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caulk - flowing
I'm looking for a brand name. Window installers use a sticky caulk on my windows that is still holding up. It "flows". Silicone is compliant - good for compression but can fail in tension. Hard...
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There is Truth to Blonde Jokes
While I thought most blonde jokes were just jokes, because I have met some very smart and intelligent blondes. However, I just met one of those that the jokes are made for....... A friend came over to...
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Painting pressure treated lumber
I've read you have to delay painting PT lumber from everywhere from two weeks to a year. Latex paint... What's the deal? And, how does one tell if PT wood is ready to be painted? It feels quite wet...
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OT: Scam the scammers LOL
much. funny. "24 Minutes" - Please distribute to friends - don't get caught out! (Music used) Video link to Orbital performing at Paralympics opening ceremony with Professor Stephen Hawkings - "Where...
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How do you reward yourself?
Hi everyone, Just finished my weekend project, a DIY rain barrel. It's not a major project, but it's worth the time and effort in making it. It would store an ample volume of water for the garden. Now...
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treadmill stops after 1 second
hi folks, my treadmill has been in storage for a few months, i took it out for use & = found it stops about a second after the motor starts turning (with no load = on belt) the problem is intermittant...
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Quiet low profile ceiling fan?
I like to have a fan blowing on me while I sleep. I do not like the noise of the fan I use now even when I have it on the low speed. Can I buy a quiet, low profile, ceiling fan? My ceiling is only...
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Chucking 1" conduit in a 1/2" drill
There are probably a dozen ways to do this but everything that pops in my head seems clumbsy. I'd rather not have to weld anything. I've got a 'claw' digging tool fastened to the other end of a 10'...
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Winterizing trailers
I've been asked to "winterize" a dozen or so trailers, at a camp site that is only used in the summer. The trailers are one or possibly two bedroom, with water and electric and sewer hook ups. What...
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jMortar vs. grout vs. "tube stuff"
Awl -- I've got a lot of patching to do on stone walls, slate tile joints, caps for stone walls, etc. The diff. between grout and mortar is here: which I presume I could use grout for finer cracks on...
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Little Black Flies....how to get rid of them?
I've had a problem with these little black flies on and off for about the past year. They are small, about the size of drosopila/fruit flies, but seems a little too small and agile to be the same....
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bathtub drain replacement
I had an old fiberglass bathtub that cracked so am replacing and noticed that the drain seemed to have a small leak as there is a little bit of build up at the joint as you can see in the photo. So I...
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Husqvarna 455R question
I am always tightening chain. I forget what model and size I have, but the labels do slide off. Always start fast, but I need to watch more on gas storage. Greg
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electric pencil sharpener on the fritz. How to fix?
I have this old (good old) Hunt-Boston pencil sharpener, in the old style (like the original panasonic ones of decades or a half-century ago): 8" long, 3.5" wide and tall. Usual mechanism: three...
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Need light weight Christmas sleigh & Reindeer
I am thinking ahead for Christmas. I would like to animate a Santa, sleigh and reindeer. The name of the game is very light weight, like styrofoam, in the neighborhood of about 10 - 12" high. Anyone...
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