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Walk past this one fairly often. Absolutely does not fit in with the surrounding houses constructed roughly the same timeframe (70s or 80s). But the interior of this one appears to be original, lots of dark woodtones, beautiful carpets and that sort of thing. Absolutely digging it...

Have just moved into another (shared) house in the city. Washer here is one of those new-fangled F&P WashSmart (Smart-Drive) jobs. After nearly a week, am finally doing my first load, after carefully reading the very simplistic manual. All I can say is - WOW! And the cycle is only onto the...

It also turns out the Windows 7 and 8 *MAY* have received updates that allow this to occur as well - although the story is more complicated than just an automatic update, it seems. This article explains the removal of said updates: http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/windows-spying-on-you.html...

And another one bits the dust - quite sadly. I recently noticed the local grocery store briefly stopped carrying the Finish dishwashing powder - although the tag and space was still there (and the tag still possessed an order code, instead of "DELETE" indicating the line was NLA). Well...

... And all sorted, databased and ready for you to go! http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/5238084526.html?lang=en&cc=us

From my trip to the US - It seems as though most ranges, even the cheapest models are equipped with a Self-Cleaning Lining.    Here in Australia, such a feature is seemingly reserved for the most expensive models. Our MOL Westinghouse has 3 removable self-cleaning liners for the most spattered...

"Nothing's Tiny in Texas!"   Load that spanned over two days. Not terribly soiled, chose "Normal," with "Hi-Temp," "No-Heat Dry." Turned the dial about halfway between the Heavy and Normal as that gives a single pre-rinse, just to temper the tub some and ensure the main-wash will be hot.   ...

This is a hypothetical question.    The system is what allows for aircraft airconditioning on the ground, using hot, high pressure air bleed from the engines, and thus no electricity.    Liebherr have developed a unit for electric trains. It is unclear whether this is electrically driven or...

Was reading about this topic tonight after a small squabble with someone about it... So plenty of people claim that "If you don't pre-rinse, it clogs up your dishwasher." However, if you DO pre-rinse, doesn't all of this waste food (esp. solidified fats) congeal in the pipes of your house...

Today was "Bedsheets" washing day! Recently, I purchased some Lux Soap Flakes from the local supermarket. While the box warns against usage in the FL machines, I thought "what the heck" and went for 1/4 of the recommended dosage, at 1/4 of cup. Without enzymes or oxygen bleaches, I opted for...

It turns out that Intel is *still* honoring the Lifetime Warranty on their Pentium (i.e. P1) processors, particularly those affected by the Floating Point Flaw (FDIV), for which a recall was announced a very long time ago. http://www.intel.com/support/processors/pentium/sb/CS-012748.htm All...

Yes, that really is baked on Potato Bake (Image 1). It was reheated... Several times. That went in, with some other stuff that wasn't really soiled much at all, on the Heavy cycle (70°C/158°F), which I jokingly dub "The Steam Cycle." Plus the more mundane "daily" load in the other Drawer...

So I have a couple of the ill-famed Western Digital Green 2TB (WD20EARX) hard disks in my stable, and one of them recently died, after just 1.5yrs of round-the-clock operation, but mostly in an idle state. The drives firmware appears to have been compromised. Anyway, I filled out the...

As many are aware, we have a Miele W5741 front loader as our daily driver. Something that is really, really bugging me about this washer is the logic in the spins, on practically every load, unless washing very small (under 1/2) loads of light fabric, the machine is trying to spin at high-speed...

A little opinion-poll here to see what browser(s) we are forced to use in the corporate/education/non-profit sector and/or at home. ~ Internet Explorer Classic (Version 6 or older) ~ Internet Explorer 8-11 ~ Firefox / Pale-Moon / Sea-Monkey ~ Google Chrome ~ Opera ~ OTHER Was running Firefox...

In light of the recent threads lately, particularly regarding people's ranges, I'm interested in knowing if anyone plays "Musical Appliances" in their house - i.e. Swapping ranges, dishwashers, washers, dryers etc in and out of Daily use...   Myself - Well, aside from bringing a smaller 2010...

A product advertised on Australia's "Today Show," so this a bit like an infomercial.   This stuff contains (apparently) double the enzymes to get better results in a Quick-Wash. Whilst I'm all shorter washes - I'm not all for the show advising people to use such a cycle regularly - since...

Got up as usual this morning, and blundered into the kitchen to get something that resembles breakfast and some white tea.    HOWEVER, I was instead presented with an alarming burning smell, which turned out to be coming from the oven. Quickly cycled to a fan setting, without temperature, and...

Whilst the Miele W5741 does deliver nicely washed (and rinsed) clothing articles any day of the week, I've been trying to figure out how I'm supposed to get a Cool-Down on some of the loads I wash...   I have set the machine to do "Cool-Down" on loads at 75°/90° (has been set since we got the...

Finally finished the box of "Bio-Zet Attack" laundry detergent we've been using for the past several months, and moved onto a stashed box of Drive from when it was on sale several months ago.    Drive was once the top-rated laundry detergent one could purchase in this country sometime around...