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OT- Pills

If someone has pills, which are 250mg, and take two. Is it the same as taking one 500mg pill?
26 comments posted 12yrs
posted by nothome
26 comments posted 12yrs posted by nothome

House has 2 main panels?

Older house with an addition circa 1965. Drop comes in, through 1 meter. F rom the meter one set of wires goes to the o...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by yrag.neslo
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by yrag.neslo

Cleaning Up a Broken CFL

http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl Never ever will there be one in my house, work place etc. the enviro wackos...
38 comments posted 12yrs
posted by burford
38 comments posted 12yrs posted by burford

Putting LED bulb in incandescent fixture?

I am about to have recessed lighting installed in several bedrooms (standar d size) of my house. 4 lights in each room...
7 comments posted 12yrs
posted by stevensks
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by stevensks

Track Lighting Update - For Those Interested

I have decided not to replace the track heads in my linear track lighting unit for the time being. I wanted to keep the...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Katenospam
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by Katenospam

How Boeing 777 engines communicate

_Mar. 13, 2014 - 2:47 - Lea Gabrielle on the airplane's communications systems_ Video: Lea Gabrielle is a former U.S. c...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Oren
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by Oren

Blizzard Shuts Down Water Heater and Furnace

This is something to keep in mind the next time (or hopefully before) you have problems with a high efficiency gas appl...
15 comments posted 12yrs
posted by teamarrows
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by teamarrows

Another Track Lighting Question

Sorry to be a bother again. I am still researching track heads. I have the linear track, but want to go from a Halogen...
4 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Katenospam
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by Katenospam

Liquid Electrical Tape?

Found a reference in another group about Liquid Electrical Tape. New to me ...but one brand is Permatex. ?Weatherproof...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Oren
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by Oren

Glue For Grandson's Wooden Toy Guitar Repair ?

Hi, Want to repair my Granson's toy guitar which is coming apart. "Gentle" is not his middlename. All wooden. Is Titebo...
8 comments posted 12yrs
posted by rgsros
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by rgsros

Need 5 gal gas can replacement caps?

I have four 5 gal gas cans and three of them are newer and have the carb compliant gas cap/nozzles that are worth crap....
7 comments posted 12yrs
posted by r.mariotti
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by r.mariotti

OT Tire slow leak

I have a slow leak in one of my tires. Takes a week or two to lose 10 - 15 PSI and set off the car's low tire warning....
45 comments posted 12yrs
posted by invalid
45 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

Tradeoffs: Casement vs Double-Hung Windows?

For medical reasons I am thinking about minimizing any required lifting around the house. One thing that came up is dou...
23 comments posted 12yrs
posted by x
23 comments posted 12yrs posted by x