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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Mine has the bar you have to keep down against the handle to run. I just put a pair of pliers on it and walked away
What if it gets loose, rolls away, and runs over some poor child playing in the grass??
It isn't a self propelled mower. It was in my fenced in backyard.
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garbage disposal finally went kaput. cracked casing and leaking water. now i gotta drive to Home Depot in 10 inches of snow.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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we have a third floor room that’s used for nothing that technically could be a bedroom. it has 2 skylights. We’re redoing it and I’m trying to talk my wife into converting the skylights to this:

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you should turn that room into a pantry with that skylight
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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also you can attach a slide to it for your baby sitter exits
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That's kind of awesome
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you could probably see gary indiana from up there
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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you guys all suck.
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Yes, you should definitely convert your skylights into a big useless hole in your house

With railings

Is that better? :lol:
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knee tunes wrote:Yes, you should definitely convert your skylights into a big useless hole in your house

With railings

Is that better? :lol:
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
knee tunes wrote:Yes, you should definitely convert your skylights into a big useless hole in your house

With railings

Is that better? :lol:
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we bought a new fridge about 6 months ago and the light came on last week to replace the water filter...i ordered one and put it in today only to realize there was never one in there to begin with...
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doug rr wrote:we bought a new fridge about 6 months ago and the light came on last week to replace the water filter...i ordered one and put it in today only to realize there was never one in there to begin with...
This is how the coronavirus spreads doug
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
doug rr wrote:we bought a new fridge about 6 months ago and the light came on last week to replace the water filter...i ordered one and put it in today only to realize there was never one in there to begin with...
This is how the coronavirus spreads doug
welp, i just checked and the filter is made in china..i got a 3 pack
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doug rr wrote:we bought a new fridge about 6 months ago and the light came on last week to replace the water filter...i ordered one and put it in today only to realize there was never one in there to begin with...
you should show up on your painter/repair guy's front door and demand a refund
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
doug rr wrote:we bought a new fridge about 6 months ago and the light came on last week to replace the water filter...i ordered one and put it in today only to realize there was never one in there to begin with...
you should show up on your painter/repair guy's front door and demand a refund
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