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Fences - Cats - DIY
A friend of mine has one of these fences that's about 178cm (5'10") tall: wants to stop her cats getting out, and other cats getting in. I know full well that there are numerous commercially available...
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OT, When I Was A Kid
When I was a kid we little vermin, scourge of the neighborhood, would attach playing cards to our bicycles to flap against the spokes making an obnoxious racket. Well, technology has now improved how...
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Chainsaw Screw Order?
I have a 42cc 18" Craftsman chainsaw I disassembled out of curiosity when it was deemed unfixable by Sears, and didn't bother to note the order of the screws. Turns out, I fixed it, but want to know...
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Estate Gas Dryer - Intermittently Stops, Then Won't Start
Estate Gas Dryer by Whirlpool, Model TGDS740PQ1 Dryer runs fine 95% of the time. Dried 6 loads, one right after the other, with no problems today. The problem is that on rare occasions, it will stop...
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OT: Did You Know?
Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' do not appear if you spell any of the numbers between 1 and 99 [Funnily enough, letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred] In addition, letters 'a', 'b' and 'c' do...
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Microwave odor
My Kenmore Elite 1200 watt model 721.6339011 has started producing an awful odor. It's like burning hair. Thorough cleaning has not solved this problem. What do you suggest? Bill
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REFERAL NEEDED: lawn and garden USENET group?
I have really appreciated being a part of this group for a few years now. S= ure, you get the occasional troll but I have gotten such great advice and g= uidance from so many that I've come to respect...
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Wall coating advice needed!!!
They are mostly Yanks on here. This stuff is mostly used on old buildings with various defects. It covers the defects up. For a while. But after a while it looks like shit and you discover any...
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Looking for help with 2-stroke engines please.
I have a WEED EATER PE550 edger (with steel blade). Also a WEED EATER FL21 (Lightweight string trimmer). They both have a spark and good compression but only run for 5 - 10 seconds. I took the carb...
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Two Bathrooms and Outdoor Outlet On One Circuit
A townhouse built in 1980 has outlets in two bathrooms sharing a circuit with an outdoor receptacle. The GFCI is in the outdoor receptacle, so if you trip it in the bathroom you have to go outside to...
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Uneven step on stair landing - perhaps done on purpose?
My grandfather had a saying about building steps: "The feet remember." So why is it that the 1" shorter riser onto the landing at the top of a staircase in a vacation rental I'm in hasn't bothered...
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Pot hole filler for asphalt
Try sitting it out in the hot sun!!!!
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Something you wanted to know about electrical plugs but were afraid to ask
Anybody have any ideas as to why the prongs of an electrical plug (US plug) usually have holes cut on its tips?
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Room Air Conditioners
I've been looking ar room air cons and have a question, or two. There are two types that I've looked at-window units, and in-wall units. The window units fit into a window, with "ears" at the sides to...
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How to clean heavy patina on brass door handles?
My house is 30 yeas old. the brass handles on three doors have never been cleaned or polished. See photo. What can I do to make them look a bit more presentable? Preferably without a lot of hard work.
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