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[Radio Operator]
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: [Hawaii/Monterey california]
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Handy?
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in a mood, not cupcake
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Philadelphia
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Well, it sure looks functional.
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#48 |
[Radio Operator]
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: [Hawaii/Monterey california]
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Crude should be a synonym for functional.
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Your Bartender
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
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Wait, you use this to keep the squids in line?
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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If the top layer (straight), and the bottom layer (not straight), don't match, being cemented it will seal out wind driven water and ice damns. But it will make a weaker edge that will deteriorate much faster. The edges can be made to match, using care, with either method. But using a single piece is faster and easier.
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#51 |
[Radio Operator]
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: [Hawaii/Monterey california]
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R U SQUIDDIN'!!?? I know I'm Squiddin'!
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#52 |
Bitchy Little Brat
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 5,067
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I seriously....groaned out loud....GOL I guess?
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
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The pictures of my project would be much less interesting than BigV's, so I won't be posting any.
Over the weekend, I installed a bathroom vent fan in a small bathroom that had none before. This meant: 1. Putting a new circuit breaker into an empty slot in the panel, running the romex to the 1st floor bathroom wall where I installed a GFCI receptacle and a switch (had to fish the wire for this part,) then running it back down into the basement and up the open wall where I'll be re-tiling a shower and into the open ceiling above that gutted shower. The fan will be GFCI protected. 2. Pulling out the ladder and cutting a hole in the second story exterior wall for the vent hood. Caulk around the hole, slide the hood in, and screw it tight. 3. Crawling around in the hot very cramped nasty eaves to get the flexible ductwork installed and nice and straight. This was a major pain, as a bunch of loose fill insulation had fallen down into the eaves from the attic and I didn't want to stir it up too much. I got a nasty cramp in one leg while I was all contorted trying to tighten up the clamp holding the duct to the hood. 4. Install the fan between the ceiling joists, connect the ductwork to the fan. This actually took a fair amount of time as I had to shim the joists to account for the new drywall ceiling I'll need to install. 5. Wire up the fan to the romex I installed earlier. 6. Try to act all nonchalant when the damn thing worked on the first test. 7. Clean up. |
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#54 |
lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
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I am crafty, but not handy, unless you count being able to substitute a bunch of linked paperclips for the ball chain that's in the toilet tank ...
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Sure, you guys install roofs and air vents and crap, but I creatively reattached Barbie's legs while retaining functionality.
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Snowflake
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
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I used to make Transformers out of Legos. The three-way kind, IE plane/tank/robot.
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I think this line's mostly filler.
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DC
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I had a ton of house parts, so I made Transformers that became houses. Sucks to be them.
I also made little Gobot-types out of paper, and I still have a couple of them. As for the original question, I've put a soap tray back into the shower wall after I knocked it out, but I'm leery of anything major. I'm not sure what percentage of that leery is laziness, though.
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Banned - Self Imposed
Join Date: Dec 2005
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in a mood, not cupcake
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Philadelphia
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Rubber bands, a little dexterity, and a lot of patience.
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