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How do you clean out a bathroom sink overflow?

How do you clean out a bathroom sink overflow? This may be the original sink from the 1940's with a opening about 1" by...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by robert_green1963
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by robert_green1963

OT: Letter of Reprimand

As long as we are on military subjects, I hope many saw "60 Minutes" last Sunday,s egment on a MOH winner. That alone i...
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posted by hypatia08
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by hypatia08

Basement floor cracking

House-hunting: Saw a ranch built in 1997. Basement floor is concrete, scored into approximately 12-foot squares. The sl...
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posted by none
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Generators

[email to a blog (Instapundit) ] Having enjoyed about one-third of our lives on generator power, we decided to enter th...
30 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
30 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Making a portable Air Conditioner sleeve

I have a portable Air Conditioner that my landlord left me. Unfortunately, the previous renter left with the exhaust sl...
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posted by Ziggs
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by Ziggs

Steel or bronze hinges

Hi, For an outswing exterior door, without a storm door or an overhead cover, in a Philadelphia, PA climate: how critic...
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posted by sam.takoy
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by sam.takoy

Dirlling metal at an angle?

Is there a decent technique to drill holes in metal at an angle? My "new" car has more empty space in the engine compar...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Smoke/fire alarm?

Any recs on smoke/fire alarms? I have a First Alert duo photoelectric/ionization. Web makes it sound like you really ne...
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posted by woger151
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by woger151

Dark Edge on Concrete Patch

See --> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/20192720/1/ConcretePatch?h=6b41d6 Had the slab dug up and patched where the show...
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posted by wandererfan
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by wandererfan

OT - But worthy note for cell phone users...

...in cities where's they use traffic cams for ticketing. http://autos.yahoo.com/news/traffic-light-camera-scam-steals-y...
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posted by postmaster
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by postmaster

Problem with shower

This is the shower/ bath mixer I own: Crosswater Komo Deck Mounted Single Lever Bath-Shower Mixer (you can google that)...
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posted by londongent330
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by londongent330

Septic pump testing???

Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I d...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bobm3
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobm3

OT - The Antarctic hasn't started to melt

McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica Latitude: 77° 50' South, Longitude: 166° 36' East Current Time: Tuesday, Septe...
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posted by cf005
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by cf005