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470 feet of extension cord

Students Try to Steal Giant Pepper From Chili's Rooftop Four people were arrested on Sunday after attempting to ste...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kilowatt
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by kilowatt

saw on a rope

I've seen flexible "wire" saws that can bend a good bit. These wire saws have a grit coating. I need to cut down a...
25 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldyork90
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldyork90

CFL's in humid environments

I don't know if this typical for CFL's or for one particular brand. I replaced 3 incandescent bulbs with 3 CFL&...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by chocolatemint77581
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by chocolatemint77581

Garbage Disposal Problem

Machine is 8 years old and has worked well for all this time. Today it stopped working. When I turn the electricity on...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ewillson
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by ewillson

Lowe's Lousy Inventory

I went to Lowe's today to pick up an assortment of materials; a 1 micron water filter, a toilet handle, a tube of b...
71 comments posted 17yrs
posted by firstnamelastinitial
71 comments posted 17yrs posted by firstnamelastinitial

Larson Storm Door PRoblems

MY 6-year-old Larson storm dooor latch mechanism died today. I went out to get the newspaper and the storm door wouldn&...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by hrhofmann
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by hrhofmann

Pruning cuts and healing

I had to take a slightly larger limb than I prefer to cut off a tree in my yard today. A six inch limb at a major fork....
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by colbyt
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by colbyt

Skunks breeding next door

The house next to mine is abandoned and skunks are living under the rotten deck, or perhaps even inside the house. I do...
24 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Tent Caterpillers?

Lovely. The neighbors tree is badly infested. We use an umbrella to walk in my back yard just now. Any ideas?
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cshenk1
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by cshenk1

Leaking toilet/cartridge replacement

I've got a toilet with a "pressure-assist" tank. Instead of just water filling the tank, there's a self-contain...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by grip
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by grip

Is your heater working?

Reminder. It was cool here last night so I fired up the heating system for just a few minutes to be sure it is working....
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by esp
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by esp

Repainting wood doors

Our bedrooms have solid oak doors, painted white. The boys beat the hell out of them in their younger years, now it&#39...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Mitch
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by Mitch

Removing cast iron pipe gasket

I have a cast iron sewer pipe riser that is 4". the top of it is a hub, inside the hub is a rubberised gasket (I think...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nmbexcuse
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by nmbexcuse

New installation trouble

I am installing a new low voltage outdoor lighting system. There are 5 x 20w spot fixtures and one Malibu Lighting 200W...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by an.alien.in.new.york
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by an.alien.in.new.york