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Tire pressure

From time to time this subject has come up. I had an interesting thought. Why doesn't someone come out with a gauge tha...
92 comments posted 11yrs
posted by invalid
92 comments posted 11yrs posted by invalid

Regluing and shimming up Vinyl flooring

When I bought my house last year, there was a soft spot in the kitchen floor, under a window, where there had been a wi...
8 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Jerry.Tan
8 comments posted 11yrs posted by Jerry.Tan

Making cement on MASH

On an episode of MASH, becaue of gems, they need to put a cement floor in the operating room. The army supposedly won't...
14 comments posted 11yrs
posted by mm2005
14 comments posted 11yrs posted by mm2005

Fires and mud in Callifornia

There were many fires in California last September, and there is rain now, and mud. I don't concentrate on California i...
36 comments posted 11yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
36 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Sauna heater wiring

Trying to replace an older sauna heater with a newer unit. The source from wall has 4 wires. one RED, one BLACK, one WH...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Yash
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by Yash

recharging 12 v battery

What exactly happens when you charge a 12v wet cell car battery? And how does it store up electricity? I have one that n...
27 comments posted 11yrs
posted by herbwhite59
27 comments posted 11yrs posted by herbwhite59

Verizon still sucks

Today, download speed was 3.5 Kbps (0.0035 Mbps). I took anothe screen capture, sent it to Verizon and got another $38...
5 comments posted 11yrs
posted by sasquatch
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by sasquatch

Home entertainment

I have to switch back in forth between Charter and Direct TV/ATT every couple of years to get the best offer. Direct TV...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Seymore4Head
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by Seymore4Head

Kwikset Smartkey

> Kwikset, some of the better gear is OK, avoid > Smartkey, which is unproven technology. I am not a locksmith, just a...
14 comments posted 11yrs
posted by fmmck
14 comments posted 11yrs posted by fmmck

Ten Minute Job on the gas line

Friend of mine is redoing the floor in the laundry room. The pipe with the natural gas for the dryer is a bit of a ways...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by cayoung61
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by cayoung61

Does holding the ladder really work?

We've all seen it, we've all probably done it. When you set a ladder on the ground outside, to clean the gutters or go...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by timothy42b
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by timothy42b