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OT Crappy banking part 2

I am changing ISPs so I have to change my email address. The first email address I changed was my bank. Well today I go...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

PEX sillcock hard to find?

I'm going to replace a burst pipe feeding a sillcock (outdoor faucet) with a PEX pipe, and also replace the sillcock wi...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

Can you put a dimmer on rope lights?

Well? I'm going to put them on top of a shelf, between 1 x 6's to illuminate my antique bottle collection from the bott...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Renewing old Cedar Closit

I have a 40 year old Cedar Closit. Is it too old to sand down the walls to refresh it or do I have to replace the wood?...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bruceaknospam
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by bruceaknospam

Rust on free weights

Many years ago, I bought a cheap set of dumbbells at one of those used sporting goods stores. The finish is now startin...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sesquipod
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by sesquipod

best carpet protection

have 2 poodles (standard) and 1 sloppy wife. getting new carpet next monday....other than changing the household, what'...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wf3h
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by wf3h

OT How I wtopped worrying

OT Isn't there a promotional drawing for "How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb" that shows someone's str...
25 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
25 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

pipe more flexible than PEX?

A section of copper pipe in my garage (supplies an outside faucet) wall bursted during winter. I heard replacing that s...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nospam
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

Fallout Shelter Supplies

I'm preparing for the nuclear radiation coming here to the US from Japan. My father built our underground fallout shelt...
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posted by JoseGomez
72 comments posted 15yrs posted by JoseGomez

Where can someone buy a Geiger Counter?

(off topic) With the nuclear radiation from Japan spreading all over the planet, I'd like to buy a geiger counter to wa...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by JoseGomez
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by JoseGomez

FYI: Wayne-Dalton garage door openers are no more

Over the years there have been various discussions of the W-D iDrive garage door openers. Ours was replaced free of cha...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Nobody
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

Trim 15 year-old shingles

All right. Now for the ugly stuff. About 15 years ago, in a weak moment, I hired some loose roofers to scrape and shing...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Cadillac.coffin
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by Cadillac.coffin

OT Online banking rant

I use Wells Fargo. You know, the bank that doesn't have a coin counting machine. My car insurance payment check was ret...
24 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt