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soundbrigade said:
Wharfedales with a square magnet??



I once (1972-73) had some 80-litre boxes equipped with a Wharfedale kit: 12" + 5" + 1" dome.
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They're apparently from a pair of 70s Wharfedale Melton speakers. Round magnets, but a square basket. Screenshot_20200910_095327.jpgScreenshot_20200910_095307_nz.co.trademe.trademe.jpg
 
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Spent hours pulling the EBCM/BPMV out of a wreck at the Pick n Pull. I learned my lesson and went prepared with a bolt cutter to cut the brake lines. I always try to imagine what the service manual might say was the "right" way to do it, but I honestly don't have a good guess. Only $85 after cost+core+env tax+sales tax.
 
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No, there isn't. Also, the CPU was priced a good $70 lower than any vendor in Canada.

I guess that was the "hook". I dunno. I'm not 100% sure I got scammed yet.

I went ahead and ordered another CPU, however. A cheaper, less powerful one. Bought it on Amazon.ca but Canada Computers is the actual seller. 🙂

If I end up with 2 CPUs, it'll just be an excuse to upgrade one of the other PCs in the house.
 
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Starting pieces for an indoor jungle gym for my yunguns.
Figure they'll need to burn up energy indoors during the cold months as we continue to isolate. Gymnastics rings from Amazon and a bag of hockey balls from Cdn Tire; the rest will mostly be from Home Depot.
 
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Today was a busy day of shopping for me, hours each at Home Depot and Costco.

Finally got around to doing the battery upsize on my wife's car because it's getting cold and the Costco lineups are more reasonable now. I was a little worried they might not honour their exceptional battery warranty since I did not buy an exact replacement but a larger size. Turns out the clerk was young and eager and more worried about his performance in this challenging warranty return that the store's software grumbled at, and I wound up ahead, getting a $110 credit on a battery I paid $100. 😀
 
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Last night, my kitchen faucet suddenly started making a noise like a jet engine that just swallowed a gaggle of geese - BOOM BOOM BOOM. I then noticed that the side sprayer hose had developed a teeny, tiny pinhole leak at its midpoint. I could hold my finger over the leak and the noise would almost stop, but not quite.

A bit of googling revealed that something called a diverter valve was probably making the noise; the tiny leak was probably enough to trip the thing back & forth.

Since this faucet is about 15 years old & showing its age in other ways like minor occasional leaks, I decided to replace the whole thing instead of just the sprayer part. To my surprise I soon discovered that apparently kitchen faucets suck now!

After reading page after page of negative reviews, with various complaints about poor fit, cheap plastic parts, leaks & more leaks, etc. etc., I finally settled on a reasonably-priced Moen model. It's a traditional 2-handle design which I haven't had in a kitchen for ages, but damn, I wasn't in the mood to spend $400 just to get a single-handle model that works properly! Besides, the sink at my shop has 2 handles, and it doesn't bother me at all. We'll see...
 
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