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WARNING: Bathtub Drowning
A 24 year young man became intoxicated at a weekend pre-Halloween party. After the party he stepped into his bathtub and fell asleep. He slept 3 to 4 hours in the tub. When he awoke, he noticed his...
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Plumber of the Year Awards
Can this be for real???!!! HB Your laugh for the day! How does this even get past the planning phase? . &%$@# Toilet Seat . Hmmmmm… . Should have measured twice! . Apparently, you don’t want...
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AC ground, copper-pex
Just wondering for now. Have an all copper plumbing. What happen to my ground if the pipes are replaced with PEX? Have two connections that I am aware of. One to the cold water pipe at water heater....
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where is my Shower Shut Off Valve ?
my shower is getting very little, or no Hot water i'm hoping that replacing this valve/cartridge will fix it photo link should the Shut Off Valve be in the wall behind behind, or do I have to shut the...
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Keeping out big brother?
Overall, this sounds pretty good, but - "You can view the source code to be sure there's no back door." But you can't know whether the source code you viewed is what they actually used. Nor whether...
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Church without power
With the forecast of Nov 13 being power cut, it gets me to thinking. I'm one of the maint guys at church. Suppose the power goes off, and it's below freezing. The building is masonry, with some metal...
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I pulled a Halloween prank on my gas company!
Each year I treat the neighborhood kids to a yard full of Halloween decorations. I set up a mini cemetery watched over by couple of skeletons sitting on a bench. I've got ghouls hanging on poles, a...
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Wood Furnace fan doesn't run long
My 18 year old house has a combination Wood and Electric pushed air furnace. I'll start a fire and eventually the fan starts... typical and expected. I question what follows. The fan will run for 1 to...
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CAC Pt Lumber test
OK we all "know" the new PT lumber "eats" fasteners. At least that is the warning. I decided to test it with a number of fasteners and materials including aluminum screen frame material, aluminum...
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OT - What can I do with 2' long plastic candy canes (2023 Update)
I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are hollow transparent plastic and originally had miniature lights inside. Before I...
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Garage door torsion spring broken ... and ... I have no questions! :)
The wife screamed there was a gunshot in the garage and yelled at me to grab the grandkids and shoo them out the front door immediately. This is what I found in the garage: The funny thing is, we've...
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transparent glue
What transparent glue can be used to hold a piece of plastic to a picture of the same size (which is on paper, I think)? So transparent that it won't distort the image of the picture, and won't even...
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This is why we do things ourselves, and BUY GOOD TOOLS!
So today, I decided it was time to take the trusty Heep over to my storage locker and retrieve my winter wheel and tire set for my car. Should take about an hour working slow to swap 'em out, right? I...
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Will T-88 work to glue a piece of clear plastic to PVC?
I woulod like to attach a piece of clear plastic (from TAP Plasics, I think it's plexiglass) to the edge if a piece of black PVC. Will the epoxy be enough or do I need to also use angle brackets. In...
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Combining projects, or how to fix a chopping block
My wife took MY favorite chopping board, a very nice large older one, and used it for a project of hers. Her project was to poke holes in some project of hers with an ice pick, using the wood chopping...
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