I don't have this thermometer, and don't know if a blind person can
program it. If it has a button to announce the current temperature, that
helps a lot, but I don't know that either. Possibly I will just have to
purchase one and see what happens.
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My guess is that they want to recover the freon, to take it out of
circulation. If the fridge isn't working, it probably means that the
freon has leaked out, so no benefit in recovering it. Just a guess.
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details.
Yikes, 700 degrees is hair singeing hot.
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steel probe detaches from sensor for easy cleaningLow battery indicator
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Kevin,
I don't know where in the country you are, but many states have a service
called one call. You need to call them and they will take care of
sending someone out to mark any buried utilities.
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they will charge you
either. So, you are either going to have to spend some money on repairs,
or you are going to spend money on very expensive insurance. Sorry to be
a downer.
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place it
forward of the flames. Or you can even turn off one of the burners, and
place the food in that spot so that you are cooking with indirect heat.
It's just a matter of getting used to it, but I think you will enjoy it.
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, jail
breaks their IPhones. When the XBox went South, we packed it up and sent
it in for repairs.
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save as well.
What about selling it, and purchasing a newer, more efficient, smaller
fridge? Which would probably consume less energy than the larger older
fridge even with the timer scheme.
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Also, when using PEX for hot water aplications, you need to use the type
with an Oxygen barrier. If you don't, it will degrade the PEX pretty
quickly.
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29 inches. And that doesn't seem to be any problem at all.
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the plaster since it will be
covered anyway.
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digging.
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from the ceiling joists.
Does this sound realistic?
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be
in violation of conservation of energy, not to mention that you would be
heating the water first, then cooling it down, so you would be doubly
wasting energy.
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by two times the number of sides.
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Spiro,
We said the same thing. you said 360 / 2 / x I said 360 / 2*x I
should have put parenthesis around my 2*x) but the result is the same.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Spiro wrote:
sorry Dan, divided by the number of sides
360/2/x
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Dan Rossi wrote:
To calculate
a page on Sherman Williams that mentions
the problem.
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so that it doesn't stick out like a black eye
in the neighborhood. I believe it would look stupid to have one silver or
white roof and 19 red roofs around the courtyard.
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would never really deter someone from taking on a
project. So go for it.
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On my laptops, I have not had any issue with using standby mode, however,
hibernate mode has caused issues.
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no painter.
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As I was writing my original question about painting a tin roof, I said to
myself, Self, I bet Cy will have done this before, he's going to be the
man with the answer.
Thanks, and glad to see you back on the list.
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, since the compressor is separate from the chillers, it is much much
quieter in the rooms than window air conditioners are.
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Brice,
If you just use a ductless system for air conditioning, and not for
heating, it is no less efficient than any other air conditioner.
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Bill,
I don't actually know how a split mini compares with a forced air system
for power consumption. Could be an interesting comparison though.
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to something solid.
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pressure treated lumber that isn't kiln dried, I would not leave any
gaps when laying down the boards.
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to the generation of new growth, but I don't want
fire in my house.
Carbon Dioxide is also found naturally in the environment, and very
important to plant growth. I don't want a CO2 generator in my house
either.
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to the Earth,
but a serious pollutant at ground level. So you are, in fact, generating
the bad kind of Ozone in your house.
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John,
Did you get the same link to open that Lenny sent to the list? The entire
article was about Ozone generators and indoor air quality.
Here is the link again.
EPA statement on indoor Ozone generators
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html
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be
larger than microbes, but we operate on a lot of the same principles.
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figured, I
was there, it was there, I could walk out with it, and no issues with
returns if I changed my mind. So, the Jaw Horse is now sitting in my
basement.
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to a blink. I'll
give it a shot and let you know what I find.
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pounds. Guess that
means there is a 10 to 1 ratio between downward force on the peddle and
clamping force.
Happy horsing.
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.
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for fathers day.
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Shane,
What was your impression of the JawHorse? Did you think it was useful?
Did you covet it? Did you drool on it?
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of nails.
I'll also say that if I have the compressor out, I enjoy using the nail
gun for a lot of stuff. I will often tack pieces together rather than
clamping them, or tack a straight edge down as a guide.
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material should I be looking for?
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think
the experience was a good one and if I ever do need to build a set of
stairs again, they will be perfect.
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to
generate some heat when spinning a bit at 18K RPM against a piece of wood.
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inspection by a pro can be very useful. You can also get an
inspection by a structural engineer if you are so inclined.
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of
the treads, until it was wedged into place.
I hope to finish the lower landing this week, then I just need to think
about a railing at some point.
I'm just happy to be able to walk up and down to and from the basement
again.
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verses
a cool basement.
One concern I have is that if I get a professional installation, they will
just run the lines on the outside of my house, where I would run the lines
inside the walls. How likely is a leak in these lines?
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and flexed it slightly, it broke in half.
The fourth chunk wouldn't break in my hands, but I can kind of feel the
split in it. So, hopefully after six inches of my board are gone, I might
actually have some usable lumber.
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If it is the main water line coming into the house, you can only fix it.
Anything that you would dump down the drain would kill the roots in the
sewer line. You can't dump anything down the incoming water line, it
don't work like that.
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,
for each room. You can essentially get central air without ductwork and
they are significantly more quiet than window AC units.
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.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
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are seriously quiet as well. At least the indoor
portion is. One claims a 19DB rating, which is pretty damn quiet.
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on a
pex line. I believe that there are specific valves for pex, but I am
pretty sure that shark bite valves will work on either Copper or pex.
Hope I haven't confused things.
