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I am looking for a replacement desktop for wifey. She saves tons of pics & videos (she's the family photographer), and she is maxing out a Tb on her documents partition as it is. Most computer makers on their sites, only offer up to 2 tb hard drives; I was hoping to get 4. I'm wondering--would...

Exterior trim of house just got repainted. A set of connecting wires (bared when I removed the light) for a dusk to dawn light didn't get covered up, so it got painted over. Is there a safe way to remove the paint, that won't cause corrosion at all to the wires themselves? Do I just use paint...

I have a few dusk to dawn lights outside my house. The ones I have are basically install and forget about, they last for 10 years if not longer. They all came with replaceable bulbs. I need to replace one of them, and I'm noticing at Lowes new units with integrated LED lights that you don't...

Current set of tires is down to 5/32 inch. They are wearing fast, they are 80K tires Yokohama Avid Ascend, at only 18K miles. One of them blew today, and we currently have a spare on it. Took it back to AT where we bought them, and the roadhazard warranty, and they said they could order...

I have a backup external hdd that is over 90% full (160 gigs of space left of 2 tb). It is a Western Digital. I don't know when it was made, but as soon as I bought it, I put folders & data on it. The folders were created in January 2020. So it is at least 5 1/2 years old, and has been used that...

Recently I slipped on a pile of what looked like mayonnaise on the ground. Urgent care says no hip fracture, which is good. At the ripe young age of 59, I'd prefer to avoid this in the future if I can. I've decided to get at least one pair of semi-formal shoes I can wear to work, not work boots...

I am interested in comparing specs for oils, but the latest Afton handbook I have is from 2018-19, whose latest specs are GF-6 & SN. Is there an updated version that lists the latest API & ILSAC specs (specifically, GF-7, which is really what I'm looking for)? Or is there any other book that...

I am getting estimates for roof job for my house. I told one of the guys that I was willing to pay a bit more for higher quality shingle, and he said that for an additional cost, he could put down two layers of the synthetic underlayment that the roofers are using now. How would that benefit...

Somehow, one of the two screws that affixes an item to the oven door (from the inside of the oven) came off. I have the other one, and will go to Lowes to find a match later on today. I read that stainless steel screws are best for the inside of an oven, because they don't rust, and they don't...

Waiting on a quote from roofer who visited my house this morning (see previous thread: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/comp-shingle-for-old-home.392364/page-2#post-7157937). He will give me two quotes, one for simply repairing the damage I told him about, and a second for the entire...

My home was built in 1980, I bought it in 99, and just before I bought it the bank put on a new comp shingle roof. There are a couple of leaks, and I'm thinking that instead of paying a contractor money to repair two spots, that I might be better off paying a roofer to put on new shingle (1600...

What is the best/easiest device to keep someone from a shared bathroom, from entering another person's bedroom? I am thinking that the solution is to install a swing bar lock that hotels use. Are there any others? The situation is one bathroom in between two bedrooms, and both bedrooms have...

I need to put a 4x4 holding up a mailbox, into the ground. I'm going to use quikrete for this. Now the standard is to make the hole 1/3 as deep as the height of the post above the ground. I can't do this, because of regulations about how high the USPS wants the mailbox. Given the 4x4 that I...

I thought I entered proxy info correctly (using Windows 11), but proxy test site says none is detected. Any suggestions? In the screenshot is my proxy info that I entered manually into Windows network settings.

According to this article, the Cloudstrike outage cost the US economy some $5 billion in losses. I'm not doubting that number, but I would like someone to explain the two largest sectors, healthcare and banking, which the article said suffered $3 billion of those losses. If I had a toothache...

Recently a light (aluminum?) threshold at a door in my house became unfastened. I tried glueing it with Scotch repair glue but that only lasted a couple of days. It was stuck fast for 20 or so years since the time I bought this house, and possibly 20 before that too. So I know there is stuff out...

This is the first TG that I’ve cut open. Looks very good; I didn’t remove the media because I just wanted to see if the pleats were incredibly wavy or if there was a tear. I will be taking these TG3600s to 10K miles plus from here on out. Cuz I know Stude53 is going to ask: OUT: M1 frankenbrew...

I am looking for a manual branch clipper/trimmer that looks and acts like this (https://www.homedepot.com/p/GARDENA-31-in-Pruning-Lopper-EnergyCut-750-B-12007-81-000-00/330983215) but with a longer handle, I suppose 36 inches would be an absolute minimum for the handle length. I currently have a...

I have been looking for nylon drain plug gaskets for my vehicles, and I have seen a couple like the pic below, with ribs. What benefit does this provide?

For whatever reason, Windows isn't detecting my microphone. I have always had zoom on my laptop, and it has worked fine. Few days ago, the app video was working just fine, but the other person couldn't hear me. It is not zoom settings; I can use zoom app on my phone and everything is fine. When...