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There are several reasons for the junction of walls and ceilings and beams to crack. Since only a cosmetic repair was attempted, that is, the crack was painted over, it's impossible to tell whether this happened a long time ago when the house was built or recently like every year. You might...

So long, Wilbur

I had a cat that hated everyone but my wife and I. He attacked everyone and we had to lock him in a room or the garage when guests came over. He bloodied the first guy, my brother, pretty good before we figured out he couldn't be around other folks. It was impressive to watch in a cat/prey sort...

I'm sorry for you. It ain't easy.

The city has an easement on your property. Look through your docs and see if it's mentioned. If it is and you didn't notice it, shame on you. If you can't find any mention of it and you want the manhole lowered and the city says "...sure for $5000 we'll lower it.", get an attorney to write a...

There are enough disclaimers on the title search documents that gets them off the hook for any mistakes they might have made. There's usually no recourse for their incompetence.

If the city has access to it, it should have been spelled out to you when you purchased the property. That's what you paid the title company to do.

I think a lot of this thought that says don't warm up your car is a result of environmental concerns and CAFE regulations. An idling car gets zero mpg and spews out CO for no apparent reason, or so the argument goes. From an engineering point of view, warming up an engine makes sense but not...

On Oct. 17, 1989, God moved my house. It was only a couple of feet but he broke damn near everything in it and it was a bitch to put it back where it belonged.

RIP Merle.

Oscillating Multi-Tool with scraper blade.

My first copy of Windows

They installed 11 or so of them on a 5 mile stretch of road where I live. The problem is it's the tourist capital of AZ and 90% of the drivers on the road are old tourists who act like they've never seen a round-about and are really timid about entering one. A blast of the horn gets 'em in gear...

Drive with your horn. Use it a lot. Make 'em jump in their seats.

What are you going to do with the info it gives you? For instance, if it tells you your fridge uses x amount of electricity, so what. You can't go without one and you probably already know a new fridge is more efficient that an old one so what have you really learned? You probably will be...

I'm tickled I don't have your job.

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It's Phoenix. Why would you want a lawn?

About that patio. You can cover it with pavers very easily. Don't use the thick 3-4" driveway ones, just some around 1-2" thick. Use thinset to hold the perimeter ones on, let the center ones float and sweep sand between the joints. You could also do the sides the same way but I would probably...

RIP Nancy

You guys make horrible Mexicans. The Weed Eater, Weed Wacker The Trimmer

A real man would know a weed eater and a trimmer are two different tools.

Gas-Stihl, but don't buy it at a Lowes or HD. Get it at a dealer that specializes in outdoor tools. They'll have a better selection, a more knowledgeable staff and repair facilities. That said, I own a cheap-ass corded electric because I cut 2 or 3 tree limbs a year and electric chainsaws always...

Back in the day, I know I'm old, there were 3 lane highways. The one I remember while growing up was Hwy 101 in CA near San Jose before it became a major freeway. This Hwy was mostly 1 lane in either direction but for a 5 mile stretch near what was the Ampex headquarters it became 3 lanes. The...

Although everyone does it, where I live in AZ, I think the cop is correct. That center lane is for left turns only and using it to make a right turn so as to merge into traffic is illegal.

Is there an app that will let an iphone 5s see a HD that I have connected to my router? I have all my photos and docs there and I'd like to move things back and forth. The HD is accessible to all my other PCs (Windows) in the house.

I think I wore through side B of that album back in the day.

And nowDan Hicksof Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks fame. RIP

Wait until they move out.

If you need to cut the sheetrock to see where the valve connects to the plumbing, that's a good excuse to buy an oscillating multi-tool. The kerf that thing makes is so fine, you can just put the piece you cut out back in with a dab of caulk, paint the seam, vacuum up the dust and you're done...

That's strange.

I can't say I've ever seen this plumbing piece you're talking about. I've seen backflow preventers on sewer lines in the ground or on hose bibs, but never under the sink. It kinda makes sense, but when something goes wrong, backflow up through a shower or toilet or sink happens now and then.

RIP Paul Kantner

2016 continues to suck. Founding member of Jefferson Airplane dead at 74. First band I ever saw a long, long time ago.

Thanks for that. I've been collecting those points and not knowing what good they were. Now I redeemed some for a few Amazon cards and free music.

I remember sitting in one or two of those courses with my wife after we bought our first microwave at Friedman's Microwave in the early 80s. That thing set us back several hundred dollars. I'm old.

^Well that was sad.

I'm so sorry, Mrs. Gravy. So sad.

From Galaxy Quest