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concrete & masonary waterproofer ok for wood?

Cut some wood stakes for staking tomatoes and need to treat them with something so they don't rot so fast. All I have ar...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by thelonious
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by thelonious

Cost of appliane parts

Last august I replaced my 5 year old dishwasher because the pump motor asse mbly failed. Its cost 350 bucks. new dishwa...
21 comments posted 12yrs
posted by hallerb
21 comments posted 12yrs posted by hallerb

Noisy evaporative cooler

My evaporative (swamp) cooler's front grill (part within the house with vents, controls, etc.) vibrates noisily making...
7 comments posted 12yrs
posted by invalid
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

Sheetrock , Jack !

This morning I designed and started building a jack mechanism to install sheetrock on the ceiling of my house . This af...
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posted by snag_one
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Pool Wiring Question

A friend is having a heated pool installed. He has a breaker panel outside near the pool. He was told that per NYS code...
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posted by teamarrows
11 comments posted 12yrs posted by teamarrows

OT Ignored email problems

Too often I have problems with companies and organizations ignoring my polite emails requesting information concerning...
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posted by invalid
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

Tick control

I seem to have more ticks than usual this year. Someone told me you could use a dog flea and tick collar around your an...
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posted by herbwhite59
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by herbwhite59

Window help

I need to replace the window on my vinyl sided house. I took the window out temporarily and measures the square of the...
32 comments posted 12yrs
posted by stryped1
32 comments posted 12yrs posted by stryped1

Honda GX200 3000 Gasoline Generator Fuel Leak.

Hi Ive got this generator and use it when we have power cuts. Yesterday we had one so i went to fire it up and smelt pe...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by colindgriffin
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by colindgriffin

OT NSA-proof search engine takes on Google

...May. 22, 2014 - 5:35 - DuckDuckGo's Gabriel Weinberg on creating a search engine that doesn't track users https://ti...
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posted by Oren
28 comments posted 12yrs posted by Oren

Dishwasher doesn't dry properly

My DW, approx 2 years old, is a Whirlpool. Not high end. Invoice read: WH-WDFS1DPAYW, whatever the hell THAT means. (Bo...
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posted by hypatia08
33 comments posted 12yrs posted by hypatia08

OT. A couple Memorial Day traditions

Flags In: http://preview.tinyurl.com/lu23gn3 Soldiers placing flags at Arlington National Cemetery. Rolling Thunder: htt...
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posted by ""dh0496\"
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by ""dh0496\"

Bose AM/FM CG Player

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped o nto the top of my Bose. The remote control...
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posted by PickyJAZ
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by PickyJAZ

Email from eBay

It starts out : IMPORTANT: PASSWORD UPDATE Dear eBay Member, To help ensure customers' trust and security on eBay, I am...
21 comments posted 12yrs
posted by snag_one
21 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Home Generator

I live in an area (New England) where we have had extended AC power interuptions. I just bought a back up, Generac 6500...
50 comments posted 12yrs
posted by dave
50 comments posted 12yrs posted by dave