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Home Listing in Palm Bay, FL - What the ?!
"2 Bed, 2 Bath Pool Home on .50 Acre Lot. 1252 Sq. Ft. Under Air. Built in 1985. 2 Car Garage. Your chance to Own a 1/2 Acre Lot with a Pool! Great Starter home. Buyers are responsible to turn on and...
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Quartz counter material finishing?
Anyone have any experience with this stuff? I was given a butt load of "granite" and it turned out to be "quartz" (a buzz word for a manufactured stone in a matrix of something) product. I have a bit...
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Water coming in through chimney cleanout.
We have had an ongoing problem with rainwater coming in our chimney and out the cleanout. I'm not talking a little bit of water.... One night we filled a ten gallon shop vac! It only happens when we...
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best way to install drywall to block without using fur strips
How is the best way to install drywall on coveted block without using fur strips. Most urethane is not a problem
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Thanks for Jeff Liebermann for suggesting the Costco cable modem!
Thank you Jeff Liebermann for being a technical wiz-kid genius! I just want to shout out to Jeff Liebermann for suggesting the Costco cable modem (Motorola/Arris SB6141) for about $85 out the door,...
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Bed Bugs life cycle in isolated environment?
I got a free laptop at a garage sale. Took it home, turned it on and looked around. They'd been researching Bed Bugs. I took it outside while I decide what to do with it. Very low probability that it...
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Master/slave settings swtiched when powered off
Pardon the cross-posting. win2000 newsgroup is practically dead. What could have happened to cause this problem? Master and slave drives were switched without me doing anything..... The system has...
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tension rod shelving help
I need to build one more shelving section for my bathroom and I've found a solution that will work where I want it to go. I found this idea here: using tension rods and shelving tracks (which I could...
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OT: seeking an "everything" killer- weeds, brush, small trees?
I've got an area along my property line containing weeds, brush and even a small tree. I'd like to kill this stuff first before removing it. I already coated it with Ortho Weed B Gone, but it doesn't...
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Crown molding
Walls in the kitchen have been prepped and wallpaper going in today. Next week I'll be putting up the crown molding which is something I've never done before. Looked on line at the tutorials and they...
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Do I need treatment?
I wanted to tell someone about my mental problems. Please don't tell any prospective employers. I'm reading a long webpage about connecting the computer to a television and at the same time I'm...
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Equivalent paint
I am looking for a paint that is equal to or better than Promar 200. What do you recommend ?
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What is that whiteish stuff on bad batteries (ruins stuff)?
What, chemically, is that whiteish crumbly powder on bad batteries? We all have seen it, and most of the time you can just brush it off, but I have it on a device deep inside that I can't get a brush...
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Asbestos on shed roof?
I'm in council housing, there's an outside shed with a corrugated roof which looks like asbestos but I don't know for sure. I have asked the landlord if it is, they couldn't say and told me to submit...
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refergeration gauges
Im not AC guy but i'd bet the word got pasted in there by accident, or it originatlly said 10 A. meaning atmospheres and someone thought it meant amps.
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