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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Self wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
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@SkitchP wrote:I just bought a new lawnmower!
I can't get my weedwhacker started.
Gas or mixed fuel?
It's a two stroke. The gas line is rotted and the carb is a mess. Think I'll just buy a new one and donate this thing to science. It's served me well for about 10 years.
if you can clean the carb up yourself it shouldn't cost too much to replace the fuel line.
Yeah, it wouldn't take much to get it running. But I want one of those easy to install loop around line models. Crazy attachments and shit. I'm sick of performing open heart surgery every time I break the line. Don't tell my wife.
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glad i have an electric weedwacker :?
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We should do an informal poll. Do you call them weedwhackers or weedeaters? I've also called them by the latter.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:We should do an informal poll. Do you call them weedwhackers or weedeaters? I've also called them by the latter.
I've always called them the former.
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WeedWhip
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wheedwhacker

But, as I'm getting older, "trimmer" is starting to overtake whacker.
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Weedeater.
Me too EJ.
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Strat wrote:WeedWhip
That's a new one for me.
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weedeater
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I didn't realize they were called anything but weedwhackers.
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Slowly obtaining my Man Card.

Clogged kitchen sink and disposal last night. Youtubed a solution. Took apart my P-trap pipe and found that a glob of grease had accumulated over time and was blocking the waters path. Cleaned it out, and put it back together. In college I probably would have called the maintenance guy.

A few months ago it was a broken door handle! I can't wait till more shit breaks again! I love this stuff!
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Stop putting grease down the drain.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:Stop putting grease down the drain.

I know. Stop telling me what to do do, chud. Dick.
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Harry Lime wrote:A few months ago it was a broken door handle! I can't wait till more shit breaks again! I love this stuff!
I hate doing this stuff. It gives me absolutely no sense of self-satisfaction. I would much rather pay somebody to do it than do it myself.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:A few months ago it was a broken door handle! I can't wait till more shit breaks again! I love this stuff!
I hate doing this stuff. It gives me absolutely no sense of self-satisfaction. I would much rather pay somebody to do it than do it myself.
you sound like me..I have no patience for it..yard work however, I love that..mowing, pulling weeds, etc...I wish I had a yard
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doug rr wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:A few months ago it was a broken door handle! I can't wait till more shit breaks again! I love this stuff!
I hate doing this stuff. It gives me absolutely no sense of self-satisfaction. I would much rather pay somebody to do it than do it myself.
you sound like me..I have no patience for it..yard work however, I love that..mowing, pulling weeds, etc...I wish I had a yard
I'm not particularly fond of that either.
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Bought myself an Echo SRM-225 for Father's Day. Thing is badass.
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Painted the deck this weekend with the new(ish) Behr deck cover. Looks great.
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Self wrote:Bought myself an Echo SRM-225 for Father's Day. Thing is badass.
Pics so we can drool.
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Harry Lime wrote:Slowly obtaining my Man Card.

Clogged kitchen sink and disposal last night. Youtubed a solution. Took apart my P-trap pipe and found that a glob of grease had accumulated over time and was blocking the waters path. Cleaned it out, and put it back together. In college I probably would have called the maintenance guy.

A few months ago it was a broken door handle! I can't wait till more shit breaks again! I love this stuff!
You Tube has helped me fix countless things in my house/car.
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