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New paint formula

Looks like paint has been re-formulated for low VOC. When the interior of my house was painted 15 years ago, I tried so...
7 comments posted 11yrs
posted by philo
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by philo

Linux? Why Even Bother?

Walmart, Dell, IBM and others have tried to sell Linux desktops and all ave failed. Linux was the first on the shelves...
21 comments posted 11yrs
posted by scurvymcricketts
21 comments posted 11yrs posted by scurvymcricketts

Why Linux Sucks. From A Layperson.

I'm an ordinary Jack and my opinion is that Linux sucks. Why? Too many different Linux(s). Example: I subscribe to a pr...
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posted by scurvymcricketts
9 comments posted 11yrs posted by scurvymcricketts

OT?? PInk flamingo creator dies

From the Boston Herald: http://tinyurl.com/prdgxxd Don Featherstone was 79.
5 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dh0496
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by dh0496

Moffat/GE wash machine brown stuff

HI, Recently brown stuff almost molasses like has flowed out from where the agitator meets the tub. It splays out while...
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posted by drsporsche928
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by drsporsche928

Honeywell wifi thermostats

Anyone have any experience? I cannot find a user forum that might answer post installation questions, and Honeywell's si...
27 comments posted 11yrs
posted by pleasedonot
27 comments posted 11yrs posted by pleasedonot

OT pups running for dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niLxhiywXqw I wish they would have given them different colored collars. I don't think...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Seymore4Head
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by Seymore4Head

Do you have the receipt?

Just had a first. I've been repairing refrigerators for about twenty years. I went out this AM, and worked on a refrige...
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posted by cayoung61
109 comments posted 11yrs posted by cayoung61

OT: Ground wires in BC

I recently travelled to southern British Columbia, Canada. I visited the Vancouver area as well as areas hundreds of mi...
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posted by pat
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by pat

bathroom tub and tile refinishing??

Hello neighbors, can anyone recommend a person or system to refinish 1940 bathroom tub and reglaze ceramic tile? Any hel...
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posted by jerlenborn
8 comments posted 11yrs posted by jerlenborn

Do they make a rule that is innacurate, on purpose?

I want to play a joke on a coworker, and what I need is a ruler that looks real, but that is slightly off, such that al...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karlheinzs
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by karlheinzs

What strange garden faucet is this?

A friend's house was designed by an architect to be his own house, about 8 years ago, until he sold it last year. It ha...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Don't let walmart fool you?

Don't let walmart fool you? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Levolor-Kirsch-14254-Traverse-Rod-Drapery-Cord/21998040 $15.37 Le...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Replacing T1-11 siding?

We have T1-11 siding that is looking the worse for wear: some rotted patches, some delamination. I don't know what is u...
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posted by Nobody
8 comments posted 11yrs posted by Nobody

AC Fan Question

The fan on the outside unit of my heat pump failed. The repair guy replaced the fan with a universal replacement that w...
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posted by mcp6453
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by mcp6453