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LTF Supurr-Flex® Lint Trap Kit

List Price: $7.07 Price: $8.50

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Indoor dryer venting supurr-flex UL listed 2158 clothes dryer transformation duct non-tipping 2 clamps 4' dia x 5-ft at long last foil duct built-in hanger

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Bob the Builder - Bob's Favorite Adventures

List Price: $9.98 Price: $4.29 You Save: $5.69 (57%)

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Ballroom Bob (never before seen occurrence) Bob doesn’t have time to practice his new dance steps because he’s so complex building a dance floor for the town gambol. But at the dance that night, his salsa dance impresses everyone – and so does his paramount surprise planned especially for the dance! Bob’s Auntie When Bob mistakenly thinks his Aunt Dora is coming to upon, he and the crew frantically work to get the yard spick-and-spell. But who is the elderly woman in Bob’s kitchen if it’s not his Aunt Dora? Fortunately, the mailman solves the ambiguousness "relatively" quickly! Bob’s Pizza While Bob and Scoop cure Mr. Sabatini deliver pizzas, Spud helps Wendy by stopping traffic while she works on the route. Unfortunately, an overly eager Spud uses the Put an end sign more than the GO sign, causing a traffic jam and lots of insensitive pizza. Forget-Me-Knot Bob When Bob’s new personal organizer fails to line, he quickly becomes disorganized. He hopes tying knots in his handkerchief will jog the memory him of the jobs he has to do, but the final knot remains a obscurity until Wendy comes to his aid.

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Play-doh Burger Builder

List Price: $16.99 Price: $14.25 You Save: $2.74 (16%)

Product Details Unprejudiced snap on the interchangeable molds to make burgers, tomatoes, lettuce, buns, and more! Includes a Sherd Maker Super Tool and 5 two-ounce cans of Accentuate-Doh. Make restitution for your own Play-Doh meal with the Burger Builder!

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This wonderful-fun Play-Doh set lets kids press, mold, wriggle and cook up a meal with burgers and chips or fries that looks almost commodities enough to eat. It includes 5 2-ounce cans of Be a party to b manipulate-Doh compound, plus molds, a press, platter, plastic knife, rolling pin and the Twist-A-Chip decorate.

• Product Dimensions (inches): 4 (L) x 12.5 (W) x 8.9 (H)
• Age: 3 years and up

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V Tech - Whiz Kid CD - Bob the Builder

List Price: $19.99 Price: $6.99 You Save: $13.00 (65%)

Product Details 40 activities and games Recommended for children between ages 3 and 5 Comes with a CDRom and cartridge for erudition on the go or on the PC

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With the lift of Bob the Builder's can-do crew, kids learn letters, shapes, numbers and measurements. Three modes of part of take them through exciting learning adventures. For use with the Whiz Kid Culture System, sold separately.

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Guidecraft Magneatos Master Builder 89 pieces

List Price: $49.99 Price: $31.95 You Save: $18.04 (36%)

Product Details Set contains 89 pieces Clips animation onto rods with minimal force Big and inconsequential builders can take their magneatos jumbo creations to the next neck with these master builder sets

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3 years & up. Big and undersized builders can take their award-winning Magneatos Oversized creations to the next level with this 89 piece King-fish Builder set. The panels, clips and bendies work with archetypal Magneatos Jumbo balls and rods to add a whole new dimension to erection.

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My new home builder changed the floor plan, I am not happy. Can I cancel and get earnest money back?

Aug 02, 2006 by david g | Posted in Renting & Real Estate

We chose a floor plan option that had never been done by the builder. After starting construction they realized they would have to greatly reduce the size of a walk-in closet to make the necessary changes. We specifically chose the upgrade because of the enlarged closet. I would not have chosen this house if I knew it would turn out the way it has. They never even offered to get our input on the changes to be made. They just changed our house and expect us to be happy with it. What can I do?

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If its drastic than pull out and seek a lawyer. If you can live with it than use it as a bargaining tool to get some more upgrades but they pay. Hey get the backyard lanscaped with grass and concrete. Get some upgrades in kitchen or bath area. Be creative if you still want the house. If you dont than walk away.

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What can be done about corrupt building inspector?

Jul 18, 2007 by Jayne O | Posted in Law & Ethics

We just moved into a new construction home & I am certain that the building inspector "looked the other way" on some issues in our home. I have no hard proof, just common sense. There are two major safety issues, one of which amounts to a 10 ft concrete hole in the ground in our backyard. (Actually, it's an outside stairwell that runs parallel to an exterior wall. No railing from preventing anyone from just walking off the lawn into the side of the stairwell. We are getting a railing installed, to the tune of $1000.) The other one is a laundry chute which is simply a hole in the floor behind a closet door. Again, a safety issue, which we have addressed. I have 2 small children and it angers me that our builder was probably involved in paying off an inspector in order to save money himself, at the risk of my kids' lives. Any ideas?

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find out what the actual building code are and go from that stand point. You may be able to sue the contractor or file a claim at the BBB about the contractor. You may not be able to do anything about the building inspector. Remember, you may need a building permit one day to build a storage shed or a gazebo or something. Making that guy mad would end up undermining your plans. Ppl are vindictive.

Only the rich can buy a home in California?

