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I have a one gallon insulated jug. Full open lid and a tap dispenser at the bottom. The plastic O - ring around the tap is broken and I cannot find a replacement. What else can I use this for?? It leaks now.

Our energy use is really high. We are starting to suspect after a (sort of) audit that the culprit is our water pump! Our well IS deep (300+). Any thoughts on how to determine exactly how much energy the pump is using? How about ideas of how to create a solar panel system just to power the...

Have any of you been hearing about serious currency concerns that are escalating this week?? If you think the currency will be devalued what do you want to do? What will you do?? Anything? Edited to add one link to an article about it...

Which explains why collapse of complex systems can occur very rapidly in this era of interconnectivity. http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/6887 this comes from a recent issue with a defense contractor that effected the satellites which track troops. Their IT system began to experience major...

Goldman Sachs was charged today with fraud. Their Vp was charged specifically as the only individual named. The markets are already reacting. Key timing: China called on Hanky Panky Paulson and timmy earlier this week. And day after y'all pay your taxes......... Dow taking it on the chin...

I know the last time I posted a Tyler Durden article I was roundly chastised. But, THIS Tyler Durden is followed by some very sound minds in some very high places. No, I don't know who he really is. I DO know people I respect from multiple places keep sending me his articles. I got this one...

China selling fake green peas coated in a carcinogenic. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/31/content_9664992.htm

Most of us here recognize the future will be different than many people believe. This BBC documentary, beautifully done and not insulting to your intelligence is worth the time and very worth the ending!! Yes, it is broken up into pieces, but the BBC hasn't allowed it in the US yet. So...

So I have heard the 2010 debacle will be a major crash in August, but Celente is saying any day now. But he also said it would crash in 09 - well really it did, but it is on life support now soooooo. Any takers?? When will this puppy keel over? - Again.

Janet Tavakoli does a great job explaining who what where when and why about much of the financial world - the interview is long! and it is from last year, but it is still the best explanation, in the clearest language naming names and pointing fingers...

My DH has always been very community oriented and we have always taken care of our elderly neighbors. Last year an elderly neighbor had a problem with his septic. The septic guy came out and said his system no longer met code and he would have to replace the entire system. DH and I thought it...

Go ahead, open up your dictionary and look it up, I am certain his name is right next to moron. It must be. During the big snowstorm our scraper blade broke (I am pretty sure he was responsible for that too) The blade is a very old one, huge heavy and iron. Dh said he would get a welder...

Full of old electronics! Cell phones, pagers, phone cords, modems! Can any of you think of a way to recycle any of this??

Its been a couple of months now since DH got laid off. And you know what? We're doing fine. Dh is a very hard worker and with all of the snow we had and a tractor with a front end loader he scored some work. Then he bartered some labor for fuel. And then astonishingly enough he won the...

Got a pound of ground bison. What to do with it??

I have a large hurricane lamp, and have been trying to figure out since the wick holder advancer piece (that's the technical name LOL) is curved should I trim the wick in a curve or straight across for better efficiency?

Metal mail boxes. During the last big storm some one wiped out our mailbox set up - ours and two neighbors. DH built a lovely new set up for all three boxes. So we have two metal mailboxes, rusted and pretty banged up. What ideas do you all have for them??

Have any of you had fibroids? How sick can it make you - aside from the lovely amount of pain of course... Is surgery the only real answer??

Laughing! :lol: Got a gift subscription to Money magazine from a family member who is "concerned" about my attitude towards money. Make the best of a bad 401K 12 Ways to Cut your taxes The best Money websites Two helpful ideas from Uncle Sam and so on and so on........ I keep looking...

Can anyone give me recommendations for which brand of dehydrated milk you found least objectionable? The regular powdered stuff is just plain nasty for anything other than cooking.