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of the valves in
my basement replaced with ball valves, including one just above the main
shut-off. I haven't noticed any reduction in flow.
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to the stringers? Or don't you?
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the stairs. The pre-cut stringers are cut with a much more reasonable
slope which would have been too shallow for my constraints.
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Alan,
I agree with you that dadoing will be much more work, and offer many more
chances for me to fuck up and have to start again.
But you know me well enough now, that more work and complexity just calls
to me. *GRIN*
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against it, I had to re-cut it at a completely different
angle.
I got the stringers cut and mounted, but had to leave half way through
today, so one more week without steps I guess.
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. but the joists would add
depth.
At 12 by 12, I think you could get away with four footers pretty easily.
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hairline and increases your virility as well. For all I know, it picks up
your dirty socks and puts them in the hamper for you.
Anyway, has anyone ever used one of these things? Is it the case of it
does everything poorly rather than doing one thing well?
Thanks.
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Why don't you just use the calculator in windows? It's free, it's right
there, and quite powerful.
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And by the time you have finished replacing the drive, possibly the power
supply, purchasing a set of usb to various connectors, you could have
purchased a referb with four times as much memory, and probably scads more
hard drive space.
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sinking as
quickly.
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You guys do realize that there is a link to the non-yahoo archives at the
end of each and every message sent to this list?
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Tom,
I use pine and lynx part of the time, and I was able to click on the mail
archive link in the footer and it worked fine. I seem to vaguely remember
some issue with trailing slashes, but not sure if there was some config
change I made to fix that.
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that for a couple of months though. One major
project at a time.
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Max wrote with regard to the removal of my cast iron radiator:
I'm betting that you will end up cutting it into smaller pieces to get rid
of it. Maybe with a cutting torch?
OOO BABY! Now that sounds like fun.
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use of a sawsall with hack saw blade, sledge hammer, and crow
bar, will convince the various sections to disengage themselves.
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Yeah, that one talks list is for the symbian version of Talks. The
version that runs on the Motorola isn't really even Talks. It's just
branded as Talks.
I asked around but no one seems to know about a mailing list for that
version specifically.
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. laid down the last two
joists, but since I need to cut the larger sheets outside, and it was
raining, I didn't get any further than that.
Hopefully, the floor will be done next weekend and I can start on the
stairs.
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for dinner.
Today, Teresa and I put the house back in order and we are fast
approaching doneness on the living room. WOOHOO!
What a deal.
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dialing.
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I use a lever pad lock on my locker. It is pretty easy to use, and very
easy to set. I've noticed that after a couple of years, it does get very
finicky and tends not to want to lock again. You get what you pay for.
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will do much for you anyway.
A long time ago, when I had good hearing, I was able to pick cheap
combination locks by listening for the tumblers. Haven't been able to do
that for 25 years though.
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I just staple everything. Much easier than trying to thread a needle.
*GRIN*
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someone than explain it.
Anyway, that is how I package up my long extension cords and they are much
better behaved than when I just try to coil them into a continuous loop.
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, but at least I can use it, unlike the microwave they
just installed in our office kitchen. Not a button or dial anywhere on
the thing, and a totally flat panel. I think I can put some braille
stickers on it, but needed help to heat up my lunch today.
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in. They
hold quite well.
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the correct size bit. The tolerances are
pretty tight, I think 1/32 to 1/16 difference between the bit size and the
screw size, depending on the size of the screw.
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Al,
That's bull. I've purchased at least two different diameters of TapCons.
I think possibly three though. They definitely come in various lenghts.
I used some big-ass 1/4 inch by 4 inch long TapCons to mount the framing
for my basement door, on the hinge side.
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the weekend to let you know how blind friendly it is.
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tubes bent into hooks for this
purpose. I used something like these to hang my tandem bike from the
joists in the basement. Any big box store should have them.
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I agree with Dale. You can certainly drill a hole in block with a
non-hammer drill, but it could be a lot more work, and make for sloppy
holes.
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in August that I
purchased this house.
Can I fall back on the excuse that I am full of mature stupidity and
impetuousness?
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Depends on the drain. You can always use a snake, but typically you will
have to get your hands a bit wet to get it started.
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are pretty similar
in strength and durability, but that OSB is susceptible to swelling if
exposed to moisture after it is cut.
Does anyone know how to seal cut ends of OSB?
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The main advantage of OSB over plywood is that it is usually cheaper.
I think plywood is probably a bit better structurally. Also, some OSB is
made without formaldehyde based glues, so can be considered greener than
plywood.
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the stairs was terrifying and exciting. It went
absolutely perfectly.
I don't write any of these things expecting people to think I am some
kind of muscle bound hee man. I am average height and below average
weight. I am just crazy as hell.
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Bill,
From what I remember, the Nano does not have VoiceOver, but ITunes places
small mp3 files on the nano that allow it to announce the names of the
files. So it is nnot a complete screen reader, just simulated.
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and footer, thus a 5.5 inch air gap between the wall cladding. I
was just deciding if it would be worth turning the studs 90 degrees. This
would make it easier when hanging the cladding as far as having a larger
target.
It was just an idea.
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and running.
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, so I am hoping the decking will
help keep the joists rigidly in position.
What kind of screw or nail spacing should I use along the joists?
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the
interlaced studs wouldn't overlap as much.
Just checking sanity here.
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and
three 4X4s will be arriving at the bottom of my stairs. Should be a busy
morning of hauling.
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Good points all. It was a thought but that is why I asked here. Looks
like it is probably a better idea to not turn the studs 90 degrees.
Much appreciated.
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