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Archive through April 11, 2007

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Apr. 2007 ~ Jun. 2007: The only Dumb question is the one not asked (Q&A) (ARCHIVES): Archive through April 11, 2007 users admin

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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
TVCH has been MY 'google' for years

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
For Julieboo:



Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL Bob! I think google is great but I also like getting answers from my friends here cuz sometimes they will add other interesting tidbits and info

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I had a friend whose husband could snag a fly right outta the air, and would tie one of his wife's long hairs around it's head. He was able to make a tiny noose with one hand and somehow get it around the fly's head. It would fly in circles for the longest time. If he let it go, it would eventually crash and burn from the weight of the hair. It sounds too wierd to be true, but it is.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
My questions Hukd, How does one discover that they have this talent?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Better question is WHY?? I mean, just cause you CAN do something, don't mean ya SHOULD! :-)

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

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I have NO idea, Scoot! He had other talents, like he could blow a bubble made just out of his own spit. He would just do this strange thing with his tongue and off would float a bubble. It was gross, yet intriguing!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Costa, it was purely to entertain those of us who had no such talent. I always found him to be hysterical!

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
But Hukd...I can do the bubble thing...that is completely normal!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
ROFLMAO, you guys are too funny. Some people are better googlers than others. I only recently found out about the +. Like if you put Futon Stores + Northern California you get better info than just using futons. LOL. That is why we like to ask you guys!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I love google and use it all the time. However, I was just sitting here reading the board and being "bugged" (get it??) by a fly that has been in the house for over a week now, driving me crazy. So it just popped into my head to ask here! And look at the conversation it led to! (Huk) LOL

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
See .... you wouldn't have this much fun with Google!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Is it possible for an electrical outlet to lose power? Not even sure that's the right question to ask.

We plug our oven into the outlet that's behind it. This weekend Darren was charging his phone, so Saturday night I plugged the charger for my camera's rechargable batteries into the outlet behind the stove (the top one, ovens in the bottom.) When I started taking pics Sunday, my batteries were dead. Darren said thtat rechargables can sometimes lose their charge and you have to buy new ones. I did charge my batteries at my sisters and they did just fine, but I just figured by then that they were working on going out on me.

Didn't think too much about it til just now. Last night I noticed my cell phone was dead and I plugged the charger into the same outlet. This morning I tried to turn it on and the battery is still as dead as it was last night. The explanation about my rechargable camera batteries made sense, but I'm thinking it's stretching it to think that both the rechargables and my camera are doing the same thing at the same time, especially since I've never had any problem at all with either one of them.

The wierd thing is that I haven't had any problems at all with the oven, which is plugged into the bottom plug, just the top one.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Wargod, you should have an electrician out to fix it. A wire is likely loose. It's always better to have it fixed than maybe cause a problem.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

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War...has the top Receptacle worked in the past? Sometimes electricians only wire up either the top or the bottom receptacle. So there may be power on the bottom one, but none on the top...if you catch my meaning. In the case of the oven being used...that's all that they may have wanted on that outlet. Otherwise it might draw too much power and trip your breakers. You could check and see if you have any breakers tripped.

If it's not that...it is possible for one or the other to burn out. If that's the case, the whole receptacle needs to be replaced.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
War, that outlet may have been blown. Can you see it behind your oven or do you just feel for it? I know that may sound like a dumb question but I have an outlet behind a chair that is like that.

Anyway, look at the outside of the outlet to see if it looks burnt. I have one that blew last year when I plugged in the Christmas tree lights. The bottom outlet still works.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, it's behind the oven, but up high on the wall. It's always worked in the past, which is why I questioned it when the cell phone didn't charge.

My bil will be over today to pick up my nieces so I'll have him take a look (he's does electrical at work.) I didn't really want to bug him about it today, but if its a potential problem he'd yell at me if I didn't, lol.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Try a lamp to see if, indeed, it isn't working.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
OG has the answer.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Do you have an electric stove or a gas stove?

I'd be very wary of plugging anything into either socket if it was gas.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Shove Twinkie's fly in the socket. If it goes buzzzz buzzzzz, sizzle, it's live (well, the socket is but the fly won't be)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Gas. Bil checked it out a while ago, plugged the stove into a different outlet and told me not to use that one til he gets a chance to come over this weekend and replace it. Since I know nothing about that kind of thing and Darren's not home, I'm not gonna use it, lol.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I like Huk's answer.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Another thing to check, is that outlet connected to a switch elsewhere in the room? I know that sounds weird but we have several outlets here where the top hole of the pair is connected to a random switch elsewhere in the house (like where you'd expect a light switch to the room to be). The bottom outlet of the pair always works, whether the "lightswitch" is on or off, but you have to toggle the lightswitch to get the top one to work. Maybe someone just flicked a switch somewhere, and when nothing appeared to happen, left it off.

(I hope that makes sense to someone, when I explain it people often think I'm mad!)

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
I know I'm a bit late, but thank all of you for answering my question regarding the candle wax. I'll try it tomorrow.