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  1. Dirtmechanic

    Favorite online catalog?

    I know its heresy but I wonder if big sites like TEMU have seeds. I doubt they would be organized about it but their vendors might.
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    Home Repairs

    Common plastics like epoxy around hot things can be a problem. Around 200 degrees they fail. They weaken well before boiling though. Hot water over time is a slow cooker. The silicones and so forth found in the kitchen work against this problem and there are high heat resistant sealants that...
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    Black eyed peas

    Use 1 lbs bag of dried peas for the correct paste texture.
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    Black eyed peas

    And that taste is special imo. It has a history too. https://recipes.net/side-dish/beans/pleasing-bollos-recipe/ Mine are 1 lbs dried bag 1 spoon salt 1 spoon garlic and 1 cowhorn pepper. Fry a teaspoon sized ball of the dough which you ran through a food processer after soaking and cleaning...
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    The Earth's core has paused.

    I am always trying to get a handle on longer term future weather, and this article was published Monday, making me wonder if anybody can point to a relation to weather in the 70 year cycle being discussed. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01112-z
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    Home Repairs

    There is a caulking mastic product called Dow 995. It comes in white, is stickier than polyurethane if that is possible, is both a structural and impact resistant adhesive we use to make hurricane resistant coatings stay put on glass while storms seek to destroy the walls. It is expensive for a...
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    Coffee

    Oh my girl is a noodle queen, but i think I have to fool her as to where the noodles are being made. Thats okay, i like a soft environment in which to hold my bride. She wants to be bossy, but only so much.
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    Coffee

    I understand. I just suddenly developed a need to make ravioli. Well -pasta of all types really. Searching out 00 flour on Saturday morning has odd behavior written all over it.
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    Coffee

    I am very seriously thinking about a third machine just for the house. His, Hers, and Its PC. No crosstalk that way. Something more like a server, with a household virtual private network. A home email address, etc. Something accessible by the various phones, a private backup for pictures and...
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    Coffee

    Haha me too but I was filtering beef stock!
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    Advice for Starting/Growing Peppers?

    I was going to mention the roots growing to larger than expected size earlier than expected when compared to other seedlings. Just to save a step or two I would start in a deeper container than one might normally consider.
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    Garden humor thread..

    The nibbler. Dogs who recycle plastic.
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    Garden humor thread..

    @flowerbug its ok. My wife needed a new couch and loveseat and the new stair treads are all downstairs waiting to be installed. Yes, the puppy ate the stairs too. I dare a beaver to do that!
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    Garden humor thread..

    Oh..a lab puppy will take care of wood for you. Window sills as well. Ask me how I know...
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    Garden humor thread..

    No..I just do not know how to describle it. Capitalism at it's finest?
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    Garden humor thread..

    Hahahahaha! Its here! Its finally here! George Jetson, where are you? I present a wifi robot that pushes a button for you! I have no words....I thought pushing a button was pretty easy!
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    Garden humor thread..

    It must be related to the gardening off season as I just went to order a new nose hair trimming blade for the wahl groomer and found them back ordered.
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    Garden humor thread..

    Ahh. Just curious really about this over arching omnipotent judge everyone keeps referring towards. I have read a few greek classics and love the old words but this character seems less a diety save the omnipotence? Is this a form of the common sense?
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