Oct 09, 2006 by Pixie Dust | Posted in Renting & Real Estate

I've seen many new home developements with vaulted ceilings, mini-vineyards, huge houses on little tiny lots...Why can't some developer built some homes for us regular people?
A normal sized home with plenty of closet space and a decent (not designer) kitchen that is set more than 3 feet from the neighbors house.
I realize that they need to make money, but more people could afford homes in this state if the builders weren't catering to people who already own 2 and 3 houses.

Your perspective/opinion is welcome.
I know what you mean about the 'cookie cutter' houses. My father just bought a new one and there are cracks all over.

Also I have looked at older homes and people have been doing the same thing. Fixing them up with marble this and corian that. Unless you buy a major fixer yourself.
10 years ago I could have bought a house in the SF bay area on my $10/hr job. Suppose those days never to return?

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They have a certain amount of LAND for a development. That's all they have, and they are not getting any more. For this, they paid $X, and once they have it, it's going to be years going through the permit process.

Furthermore, it's silly, but people buy a property based upon the structure and the amenities. Well, it's not silly to make that one of the factors, but people go overboard. They will buy a 5 bedroom 2800 square foot house on a 3000 square foot lot before they'll buy a 3 bedroom 1800 square foot house on a 20,000 square foot lot. The same structure is really worth a lot more when it's on a bigger lot, and even a lesser structure may really be worth more if it's on a bigger lot, as is likely to be the case here. Add travertine and granite countertops and the fact that it's *new* to the 2800 square footer, and you've got people willing to pay $800k for the first property as opposed to maybe $550k for the second.

The developer knows this at least as well as your average real estate agent. The developer has all of this researched down the the last centimeter of the lot lines. They are not in business to build wonderful homes that people are going to be happy in forever; they are in business to make money, and the blinged-out houses on the smallest possible lots bring in the most money for that developer. The fact that you're the very first person to live in the house is a further attraction to the kind of person who buys new cars, which is to say, most of the population, and it's worth serious $$ to that developer's bottom line.

Nor is the developer alone in this endeavor. They wouldn't make the most money from homes like that if people didn't pay the most money for homes like that. You want the real culprits in this scenario, look around you in any large crowd. It's all to easy to blame the developer, but the desires of the average home buyer and the regulatory environment both played huge factors in getting the state of new housing to where it is now.

There are ways to potentially fix the problem - but none of them has any measurable political support. Your best bet is to find a good buyer's agent to defeat the problem on a retail level, that is, for yourself, because wholesale solutions are not likely until people get rational about solving society's problems.

radio interference inside a wall?

May 01, 2007 by Anon omus | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

there is a wall in my front entry, bordering the inside of my closet, that the house plan shows that is hollow, the thing is, its emmitting strange radio frequencies, not like voices but buzzing or bells we have wifi internet but when we hold radio up to the hub it makes a different noise. we are almost 100 percent sure it is something inside the walls and not something in the closet. we are the second owners of this house built in 1994, and we know from experiences in the past that the builder/contractor took some shortcuts to save money, resulting in damages ranging from premature rotting deck, leaky pool pump, leaky water faucet/water heaters, to slight mold/mildew issues throughout the house. the only thing i want to know is why my wall is making such strange radio interference and how i can stop it, and WHAT THE HECK it is.
is it common in houses?
i have a radio that picks up interference from inside the wall, no other radios of mine do, when you take the radio outside or away from the wall the interference clears up, itsnot radio static from the station its in the house.

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How do you know it is emitting strange radio frequencies? You can't hear at radio frequencies--it is much too high. However, if something is making radio frequency interference (RFI), you may be able to hear the resulting static on a radio or TV. But if you hear buzzing or bells coming out of the wall, that is not radio frequency interference at all. You've got some source of audible noise.

The architect that drew up your house plans would not normally leave a hollow space without some purpose. What it may be is a "chase", which is an enclosed area from floor to ceiling that is used for mechanical functions including heating/ac ducts, exhaust fan ducts, drain pipes, water heater inlet air and the like.

So you may have something that is moving around in this hollow space, making noises. If the attic is directly over this space, or the basement or crawl space is underneath, why don't you try to see if there are any ducts or pipes going through this area. If you can't look in the top or bottom, go ahead and cut a hole in the drywall to take a look inside. It's not that hard to patch drywall. If you don't know how, look up my last answer for help.

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I'd be interested to learn if only one of your radios has this effect when in proximity to the hollow wall. What I'm thinking is that there may be a large metal object in the wall. Large metal objects tend to behave like antennas, absorbing and focusing radio energy. This energy is probably coming from a local source--perhaps a radio station, a CB radio, a television set gone awry, or, heaven forbid, a radio amateur ("ham"). When your radio comes close, its circuitry is not selective enough to reject this higher strength out-of-band radio signal, as compared to the weaker signal for the station you are listening to. Other radios, with other circuitry, may not have this problem.

a body builder who has changed his mind?

Apr 12, 2008 by crowes m | Posted in Diet & Fitness

ive trained most of my life and in peak condition have won numerous bodybuilding competitions and now i dont like the way i look-im actually a closet anorexic and want to compete for mr punyverse

please help
stressed out conan

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I doubt that you're really a bodybuilder, or ever have been for that matter... You can't maintain muscle mass if you're anorexic.
In fact, to be a body builder you have to eat tons of food every day for protein.

So go ahead with your dreams of Mr. Punyverse. You should do great.

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