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Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 22 Apr 22

Today was a much more relaxed kind of day. I got up early or early for me and was knocking the chores out at 8:30 this morning. I have the dishwasher unloaded and had a nice tall cup of coffee and got some myLotting done before...

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My Day As A Helper

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 21 Apr 22

Today hubby asked me to help him with rewiring the trailer he uses to haul the lawn mower to our house in Louisiana to cut the grass. The wiring messed up at the end of last summer and of course, he waited to take action to...

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Lights Get Brighter

Sandy @velvet53 (24417) • Palisade, Colorado 10 Aug 17

About this time every night my lights gets considerably brighter. I don't know what causes this. Is it the power company or faulty electric lines in the apartment. I do believe that I need to talk to the landlord about this. The...

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Was It the Earthquake This Morning that Did My Clothesline In?

Marsha Cooper @marsha32 (6631) • United States 3 Sep 16

The clothesline pole has been loose for a few weeks now. We assumed the moles in the yard had loosened up the dirt around it. Well, we had an earthquake this morning that was 5.6 on the Richter scale. It was about 7 am. Hubby...

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backwards wiring?!?!

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 23 Mar 12

So the other day I got off my phone w/ MIL and looked at the stove to see what time it was. There was no time? no power!! The coffee pot on the other end of the counter was on. The micro around the corner was on but the oven,...

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Need New Electric Wiring

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 1 Nov 11

After getting my new siding installed they were to install my new porch light. But..... The wiring is from the 50's and it is the type that has a cloth like wrapping around the live wires. Seems that the coating is worn and frayed...

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When louver fan smells burnt & sparks sometimes the speed has also effected..?

farazkh1 @farazkh1 (1153) • Pakistan 20 Dec 10

I had recently replaced my louver fans motor with the new one, it worked well from weeks. but few minutes back it smelled burnt,speed came low & when i looked closer then i heard a spark noise. So finally i stopped using it. Now...

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Wiring pinecones, that was my job last night. Only worked a few hours and wired

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 17 Nov 09

a couple hundred pinecones. I also cut one-third page flyers out and stuffed balsom pillows. Love working for the herb company, I always am doing something different. The wired pinecones will help her make over 100 wreaths. Do...

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I am puzzled.... and a bit worried too

arkaf61 @arkaf61 (10881) • Canada 4 Oct 09

I didn't even know in which interest I should start this discussion. We've been living in this house for a long time and I do know that our wiring is/was fine. However just a few minutes ago I was in the kitchen. I cleaned up...

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That's not being brave. It's being stupid.

alokn99 @alokn99 (5717) • India 25 Jan 09

A colleague recently narrated an incident involving an accident he had while trying to change the fuse of an open wired high voltage junction box. He was standing on a tall stool and lost balance resulting in his fingers touching...

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firemen burn down their own station

BlueGoblin @BlueGoblin (1829) • United States 19 Jan 09

FIREMEN BURN DOWN THEIR OWN STATION A GROUP of firefighters have been branded the world’s worst after their own fire station burned to the ground. All six of the station’s fire engines perished in the £3 million blaze in...

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What Made The Plug Melt Into The Outlet?

Rozie37 @Rozie37 (15499) • Turkmenistan 15 Dec 08

I recently bought a new space saver heater. There is no heat in my apartment, because I have a slum lord. I plugged it up in the bathroom and after ten minutes, I started to smell a strong odor. I figured that it was just dust...

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Riddex!........I need some input/advice please

betsyraeduke @betsyraeduke (2669) • United States 10 Dec 08

Has anyone seen those TV commercials about Riddex pest repeller? Supposedly how it works is you get this little device which you can plug into any electrical outlet in your home and it is supposed to transform the wiring in your...

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what kind of car do you have???

demonic_assassin_91 @demonic_assassin_91 (72) • United States 8 Dec 08

at least put all the info on it that you know not just the basics lol im a car fanatic and i just like comparing different cars that ppl have. my car is a 93 chevy lumina euro with abs and a dual car radio with 8 speakers but 2...

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I'm about to be homeless...

chameleonsdream @chameleonsdream (1230) • United States 23 Nov 08

No, this isn't a cry for help. I'm frustrated and trying to figure out any way that this makes any kind of sense at all. First, though, I should commend my city's health department on one thing. I'm currently typing this in a...

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Where Would We Be Without Capitalism?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 14 Nov 08

The profit motive has brought more advancement in society than any other factor. For millenia, mankind struggled just to exist. From "can see to can't" people worked for their basic needs. There were little "extras", which I guess...

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He fixed it!

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 10 Nov 08

It must have been a couple months now that we've been living without power in half of our house. One night just all of a sudden the power went out in the bathroom, the kitchen light, and 2 of the 3 bedrooms upstairs. We couldn't...

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Do you regularly hang your clothes on the line to dry?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 10 Oct 08

My dryer is in need of repair. We had a horrendous smell coming from our washer and dryer. It started during an exceptionally humid week. I thought originally that the smell came from the washer. Maybe there was a buildup of...

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Criminals...What Makes Them Tick...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 26 Sep 08

With all of the ppl committing crimes like murder, torture, rape, child molesting it got me to thinking what causes them to do it. Is it simply a bad wiring in their brain, do they somehow have no conscience, do they somehow not...

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Anyone know about electrical wiring of a house?

Erin88 @Erin88 (348) • United States 22 Sep 08

I bought an electric pressure washer and was trying to wash the siding on the house this past weekend, but it stopped working. It worked for about 20 minutes, then all the power in the house went off. I went to the service panel...

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