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OT - Things you might never need to know.

Here is a picture of three German beer steins of the kind people drink from at Oktoberfest and other German festivals:...
4 comments posted 12yrs
posted by nestork.d7bfeb8
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by nestork.d7bfeb8

Laminate Flooring Question

Yesterday I had some Mohawk laminate flooring installed. This was done by the same company who also installed it in two...
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posted by Katenospam
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by Katenospam

copper pipe soldering question

when you need to unsolder a pipe connection and then resolder to it, are there any tricks to the unsoldering, or to clea...
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posted by PicoRico
37 comments posted 12yrs posted by PicoRico

Swedish Uses For Duct Tape

Duct tape is very useful and a Swedish gal demonstrates an interesting use. ^_^ http://www.thelocal.se/galleries/news/32...
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posted by the-daring-dufas
11 comments posted 12yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

sealant for freezer lid gasket

Gasket on freezer lid is in great shape but has become loose & therefore less effective. Will defrost it soon and put so...
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posted by gno52
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by gno52

Makeshift sawguide

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posted by philo
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by philo

gas oven takes a long time to preheat

My gas oven takes 30 minutes to preheat. Is there anything I can do to improve this situation? GP
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posted by graceannporter
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by graceannporter

Claw Footed Bath Tub

This year I want to update our spare bathroom, in our >100 year old house. It has a period, claw foot bath tub, one tha...
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posted by dave
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by dave

Initial swamp cooler turn-on

After cleaning up the swamp cooler, lubricating, changing pads, removing last year's calcium, etc. for a new season how...
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posted by invalid
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

To those who lost hospice coverage...

This may be of interest to youse guys. http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/a-quiet-sea-change-in-medicare/?_ph...
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posted by kurtullman
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by kurtullman

Dimmer For Lights

Hello, Have a light dimmer that is used to dim some overhead lights in the dining room. It's quite old, and a vertical...
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posted by rgsros
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by rgsros

There's no light at the end of this tunnel...

Here's today's "Good News in america" story, New Jersey edition. New Brunswick man opts out of ObamaCare. =============...
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posted by Casey.Jones
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by Casey.Jones

OT, I Never Knew

Ya know, if you stop learning, you die. I learn something new every day and I have always enjoyed discovering and learn...
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posted by the-daring-dufas
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by the-daring-dufas

Replace side mounted faucets in 1950 sink?

Are replacement side mounted faucets available for a circa 1950 sink like this? http://donwiss.com/pictures/misc/1950sin...
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posted by donwiss
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by donwiss

Garage door opener and wall switch not working

Hi, my 15-year old garage door is not working: I tried different things, but it is not responding to either remote cont...
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posted by min.zhu
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by min.zhu