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    Travel Tubes?

    Has anyone ever heard of someone building crawl tubes into their floor plan? Kind of like little kid crawl tubes.......
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    Garbage in A/C Intake?

    Somehow my car manages to suck up garbage into the air conditioner intake (not the external flow from outside the car, the hole near the passenger's foot area that sucks in air for when the A/C is on internal circulate mode.) Can this catch on fire from the heater coils and make my car go up in...
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    frost windows for privacy

    You should not permanently frost your windows as it is a security hazard if you ever *NEED* to see something going on outside the window you can't. Just use a piece of cloth or tape cut out pieces of posterboard.
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    Most Versatile Tool

    Leatherman multitools kind of suck if you have hands strong enough to snap off the plyers and make it useless.
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    Ant Beds to Ashes

    I was having problems with ants around my garage sidewalk and coming up through the wall so I decided to cover their antbeds with a thick layer of ashes. This made it so they couldn't crawl out of their holes or come up through it since it is such a fine powder. They also didn't want to...
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    Keeping out water

    Can I use old bbq pit ashes to line my fence to stop water from coming in? Doesn't that make a concrete like mush?
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    Old File Cabinets?

    Do old file cabinets make good garage storage?
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    all in one utilities kit?

    Has anyone ever thought of making a wheelable device that has on it: A) A Refrigerator on one side B) A Hot Water Heater on one side C) A Shower on one side D) A stove / cooking thing on one side This way it has everything to live except the bed (they provide) and you can wheel this into...
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    valve job

    How can I tell if my car needs a valve job or not the easy way? I don't want to have to get pressure tests done.
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