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Re: Pro-tip: Stop your FiOS battery backup from beeping at you. - 6 years ago

I just called them and they replaced the unit with one that didn't have that annoying feature.

by Big Daddy Cool - Tips and Deals

Re: Freelancer Time Tracking and Invoicing App Recommendations - 6 years ago

I like On The Job

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Re: CL: what kind of scam is this? - 6 years ago

just give them fake info (like a police station or wendys address) and have them send the driver there.

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Re: I am in Madison and have internet (part of the 'how do i leave nyc?' series) - 6 years ago

yes, go to Chicago a lot.

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Re: Pinhole leak in gray plastic valve to bathroom faucet. Any kind of goo to temporarily plug it? - 6 years ago

JB Weld WaterWeld is what you're looking for. Most hardware stores carry it. Saved me when a galvanized waste line corroded right at the fitting.

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Re: Tailgating - 7 years ago

just reach up to the rearview mirror and pretend to adjust it. It's a psychology thing where the tailgater realizes they've been seen, and they back off. I didn't believe it either when I read about it, but it's never not worked. truth.

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Re: parts for European cars? - 7 years ago

fcp will price match AND lifetime warranty win-win

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Re: New (50 year old) whip - 7 years ago

nice. just be careful with that glass garage door.

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Re: A sad day. A grand tree that needed to come down... - 7 years ago

that's a pretty house – where is this?

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Re: Dear Class Member, You are receiving this email because you are a Class Member in the Schlesinger v. Ticketmaster Class Action Settlement. - 7 years ago

You realize that all ticket master will do is raise prices to offset the payout.

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Re: Dead car battery worth anything? (12v from Prius) - 7 years ago

I don't know if they are still running the promotion, but a few months ago Advance Ato was giving $10 gift cards for batteries. You did not have to have purchased it there. I turned in two. call your local AA

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Need screen/digitizer for iPhone 5C - 8 years ago

Screen is not cracked, but wifey dropped it and nothing is coming up on screen. Good news is that it's recognized in iTunes so I guess I'm looking at a screen and/or digitizer. Favorite place to buy/ or anyone have a 5C that may be locked for something yet has a good screen?

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Re: What did you think of the series finale of "Falling Skies"? - 8 years ago

it was kinda "hey we're done here, last one out shut off the lights and lock up"

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Re: Sometimes you just can't find anything good to watch on Amazon Prime or NetFlix - 8 years ago

the original series Bosch on Amazon is pretty good IMHO

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Re: OOMA: the call cannot be completed as dialed... then telemarketing - 8 years ago

I put a pause after the *82 that I have programmed in to turn on caller ID. Happened only on one number repeatedly

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Re: OOMA: the call cannot be completed as dialed... then telemarketing - 8 years ago

same thing happened to me. I added a pause in my phone's phonebook which stopped that.

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Re: The 44 best restaurants in the US. Anyone been? - 8 years ago

I've eaten at 6 of those. Including the top two, yay me!

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Re: Attic Hunting: Is this Mac stuff worth anything or should I e-cycle? :( - 8 years ago

all good ideas – thanks. Now to go through it and take an accurate inventory, lol

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Attic Hunting: Is this Mac stuff worth anything or should I e-cycle? :( - 8 years ago

Digging through my "treasures" I found lots of old tech… old Nubus upgrade cards from my PM 7100/80, some out there (and at the time expensive) stuff, video, multiple modem cards/boxes, etc. as well as a bunch of Radius Pressview stuff (monitor calibrators, etc., Radius Thunder video cards, stuff like that. Handspring Visor stuff like a Sprint Digital Link NIB the lis

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Re: Thrift Shop find (maybe)... - 8 years ago

learned how to "program" on a TI-99 when I was a tyke in some summer computer camp of some such.

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Re: OT - Grrr eBay seller trying to back out - 8 years ago

Call a local-to-him bike shop and get pricing from them for packing and shipping, even ask if they'll use shipbikes if that's what you wish. Offer the seller a little extra cash to drop the bike at said bicycle shop.

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Re: I got a new PLASMA TV, but delivery company opened it. - 8 years ago

take it back, wait til they put an open-box discount on it and buy it back, lol

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Re: What's been bothering me about 'Inherent Vice' - 8 years ago

wolverine's "leftover twin" like Ahnold and Devito.

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Re: [Pics] Car Pron - 9 years ago

QuoteRacer X was that a W-31 Rallye 350 Cutlass? Assuming it's legit, that's a Rallye 350. Although similar to the W-31s, not technically called anything more that a Rallye 350. Man, wish I never got rid of (can you believe stripped, parted, and scrapped?!) my 1970 W-31. This was a loooong time ago (20+ years ago), and it no longer had the original drivetrain when I bought it and was kinda

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Re: Alex Ross' take on STAR WARS #1 (Marvel Comics) - 9 years ago

"The only items I have that might have any value are my first editions of the four issues of Miller's The Dark Knight Returns." FWIW, I just saw a similar set sell on Comic Book Men for $60.

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Re: Fiero GT V6 review - 9 years ago

Quotecbelt3 The engine fires doomed the brand. I recall seeing two of those burning on the side of the road. that was the non-GT 4 cylinder engine btw. I loved all three of my Fiero GTs. Like driving a street legal gokart (but not fun in the rain).

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Re: Harry Homeowner Strikes Out, Calls in Electrician - 9 years ago

save it for parts

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Re: anyone use/or know someone who used "logo contest" website? - 9 years ago

I don't have the link anymore, but a few months ago I read an article where someone tried it out. All of the stuff that was at all usable was stolen from other artists and represented as being done by the "artist"

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Re: Duracell Powerpack 600 Jump Starter on big sale - 9 years ago

I picked up two from Bed Bath and Beyond for $45 each back when they clearanced them out a few months ago.

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Re: if you have to cut installed flooring right up to a right angle, would you.... - 9 years ago

What davester said. HF corded with coupon is $15-$20. Will work great for this without breaking bank. …and what Speedy said.

by Big Daddy Cool - Tips and Deals