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    Menards - Performax Mini Tool Box $7.99 w/ Rebate

    Thanks OP. Picked one up today in store. Probably gonna use it for desk top essentials storage.
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    Amazon Deals on New Retail Items - Post them!

    I shorten them up by cutting away the thinly bristled end.
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    Stair way Lighting or should I Practice falling down before getting Drunk?

    Don't think the wife would approve of defacing her carpet.
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    Stair way Lighting or should I Practice falling down before getting Drunk?

    Indoors. It has a switch at top and bottom but it's harder to sneak in and out with the lights on.
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    Stair way Lighting or should I Practice falling down before getting Drunk?

    yes
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    Stair way Lighting or should I Practice falling down before getting Drunk?

    I missed the bottom step going down the stairs in the dark a couple of weeks ago and crashed and burned twisting my ankle a little. Back when I was drinking I used to tell people I'd better practice falling down a few times before I got too drunk lol. Anyway, does anyone have a suggestion...
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    What kind of tools have you found in the road??

    Was in a big hurry to beat another car load of people into a restaurant Monday so I passed up a socket I seen laying in the road. It was gone when we came out. Tuesday I turned around for a neon green tape measure that I left laying because the first 5" was squashed. I'm not sure they count...
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    Who makes the best flare nut wrenches?

    Snap-on
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    Stop roll pins from walking out?

    Try driving a smaller roll pin in side the original and maybe drill out the handle to clearance the pin
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    Fireball table- NOT impressed

    Why is it somedays I want to say ...........:headscrat? nevermind
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    Tv antenna

    When I was a kid we had 2 Tv's. One Black and white on top of the other and we rarely got all 3 channels switching leads between both of them. It was my job to go out and turn the antenna pole rain or shine, snow or fog. My mom drew the line at lightening. We didn't even have a telephone until I...
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    Cottonwood Lumber... Good for What?

    I worked with a kid that built his house out of Cottonwood they cut and dried on the farm. I never seen the house but I seen pictures and it was a pretty nice looking house and he claimed it was as straight as pine if it was dried right. That was 20 years ago when I worked with him and he built...
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    Best style of pole barn when clad in vinyl and shingles?

    Might as well go stick built.
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    I Need to Make a 20' Long Piece of Baseboard

    One of the best finish carpenters on you tube does Straight cuts with a biscut. Try to match grain or lack of.
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    planning electrical for pole barn

    I would have no idea on cost these days but I do most everything myself. I'll venture a wild guess, $30 grand?
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    How to keep unused garden area weed free but also poison free?

    I just noticed the Op hasn't responded to anything since Oct 5th original post. I'm out
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    How to keep unused garden area weed free but also poison free?

    With all the Vegan organic mindset in SoCal can you lease the garden to someone?
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    How to keep unused garden area weed free but also poison free?

    Mow them off before they go to seed. 10" of annual rainfall is going to be hard to grow much besides weeds. If it were legal and you had access to wood chips to cover the area with 6 or more inches that might heip but chips retain moisture creating an enviroment for other species. If you're...
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    Amazon Warehouse Deals

    You must of got it before 3:30 because I was gonna nab it.
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    Copper Backing Bars

    In this case why not use piece's of welding rod with the flux broken off conformed to the shape of the crack on the inside and incorporate them permanently into the weld. This would beef up the stressed area.
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