Home & Garden - 15 July 2006

It was running for about 2 minutes and then stopped. Could not get the engine to restart and eventually I could not even pull the cord to turn the crank

2006-07-15 23:52:46 · 6 answers · asked by rjmk 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

They have produced a few leaves but the bottom ones fall off and then a few more appear. Not a flower in sight. What have I done? or What should I do to fix it?
They should look so pretty.

2006-07-15 23:41:17 · 2 answers · asked by PhoebeR 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-15 23:23:52 · 10 answers · asked by ok 2 in Garden & Landscape

I would like to have a bigger deck and so does my wife . I think I can fit alot more people on my deck if I get an add on . I'm alittle jealous of my friends decks and I can't get my wife to stop talking about my friends decks as well. The other day a found my wife on my best friend's deck and she was over there all day on it. I just don't have the money. Any advice ? I just want a BIGGER deck .

2006-07-15 23:19:08 · 9 answers · asked by alan b 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-15 23:03:39 · 11 answers · asked by The Way 4 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-15 22:39:33 · 1 answers · asked by KI 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-15 22:32:12 · 14 answers · asked by donnyloz 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-15 22:18:46 · 4 answers · asked by Senora 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Help! My home has been invaded by huge black waterbugs. I am seeing them in every room in the house. We have sprayed and put out boric acid but it doesn't seem to affect them. They are so big, even my dogs are scared of them.

2006-07-15 21:49:54 · 2 answers · asked by starrynight1 7 in Other - Home & Garden

I am moving back into my house that I have been renting for 12 years. I have a open floor plan with my living room, dining and kitchen area. There is also a brick fireplace in the living room that is country style (off of my now decorating scheme) My living room set is forest green, since during this time I have lived in Europe I have Italian white marble statues and Italian paintings. The tile in the kitchen and dining areas are a forest green marble which I love and don't need to be replaced yet. I need to repaint and really do not want to go with basic white. I am afraid that because the house is somewhat small a dark color will make it look smaller and also do not want the walls to clash. Uggg, I have no idea what colors will go with the forest green, Italian motif. Any suggestions for wall color and carpet colors?

2006-07-15 20:58:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-15 20:51:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

The Jacket has been washed and not dryed properly recently and now it has a bad odour about it like it is mouldy. I have washed it since then and dried it out properly but it still smells bad. Its only 12 months old.

2006-07-15 20:46:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

My house is not on a foundation and the previous owners had a bad skunk problem. The skunks are gone but the smell remains throughtout the house

2006-07-15 20:20:01 · 2 answers · asked by jcgill_2000 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Have a light tan leather ottoman that my son wanted to write on with a blue permanent marker (sharpie). He also showed us his writing skills on his red and yellow leather chairs in his room, which was done in pen. Have tried a couple of mild soaps, but no success. Looking for something that will remove the marks and not damage the leather.

2006-07-15 20:14:52 · 4 answers · asked by TJeff1966 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I want to remove a 20V under-counter hockey puck halogen light. Can I simply connect together the red and black wires (those that were used to mount the light) with a wire nut and tuck them back behind the dry wall and patch up the hole?

2006-07-15 20:09:40 · 6 answers · asked by Neophyte 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

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Its the top one the "contemporary" design. Its going to go into a costal residential estate.

Please don't complain about the question.

2006-07-15 19:35:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

This is sort of a 2nd parter to an earlier question. After reading the A&M website, it expressed the likelihood that a plant would remain fruitless if nighttime temps were not low enough, or if a 8-10 hour per day amount of sunlight could not be maintained. In Texas, the sunlight and daily heat requirements are not a problem at all, but the nightime temp is easilly into the 75-80+ range sometimes. If one had a temperature controlled room that could maintain a 70F range (these are potted plants by the way, i.e. mobile) could this allow the plant the ability to fruit again, or is it game over after too many nights of the wrong temp?

