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What ever happened to COLORED Toilet Paper?

What ever happened to COLORED Toilet Paper? In the 50's and 60's it came in almost every color. I remember pink, yellow...
44 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
44 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

backyard swing project

I have two big trees in my backyard that happen to be about 5 feet apart. I wanted to rig up about an 8' high swing bet...
17 comments posted 10yrs
posted by super70s
17 comments posted 10yrs posted by super70s

(OT) Why do you use Facebook?

Being that most posters on this newsgroup are of "advanced age", I have to ask why you use Facebook (if you do)? For pe...
52 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
52 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

Do you rely on Symantec?

http://fortune.com/2016/06/29/symantec-norton-vulnerability/
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by a
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by a

sump pits and septic sump pits

I am attempting to replace the lid of my basement septic-sump - the old lid was apparently a home-made job - made of me...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by hubops
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by hubops

What is a "Waterless Urinal"?

I was recently at a store where they had a unusual looking urinal. Above it was a sign that read, "Waterless Urinal" an...
15 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
15 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

Flooded Tent at Campground (with no sump pump).

Over the weekend I was camping and we had a bad storm. One of the guys had his tent located right where all the water r...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

How to skip that stupid message

OT where off-topic Prohibited where void. Well this was worthy of a thread of its own. http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2...
34 comments posted 10yrs
posted by NONONObobbyburns1111
34 comments posted 10yrs posted by NONONObobbyburns1111

My website on Brooklyn parquetry floor borders

For the past year I have been visiting houses in Brooklyn taking pictures of the floors. I go to open houses and take h...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by donwiss
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by donwiss

What is this bug with tailhooks

I've been going au naturel so far this summer. That is, no screens in the windows. Last fall I had no insects at all in...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by NONONObobbyburns1111
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by NONONObobbyburns1111

Fastening leach line to septic tank

I had a leak in my rental's leach line, or at least the driveway over the leach line had a constant big foul-smelling p...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by invalid
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by invalid

Can NiMH and NiCd batteries use the same charger?

Can NiMH and NiCd batteries use the same charger? I have a charger which was originally untended to charge NiCd batteri...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Paintedcow
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by Paintedcow

Water dripping from dehumidifier

There is water dripping from the base. It is not coming from the tank or the hose to the drain. I replaced the last one...
13 comments posted 10yrs
posted by timothy42b
13 comments posted 10yrs posted by timothy42b

OT - One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

While looking at an apartment for my daughter, I ran across this in the basement of a rental property. It apparently be...
15 comments posted 10yrs
posted by teamarrows
15 comments posted 10yrs posted by teamarrows