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OT Toro 828LXE Traction advice?
I'm sure if you are still alive you've heard about the snow storm here in NE. Well, we've got 3-4' in central/eastern CT. My trusty snow blower usually handles fairly large amounts of snow but today...
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Zillow Blog
A web site devoted to real estate (and tips), home improvement, tax considerations, etc. It's worth a look for ideas and comparisons. Always on to guide you home
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NorÂ’easter photo from space
Oren wrote in news:8f2bh8t605tq936otij93sbru89bggcmhj@ Well, THAT explains a lot.
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Simpson finally some semblance of a decent concealed post base.
It ain't great but it's better looking that their other post bases. The unique design provides a clean, concealed connection for a premium look. Also provides the code-required 1" standoff above...
 
Troubleshooting Your Furnace: Why Your Pilot Light Keeps Going Out
1969 Lennox gas furnace The pilot light won't stay lit. I light it easily enough, and it makes a nice two-inch blue flame. Ten minutes later, with the thermostat still turned off, I hear a clunk, and...
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Water Line to Frigidaire...
Fridge is about six years old, and new to us (came with the home purchase). There is plastic line on a self-piercing connector at the main water line. There is a filter inside the fridge and there was...
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OT: The New England snow storm....
...just might be the answer to their prayer to get people with guns off their streets. It'll work for a few days anyway.
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Semi OT: Plastic bag bans kill people
"In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria. The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers....
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OT.New comet
The brightest comet in our lifetimes may be approaching the sun this year. A comet that looks likely to dazzle in the night skies later this year is spotted by a spacecraft dedicated to much closer...
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Need temporary fix for ceiling rain leak
I live in an apartment, and the living room ceiling near the deck has a rain leak: During the biggest rainstorms, some water drips down onto my carpet from one particular spot on the ceiling. There's...
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Top 10 Home safety hazards
Anything on "This old house" is geared for people with lots of money. Years ago it was a good show, now it's not worth watching unless you got tons of money and want to build the most expensive house...
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Flipping the Bird to the Judge
you sir. May I have another? -- Stephanie: What did you do today? Leonard Hofstadter: Well, I'm a physicist, so I just thought about stuff. Stephanie: That's it? Leonard Hofstadter: I wrote some of it...
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Cottonwood
It's worth less than that by far...cottonwood is terrible for firewood (and just about anything else, either--while they make a good shade tree if the cotton-fall isn't a killer--the wood is...
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Welder advice
What kind of inexpensive (relatively) welding device do I need? I have steel burglar-bar doors onto which I want to tack some steel mesh and turn the grate into a screen door (sorta - it's really to...
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dishwasher hammering
Why would a dishwasher make a hammering sound when filling? It severely shakes the copper fill pipe. Thx
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