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Dirty Jobs. Season 4, Episode 9

New York City still has wooden water tanks on top of some buildings. This shows some of the process of building them. T...
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posted by deanhofman
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanhofman

How to know if there is voicemail.

I have a home phone, wired, but supplied by Verizon Fios. How can I know if I have voicemail waiting without picking up...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT. Trebek's last 5

shows will air the week of January 4.
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posted by deanhofman
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanhofman

Wire size?

I put an automatic gate in but I did not know that I was going to when I built the house. I have a GFI outlet on the ba...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by steve
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by steve

Old photos

Yesterday I opened a box that had not been gone through for ages. Old photos going back to the 1940's of family and ext...
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posted by esp
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by esp

OT. Trike Hauler

I'm just wondering what people think of these. I'm interested in the Single Wheel 46. It's about $1700.
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posted by deanhofman
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanhofman

Cheap Chinese rubbish

An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an...
33 comments posted 5yrs
posted by CFKinsey
33 comments posted 5yrs posted by CFKinsey

How to make double edged razor blades

How to make double edged razor blades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9PnTPIKd3g Watch carefully so you can do it at ho...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Why can't you rewind youtube advertisements?

Why is it that on youtube, you can pause and rewind to see things again, but during the advertisements, when they have...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Snow tire recommendations

I currently use Michelin x-ice on my cars and have been happy with their traction. The terrain here is flat to moderate...
21 comments posted 5yrs
posted by fred
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by fred

Hanging Solar Sensor Lights

Thought I'd pass this on after reading Trader's post about his wired lights. A few months ago I installed 4 of these li...
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posted by thismailautodeleted
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by thismailautodeleted

Appliance lead time

Has anyone put a Whirlpool refrigerator on order lately ? In the middle of August we put in an order for a new refriger...
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posted by rmowery28146
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by rmowery28146