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OT, We Had 5-8 Inches Of Rain Last Night
The rain was hammering the house all last night and now many areas are flooded with some roads closed. As luck would have it, we've had a new roof put on the house in the last few years and got some...
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OT: Old laptop to get Internet on TV
I'm trying to score a cheap or free old laptop so I can watch Internet programs on TV. (I gave up cable; too expensive and too few channels that interest me. I tried OTA with an internal antenna & got...
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Did the parking brake break?
A FedEx driver has a bad day:
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Old Threads
Which tube should I replace, in my black and white TV? How can I get a new needle for my phonograph? How can I clean the heads on my eight track player? What can I use, to clean the nib on my quill...
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Repairing cement sidewalk with asphalt
Up until this year the city repaired sidewalks that had been pushed up by tree roots by breaking up sections and pouring new cement. This year they started patching them up by laying down asphalt, and...
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Clothes dryer: repair or replace?
My 25-year-old Hotpoint dryer is getting flaky. I have to run it two or three times to dry a load of wet clothes. I cleaned out the vent pipe and got quite a lot of lint out, but it still doesn't dry...
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First group of Canada geese sighted
It's official. Spring is here. This morning I saw the first group of Canada geese flying north over Winnipeg. By the time the snow melts, there'll be tens of thousands of them flying north over the...
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OT, OMG, A Polish Music Video
Well, it had to happen. ^_^ TDD Finally, the rest of the world (outside Poland) can enjoy this music video... Clip Copyright: UrbanRecTV https://www.youtube.com/user/UrbanRecTv
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How to complain to the FTC and/or FCC about deceptive advertising
If you feel like complaining about your cell phone, you get 1,000 characters on the online FCC complaint form & 3,000 characters on the online FTC form: FCC 888-225-5322 FTC 877-382-4357 In my case, I...
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Uncle Bubba's Cracker House is now closed
Bwahahahahahaahaahhhaaaahahahahahah! "Thank you for 10 great years. Uncle Bubba's is now closed." That's the message the restaurant at the center of the controversy that brought Paula Deen's empire...
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What Happens When One Ganged Breaker Needs To Trip?
As most of us know, the tripped position of a circuit breaker is different than the Off position. The tripped position is kind of mid-way between Off and On. We then need to turn the breaker Off and...
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Things you might never need to know.
Besides mineral spirits, the most commonl solvent used by DIY'ers is probably either lacquer thinner (which is mostly toluene) or acetone. But, there are so many other solvents in a paint store that...
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No hot water
Hello, I have a 7 year old gas hot water heater and no hot water. I hear water constantly running in it and the catch basin is full and water is constatnly running out the overflow tube. Does anyone...
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Interior trim paint
For what it's worth, in case anyone's interested in quality interior trim painting, this is about getting an elegant, oil-base paint look. (If you don't see any difference between acrylic and oil...
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Applying deck stain and sealer
Last Fall we had a 26' by 16' deck built with a 20' ramp on one side and stairs on the other. It was built with Yella pressure treated wood and we will be applying some stain and sealer in a month or...
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