Home & Garden - 1 July 2006

2006-07-01 09:37:25 · 7 answers · asked by steven h 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

i was workin on something in my hosue today and saw i needed a screwdriver and went to go get one from the toolbox without thinking if it was a philis head or flat head that i needed, i got the wrong one and had to go back and get the other one and that got me to thinking....

is there really any point in making screws have a flat head or a philips head other than to make us have to buy two different screw drivers instead of one?

i mean i dont think the difference of a flat head or philips head is going to determine how strong the screw holds, it just doesnt make sense why they made two different ones.

someone please tell me why they did this

2006-07-01 09:34:33 · 6 answers · asked by 63godtoh 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

I need to find out how much money I would get if I sold my Mickey Mouse Phone my mom had since 1980 something. It looks like the classic Mickey Mouse design, with a red colored Phone. If whoever can tell me how much it is worth, Thanks. :)

2006-07-01 09:31:02 · 5 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-01 09:23:14 · 2 answers · asked by FREAKYred 1 in Garden & Landscape

I know many places have "affordable housing" set aside for people who low/moderate incomes in 'regular' apartment complexes. How can you get a list of these without calling every complex in MD/DC/VA? The HUD site is very outdated (typical governement). Half the places I called either don't exist, are no longer managed by the company given, or had their number changed! And many of them are in very poor areas where it's unsafe. What is someone who doesn't have a lot of money but isn't making only 16,000/year supposed to do in the DC area??? I don't need to live on Kalorama, but I dont want to get shot at either.

2006-07-01 09:20:02 · 2 answers · asked by Midoria 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I'm moving soon & will have my own backyard {yay!} which is approx. 300 sq. ft. I am planning on growing my own fruits and vegies. I won't be using the soil on the ground as it's not good enough. My husband & I are disabled so I we won't be doing any rototilling and such. I have TONS of planters. My husband is able to do slight building and were thinking of making some wooden planters. Anyhooo. . .any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time. Cindee {:o)

2006-07-01 09:19:51 · 2 answers · asked by Roo 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-01 09:15:02 · 12 answers · asked by The Bearded One 4 in Garden & Landscape

i live in west yorkshire my tree looks fine all winter and spring come summer it wilts and aways looks half dead my soil is very heave clay have got jenny wrens nesting in it

2006-07-01 09:12:46 · 3 answers · asked by ann s 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-01 09:12:35 · 4 answers · asked by ROSANNA M 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Has anyone ever used concrete stepping stones or pavers indoors? I was considering this as an option for a kitchen area vs tile. Cost vs tile?

2006-07-01 09:11:29 · 10 answers · asked by Venusp 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Murphy''s Freaking Technology Laws;

- You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the freaking track.

- Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong freaking conclusion with confidence.

- Whenever a system becomes completely freaking defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.

- Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not freaking understand.

- If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, the first freaking woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

- The opulence of the freaking front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.

- The attention span of a computer is only as long as it's freaking electrical cord.

- An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

- To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the freaking job will take the longest and cost the most.

- Nothing freaking motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work.

- Some people manage by the book, even though they have no idea who wrote the book or even what freaking book.

- The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.

- After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than freaking done.

- Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable and three parts which are still under development. (For confirmation... oh never mind most of us know this)!

- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple freaking system that works.

- If mathematically you end up with the incorrect answer, try multiplying by the page number.

- Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on freaking human reliability is unreliable.

- Give all freaking orders verbally. Never write anything down that might go into a "Pearl Harbor File."

- Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint onit and he'll have to touch to be sure.

- All freaking great discoveries are made by mistake.

- Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. (Can I get an Amen?)

- All's well that freaking ends.

- A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the F'ing hours are lost.

- The first myth of management is that it even exists.

- A freaking failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.

- New systems generate new problems.

- We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.

- Any given program, when running, is freaking obsolete.

- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from F'ing magic.

- The more cordial the buyer's secretary, the greater the odds that the competition already has the freaking order.

- In designing any type of construction, no overall dimension can be totaled correctly after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The F'ing correct total will become self-evident at 8:15 a.m. on Monday.

- Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it freaking itches.

- All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

- The only perfect science is hind-sight.

- Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables the thing being tested will do as it freaking well pleases. (Especially amps, guitars, Harps and other music crap).

- If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious.

- If it's not in the computer, it doesn't freaking exist.

- Work smarder and not harder and be carfull of yor fuxing speling.

- If a F'ing experiment works, something has gone wrong.

- When all else fails, read the freaking instructions.

- If there is a possibility of several things going wrong the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

- Everything that goes up must freaking come down. (Usually on your head when you least expect it).

- Any freaking instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.

- Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated freaking way.

- Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.

- The degree of technical competence is F'ing proportional to the level of management.

- Any attempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the freaking printer.

http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/

2006-07-01 09:08:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

which retail stores carry oxiclean?

2006-07-01 09:08:37 · 7 answers · asked by auntie_tk 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-01 09:06:57 · 4 answers · asked by FEB 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

i am 20 years old and finally got enough money to move out on my own. to be truly honest i am at work trying to write a list of everything i need. Then my mind went blank

2006-07-01 08:57:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Consider the daffodil, and while you're doing that,
I'll be over here looking through your stuff.

2006-07-01 08:57:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

at home material

2006-07-01 08:50:42 · 6 answers · asked by 5445 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-01 08:39:16 · 6 answers · asked by george.baxter7@btinternet.com 1 in Garden & Landscape

Since diesel tractors are so ridiculously overpriced, I am thinking about getting some sheep to eat the grass instead.

Anyone here know about sheep?

2006-07-01 08:34:55 · 4 answers · asked by zazoo 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-01 08:34:27 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-01 08:34:12 · 4 answers · asked by jst_us79601 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-01 08:29:54 · 11 answers · asked by ronald macdonald 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I was thinking about planting my pink don juan rose on the east side of my house which has some shade in the afternoon. Does this rose tolerate some shade?

2006-07-01 08:25:36 · 3 answers · asked by countrygirl39 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-01 08:23:40 · 19 answers · asked by crystalscandies2005 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-01 08:22:02 · 2 answers · asked by Steve H 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Some where that its legal would be nice too...

2006-07-01 08:21:39 · 13 answers · asked by bdlx31 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-01 08:21:37 · 6 answers · asked by Steve H 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

a cubic yard of much costs $26 verses 2 cubic feet of bagged mulch is $1.69 I need about 200 cubic feet of mulch . I am trying to determine the cheaper way to go

2006-07-01 08:19:08 · 8 answers · asked by crazyredheadcathy 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-01 08:12:57 · 5 answers · asked by Allen 2 in Other - Home & Garden

will loook after your business or home,security,gardening,cleaning.etc.mature couple can supply refs.please help.

2006-07-01 08:04:05 · 2 answers · asked by rebel 4 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-01 07:59:32 · 9 answers · asked by steve 1 in Maintenance & Repairs