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    Yesterday, 07:45 PM
    It also means that I have a personal vested interest in how houses are built in Oklahoma and everywhere else in North America. I pay insurance on my...
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    Yesterday, 05:12 PM
    Evan replied to a thread Power tool batteries DEAD. in General
    I have a 2000 watt Generac that mounts under the hood on my Ford Ranger where the air conditioner would go, if it had one. I don't have a clutch on...
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    Yesterday, 04:44 PM
    One of the problems is that that particular event and others like it raises insurance costs everywhere, even here. They have to recover their money...
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    Yesterday, 04:32 PM
    It's amazing how much force that had. (From above story) What is so bad about acetylene is that it will detonate rather than just...
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    Yesterday, 02:10 PM
    http://www.theprovince.com/news/explodes+early+Wednesday+Vancouver+West/8419197/story.html Just a little plumbers tank. What harm could that...
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    Yesterday, 01:47 PM
    I pulled a fifth wheel with my '88 Ford Ranger with 2.9 litre engine for years. Clocked something like 14,000 miles on it with the trailer. The...
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    Yesterday, 01:31 PM
    You want to be sure it has an air vent in case something heavy like a roof lands on top. You can also use the air vent to yell for help if that...
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    Yesterday, 01:23 PM
    Evan replied to a thread Power tool batteries DEAD. in General
    NiCad D cells nearly always contain three AA cells in parallel. That makes them 3 times more likely to fail and doesn't provide anywhere near the...
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    Yesterday, 01:11 PM
    No, you can't. But there is a simple and likely explanation other than invoking the quirks of tornadoes. No, I mentioned it just once. I also...
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    Yesterday, 12:03 PM
    Evan replied to a thread Terminology question in General
    Roughing is simply removing material in a hurry without regard to finish or precise dimension.
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    Yesterday, 11:57 AM
    That looks excellent. Good job. BTW, a colloid is a solution containing particles small enough to stay suspended in the solution due to Brownian...
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    Yesterday, 11:48 AM
    Evan replied to a thread Source for allen nuts. in General
    I have never seen those before but sure wouldn't mind finding a source that ships to Canada.
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    Yesterday, 11:39 AM
    My SB9 has the original GE instant reversing single phase motor. The capacitor is buried inside the end cap. It will go from full forward to full...
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    Yesterday, 11:26 AM
    Evan replied to a thread Power tool batteries DEAD. in General
    The main problem with the cheaper cordless tools is the charger. The charger overheats the cells. That opens a pressure relief valve which then loses...
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    Yesterday, 11:08 AM
    Evan replied to a thread My Apology to the forum! in General
    Ridiculous. Don't concern yourself about some dumb ass comment like that. Many of us including myself write about our personal issues at times....
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    Yesterday, 10:48 AM
    I was just looking at many still pictures of the tornado damage. There is the zone of total destruction in which nearly all structures are gone....
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    Yesterday, 01:45 AM
    Our house has an attached cast concrete underground cold storage room. It is about 6' x 8' x 6 1/2' and entered from inside the basement down a short...
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    Yesterday, 01:31 AM
    The bigger and more powerful the tornado the more people and property that can be saved by simply reinforcing the foundation and roof attachments....
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    05-21-2013, 06:54 PM
    That means a direct hit. There is always a much larger zone outside the core that will experience all sorts of intermediate wind speeds where the...
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    05-21-2013, 03:10 PM
    No. That isn't necessary. Not attaching the roof with $25 worth of galvanized straps is inexcusable. That will hold it on in most tornadoes. If you...
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    05-21-2013, 10:43 AM
    Have a look at houses on Guam. They don't look much different than usual. Until you look real close. Most are built of concrete cast with exterior...
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    05-20-2013, 11:40 PM
    Tornadoes don't happen everywhere. It takes flat land for a funnel to build up. It's cause by horizontal rolling wind that then turns vertical. That...
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    05-20-2013, 04:28 PM
    You may be looking at an unsolvable problem. The eproms from that time period only have a 10 to 15 year retention spec, powered or unpowered. Once...
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    05-20-2013, 04:12 PM
    Evan replied to a thread compressed gas mixtures in General
    Stirling coolers have been developed for use on satellites for spot cooling of semiconductors. Some are tiny, only a few cubic inches. They are far...
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    05-20-2013, 02:09 PM
    Evan replied to a thread fiber gear repair?? in General
    Maybe some kits. There are CA glues intended for plastics such as PTFE. I don't think the Sodium Bicarbonate trick will work there. The PTFE kit...
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    05-20-2013, 01:44 PM
    Evan replied to a thread compressed gas mixtures in General
    Not quite but close. Critical pressure is the pressure required to liquefy a gas at its critical temperature. Also, critical temperature applies to...
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    05-19-2013, 05:03 PM
    Evan replied to a thread G power in General
    From the article: "and that they've already applied for a patent." That should be interesting. Patent where? The US Patent Office has a very long...
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    05-19-2013, 03:10 PM
    I don't play the lotto so I never lose. Were I to suddenly gain that sort of money I would give most of it away, mostly for educational use and real...
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    05-19-2013, 03:05 PM
    And yet he is now again the richest man in the world. Giving his money away must agree with him. Every picture I see of him in the last few years he...
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    05-19-2013, 12:16 PM
    Evan replied to a thread OT: What is this connector? in General
    That is a DVI 18 pin. Completely useless. The more common 20 pin type has more pins between the two groups. The current DVI standard has 24 pins ...
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