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UltraDeck QuickCap from Menard's
Looking to refurbish an old deck. Deck is 30+ years old built entirely of pressure-treated 2x lumber. Despite our (semi) best efforts it looks like hell with checking, some warping and popped nails....
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Sprinkler System Problem
I called a company to come out and fix a "leak" -- it wasn't really a leak. The pipes had come loose at a joint and he just had to glue it back. Bef ore that though the water coming out was full force...
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old attic insulation question
Hi, My attic has 2x6 joists. The (ancient) fiberglass insulation between the joists appears to be matted down to about 2" thick. Do I rip it out and replace with 6" thick batts and add more above...
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Mower start puttering after 20 minutes of running fine.
This one has me hornswoggled. I have a fairly new push mower your typical l ow-end briggs and stratton engine. The thing starts perfectly, runs perfec tly for about 20 minutes and then starts...
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Bad connection old Crouse Hinds panel
Neighbour called this morning - lights went out in about half the house last night. Were back on this morning, then back out. Went over early this afternoon and checked - found the lug on one bus was...
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Borate Redux
I've got the borate level up to around 50ppm in my pool now and it appears to be working as designed. Despite the record breaking heat, the chlorine level has remained steady with just the tablets in...
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how to pump water from garden
have a situation I need some advise on. Have a vegetable garden area that floods every spring and often takes weeks to dry out, so always late getting things planted. Would like to find a way to pump...
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OT, Ping Stormin Mormon
I seem to remember that you're a flashlight collector. I found the flashlight heaven/candy store. ^_^ TDD Enjoy massive discounts on the best LED Flashlights products: Hot LED Flashlights, LED...
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My PSR-S550
Hi My synthesizer has malfunctions I pressed the register part mixer button with button 1 and now the dual recording (two voices) doesn't work and and the main variation button operates when it...
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How does a wet cloth really help (scientifically) to survive an airplane crash?
I'm not sure WHERE to ask this, but, how does a wet cloth work in an airplane crash anyway? In step 3 at 45 seconds into this video shows it in use: What's the wet cloth (scientifically) doing?
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XP question
I know this is OT but we seemed to have collected some XP guys here Is there a way to associate an input device to a particular window? In this case I would like to keep a numeric pad associated to my...
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Changing "File View" Defaults in Windows 2000
I need Windows Explorer to show details. When I turn off the PC, next time I turn it on, it is automatically reset to showing icons. Anyone know a way to change the default view so that I can avoid...
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Dept of Agriculture Orders Submachine Guns with 30 Round Magazines
Per That's the photo that, years ago, got me thinking that the USA was drifting towards becoming a police state. The one saving grace - that I did not get from the copy shown in the newspaper I read -...
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This NG is a hoot!
I've never seen so many old cranks in any other NG. What is even more interesting is that one can discern from the posting time of responses that most of you old mos must spend a large part of your...
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Glary Free File Recovery Giveaway (2023 Update)
Glarysoft is giving away a program called "Amazing Dr. Recovery 3.1" on their web site at: 'Giveaway - Glarysoft' ( The download is a .ZIP file of about 4.5 Megabytes. You unzip it to create a folder...
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