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Any experience with pullout cabinet pantries?
Hello all: Any experience with pullout would pantries? I'm considering either building one. The alternate I'm considering involves individual pullout shelves. For those who you who maybe call it...
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OT. Surnames by state
Ancestry dot com. I didn't see any Does on the list as in John Doe. Johnsons and Smiths must spend most of their time in a certain activity.
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food stamp ad
Do you think they told her what that picture was going to be for? You get all this food and a bottle of ripple wine for letting us take your picture. Is that all you want honey? Come over here and let...
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what size breaker to use on a 220 54 amp tankless water heater
I have a 22054 amp Rheem tankless water heater ecosense
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17 years old ac unit noisy
Yeah Go over on the HVAC ng and ask them :-) (only if you like getting beaten up) What Ed is saying is if the sticker on your condenser says "R-22" the gas might cost more than the compressor and only...
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OT: Why can't a petrol engine start itself?
He talks in correct English. No accent whatsoever. No stretching vowels like the yanks do.
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World's largest collection of ocean garbage is now twice the size of Texas
OK. How big is the garbage patch right here at
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US added 700,000 new millionaires in 2017
A lot depends on how you define "millionaire". As I said a million ain't what it used to be. There are plenty of people of modest means in the US who suddenly live in million dollar houses. If they...
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Home Improvement Tip from Consumer Reports
My dog has a facebook account and he tells me what my friends and family are up to. I do not appear there anywhere although Facebook does sniff cookies from my machine. That is all the more reason to...
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Uber accident video
An alert human driver might've honked to warn the pedestrian. Can the self driving cars do this?
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OT. Dent Removal
The show Outrageous Acts of Science showed a guy removing a dent from the left rear corner of his car. He poured hot water on the corner then used a toilet bowl plunger to pull the dent out. He also...
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Colombia
I have a friend whose son refused a transfer to Brazil because it was in a high crime area. OTOH there are plenty of high crime areas in US where I would not want to live.
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Jacking up house to make crawlspace into lower level?
Similar things have been done. In coastal areas a lot of houses have been raised for flood prevention but the new lower level is not a living space, just storage. I don't know how cost effective it is...
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Busy hands are happy hands.
This article talks about supposed changes in our brains when we use our hands. Knitting was one thing cited as beneficial. or There is satisfaction in doing a project then seeing if things work as...
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Have you ever seen an electric power tool start on fire?
The only thing I can think of, is that most drills are really intermittent devices. When used continuous, they can get pretty hot. I once used an old battery screwdriver to animate something for...
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