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Is all harvest gold the same?

Is all harvest gold the same? A guy who does home remodeling tells me he has a harvest gold electric stove in good cond...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Best glue for sink faucet cap

We have a bunch of sink faucets with what I think are porcelain caps. The caps cover a hole. A couple of them have popp...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hsmills
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by hsmills

So the 13 year old water heater decided to die...

I had no idea there was a drain up tight in behind it. To bad it was set into the concrete 5cm above the floor height....
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ned.flanders
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by ned.flanders

Snowblower engine needs choke to run smoothly

My snow blower has a Briggs & Stratton 7.5 hp "Powerbuilt Snow" horizontal engine. It has always need a little choke to...
58 comments posted 15yrs
posted by taylor
58 comments posted 15yrs posted by taylor

Electric blanket

I was shopping for an electric blanket. More and more ads call them "warming blankets" I can only guess this is because...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kilowatt
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by kilowatt

Detecting gas leaks

We recently had an incident where someone in our home was cleaning the stove and accidentally turned on a burner (gas o...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by piclistguy
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by piclistguy

Installing door strike plate

Is there a foolproof way to do this, other than meticulous measuring? I never seem to get it perfect first time, and th...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cubbybrockley
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by cubbybrockley

OT: We all need a good laff

Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 9:19 AM Darwin Awards Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hypatia08
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by hypatia08

CFL & Dimmer Combo

It seems to me that dimmable CFLs must do a two step with a standard light dimmer. I have one overhead lamp I don't min...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jeff_thies
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeff_thies

OT: Your tax dollars at work

Here's the first few paragraphs of a new report from AU (Americans United for Separation of Church and State). The whol...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hypatia08
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by hypatia08

Wind mill

Why would the town care how close a wind mill is to a stream? Do they leak grease or something?
46 comments posted 15yrs
posted by LSMFT
46 comments posted 15yrs posted by LSMFT

smoke detector recommendations?

I have two smoke detectors in my house which are over 8 years old, plus one CO detector. Since the smoke detectors are...
10 comments posted 15yrs
posted by edward
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by edward