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  • #1036
    Her HDD space is going to receive a fresh decompile.
    "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

    "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

    "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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    • #1037
      Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
      Her HDD space is going to receive a fresh decompile.
      Everyone likes a defragged drive!
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      Originally posted by SanTropez
      May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
      Originally posted by bigblue_dl
      I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
      Originally posted by Kepler
      When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
      He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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      • #1038
        Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post

        Yeah, just watched a video on replacing it. Definitely doable as DIY. Going to try that one on my own and then if that doesn't fix it make a call. Luckily it's still getting cool at night so the house doesn't get too bad until 5 or 6ish during the day.
        Capacitor was not the reason, still having the same problem. Sounds like a lot of people had issues last week because we couldn't get an appointment until next week for someone to come out and take a look. Luckily it's very cool compared to last week so no issue not being able to have it this week. But I foresee a very expensive solution on the horizon.
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        • #1039
          Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post

          Capacitor was not the reason, still having the same problem. Sounds like a lot of people had issues last week because we couldn't get an appointment until next week for someone to come out and take a look. Luckily it's very cool compared to last week so no issue not being able to have it this week. But I foresee a very expensive solution on the horizon.
          Hopefully you'll discover that you have a problem similar to ours this spring, "human error."

          My wife likes to play a game each spring and fall in which she waits to see how long before she has to break down and turn on the air conditioner or furnace, respectively. I've always thought that game is a bit silly. It would sort of be like waiting to see how long you can wait at night to turn on a light before you start running into **** and breaking your shins. The point of having a furnace and A/C is to use them. But I digress.

          Last winter we had to replace our furnace. The techs convinced my wife to replace our existing thermostat (which I knew how to use) with a device that looks like a medium sized ipad stapled to my wall.

          A few days ago, as she was out helping a friend with a garage sale and I was sitting at home in oppressive heat and humidity, drinking a bottle of water every five minutes, I decided enough is enough and cautiously approached the ipad on my wall.

          I spent the next 10 minutes in frustration trying to find something that suggested it was turning my A/C on, to no avail. When my wife came home I told her of my efforts. She then spent 20 minutes in the same unsuccessful endeavor.

          Two days ago the tech returned. It turns out that he hadn't bothered to hook up the thermostat because he didn't have the right connector, and simply forgot to return.
          That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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          • #1040
            Originally posted by SJHovey View Post


            Two days ago the tech returned. It turns out that he hadn't bothered to hook up the thermostat because he didn't have the right connector, and simply forgot to return.
            Sounds like he was missing a connector or two as well.

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            • #1041
              As a public service announcement. If your router has quality of service options (QOS), make sure you update the speed test on it regularly. Otherwise it assumes you never upgraded your garden hose to a shuttle deluge system.
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              Originally posted by SanTropez
              May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
              Originally posted by bigblue_dl
              I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
              Originally posted by Kepler
              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
              He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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              • #1042
                So the drawer in the vanity of our main bath wasn’t staying closed when we would try to close it. We have a small bathroom, and that means a small/narrow vanity. At first I tried to uninstall the drawer, but it turns out I can only take out the drawer if I completely uninstall the vanity - not happening. So I started looking around in there some more and I found a glint of something appearing jut behind the rear wall of the drawer. Well, I couldn’t get my arm back there so I got a coat hanger and used it as a hook. It took some effort, but I finally got it out of there. What did I find? It was a fertility test packet. The irony of a coat hanger and fertility test wasn’t lost on me.
                "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

                "Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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                • #1043
                  Lmfao. That's amazing.
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                  Originally posted by SanTropez
                  May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                  Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                  I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                  Originally posted by Kepler
                  When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                  He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                  • #1044
                    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                    So the drawer in the vanity of our main bath wasn’t staying closed when we would try to close it. We have a small bathroom, and that means a small/narrow vanity. At first I tried to uninstall the drawer, but it turns out I can only take out the drawer if I completely uninstall the vanity - not happening. So I started looking around in there some more and I found a glint of something appearing jut behind the rear wall of the drawer. Well, I couldn’t get my arm back there so I got a coat hanger and used it as a hook. It took some effort, but I finally got it out of there. What did I find? It was a fertility test packet. The irony of a coat hanger and fertility test wasn’t lost on me.
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                    • #1045
                      Alas, it was the compressor, so will start getting quotes for a new system. This is a fun charge to move up a couple years in the home maintenance rotation.
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                      1966, 1986, 2007
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                      • #1046
                        sorry man

                        that blows.
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                        Originally posted by SanTropez
                        May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                        Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                        I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                        Originally posted by Kepler
                        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                        • #1047
                          Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                          sorry man

                          that blows.
                          Actually, the compressor compresses the refrigerant. It's the fan that blows.
                          That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                          • #1048
                            Originally posted by SJHovey View Post

                            Actually, the compressor compresses the refrigerant. It's the fan that blows.
                            I mean, in some respects, you could say that creating a high pressure at a point which can then flow to a low pressure point in the system is blowing. That's all a fan does. It just doesn't have enough juice to compress the air much.
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                            Originally posted by SanTropez
                            May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                            Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                            I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                            Originally posted by Kepler
                            When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                            He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                            • #1049
                              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post

                              I mean, in some respects, you could say that creating a high pressure at a point which can then flow to a low pressure point in the system is blowing. That's all a fan does. It just doesn't have enough juice to compress the air much.
                              I was just making a dad joke.
                              That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

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                              • #1050
                                Originally posted by sjhovey View Post

                                i was just making a dad joke.
                                :-D a
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BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                                Originally posted by SanTropez
                                May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                                Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                                I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                                Originally posted by Kepler
                                When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                                He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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