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How to tilt patio umbrella
Awwwwwwwww, did your widdle feelins' get hurt? Sniff-sniff You got screwed on your umbrella purchase.
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Old style Plumbing Solder
What was the tin/lead ratio of the good old style plumbing solder? I'm thinking it was 60/40, or was it 50/50? Where can I buy some of it now? Is it available online? Thanks for any light shed on my...
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Heat Pump -- proper orientation of the A-coil
I have what is a simple question I hope. For a horizontally installed heat pump system what is the proper orientation of the A-coil ( return My new system is a 2., and I am wondering if this could...
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Vocative?
It's not a conundrum at all, KKKoloon, o ignorame. "The vocative case presents little problem for English speakers. It is usually the same as the nominative, as in English, and it is used when you...
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Major gravel driveway repair
More gravel, bigger size
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Can I do this? Electrical
Depends on the home's construction. A stick built house on a 48" crawl space with attic access is quick and easy to run more romex. If it's CMU construction on a slab with a flat roof, a 5-minute job...
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OT: iPod Shuffle Through the Wash
My 4th gen iPod shuffle just took its second annual trip through the washing machine. It survived last year's dousing and detergent thanks to a few minutes with a hair dryer followed by a week in a...
 
Amazon Shipping Is So Weird
I was looking for some LED bulbs for my trailer. I found a bulb that I like was getting ready to order it. Based on how my corporate network works, my computer looks to many web sites like I am...
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Solar roof
My feeling is that the ad claiming the price to be equal or less than a traditional roof made that claim on projected energy savings... so I may not even bother to think about such a roof. At any...
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Have you ever needed to know if you're Edge/HSPA/HSPA+ and PSC?
I was hiking today and my phone switched from reporting EDGE and then HSPA and then HSPA+ when I started wondering what practical significance to a user these terms might be. Have you ever needed to...
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OT: History
Knowledge of history won’t solve our disputes, but it would be a major step in the right direction.
 
OT Puzzling computer problem & fix
I've gotten a lot of help here so thought this might help somene in the future in return. Yesterday morning couldn't type into programs with keyboard or start programs from the bottom of the screen....
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How I brought my cellular signal from -100dBm to -53dBm at home
Just in case you want this information, I was able to bring my cellular signal from -100 dBm to -50dBm at home using these three free devices from the carrier: I used my Android phone to check exactly...
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Is it possible to use super glue twice?
Is it even possible to use super glue twice? Every time I grab a previously opened super glue, it's dried up. Is it just me or is the crazy glue drying up situation universal?
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Removing the wine rack from wet bar cabinets
Hello. We are doing some basic DIY at our home and there is a cabinet in the wet bar above the counter top. Its a 2ft x 2.5 ft wine rack flanked by 2 42 inch cabinets I see 3 screws on the side of the...
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