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OT Car insurance rise?
I just checked by adding his wife back on with a comparison site, it seems single people pay more than married people. I'll see if he wants to "forget" to tell them she died. The price rise is about...
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Motion of a cat
Consider a cat jogging at 5mph along the flat roof of a skyscraper. The cat is too stupid to realise it's reaching the edge, and falls off. Describe in detail the acceleration, rotation, and fear...
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Wonder what AZ is getting/
I wonder if a half Billion will sway Manchin? The U.S. Department of Transportation says West Virginia is slated to receive more than $500 million to repair and upgrade bridges across the state. The...
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How does this camera point to the right person?
In the first minute of this video, and lots of other videos by Matt's towing, the camera is on the driver and then moves over to the passenger, then back to the back seat and up to see his face....
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Why you cagers turning left in front of we bikers are the most dangerous on the road
Why cagers turning left are the most dangerous to bikers A police pursuit of a motorcycle driver came to an end with a horrific crash at an intersection in West Hills.
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How bad can cheep antifreeze be?
I need some RV antifreeze for my house because I'm going away in early February. Probably wont' freeze but who knows. (It was 13^ all night a few days ago) The auto stores want $6 or 7 and Walmart...
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Splicing Romex wire ...
I need to splice some Romex wire, don't really want to mount a junction box ! I have seen some products like what is in these links, but I don't like those either. I have had bad experience with...
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Blown window units
A number of our Boulton & Paul double-glazed window units have frosted over (blown). How to obtain replacements?
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channel scanning mysteries.
channel scanning mysteries. Have you ever heard about something like this? I had to rescan the available over the air channels on a tv a few months ago, for some reason I forget, and one of my...
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Follow up on electric lawnmower
Follow up on electric lawnmower. I wanted to sharpen the lawnmower and balance the blade, and I tried lots of things to get the blade off. That spray stuff, a propane torch, putting the wrench on and...
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Follow-up on washing machine
I got the washing machine assembled maybe 3 weeks ago, with a new belt, and it now spins like it didn't before, but it doesn't agitate!!! It's a Kenmore Whirlpool old model, I forget the term. I let...
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OT Won't let me unsubscribe, Notarized will?
Get this, I needed a visiting (traveling? mobile?) notary and google gave me which asked only for the zip code and my email address. Then it gave a list, I contacted one through... I guess it was...
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OT Here's another towing video
OT Here's another towing video They said something about towing a Lexus SUV, but it seems to run fine. They said something about 4 flat tires, but they all seem okay. So I don't know why theyr'e...
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M$ Office goes "woke"
Hi Frank, Open Office was crap. When Libre Office took over, they asked everyone for a list of the unfixed bugs in Open Office and they fixed them post haste. It was heaven for a while. Then the Open...
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insulating concrete wall & ceiling in cold cellar
I'm considering using some sort of rigid insulation on the inside walls and ceiling of my cold cellar, which is under the front porch - presently bare poured concrete. I don't wish to frame & finish...
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