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Toothpaste in drain
I'll buy that. My father still believed in toothpast, back in 1954, but he said you didn't need the whole length of the bristle area, like all the tv commercials show it. Just the width was plenty....
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Air Conditioner cycles off after 3 to 5 minutes---need troubleshooting help
I have a 20-year old Frigidaire through the wall air conditioner. When first turned on it does a great cooling job. A digital thermometer right at the outlet is showing 40=B0F. After three to five...
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Re-Stain or Replace my Wood Deck
My deck needs to be re-stained.. I'm trying to decide whether or not to re-stain it or just replace it. There are places on the deck that have some "give" when I step on them. What is the best way...
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* Large tiles in shower??
Hello there; I am redoing my shower, I replaced the walls with hardibacker board (vapor barrier as well) and now I'm ready to tile. I noticed that most showers use small tiles but I would like to...
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Soap Scum Removal ????
I have a problem with soap scum all over the shower doors. Part of the problem is from the rotten well water here which when combined with the soap gets hard as a rock. I've tried every useless...
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Gotta Start Killing Squirrels -- Hate To Do It
Personally planted 1,000 trees during the 60s-70s, and had 300 of them cut down with stumps ground 2005-6. The trees that were cut were chipped and the shavings shoveled via bulldozers but kept on the...
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[SOLVED] B&D lawnmower. How to remove blade from electric lawnmower?
Black & Decker lawnmower. How to remove blade from electric lawnmower? Model MM525 which is very much like the MM575. Is there a simple, or complicated, way to keep the motor shaft from turning, when...
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Electric conduit question
Running 3 #10's (stranded) in 1-1/2" PVC conduit. Total run 75 feet. Does code allow me to have a splice within the conduit? Seems like it is kind of accessible since I can easily pull it from...
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Painting garage wall - how protect plants?
I've been delaying repainting garage wall because plants grow right up to the wall. Nabe painter suggested I slide plastic sheeting down behind the plants. Tried it, but clumsy and difficult for...
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Lowboy furnace vs Highboy
I'm about to replace my 30?yr old oil/air furnace. I have plenty of room in the basement, but I just saw a brand new lowboy on Craigslist that could save me $500. Why *don't* I want to do...
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Gas range lighters KO
On my Magic Chef gas cooktop (not free-standing) , 3 out of 5 automatic lighters no longer work. Have to light manually. Somebody must have been cleaning roughly and damaged the little ceramic ?...
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The end of newsgroups?
MS Windows 7 will not have an e-mail program or a newsreader. Does this mean the end of newsgroups like this one? Even Windows 7 has no newsgroup from the MS News Server. Looks like the newsgroups are...
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Wiring in conduit
Running 3 #10's (stranded) in 1-1/2" PVC conduit. Total run 75 feet. Does code allow me to have a splice within the conduit? Seems like it is kind of accessible since I can easily pull it from...
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any way to repair a sealed insulated glass unit?
I have a large picture window that has been fogged for years. I had someone give me a quote to replace it and it came to nearly $1200---a lot more than I had hoped to spend. My searches suggest...
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shock from electric stove
Kids complained they got a shock from the stove. I put a meter on it, a pan on the burner while turned on is 40 volts above ground. The rest of the stove metal seems to be at ground. The burners look...
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