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Plumber's dedication to dirty job goes viral
Per Oren: Google migrated my Photos/Albums from Picasa to Google-Something-Or-Other - but they failed to migrate permissions and are throwing a 404 if somebody does not have permission to view an...
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Is it time...
To start an AHR dead pool? Who's next? Why do you think so? How are they going out? When? Is there anything *you* could do to alter the outcome?
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OT - Amtrak Sure Doesn't Hire Mensa Members
In an earlier thread I brought up the stupid wording that Amtrak uses in their announcement about where bags are "not allowed" to be stowed. Here's another gem from their website... If you check the...
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OT: Big govt will beat Zika
Watching the news the other night from FL, I got to see a good example of modern big govt in action. They showed code enforcement issuing tickets, not sure now if it was Miami or Wynwood, for illegal...
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hours runtime
does the mower indicate the total number of hours on the engine??
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Rheem Centeral A.C. is leaking water.
I think I can get to them, but I have to remove the panel in front of the burners and poke my hand up to them. Thanks for the suggestion, I will take a look tomorrow and see how dirty the coils are.
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What do you cap a LP gas line with?
I shut off the propane gas line at the valve and removed the corrugated metal connections just past the valve to an old hotwater heater (which I took apart, just for the fun of it - but that's a...
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Household voltage question
I am far from an electrician and would only ever hire a licensed electricia n to do any major electrical work on my home. But I am reasonably comforta ble measuring AC voltages. In 2013 we had a 240V...
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OT Passport renewal
Perhaps it was an off handed comment expressing surprise at the quick turnaround considering all the Hollywood types and Liberal goofs promising to leave the country if Trump wins. ;)
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Lowes Express is Kaput
Lowes opened their Lowes Express here in NJ as an experiment about 4 or 5 years ago. They just closed it. It was a smaller, neighborhood version of Lowes, similar to a big hardware store. It went into...
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Win7 question
On my Thinkpad you control the light by pressing a combination of the Fn (lower left key on my keyboard) and Space bar keys.
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Nails are too soft
I have some nails that are too soft, and they bend too easily. If I put some viagra in the nail box, will the nails get harder? Brad
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Wayne spot
I see you took a victory lap around Gloucester when you got back to the US.
 
Sink and Shower P-traps
I looked at a house "bathroom" for a friend today. He wanted an opinion and unfortunately, I didn't have one, so I'll ask youse. There is a bathroom sink with its own P-trap under the sink. The sink's...
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best battery for riding mower?
Hmmm...I had a Diehard battery in my lawn tracgtor for nine years. Maybe I just got lucky, but I replaced it last year with another one. Incidentally, I just disconnect the cables for winter storage....
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