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How to pass a PE license exam after ten years?
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at 7:54 AM on July 23, 2008
(8 comments)
ColoradoWildflowerFilter: Two guys, four days, a crapload of camera gear, last gasp before one guy gets married. We plan to be in Aspen first thing Friday morning, and need to leave the state by noon (preferably just after sunrise) on Monday. Where are the best stands of wildflowers *right*now*?
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at 12:28 PM on June 30, 2008
(2 comments)
How do I test a Hunter attic fan controller? I want to be thorough before I climb in the attic.
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at 7:27 PM on May 20, 2008
(6 comments)
What not to miss in Death Valley?
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at 2:03 PM on April 12, 2008
(11 comments)
How to recover from sync-ing a RAID 1 the wrong way?
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at 5:39 AM on February 6, 2008
(11 comments)
Where to buy an interesting (non-diamond) engagement ring in St. Louis?
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at 1:06 PM on December 1, 2007
(14 comments)
Whatever happened to Nerf softballs/baseballs?
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at 8:19 AM on June 27, 2007
(4 comments)
AcronymFilter: SATA RAID on PCI. I had one, now it's broken.
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at 11:40 AM on March 21, 2007
(11 comments)
How do i get out of a paperspace zoom in Autocad?
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at 6:12 AM on October 13, 2006
(3 comments)
I was gonna ask how to make good coffee with
this expresso maker, but now I have to ask how to make it come back to life at all!
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at 5:49 AM on September 14, 2006
(4 comments)
Help ME win a bet with MY girlfriend. When recalling events, I often mention what direction I was facing when something happened or I said something.
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at 7:04 PM on June 15, 2006
(39 comments)
Two-part question about non-compete contracts...
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at 1:37 PM on April 11, 2006
(22 comments)
Roadconstructionfilter: Why do I see so many highway crews replacing only a 10' by 2' section?
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at 9:38 AM on December 8, 2005
(13 comments)
A while back, there was a video circulating with thousands of Kermit-like critters...
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at 3:11 PM on November 15, 2005
(10 comments)
My g/f received a call from her roommate this morning - the roommate got all Emily Post because I, having spent the night last night, left the toilet seat up. The exact words were, "he doesn't pay rent."
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at 5:50 PM on June 20, 2005
(116 comments)
Glitch in Photoshop CS? When i import camera RAW using the native CS importer, I get a "program error" message on any photo that is vertical (portrait mode).
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at 4:44 PM on May 28, 2005
(5 comments)
Doorfilter: A convent nearby is being torn down, and on a whim i bought a number of the room and closet doors from the place. Four of the doors will fit my current house perfectly (style-wise - they are bare-wood exact matches for my painted doors), but four are a different, older style. They're solid pine, five-panel, and they're stained to a dark color. I also pulled all the frames and jambs, for the [cough] hell of it. My question: what can I do with these? I'm mechanically inclined, but I've never done much woodworking.
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at 8:29 PM on January 23, 2005
(8 comments)
GasLeakFilter:
This evening, I installed the 1963 Kenmore Griddletop I'd purchased a few weeks ago into my kitchen. At the re-sell shop where it was purchased, I was shownthat all the burners worked, that there were no leaks (some sort of geiger counter). At any rate, I suddenly have a weird sort of sore throat, and I'm wondering if the damn thing isn't leaking. So: first, how do I determine if it's leaking, and two, what are the signs of low-level natural gas poisoning?
(I *did* shut off the gas valve and have range hood fan going, just in case)
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at 9:48 PM on December 13, 2004
(14 comments)
Radiatorfilter: I've got steam radiators in my house. Recently, I took them all outside and repainted them, then put new inlet and exhaust valves on them. So far so good, but when I fired up the furnace, I got a godawful racket. I'm used to the occasional clank from years past (and I went to gradeschool in an old building, so clanking doesn't surprise me), but this clanking is persistent and hasn't stopped for 40 minutes. So: how to stop the clanking? (also: anyone know of a good online reference to how the system works, esp. the exhaust valves?)
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at 4:59 PM on November 11, 2004
(13 comments)
Listening to the game...I'd like to listen to the World Series online - sure, I could tune in the "home of the Cardinals", KMOX, but um, yeah, I don't have an AM receiver in the house. I just noticed this (that I don't have AM). Anyone know of a *free* site to stream ballgames?
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at 5:37 PM on October 23, 2004
(7 comments)
Prank calls: about two weeks ago, there were a couple messages on my machine, "hey crees, we will fock you up" or something like that - it was unintelligible for the most part to the point that I couldn't tell if it was Spanish, Middle Eastern, or Eastern European gibberish. It spooked me, but I got over it...
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at 10:16 PM on August 22, 2004
(23 comments)
My computer doesn't start. That's bad. I recently picked up a barebones system, and got it all up and running, but now I just get a couple of beeps. [more inside]
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at 5:07 PM on April 24, 2004
(6 comments)
What causes houses to "beat"? It's very windy here in St. Louis today, and every time the wind really kicks up, I hear a distinct "hoom, hoom, hoom", at a frequency of about one per second. When I was a kid, i thought it was the spinning vents in the attic, by the house I live in now doesn't have those. Spurred by
this thread on beat frequencies, I thought I'd pose the question to the AskMe hive.
posted to Ask Metafilter by notsnot
at 9:36 AM on March 20, 2004
(13 comments)
Seasonal color palettes: I googled, but came up with lots of image consultants that don't really tell you much. A friend of mine wants to go get clothes in colors that make her look good, and I know she's a Winter, but I'd like to show her a palette of colors.
posted to Ask Metafilter by notsnot
at 2:05 PM on March 13, 2004
(6 comments)
Odd Ethnic Croatian instruments...I found my dad's old bugarija, and took it to the local folk-music shop to get restrung. They gave me strings based on the thirty-year-old strings that were on the thing. I looked online and foud out that the instrument is commonly tuned to an open D, but there's no way I can wind the strings up that tight without breaking stuff. If possible, I'd like to tune it like a guitar's top strings, and leave the bottom two strings as a drone and octave ('chorus'), but don't really know what my options are. My dad hasn't played it in 40+ years so he's no help...any one know anything 'bout a bugarija? One other thing: it's got five tuning pegs, but both the nut and the bridge have seven slots, with different spacing. Anyone know what the heck is going on?
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at 8:55 PM on March 6, 2004
(10 comments)
What the hell was that *thing* Sting was playing at the Oscars? It had an almond-shaped body, but the two strings were spread wide, with what looked like a harmonica in between 'em, and almost no neck. Plus, he was turning a little hand-crank on it with his right hand. It had two small f-holes in it, too. I'm completely stumped.
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at 10:57 PM on February 29, 2004
(15 comments)
Torque steer- I'm an engineer, but I've never had torque steer adequately explained to me. Most mechanics will tell you that it's due to unequal length axles, but after the initial loading, the greater twist in the longer axle shouldn't count. Anyone?
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at 5:56 PM on February 25, 2004
(6 comments)
This may be a forehead-slapper, but occasionally my taskbar (Win2k) will go dim (dark grey, all icons shaded), as though I've selected it. It'll sometime revert to light grey when I'm not looking. What the heck causes this, and how do I make it go away?
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at 11:39 PM on January 30, 2004
(1 comment)
Anyone know anything about refinishing hardwood floors? I discovered really nice hardwood under the ugly tile that covers the floors of my house, but there's a few areas where spills seeped through, and the wood has bleached out. [more inside]
posted to Ask Metafilter by notsnot
at 10:49 PM on December 13, 2003
(18 comments)
