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Did you know this about The Gas Company?

I don=92t know about other states or gas companies but here in Southern Cal= ifornia, unless it=92s an emergency, per T...
60 comments posted 14yrs
posted by recyclebinned
60 comments posted 14yrs posted by recyclebinned

circuit breakers

Does any brand 2 pole 15 amp circuit breaker fit a Square D or Cutler Hammer circuit breaker panel box (each about 6 yea...
13 comments posted 14yrs
posted by doug
13 comments posted 14yrs posted by doug

Parging repair

Time to patch the parging again, and the places where the insulation shows through seem bigger than ever before, some 1...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ey925
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by ey925

Things that go "tick" in the night

I live in the CO Rockies at 8K ft, a rather rural snowbird park, in a modular/park model home, essentially a perm mobil...
28 comments posted 14yrs
posted by notbob
28 comments posted 14yrs posted by notbob

27 cents a mile

Bought some gasoline. Divide the numbers. Turns out to be about 27 cents a mile, to make my 18 MPG truck move. Ouch!!!!...
98 comments posted 14yrs
posted by cayoung61***spamblock
98 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61***spamblock

Deck floor in basement?

I'm reasonably handy, and want to start finishing off my basement. One part of the basement is really off level due to...
12 comments posted 14yrs
posted by scottman29Removethis
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by scottman29Removethis

Giant plastic water pipe maker accused of fraud

(CBS News) Few things are as crucial to everyday life as clean water, carried in PVC plastic pipe. Much of it is made b...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by recyclebinned
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by recyclebinned

Security Light

My friend has a 100 watt mercury vapor security light on her garage that for the most part won't turn off. she's replac...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by atlas-bugged
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by atlas-bugged

extra 3/8 shut off valve for sink faucet?

Why is it so hard to get the most logically needed valve in the world... an= extra inline 3/8 x 3/8 shutoff valve to pu...
29 comments posted 14yrs
posted by dumbstruc
29 comments posted 14yrs posted by dumbstruc

Pets

http://imgur.com/PigS5
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Kilowatt
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by Kilowatt

OT: The "Independent Voter"

In my view the "independent" voter is the most dependent of all. He only gets to pick between Tweedledum and Tweedledee...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by heybub
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by heybub

Birds out of satelite dish nose cone

How to keep sparrrows and other birds from nesting in the nose cone of a satelite TV antenna? I tried green nylon scree...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by cayoung61***spamblock
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61***spamblock

Sawdust containment

I occasionally cut plastic extrusions into short lengths on a chop saw. Since this makes a fairly big mess of plastic s...
31 comments posted 14yrs
posted by notpublicinfo
31 comments posted 14yrs posted by notpublicinfo

camera copy stand

I want to make a camera platform(out of wood) so that its height can be adjusted on a 1" thick dowel-sort of home made...
22 comments posted 14yrs
posted by hochi45
22 comments posted 14yrs posted by hochi45

Cutting trim work

Going to try to explain the cuts. Looked on Google, obviously I'm not using the correct search terms. Here's what I hav...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by herehere
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by herehere