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Landscape Lighting
My wife really wants about four landscape lights along our front walkway to our house. She bought cheap ones a couple of times, but they are worthless junk. I'm thinking about buying individual...
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Looking for a source for steel balls
I need to get some 1/2" and 5/8" steel balls. They don't have to be super high quality, but I do want them to be relatively inexpensive. I need to get 50-100 of them. It is for a game that uses...
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OT: Billy Mays' Autopsy
TAMPA, Fla. ? An autopsy report shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.
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new fridge really *is* more energy efficient.
just an update... bought a shiny new GE fridge a couple months back. have had it plugged into a kill-a-watt just to see if it really lived up to the energy-saving hype. It's been running for about...
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frig won't restart
frig will run great for a couple of weeks then won't start up again unless i unplug it and plug it back in. its only 3 years old. its a side by side -------------------------------------...
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another layer of poly
I refinished my pine kitchen floor with oil based poly and there were a couple of places which I would like to smooth out. It has been a couple of months so my plan is to sand the areas lightly, clean...
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I have flies
For the past several days when I arrive home after work, I have had 4 to 6 flies on my one kitchen window. I pull out the windex sprayer and zap 'em. It knocks them down plus I clean the surface...
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OT - Phillips Head Screws On Brake Rotors
The recent thread about impact wrenches got me thinking... I need to change the rotors on my Honda Oddessy. They have 2 large phillips head screws countersunk into the rotors which have to be removed...
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Spotlight Wiring
With the light switch off, but the fuse box on, if I unscrew where a metal outdoor spotlight base meets the soffit, and grasp and pull the base, AND if part of the base touches a wire left bare behind...
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Night time visitors
While sitting outside last night, before the moon was up, I started hearing noises and turned on the flashlight to find the cutest group of four little skunks I've ever seen. You know they have...
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Toilet Tank Leaking Around Bolt
Ever since I installed a Universal-Rundle tall commode 10 years ago, I've had a recurring problem with a very small leak around the right mounting bolt which securs the tank to the bowl. I've...
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Big project
I am on a committee to build a park. We want to put a gazebo in the park w/ an area to have a stove that is lockable and a place to put mowers and such in the back. Any suggestions on where to look...
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Make kitchen island larger?
The island in my kitchen is kind of small. There is not enough flat space to put a pot or pan next to the stove. Can I replace the top of the island and make it a few inches larger in all direction,...
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porcelain sink scratch repair?
My porcelain kitchen sink has many scratches that has a tendency to grow mildew. I believe these scratches, because they are hard to clean, tend to hide food and other stuff that encourages mildew...
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Showerhead drips off and on occasionally during the night
4 year old american standard shower *single handle" faucet with shower head in shower stall. The dang thing out of the blue just starts dripping in the middle of the night for a short blast and then...
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