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us cars; dry wipe
Maybe this should go in some automotive group, but I find you guys know just about everything. I have a GMC van, and like ALL US cars, it dry wipes. What I mean... On a US car when you clean your...
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where are the honey bees?
My new cherry tree NW of Baltimore didn't seem to have many bugs fertilizing it. Just 4 when I looked, two honey bees and two other things about half as big and all black. Is this because of the...
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shortage of honey bees?
My new cherry tree NW of Baltimore didn't seem to have many bugs fertilizing it. Just 4 when I looked, two honey bees and two other things about half as big and all black. Is this because of the...
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OT - What do you do with your old rotors?
If you do your own brakes, what do you do with the old pads and rotors? Garbage? Recycling bin? Something else?
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Water-waster/time-waster shower head solutions.
Last month we went on a road trip looking at colleges for my son. At one motel in San Diego they had the worst shower I can remember. It was designed for vertically challenged people and the flow was...
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Why You Ought to Shop at Lowe's
Because I own stock in the company.
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Shower Door Repair
I would like to reverse the hinge on a pivoting shower door. [The glass is textured on one side and I'd like to keep that on the outside. This requires that I move the hinge and not just flip the...
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Borate for Swimming Pool
The pool store I go to is always pushing "PoolProof" which is basically borate dissolved in a liquid. I was reading and it seems to confirm the benefits of borate. Of course anything sold for a pool...
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Email effectiveness
In my experience email is losing its effectiveness. For example, twice this past week my email to a company with a question/problem was ignored and I've had to send USPS letters instead. (I prefer...
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Building an exterrior door.
My wife is wanting a stained front door. How hard would it be to build a nice wood front door as well as a new front jam/casing? How would you hang a door in a casing you made yourself? It seems I...
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Fix Bumpy Paint On Door
Hi All, I painted a door with semigloss paint after stripping and sanding both sides smooth, then priming. One newly painted side looks good and smooth, but the other side looks really bumpy. I used...
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Windowsill Marble or Granite?
I'm remodeling the downstairs bathroom. I have a raised ranch and on the lower level at the foundation top we have a very wide windowsill, about 8" or so. The walls will be porcelain tile up to about...
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Concrete Patio next to house foundation
I live in Colorado where it is hot and dry in summer and very cold and dry in winter. I hired a contractor to pour a concrete patio next to my house. He poured the concrete all the way to touch the...
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wood flooring (making your own)
I have contemplated making my own for some hardwood in the house. I have a sawmill near by that seels kiln dried lumber. I can probably buy a router b it and tongue and groove it, however I am...
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Side Exhaust AC and Venting deck panels for AC
I have a rental townhouse where I need to install A/C. First let me say that the AC unit MUST go under the deck. All of the housing units with A/C, except one, have it under the deck. It will be a...
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