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  1. jimr

    $600 oops

    I went and picked up our new stove,dishwasher and microwave vent hood today and when coming home I hit a huge pot hole doing about 60 and the stove said see ya. It dumped out in the middle of I44 in tulsa and not one person hit it(thank god). when I got home I unboxed it and none of the glass...
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    Ouch electrician's estimate

    to go with the kitchen remodel we need to upgrade our electric service from 100 amp overloaded and potentially unsafe. we were going to go with a 150 amp but found out in the long run 200 was cheaper. the guy we chose has been around here forever and is the first name reccommended by most...
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    Sold my boat fixing up the house

    It probablly doesn't belong here as just selling my boat but we are taking the money and putting it towards our other money pit, our house. My wife wanted to put in new flooring and a built in dishwasher. also needed to replace our counter top. we went to lowes and not one "employee owner "...
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    another PC ?

    My computer is possesed. I can be doing anything on it and the CD drive will eject it (no cd in it) the suck it back in it will do it at anytime and does it over and over. I have checked for spyware and viruses and have none any ideas?
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    any sirius radio users here?

    I am going to get sat radio for my wifes car(tinted the window and killed the ant. reception) and my truck and am considering this http://shop.sirius.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2640&siId=1126991&catParentID=7871&scId=7871 any one have experience with...
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    home weather stations

    just wondering if anyone else here has a home weather station. I just got one friday and have it hooked up to the weather underground. I think it is neat to follow the data. here is a link to mine http://www.weatherunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KOKCUSHI2
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    Home heat/Ac questions

    I know nothing about my home unit its an old (about 20 years old) Heil 2.5 ton gas pack / ac unit and about 2 months ago when it kicked on for a couple of seconds we would smell gas---not good. We have decided to replace the whole unit and got prices from $3210-4300 for a 2.5 ton and 3 ton 13...
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    My youngest did me proud

    We went to my buddies farm pond to get the kids out of moms hair for a while. My youngest was using my spare 7'pole with a zebco 33 and a small red/white spinner. he was on the other side of the pond from me and was messing around more or less jigging the spinner and WHAM this 6 lb beauty hit...
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    Think these will work?

    We were discussing different lures today at work and what we have luck with and what doesn't work then got onto the topic of making our own that you can tie on before going in and when someone asks what you caught them on pull these puppies out what do ya think work or just a good BS story in...
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    Fun day Fishing

    My buddy Bret and I headed to Lake Cast a Lot (cushing municipal lake) this AM and spent about 3 1/2 hours on the boat and didn't have a bite(nothing new have never caught anything there) when we were done I headed to another friends farm pond and caught 12 total but brought 8 home, He told me...
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    Any GM tech2 users here

    I don't get to work on hardly any newer GM vehicles but we have the stuff to do it at work. Friday I tried to hook our Tech2 up to my truck to play around with it and see if I could shut off the key in ign/door open chime. as soon as I hooked it up it popped the fuse in the tech2. tried it again...
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    Got a New to me truck

    Well we started camping this summer and turns out my wife really enjoys it. problem was we have been sticking close to home because we had to use 2 vehicles to get everyone there. 2 weeks ago we went and the wife said why dont you go get the boat and go fishing. so I did and sunday when it was...
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    Another Bait cast reel ?

    I bought a Quantum bait cast combo this spring and it had a problem. when you cast it and then crank the anti-reverse doesn't work like the bail release isn't resetting. any ideas for a fix. I haven't taken it apart yet to see what makes it tick and I have only fished with it maybe 6 times so I...
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    my 2" hole in floor-- LONG

    We bought our house 3 years ago and thought well it needs some updating. one night I rolled back in my computer chair and something gave way and the chair kind of fell into a hole with one wheel. So I went under the house to find we had been visited by termites and what was no big deal on the...
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    I Boats ?

    I have noticed that when I come to Iboats forums and try to go back to index I need to hit my back button two times. Is anyone else having problems. It only happens on Iboats.
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    Weird finder response

    I took the boat out today for the first time using the fishfinder and the trolling motor. Finder is new humminbird lengend 2005. when I used the trolling motor the finder would go to Max depth. The only thing I can figure out is my trolling motor must have been drawing too much power. when I got...
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    popup camper

    does anyone know where I might get an owners manual for a 1987 palomino txl popup camper? I just got a good deal on one but no manual. have been searching the net with no results yet.
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    ? on invisible dog fencing update

    anybody use it and any tips when installing it? We ordered one because we can't keep our dog in the yard,he climbs the 5' chain link fence. I asked the vet today if he had any tips because he was fixed and he said to run a hot wire around the top and he would only have to hit it 1 time and he...
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    carpet adhesive remover?

    I am in the process of redoing the inside of my boat and have removed the old carpet and scraped all the loose adhesive off and gone over with a wire wheel. on the sides they used rough almost like corrogated fiberglass that makes it a pain to get off any ideas? Or should I just get a good...
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    boat painting update with pics

    I have a 16' fiberglass bass boat that needs the carpet replaced it is set up like a tracker pan fish(stick steer in front) and was wondering if I took the old carpet out and sanded down the old glue if It would be ok to just to use non skid paint or spray on bed liner. I can't afford to have...
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