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A quick update: We made it through the 2013 - 2014 Winter just fine. When we fired it back up two months ago (after not using it for about 8 months) it fired up perfectly. It does seem to be making some odd noises as it starts up and shuts down, but we have no idea if that's just how it's...

@Flying J ... I just wanted to say that I LOVE this thread and all the great pics ans info!!! The pics popped up at the top of the forum index and I'm super glad I clicked!!!

I totally agree! I'd probably say that my experience has been this: Learn how to search Google and Youtube for information and instructional videos!! This is probably the #1 most useful skill. If you can learn how to effectively find info, you can quickly become an expert (or good enough) at...

Thanks for all the great comments everyone! So far things are still looking good. I'm SUPER happy that my $10 fix is saving me from hundreds and hundreds of $$$!!

Update: I was a little freaked out because after putting everything together I started to see a drip every 20 seconds or so. My initial thought was: Hmm, this is probably about 60 gallons a year... I'll just skip two showers a year and call it even! I put a measuring cup under it two hours ago...

We have a SUPER old Champion Irrigation 1" Vacuum Breaker / Check Valve on our sprinkler system. The whole thing is usually covered up and on a whim I decided to take a look and check everything. Well, it was leaking pretty bad... like a drip every second. The ground was completely saturated...

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Well, if there was a paint that we could flip a switch to go from black in Winter to white in Summer, then ya, that might work great! Otherwise we'll be in trouble for 1/2 the year. :)

Checking it to see how things are going?

Hi @AdamsBrown , great to have you here! What types of remodel projects are you working on?

Too funny! The cover on our canopy got to the point where it was falling apart, so I needed to replace it. I got a tarp at costco and it barely lasted 1 year. So I jumped on the internet and searched for replacement tops. The prices were high and I thought I'd try to see how much I paid at...

Wow, that's pretty random (and fun)!!

Totally agree, welcome to the community!

We don't have very many traditions in our family, so I think it makes this one even more special.

This has been a family tradition since 1973ish? When I was a kid I was doing this exact same thing with my family using plumbs from the same tree & using the same equipment, including the custom sharpened pit removing tools my dad made! The pitters aren't anything super fancy, but...

If it isn't showing up, you could simply paste the URL onto your wall: http://www.sufficientself.com/

:( Sorry, you shouldn't have gotten any infraction points for that. They should be erased now. Thanks for reporting the spammers. While there's no way to 100% eliminate them, we catch about 99% of the attempts before they even post... which means tens of thousands of attempts per month!

We've been on this new platform for a few months and I thought I'd do a quick check to see if y'all echo my feelings... One of the many reasons we moved to this platform is because it has much better anti-spam features. We'll never be able to 100% get rid of spammers (there's always going to be...

Good point about friends, etc. I think it definitely helps if it feels that the person has a genuine interest in you personally learning from what they are sharing. I'm definitely a multi-media learner. Video is easiest for me, then audio books, then reading. In fact, I've gone through...

Don't worry, the nice thing with most features here is if you don't need them then it's no big deal since they don't get in the way. :)