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Didn't notice it right away did you? I was using the blower on the driveway right outside the detached garage one day. It's a big area so I was going up and down the apron to clear it of grass clippings. When I got back to the garage I notice a bolt laying on the ground. Right outside of one...

Took the afternoon off yesterday and did an oil change on my middle kid's new to him '17 Taurus. Also replace the wiper cowl as the rubber edge was breaking off. Got a knock off from the jungle and it was actually pretty nice but the washer nozzles wouldn't stay seated so I ended up using the...

Assuming this is a ceiling fixture as you could always just unplug a lamp. Non contact voltage tester - if you don't have one buy one. Seriously - they aren't expensive. Always test on a known working voltage first. Put a meter on it - positive to the center and negative to the metal screw...

I've had recent experience with this. Back when I bought a 08 Taurus for the kids to learn to drive in I replaced the factory radio with an aftermarket JVC unit to add hands free phone along with a backup camera. It included a USB in jack so I replaced one of the power ports with a USB jack...

Any relation?

I still have printable CDRs and even writable DVDs and an inkjet printer that will print them. Haven't used one in years. Still have several drives in the cabinet. I at least got rid of the ones that weren't SATA since even I don't have a computer with an IDE interface anymore. Having said...

Don't give up on that right away. I find it odd that they got your files back but not your email - maybe they were on a damaged part of the hard drive. But your emails were in a file on the hard drive and they got your other files back for you so that doesn't add up for me. I've recovered...

I've got 8 nice Lithonia covered fixtures in my detached garage - 4 bulb 8 footers so 32 bulbs in all. Eliminated the ballast and replaced the tombstones in the center of the fixture for single end powered LED tubes about 7 years ago. Have only had one tube go out so far but I have about 5 new...

The problem with buying cheap LED lights is that once one burns out you have to buy another one. And there is no guarantee that you will be able to buy another one exactly like it at that point so now you are back to having mismatched fixtures. The inlaws called the other day with a lighting...

Bits get smaller as they get colder so they bounce around and get out of sequence. When the error correction bits are no longer at the end of the packet then the whole thing has to be retransmitted thus slowing the final transmission speed. It's science!

Alternate plan - retire early. On your way out let them know you would be willing to do some part time work if needed at four times your current hourly rate. In a few weeks you will likely be making more money with fewer hours.

Yesterday helped my middle kid wash the new to him Taurus and we put it in the garage last night and waxed it. Threw it out when we were done and since we hit 70 today we spent a good part of the day cleaning the interior up outside. Here is the fun part - we had opened the hood and cleaned up...

Honestly I don't think that would have helped. The bushing has a metal sleeve on the outside and a metal core with metal ends attached to the core. So you can't push just the bushing through the outer sleeve as it curls inward making the hole smaller than the end. It's not until you knock...

A few weeks back I put new front lower control arms on the Taurus. I used the loaded arms so it was a fairly easy process. I had the old arms laying around so today I decided to see how hard it would be to change the front bushing. I don't have any experience with that so a great way to learn...

There you go. See - we weren't crazy. OK - maybe crazy - but not wrong. Big - yet subtle - difference