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OT: Electric cars actually burn fossil fuels

I can't believe this. In a forum, I cannot convince someone of this very simple logic: Any addition to the power load i...
197 comments posted 4yrs
posted by CK1
197 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1

Interest Rates

A couple charts on interest rates. Houses are getting cheaper in some places.
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by deanh6929
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by deanh6929

Hardwood gives on second floor

New construction home, settled last July. Noticed that the second level hardwoods in an area that joins a bedroom which...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Dotrie
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by Dotrie

OT. Fed Raises Rate 3/4%

It's the largest rate hike since 1994.
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by deanh6929
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by deanh6929

Misc. results of going away

I just got home from a 4-month trip and found a couple interesting things that relate either to homes or to computers I...
7 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

illuminated doorbell button

When the doorbell button is pushed, a complete circuit is formed, the chime gets power, and we hear the chime. This als...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by lmiller
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by lmiller

Poor man's indoor heat pump - would it work?

Would it work to appreciably cool a room for the power used to put a fan blowing air over a pan of water (maybe layered...
45 comments posted 4yrs
posted by xxx
45 comments posted 4yrs posted by xxx

Macular degeneration old age magnifying glasses

Birthday gift for someone with Macular degeneration and old age. https://www.amazon.com/Magnifying-Glasses/s?k=Magnifyi...
16 comments posted 4yrs
posted by cris
16 comments posted 4yrs posted by cris

What screws to rehang a door, going to store soon.

Details later, but first: I) If you had a wood front door door that had been kicked in, so that the top two of the 3 hi...
41 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
41 comments posted 4yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT - car is a dangerous place

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/geico-insurance-std-settlement-missouri/index.html?utm_content=2022-06-10T07%3A30%3A16...
5 comments posted 4yrs
posted by invalid_unparseable
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

Cattle Guards?

I know about the ones that are bars across a trench. My neighbors have a couple. What about the ones that are just line...
17 comments posted 4yrs
posted by deanh6929
17 comments posted 4yrs posted by deanh6929

OT. Swimming in Chocolate

A couple people fell into a tank at the M&M Factory in Elizabethtown, PA.
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by deanh6929
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by deanh6929

So did NY State.

House passes sharp new gun restrictions So did NY State, and it will be signed. Outrageous. If any crackpot is not free...
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by NONONOmisc07