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Washing machines: any routine maint. I should do?++
It's working fine, but I wonder if there is something like a 30,000 miles checkup I should do? It's 10 years old and does about 3 loads a week.
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Breaker Panel - Wasps help!
All fired up to install my new transfer switch with my new generator. I op= en the breaker panel only to find the entire bottom lined with 100's of (so= mewhat dormant) wasps. That knockout at the...
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How to interpret fluor. tube colors? -- Followup
The fluorescent lamp on a Kenmore Model 250 stove (now 20 years old) has started wrecking new fluor. tubes (Sylvania, 22-inch, 18 watts). Symptoms are: 1. Dark grey bars appear at both ends of the new...
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Followup on "Combat"
Followup on "Combat" Later episodes did show th e American troops firing at the Germans as they were running away from a battle. Unlike the episode I earlier wrote about where all the Yanks must have...
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OT combination safe and tumblers
OT In the movies, safe-crackers are always listening to the tumblers in the bank vault door. Sometimes they use a stethoscope. Does that really work? Decades ago I had a plastic toy safe, with...
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OT What hours were the supermarkets open?
OT As Black Friday creeps forward to Wednesday, I'm trying to renew my recolletction of what days and hours supermarkets were open in the early 50's. I lived in Western Pa. near Youngstown, Ohio, in a...
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Fastenal Ribbed Nutsert
Anybody ever use one of these? was thinking of using these to fix the screen on my woodstove. The screen= itself is about 16" by 21" by 0.75" sheet metal tray with hundreds of litt= le holes in the...
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How to interpret fluor. tube colors?
The fluorescent lamp on a Kenmore Model 250 stove (now 20 years old) has started wrecking new fluor. tubes (Sylvania, 22-inch, 18 watts). Symptoms are: 1. Dark grey bars appear at both ends of the new...
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11 years ago
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OT - emergency blankets
Has anyone tried the mylar foil blankets? Or, the yellow ones with a bit of fuzzy fabric, like the ambulance guys use? Does either do any good, after car wreck, or gone off the road and waiting for...
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New regs to make furnace replacement more expensive
"Replacing an aging furnace could cost homeowners thousands of dollars more after May 1, when new federal energy efficiency standards take effect for northern states, including New Jersey. The new...
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OT, Darn, J.R. Really Is Dead
I just heard that 81 year old Larry Hagman passed away from cancer. O_o TDD
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Will the utility companies bill more than one person?
Will the utility companies bill more than one person? I googled it. I didn't find the answer right away. Instead of halving the bills each month, would the utility company send two bills?
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I dont want insulation in home
I want to build a cabin on my property. Actually a small house. The problems is that I dont want insulation. I love the rough look of studs and the exterior plywood sheathing. Not only that, but I'm...
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Folding chair cross bar repair without welding?
One side of the cross bar on the bottom of a metal folding chair broke due to a bad weld. I don't have welding equipment. What is the next best way to fix this? only solution I can think of is to use...
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Need to untime ceiling lamp
I have a porch lamp that is mounted in what appears to be a simple ceiling = fixture. The lamp goes ON/OFF with a switch, but if left on it will turn of= f in a couple of hours. The timer isn't in the...
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