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alternative to replacing big and tall posts

i have 6 damaged posts, each post is 6x6 and at least 20 feet high. the bottom of the posts is where the rotting has oc...
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posted by mcharon
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by mcharon

Killer Cat-Sized Rats Invade Florida

The African rodent known as the Giant Gambian pouch rats, have hit Florida's grassy keys, despite efforts to eradicate t...
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posted by Oren
33 comments posted 14yrs posted by Oren

Bamboo (from another list)

Saw this, in an old message. And figured it would be of interest, here. Doesn't give much hope. Christopher A. Young Le...
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posted by cayoung61***spamblock
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Checking my oven thermostat

I think my oven is not maintaining the correct temperature anymore because the pumpkin custards I bake frequently are t...
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posted by neutrino1
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by neutrino1

2 cycle compression ......

I have a 21cc hedge trimmer. A Craftsman. It hasn't run for a while, but the guy swore it was running when put up. I pu...
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posted by steveb
26 comments posted 14yrs posted by steveb

OT -- Ticks and lime

I live in an area where ticks are supposed to be really bad this summer, and with Lyme disease also here, it's a concer...
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posted by mjkressNOSPAM
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjkressNOSPAM

Evaporative cooler problem

Perhaps someone can make a suggestion. I bought a new evaporative cooler last spring. (An evaporative cooler replaces a...
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posted by invalid
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by invalid

No more auto GPS (as we've come to know it)

"Last month, the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency published a dense document with guidelines for automaker...
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posted by heybub
61 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

maytag fridge

Strange as this might sound.....my husband and I woke up this morningto what we thought was the tornado siren. Turns ou...
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posted by brenlx812_at_yahoo_dot_com
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by brenlx812_at_yahoo_dot_com

Republican Labor board member broke ethics rules

This is exactly why we can depend on the Free Market to make things better March 23, 2012 ? WASHINGTON (AP) ? A Republi...
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posted by atlas-bugged
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by atlas-bugged

Toilet backed up - with protein powder

Somebody dumped half a container of protein powder it the toilet. I unblocked it with a plunger but now it drains very...
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posted by rodneytablut
13 comments posted 14yrs posted by rodneytablut

weed control

I am thinking about purchasing a propane vapor torch kit to help control the weeds that pop up in my gravel driveway ev...
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posted by changbah
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by changbah

Source of door bottom extension lumber?

I have been tasked with extending an entry door that has been cut too high. I need to add approx 2" to the bottom. The...
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posted by r.mariotti
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by r.mariotti