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Looking for PVC elbow, or alternate solution

Here's a picture of where the backwash waste line from my pool reaches the street. The water discharges over the top of...
41 comments posted 5yrs
posted by waybackNO584SPAM44
41 comments posted 5yrs posted by waybackNO584SPAM44

Gas Tank

I picked up this tank at a garage sale assuming that it is a propane tank. I have never seen a tank w/a label like this...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by sidwelle
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by sidwelle

Thick furnace filters?

What sort of homes are set up to accept those two inch or four inch furnace filters? I guess they have advantages, but...
26 comments posted 5yrs
posted by galt_57
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by galt_57

Mystery toilet drip

This morning I heard drip, drip, drip from the toilet. It?s steady, maybe 2 per second. But I don?t see it. The toilet...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by timothy42bach
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by timothy42bach

Tesla's Egg

Tesla had to convince investors to spend their money on AC current instead of Edison's DC current. DC has distinct disa...
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posted by deanh6929
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanh6929

OT. Purdue U. $10,000/year

This article is favorable to the president of Purdue University. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/mitch-dani...
38 comments posted 5yrs
posted by deanh6929
38 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanh6929

Basement window and water pool

When it rains, get a pool of water by my stairs. Sometimes it almost reaches the window. I have very little money what...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Ms.T.J.
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by Ms.T.J.

End of Whirlpool range saga

Just got another form letter from Whirlpool offering an extended warranty of one year for $134 and if purchased would n...
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posted by invalid_unparseable
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

Power Tools The Machines That Built America

Have you been watching the series on History Channel? The power tools episode repeats next Sunday at 8 PM. It has been a...
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posted by esp
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by esp

OT go figger ..

Just watching a local online consignment auction - not over yet - - a set of lawn darts is ~ $ 150. - a set of micromet...
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posted by hubops
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by hubops

Sell your house to zillow ?

I see that you can now sell you house to zillow.com: https://www.zillow.com/offers/ Has anyone done that? Does it work o...
117 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Fishrrman2000
117 comments posted 5yrs posted by Fishrrman2000

Toilet designed to fail ?

Have any of you ever seen a toilet that seemed like it was designed to fail ? And it had reduced weight requirements whe...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mogulah
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by mogulah

Solar watches

I went looking to replace my watch battery to find the cheapest was $25. That's more than the watch cost. I was thinkin...
76 comments posted 5yrs
posted by scientist77017
76 comments posted 5yrs posted by scientist77017

Keeping my car battery from going dead

Is there a good device that disconnects the car battery when the voltage gets too low? ' For almost 15 years I used Bat...
26 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07