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Milk, bread, eggs, and the storm Sandy
I went to my small town grocery, tonight. They had five of the most attractive 17 and 18 year old cashiers I've seen in a while. Yes, I'm a dirty old man. As I cashed out, I asked if they are very...
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(OT) Rebuilding laptop batteries
I'm asking this question on here because I've read several times about some of you rebuilding the battery packs for cordless tools. Have any of you rebuilt the battery packs for laptop computers? Can...
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Uh oh...Hurricane Sandy headed right for me
Latest forecast has Sandy hitting land between Atlantic City and Sea Girt, NJ. I'm just a few miles inland from Sea Girt. Oh well, I've done all I can to prep. Niow it's just waiting....
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Solving water heater left hand thread thermocouple problem (2023 Update)
I don't know what the suggested fix was as this seems to be an orphan post, but what I do just about every couple of years with the proprietary thermocouple of my hot water heaters is I remove it,...
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OT - Grill Heat Plates - Stainless Steel, Porcelain Coated or Rocks
I need to replace the heat shields on my Gas Grill. My grill uses individual "tents" over each of the 3 burners. The ones I am replacing were porcelain coated but are now beginning to rust out. I can...
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Load Center Preferences
Anyone care to state brand/type preferences for external, 200 amp residential load centers?
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tick tracer, line chaser, name not important
Well, maybe it is important, because I'm trying to find one and those names are giving me other things. I need a signal generator that I can clip to ONE wire and a detector that can detect the signal...
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Charging a portable battery pack
I have a portable battery pack that uses a 15V DC pod to charge it. That pod is currently about 300 miles from where the battery pack is. Can I use my car battery charger by hooking it up to the...
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OT: Don't eat dead things found in your yard
BANG! WTF? Man goes outside and finds dead dove. "The Lord provideth," he thinks to himself. He cooks the dove. Yum. He writes about the episode on his cooking blog. Texas Department of Parks and...
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Copper Nails
Hi, I heard copper nail is used to kill tree stump. Is it so?
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OT: Get out the vote
I got a call today from 855 area code. Here's the conversation: Her: "Hello, I'm calling to make sure you vote for [Candidate] in District XXX... Me: "Hold on, is [Candidate] a Democrat or a...
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rabetting clapboards?
I am trying to put clapboards (FJ cedar) on a small wall. Nailing them without causing splits seems to be beyond my skill level. (Using Maze STORMGUARD nails. Face-nailing above the lap. Not trying to...
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Dish DVR deal
For you folks with a 722 Dish DVR there is an interesting thing that happens if you install the Over The Air adapter. Now you can record 3 shows at once, one over the air and one from each of the...
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Transfer liquids between bottles
How can I transfer liquids between two narrow-mouthed bottles?
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Wells Fargo sucks again
I saw a TV commercial where you could use your smart phone to deposit a check instantly. You just send in a photo of the check to the bank and they process it. Wells Fargo doesn't have it. To be fair,...
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