required, the flow is otherwise very splashy. I...
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8 years ago
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fair charge to install deadbolt?
Hello, I want to install a deadbolt at a temp location (with owner's permission) but I don't have my tools with me. What would you folks consider a fair charge for the local competent handyman to...
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8 years ago
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Headphone socket on laptop?
Acer laptop with combo headphone/mic socket. The tip of a 3.5m stereo jack has detached inside the socket and it's cutting off the speakers. If I put the headphone jack with the missing tip back in...
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8 years ago
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