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OT: Bewildering auto insurance rates
I'm looking for insurance for my new-to-me car. I sure don't understand the widely varying rates for the same coverage. From AARP/Hartford with no local agent, $568 a year, Central Insurance ompanies,...
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stuck sink supply water valve
you know, the valves under the sink. They are both stuck (open, fortunately). Is this a common problem? What is the solution? How do you prevent this from happening?
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OT - Things you might never need to know.
Here is a picture of three German beer steins of the kind people drink from at Oktoberfest and other German festivals: It's interesting to note that they all have a self closing metal lid on them....
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Laminate Flooring Question
Yesterday I had some Mohawk laminate flooring installed. This was done by the same company who also installed it in two other rooms. It looks great and has held up for three years. After they left, I...
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copper pipe soldering question
when you need to unsolder a pipe connection and then resolder to it, are there any tricks to the unsoldering, or to clean the joint of solder so you can put a new coupling on it to resolder?
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Swedish Uses For Duct Tape
Duct tape is very useful and a Swedish gal demonstrates an interesting use. ^_^ TDD
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sealant for freezer lid gasket
Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore less effective. Will defrost it soon and put some sort of sealant or adhesive on it. What do you suggest?
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Makeshift sawguide
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gas oven takes a long time to preheat
My gas oven takes 30 minutes to preheat. Is there anything I can do to improve this situation? GP
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Claw Footed Bath Tub
This year I want to update our spare bathroom, in our >100 year old house. It has a period, claw foot bath tub, one that I would like to retain. Given its age, and many paint jobs (by prior house...
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10 years ago
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Initial swamp cooler turn-on
After cleaning up the swamp cooler, lubricating, changing pads, removing last year's calcium, etc. for a new season how do you clean the dust and dirt out of the blower that shows up when the cooler...
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To those who lost hospice coverage...
This may be of interest to youse guys. http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/a-quiet-sea-change-in-medicare/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1&...
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Dimmer For Lights
Hello, Have a light dimmer that is used to dim some overhead lights in the dining room. It's quite old, and a vertical moving lever style. Guess you would say it's analog, as you can set the bulb...
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There's no light at the end of this tunnel...
Here's today's "Good News in america" story, New Jersey edition. New Brunswick man opts out of ObamaCare. ================================================ NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) ? A man was...
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OT, I Never Knew
Ya know, if you stop learning, you die. I learn something new every day and I have always enjoyed discovering and learning new things. There is no way one person can know everything and those who...
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