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Q: Lubricating a burner valve on an old range

Hello all, I have a 65-year-old range. The knobs are difficult to turn. I'm thinking of lubricating the valves with an...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by topraka
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by topraka

Claw truck max lift weight

How much can a typical claw truck lift? I have some tree trunks sitting out there fir the FEMA pickup (Irma) and I wonde...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by gfretwell
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by gfretwell

Warm daah before taking it apart?

I have to remove the air vents above the radio in the middle of the dash tomorrow, on a 2005 Toyota. I tried today seve...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Bathroom faucet replacement question

My new bathroom faucet may arrive in the mail today. This will be my first repair of this nature and I have a question....
20 comments posted 8yrs
posted by BILL_NOSPAM
20 comments posted 8yrs posted by BILL_NOSPAM

OT. Spam disappearing

from stores in Hawaii. or http://tinyurl.com/y9vmcnex It's funny how tastes vary. I think Spam here in Nebraska is snows...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dh0496
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by dh0496

WD-40 More than a water displacement

The question hs been argued forever about WD-40 being a lubricant. Well, it seems to be even more than that. https://img...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by esp
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by esp

Ot no idea

Looking for an app. Android sam s7. "Press here" When pressed it might display a photo or vid or a re direct. I leave m...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by canopeily
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by canopeily

Electricity detector?

Do they make a gadget that detects the presence - not necessarily flow - of electricity in a conductor through insulati...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by invalid
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by invalid

Toilet Paper Tablets

Get'em while supplies last. Toilet Paper Tablets https://youtu.be/9eQ3tXyunbk
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by burford/associate
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by burford/associate

OT: Bloody kids

What is it with hormonal baby makers? A very rude woman told me I mustn't park in the parent and child spaces at the su...
92 comments posted 8yrs
posted by imvalid
92 comments posted 8yrs posted by imvalid

Microwave ovens

Way back in the late eighties or very early ninetis, when the kids were little, my wife decided she wanted one of those...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by clare
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by clare