2006-07-15 19:26:22 · 2 answers · asked by stimpy 2 in Garden & Landscape

I've tried everything: gas smoke bombs, traps, spikes that are supposed to impale them, urine, human hair, attempts to drown, castor oil(mole rid spray), gum, moletox poison, poison peanuts, grub-ex, ultra-sonic chasers, soap/cayenne pepper/hotsauce/baby shampoo mixture, even trying to electrocute those bastards with some bare extension cord wire plugged into a easily tripable office spike protector. None of that crap works, believe me, so don't bother trying it. These things are driving me crazy, I've switched to container gardening because they dig tunnels by the roots and all my plants dry up or the mice get in the tunnels and eat on the roots and bulbs. I am at the point where I think I realy can't do a darn thing about it. I fell like Bill Murray in Caddieshack because they are laughing at my feeble attempts :)

2006-07-15 19:25:05 · 11 answers · asked by gary s 2 in Garden & Landscape

It has no shape of a bunny at all.

2006-07-15 19:23:09 · 6 answers · asked by kimmy209 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

My husband used some power plunger thing and blew out the pipes in our kitchen, now there is a musty smell sometimes from the drains. Is there something still in the drains? Any ideas on how to get rid of the smell?

2006-07-15 19:11:08 · 18 answers · asked by keri gee 6 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-15 19:04:58 · 2 answers · asked by giants fan 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

It use to bloom before these stems shot up. If I am not wrong, I was told that these stems which grow straight up, are male, and they need to be cut off, as the plant will not produce flowers. Should I cut it off?

2006-07-15 18:45:44 · 8 answers · asked by NchantingPrincess 5 in Other - Home & Garden

ok, here is the thing... in one of the office buildings i clean there are these two bathrooms with showers in them. The mirrors above the sinks in these bathrooms are HUGE and everytime i try and clean them they smear really really bad! i have tried EVERYTHING! the only thing that comes close to working is to not dry them all the way, to just leave them barely wet and let them dry on their own. Even this streaks some but not nearly so bad. i think someone thought it would be a good idea to but rain x or fogx on them! how do i get it off? Vinegar, dishsoap, pinesol, windex, 409, and rubbing alcohol all (individually) did not work.

2006-07-15 18:43:00 · 9 answers · asked by Storm Watcher 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I mean like on a key chain or a braclet. The metal part gets dull and sometimes even turn rusty. How do I get rid of all these? Is there a way or something?

2006-07-15 18:42:36 · 8 answers · asked by Jiamin 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

i bought this window unit air conditioner tonight form Home depot. It is an LG room air-conditioner that directions make you feel like you have to be a brain surgeon to understand. I have installed window ac units atleast 100 times in my life but this is the question. I just got home , its too late to make a lot of noise cause old mean lady under me will instantly call the police and say that someone upstairs is fighting, or she will say, he is selling drugs cause he is white and some black guy came to his house last night after 10pm with a bag in his hand and only stayed for 2 or 3 minutes. She told him this happens like once a week. This has no relevance to my question but I had to explain why I cant install the unit this late, its 1:30am in morning. Black dude is delivery guy from sub shop in town. My poor old neighbor is a pain in the ***. Ok, question is, and I am serious, I want to run this unit tonight, why do I need a window? why not sit it on a table top and catch water in pan

2006-07-15 18:34:31 · 19 answers · asked by billyboy5529 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have medium gray carpet that has some stains that keep reappearing...was wondering how to dye the carpet and where to buy the dye...replacing the carpet is not an option at this time

2006-07-15 18:31:06 · 8 answers · asked by Moon R 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Value? Quality? Any other retailer suggestions?

2006-07-15 18:25:17 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-15 18:25:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

i have mould coming out of my hose when spinning clothes in washing machine,how can i clean it out

2006-07-15 18:23:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-15 18:21:11 · 7 answers · asked by JJB123 1 in Cleaning & Laundry