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tracking down harmonic resonance mystery
we have forced air heat, when the heat runs there is a harmonic whine that resonates through a few parts of the house (which isn't very large at all anyways). i am lucky in that i'm in the offside...
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OT - Shooting in Ottawa
I don't know if you guys heard this or not, but today in Ottawa (the capital city of Canada), a gunman armed with a rifle shot one of the soldiers standing guard at the National War Memorial in...
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9 years ago
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Flush up
Hello there. I want to install one of those flush-up toilets in my basemen t. Plumbing isn't a problem, the pipes run right above where I will instal l it on the wall. My concern is the action itself...
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9 years ago
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Catholic Teacher 69s
This ain't rape...it's every teenage boy's dream come true. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/21/megan-mahoney-teacher-sex_n_6022546.html
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9 years ago
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How to plug a missing stem?
How to plug a missing stem? What do people do when they can't get a faucet stem back in the pipe, and they have no time to rip out the wall and replace the whole valve assembly? Are there plugs? With...
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9 years ago
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Which is better, foam rubber ear plugs or the things that look like headphones
Which is better, that is, which keeps the sound level in one's head lower: foam rubber ear plugs** or the things that look like full-size headphones from the 60's***? **LIke E*A*R Plugs, the yellow...
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9 years ago
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LED bulbs and X-10
I've been changing out bulbs and going to the LED lights. I really like them and have swapped out 9 of them so far. Yesterday though, I ran into a different situation. The outdoor light over my family...
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9 years ago
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I feel cheated...
Why does a school fire teachers that go the extra mile? Biology teacher/assistant cheer coach Ashley Zehnder, 24, is facing a felony rap for an alleged sexual fling with a high school student.
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9 years ago
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Slippery vinyl floor
I don't know how it got this way but an area of the vinyl kitchen floor is slicker'n snail snot. I have cleaned with various floor cleaners, 409 and other household cleaners, and it is still slick. My...
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9 years ago
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Worry free or full of worries
I think it's better to pay plumber instead of having this worry free I mean full of worries plan. I paid for this plan for almost 8 months and when called to fix the water heater . After making a call...
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9 years ago
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converting 2 wire T-Stat to Wi-Fi Tstat ( have spare wires)
Hello. I currently have a Honeywell standard display T-stat. It has only 2 wires connected to the R & W terminals to control my Weil-Mclain steam bo iler. The T-stat is battery operated. I have spare...
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9 years ago
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LV post light - how to make this right?
@ GF's place... renter just moved out... post light has never worked. After his stuff was all moved out I went into his room to tighten some stuf f up and found this... 24VAC transformer screwed to...
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9 years ago
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Circline wows
I have 4 cheapo circline fixtures in my house; 2 in the utility room and one in each of 2 bedroom closets. They each have 2 circline bulbs, a 22 watt and a 32 watt, with an electronic ballast and a...
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9 years ago
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Installing french door. (Installing frame without doors)
I just bought a 72x80 French Door for my patio. It is heavy. I thought abou t taking the pins off the door hinges and removing the doors. And temporari ly installing the frame. (Because it is...
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OT sticky yellow plastic
I've got an old Radio Shack FRS walkie talkie. The yellow soft plastic is sticky. I tried Simple Green, no better. Now trying Armor All, which also doesn't seem to help. The soft yellow side is worse...
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