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I'm going to use something like that in my remodel. The left side knob is a thermostat and the right-hand knob is the volume control. Once you set the temperature, you only ever need to use the one right hand knob and it will maintain that temp regardless of water pressure or incoming water...

If it's leaking out the showerhead or tub spout, put a new cartridge in it. Pretty simple most of the time. If it's leaking in the wall from plumbing line connections, you're in trouble.

Yeah, replacing a good shower valve just because you want stops can get ridiculously expensive. Most of the time, those cartridges just slip in and out. You had an unusual case. I'm going to start a bath remodel at my house in a few weeks and since I have access under the shower location via a...

Many modern shower valves, including the one Sylas has (I think it’s a Moen Positemp) come in a version with shut offs built into them for a few dollars more than the plain version. So if you’re building or replacing they’re a good choice.

Been there Original covered bridge dates back to 1365; water tower in back is even older. Almost completely destroyed in 1993, probably by a discarded cigarette, but restored to as close to original as they could.

That movie was about Dian Fossey, not Jane Goddall.

Took a trip down to Promontory Point, Utah to see the Golden Spike National Historic Monument and watch them run the trains. Government shutdown 2 days later. Timing is everything.

I think that holds for the majority of pet owners. My wife, my daughter and my pets. The rest of the world can disappear. I’m sorry for your loss.

He was also an insufferable lefty and I can’t separate the artist from his politics.

Sometimes I think I need an alarm to wake me up so I can get up off the couch and go to bed.

And yet we have folks in the “what car do you drive” thread saying $300-$500 for an oil change is OK by them.

I used to go down to the tennis courts and hit a few balls back and forth with my wife. Then covid happened and the courts were off limit. My driveway is large and flat enough that I could paint a pickleball court on it. I bought a portable net, and we used the heck out of that court when that...

Yup. Remodeled one bathroom and then the kitchen. I’m getting up there in years so I thought I’d let someone else do the master bathroom. Get a quote for $17k for just the shower. Panels, not tile. No tub, no vanity, no floors, no new fixtures, no paint; just the shower. So now I’m going to do...

See if you can make room by buying some duplex breakers. They're the same size as a single but protect two circuits.

$300 for an oil change? lol.

Sadly, Iconic US film company Kodak warns it may go out of business

The Coleman I posted is not a dual fuel stove per se. But, truth be told, all Coleman stoves past and present will run on White Gas or Unleaded gasoline. It's just that the older ones like mine are less tolerant of the junk in unleaded gas and will require more frequent cleanings. I saw a used...

How much you wanna spend to get 100% American? Partner Steel is 100% US made but really, really expensive. Camp Chef makes good stuff that is mostly US made using offshore parts. Or like you say, you could get an older US or Canadian made Coleman gas stove and convert it to propane with this...

I have one of the original ones; don’t know if it’s 1.0 or whatever, but unless it has been improved significantly, I can’t recommend it. I need to be within a foot of a fly that has landed to score a hit that stuns the critter. Nine times out of ten I scare them off with my approach. Around...

I do.

I remember him from the TV series 'Major Crimes', a spin off of 'The Closer'.

The Teacup Whale

We didn’t go for the religious stuff but in the early 80s when my wife and I were looking for something to watch on TV, (we could only pull in 5 or 6 channels) we would pause and watch Jimmy Swaggart because he had one of the tightest gospel/old timey/bluegrass bands around. Good tunes.

Gary Owen There’s lots of versions of this tune. It’s the March of the 7th Cavalry so it gets associated with Custer and the Little Big Horn but I think it was originally an Irish Jig brought to America in the early 1800s so I chose that version.

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Richard the Third and that reminded me of a movie I watched a couple of weeks ago on Acorn TV called 'The Lost King'. It's about a woman named Philippa Langley and her devotion and work to find the remains of King Richard III. It's a bit...

Whelp. I slept through most of this today.

The park down the street we went to as kids had one of these and a rack for the empties.

I had no idea…

Lou Christie

Happy Father's Day 1988

Very Sad

Personally, I would just go down to the local big box and get a 1/3hp Badger or whatever the house brand is. Maybe 1/2hp, but 1/3 has always worked for us. Don’t spend a ton on a “quiet” model. It’s only on for 10 secs at a time once or twice a day, anyway.

I was going to contribute to this thread and talk about implants but I think I’m going to go and throw up instead.

I know. It’s a stupid song, but that chick…

RIP Rick Derringer