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Personal effects: How to remove and replace a circuit breaker -- John Darrow's blog
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Sunday, February 06, 2011 : 1:10 AM. How to remove and replace a circuit breaker. Or those who are here just to get the answer, it's this:. 1 After you have removed the panel and turned off "main" (something there is a switch for the rest of the panel), pry out the circuit breaker that you want replace. It is just wedged in there, really. Fiddle with either end of the specific circuit breaker. Oh my gosh, that was easy. What a relief. And here's my story leading up to those simple steps. I called our ele...
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Personal effects: January 2006 -- John Darrow's blog
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Friday, January 13, 2006 : 8:39 PM. Ears ago, when I found a hole in the stiff wire screen of a small under-house air vent, I stuck a rock in that hole. When I found the rock dislodged the next day, it confirmed my suspicion of mouse traffic. Mom folds her towels in thirds when hanging them in the guest bathroom. Towels are definitely easier to fold in half or quarters. Have you ever tried folding a long towel in thirds? Read the 4 comments; add your own. Sunday, January 08, 2006 : 8:38 PM. Each was bent...
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Personal effects: June 2006 -- John Darrow's blog
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 : 12:12 PM. Queen of the Night tea. Ep, I made some. The fragrance is unique. It's not as strong as a gardenia, but it is just as memorable. So, last night, when folks were hanging out because of the flowers (see Flower Power. I joked in saying that I wanted to try making tea out of it. A Chinese friend chimed in that they do. Make tea with it in China, like Jasmine tea. "What, just put the petals in hot water? Oops- I put it in a Starbucks cup. Read the 1 comments; add your own.
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Personal effects: May 2006 -- John Darrow's blog
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 : 4:33 PM. Y garage door is one of those that tilts up and horizontal when opened. After years of use, the remote for the garage door opener wasn't working as well as it used to. Changing the battery helped: I could open the door from a couple of houses away (which was certainly better than 5 feet, when the battery was weak). But it used to be better. After he replaced those, I was amazed at how well it worked, even from 10 houses away where I'd first round the corner. Here's a hi...
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Personal effects: How to create your own sidewalk chalk drawing -- John Darrow's blog
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Friday, August 10, 2012 : 4:23 PM. How to create your own sidewalk chalk drawing. Amazing chalk drawings. How do they do those? Can you create your own? Here is one way you create your own. (Yeah, I've cheated by illustrating with gridline paper, but you'll get the idea.). With photo editing software that supports layers or transparency, add lines in a new layer so that the grid looks complete. Stretch and skew (a copy of) this reference perspective photo so that it matches your reference aerial photo.
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Personal effects: December 2005 -- John Darrow's blog
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Thursday, December 29, 2005 : 8:37 PM. Just watched this movie about pilot and innovator Howard Hughes. He was one smart dude. Who went through a lot of kleenex. When I was 15, I got a brilliant idea related to flight. We lived in an old beach house up on an open hillside in Playa del Rey. Since then, rich people have built houses all around that 1906 house. The following photo will help put you in the right place for the following story. In particular:. Find the road at the base of the hill. So, at 15, ...
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Personal effects: Geranium outing - part 2 -- John Darrow's blog
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Saturday, March 19, 2011 : 4:42 PM. Geranium outing - part 2. Om and I tromped through the weeds on this cold, soggy, rainy day, to enjoy blooms on some of the cuttings we planted in the last few weeks. With my additional weekend and midnight plantings, we're now up to 140. About 10 of those have bright blooms. There remains a 30 foot stretch along the top end of the fence with no cuttings yet. Opportunity. Go to the "Personal effects" main page. How to record a computer demonstration.
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Personal effects: Geranium outing -- John Darrow's blog
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Saturday, March 12, 2011 : 5:36 PM. A few days later, Mom announced. She'd pruned a bunch of her geraniums. She had filled a couple of buckets with cuttings that I could plant. Today, we headed over to the bridge with the cuttings. Mom prepped cuttings (trimming off lower leaves, etc) and laid them out every few feet. This time, I brought a small sledge hammer to help me drive the rebar. In an hour or so, we had planted 72 cuttings along the fence. We'll be back with more cuttings. Rose grafting, part 2.
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Personal effects: August 2006 -- John Darrow's blog
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 : 6:53 PM. Om and Dad bought David and me skateboards in 1970 when our family made the 3 week round trip from west coast to east coast in our new VW bus. This is it, and it has the same wheels David bought for me in the mid '70s. So, I got out the board and starting pumping toward the building. A sharp-eyed teenage girl saw the board at a distance and called out, "Hey! Old school. Cool! Old school. Loved that. The skateboard in nice clothes before splatting on the ground. Be a ...
