Giles

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• Posted in thread: The dreadful popcorn ceiling on 10-16-2012 at 10:22 AM
  Thank you. I will check out the web site and hope to get it tested. You see, I am sort of on
  the same boat as you. I do not believe it could really be that bad, even more so considering
  that this is a...

• Posted in thread: HELP for MIDDLE CLASS on 10-06-2012 at 05:54 PM
  In the US, if you "retire" and start taking your Social Security, you are allowed to earn
  something like $14,000 additional income (on which you are taxed). If you earn more, you lose
  Social Security ...

• Posted in thread: HELP for MIDDLE CLASS on 10-05-2012 at 10:20 AM
  I consider myself as "middle class". I am a 67 year old disabled man, and became disabled when
  I was 60 years old. I have been eximpt from property tax since being disabled, and it was a
  great help. Y...

• Posted in thread: Potential computer problem on 10-04-2012 at 09:42 AM
  For some reason, when I go to eBay, the page looks and acts different. This only happens
  occasionally, and I have found that it can be returned to the more familiar look by Clearing
  all my history wi...

• Posted in thread: Crawl space Humidity on 07-26-2012 at 08:56 AM
  Some time back, I had a very similar problem. Like you, I thought there was no water intrusion
  but discovered a very small leak from my gutter downspout. This was discovered during a very
  hard downpou...

• Posted in thread: Minimum wattage needed to operate tool on 07-22-2012 at 04:10 PM
  Watts= volts x amps120 x 7.5= 900wattsTHANKS---I should have known that---I'll blame it on
  "senior moment":)

• Posted in thread: Minimum wattage needed to operate tool on 07-22-2012 at 02:19 PM
  I have a 120V electric impact wrench that pulls 7.5 Amps.What is the lowest wattage portable
  generator that I can use to operate the wrench?:confused:

• Posted in thread: MiracleGro--your results may vary????? on 07-19-2012 at 08:46 AM
  I just finished a little expriment. I set out six tomato plants and applied MG, as directed, to
  three plants and side dressed the others with Nitrogen. This was done after a soil test that
  showed that...

• Posted in thread: What is your opinion on vessel sinks? on 07-11-2012 at 08:09 AM
  Hi Friends, My plumber told me not to install a vessel sink in the bathroom because the water
  will splash out of the bowl, leave water spots on the granite and be difficult to keep clean. I
  like the c...

• Posted in thread: why do switches keep failing? on 07-10-2012 at 09:30 PM
  Giles- I have noticed ants swarming all over the switches. JoeD- I was wrong. The breaker that
  has the pump attached is a 20 amp breaker. I was completely wrong about the lights. They run
  off a 20 amp...