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Construction Crane Question

There's a construction project going on next to my office. They recently used a big yellow moveable crane to construct...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by pintiha
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by pintiha

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 ha...
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posted by the-daring-dufas
46 comments posted 12yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

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...
53 comments posted 12yrs
posted by hypatia08
53 comments posted 12yrs posted by hypatia08

Did the parking brake break?

A FedEx driver has a bad day: http://consumerist.com/2014/04/04/these-dogs-are-totally-amused-by-fedex-guy-chasing-after...
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posted by bill
20 comments posted 12yrs posted by bill

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 th...
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posted by cayoung61
53 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

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 pourin...
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posted by guvbob2003
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by guvbob2003

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 cle...
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posted by rednoise9
44 comments posted 12yrs posted by rednoise9

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 ti...
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posted by nestork.d862848
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by nestork.d862848

OT, OMG, A Polish Music Video

Well, it had to happen. ^_^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7wICm4Kuhw TDD
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by the-daring-dufas
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

Uncle Bubba's Cracker House is now closed

Bwahahahahahaahaahhhaaaahahahahahah! http://consumerist.com/2014/04/04/restaurant-that-brought-down-paula-deens-empire-c...
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posted by paula
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by paula

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...
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posted by DerbyDad03
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by DerbyDad03

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 t...
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posted by nestork.d850f08
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by nestork.d850f08

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 b...
4 comments posted 12yrs
posted by BM
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by BM

Interior trim paint

For what it's worth, in case anyone's interested in quality interior trim painting, this is about getting an elegant, o...
7 comments posted 12yrs
posted by mayayana
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by mayayana