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Comment on Old SF TV by david

david — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:24 +0000

Or getting old.

Comment on Old SF TV by dwasifar

dwasifar — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:07:41 +0000

Funny you should post this, because I’ve been watching the various Star Treks recently and I was thinking exactly the same thing. Why did I think this was good? It’s not. It’s silly. We must be growing up.

Comment on Frozen Sump Pump by roy

roy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:29:39 +0000

In extreme conditions you might need to install a thermally controlled “heat tape” inside the exposed section of drain hose.
Just cut a hole in the exposed section of drain hose and run the heat tape through the line to the exit. In the summer time,
unplug the heat tape. In the winter, plug in the heat tape and if necessary cover the exposed drain pipe with a layer of
poly and a few bails of hay along the run.

By removing the check valve it accomplished two things— 1) it allowed the water to drain back into the sump so it was not
stagnant and 2) it allowed air into the line to “replace” the water.
Unplugged sump pump, but much more snow is expected. What can I do? Why would it freeze? I saw someone else say that
running water won’t freeze, but standing water will.
i should make sure this sump pump will more enable to work conditionally and will be more gratitude to th eworkers ….thank you.
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roy

Hardwood Floors

Comment on Old SF TV by http://jon.netdork.net/

http://jon.netdork.net/ — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:21:42 +0000

The initial series of RedDwarf was done on a shoestring budget, and pulled it I’m a bit of a fan, but then I’m a brit too so

I have the same feelings on the Sci-Fi stuff. I catch some of the older stuff, and wonder what I was thinking. I don’t think I ever got into Voyager though.

Comment on Old SF TV by david

david — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:38:41 +0000

Of course Red Dwarf was going for camp … and they succeeded to great effect.

Comment on Old SF TV by Scott Klement

Scott Klement — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:15:00 +0000

I’ve been re-watching Red Dwarf, myself. I’m amazed at how funny that show was…

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Comment on Frozen Sump Pump by http://diyguyct.blogspot.com/

http://diyguyct.blogspot.com/ — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:25:25 +0000

I’m sorry for all your sump and basement problems recently.

Yeah this discharge line having a 90degree turn at the end of it totally doesn’t work. Bascially this makes the pump work harder to push it out the end. This also allows water to settle in the pipe and like you expericed..freeze.

Best idea would be to install what is called an Ice Cop at the first instance of the discharge line outside. The rest of the discharge line can be pitched, all one direction (no turns) to a small dry well (basically crushed stone) which will allow water to seep into the ground.

The icecop basically acts as a protection stop gap. If the line ever freezes or a snake dies in it or something, the water will bubble out of the drain in the icecop and allow for the water to flow out.

I wish I was closer so i could help! Good luck.

Comment on WP Tags to Technorati by Intelliginix

Intelliginix — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:09:48 +0000

Hi, I am new to blogging. Could someone please explain to me what are Technorati tags, and what’s their purpose?

Comment on Temporary LIBXML2 solution by Pete Ware

Pete Ware — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:06:51 +0000

I had the same problem after switching to OpenSuse 11.1. I don’t have a “good” solution yet but here’s what I’ve found out:

http://www.peteware.com/blog/2008/12/wordpress-libxml2-bug/