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How to Discourage a Skunk?

How to Discourage a Skunk? I've been googling the subject and found a lot of disjointed input. Thought I'd try to focus...
29 comments posted 15yrs
posted by spamme9
29 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamme9

Drive wheel frozen on self-propelled mower

My self-propelled mower's drive wheel on the right side froze up. It was working okay last week and now nada. I tried t...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kurtullman
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by kurtullman

Drywall Joints Showing - Sometimes

I recently remodeled a room that included hanging drywall. I used lightweight joint compound and did the normal things...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wmoy1234
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by wmoy1234

Paving Driveway: Minimum Outside Temp's. ?

Hello, Live outside of Boston, For a typical home complete driveway re-do, can the hot asphalt be put down in the Fall...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rgsros
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by rgsros

E.P.A. Bans Sale of Imprelis - Tree-Killing Herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency banned the sale on Thursday of Imprelis, a weed killer introduced this year that la...
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posted by robert_green1963
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by robert_green1963

Gravel shed installation

Hi, What are the pros and cons of the over-the-gravel installation of sheds, as in http://www.quakersheds.com/portfolio/...
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posted by pavelgrinfeld
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by pavelgrinfeld

Slider window problem

My wife recently acquired her former step father's house. When he built it in 1996, he used all slider windows from Bet...
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posted by dadiOH
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dadiOH

Measurements for retrofit windows

Hi all! I'm hoping to get some advice about measuring for retrofit windows... I decided to have a handyman install my w...
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posted by elinguation_at_gmail_dot_com
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by elinguation_at_gmail_dot_com

Little fridge/freezer mystery

Amana 18 cu. foot fridge from 1984, freezer on top. Carton of ice cream in freezer. On day 1, ice cream is hard, very d...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by barrel.full
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by barrel.full

Paint Sprayer ?

I have never used a paint sprayer before. I have a wooden shed, and a large gazebo (with many spindles, that would take...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jamesnospam
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by jamesnospam

OT Federal Budget n understandable terms

Don't rush to close this. We all get tired of the big numbers...beyond our comprehension (and Congress' and BO's, too,...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by esp
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by esp

OT Buying a new truck

The Ford place has a 2011 Ranger XLT I would like to have. The sticker price is 25K. The last car I bought was a 2011 H...
71 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
71 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

Musty smell

I just went to my cabin to repair under the cabin where various incidents and accidents left the insulation, visqueen a...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

clogged carborundum sharpening stone

I have a 2-sided carborundum sharpening stone,and the coarse side has gotten clogged and won't cut any more. Is there so...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jyanik
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by jyanik