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OT: College tuition rip-off

Our college-age children are being ripped off by Wall Street not just in Ca lif, per below article, but in **every*** s...
22 comments posted 12yrs
posted by hypatia08
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by hypatia08

materials used in natural gas

what type of material can be used in natural gas lines in home use pipe,fittings,ect.
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by pete
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by pete

Good news about safety.

Now we can relax! HB WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)?A new study released today indicates tha t Americans are safe fro...
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posted by hypatia08
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by hypatia08

Average cost of transfer switch and power inlet

A friend of mine asked me what's it cost. Has a two story frame house. Circuit panel in the cellar, panel is only a few...
12 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Remember that LED recessed light for a 4" box?

There was a thread a couple weeks ago about how to change a ceiling box to accomodate an LED recessed light that you ca...
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posted by trader4
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by trader4

Furnace

I am needing a new furnace. I am looking at a regular gas furnace or hybrid furnace (25 y/o house and I can't put in a...
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posted by kurtullman
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by kurtullman

Incredible electric fireball ....

"Sparks, flames rip down power lines during windstorm in Canada" Interview: Home owner captures video.
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posted by Oren
26 comments posted 12yrs posted by Oren

OT - To Stormin Mormon

From a 'Documentary Film Producer', slightly paraphrased: While traveling through northern Arizona with a full camera c...
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posted by robert.a.macy
68 comments posted 12yrs posted by robert.a.macy

Nearly three feet

I just bought a grabber from Harbor Freight Tools. On the box it says, "Extends your reach by nearly 3 feet." I measure...
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posted by neutrino1
79 comments posted 12yrs posted by neutrino1

Beaten by a switch

I'm preparing to paint a room and was removing the switch/receptacle covers. One of the boxes has a Lutron Glyder dimme...
27 comments posted 12yrs
posted by dadiOH
27 comments posted 12yrs posted by dadiOH

OT Better health insurance website??

Article here http://tinyurl.com/k99b9fr from the Atlantic. Three guys built a simpler site for Obamacare than the feds...
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posted by ""dh0496\"
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by ""dh0496\"

Why TWO Thermal Fuses?

SWMBO went to make a pot of coffee with our Bunn coffeemaker and reported to me that the water which flowed through the...
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posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS

Good Use for Trex-type Plasticized Sawdust

I generated a lot of sawdust when I cut up the Trex-like material for reboa rding my park style front porch bench. I us...
12 comments posted 12yrs
posted by hrhofmann
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by hrhofmann