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1979 Carrier oil furnace,
A few miscellaneious questions, if you can help me. The first are more important. At the end, it's just curiosity. If you answer any of them, it will help. If it matters, I live in Baltimore. How do I...
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OT: Old Lexmark Optra 40 Color Printer
I've had this for some time but it's been idle -- haven't printed a color page in years but have some current graphics would like to make some prints of...anyway, brought it back upstairs from storage...
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OT Humans Need Not Apply
Support Grey making videos: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey ## Robots, Etc: Terex Port automation:...
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Here's and Idea
Businesses tear down perfectly good buildings only 25 years old. Why can't homeowners? It makes no sense to pay top dollar for a building 100 years old no matter what repairs. What does make sense is...
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[SOLVED] Alkaline Battery Leakage: Dissolving?
Got an LED flashlight where the batteries leaked and made the push-button switch on the end not work. Just looking at it, I can see deposits from the leakage, but cannot get to them to physically...
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Follow-up Convertible rear window: Was: How to glue smooth vinyl to lexan, or to small steel washers
Follow-up Convertible rear window: Was: How to glue smooth vinyl to lexan, or to small steel washers, for a short time. A follow-up. 1) First about the gluing to the vinyl. I finally noticed that...
 
U.S. Using Fake Cell Towers On Planes To Gather Cell Phone Data
I have been checking WiGLE lately, and it knows a string of numbers about the tower, and it puts the tower on a Google map almost exactly. T-Mobile 209159_256_17859-GSM-EDGE -85dB 3:33:19pm T-Mobile...
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to all you chubby guys out there
to all you chubby guys out there, when you're up on a ladder do you tend to tense up or hold your breath and then your pants fall down? Or when you're carrying something heavy?
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propane heater not getting any propane?
Hi, I'm installing propane in my shed. Eventually I will have two appliances, a heater and a two burner stove. Currently I'm working on the heater. I installed the 1/2" copper supply line, fittings,...
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Furnace repair York down flow
This afternoon, my thermostat said 70 degrees, and my indoors said 65. Hmm. Not good. I read the error codes, and did some trouble shooting. Find a limit switch that had gone bad. Call my heating and...
 
LG Washer ready for takeoff
I have a four year old LG washer and dryer pair installed in a walk-in closet. Both have performed well since new. They are used to wash and dry roughly two loads per week over those four years....
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Loose kitchen faucet
Hi, We have a Delta kitchen faucet that is very loose. It looks a lot like this one: ml When I try to swivel the faucet left to right the base is moving along with the faucet. The entire base if very...
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Will toilet bowl cleaner damage a sink or bathtub?
In a mood to make comparison, I bought a whole bunch of bottles of toiilet bowl cleaner, tried them each once, and now that I want to use one of them, they are all clogged by their own dried out...
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Stuck screws
I am repainting some brass door hardware. I am down to the ones that don't actually function but rather are more handles. They are held on by wood screws. Two of them little devils won't budge with a...
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In Peace May They Rest
Canadians get it too Terry Kelly A Pittance of Time Please visit http://terry-kelly.com/digital-download-information for High Resolution Digital Download. On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a...
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