Lifestyle Columns
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Patience needed to create green copper roofOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. A few years ago I made a cupola with a copper roof. The copper has now turned brown. What can I use to make it a greenish color? A. Use a lot of patience. As the copp...
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Buyers of two-flat unit make outrageous demand of neighborOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My friend owns a downstairs flat in a two-story building. The new owners of the upstairs flat recently moved in and noticed a plumbing leak on the outside of the buil...
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Tink's back with some fairy friendsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - "Tinker Bell" Grandparents, parents and kids will enjoy this direct-to-video program that stars one of Walt Disney's most beloved characters. Tinker Bell was first intro...
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Ritchie's 'RocknRolla' strikes familiar notesOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - After detonating two critically eviscerated bombs, "Swept Away" and "Revolver," director/writer Guy Ritchie has reverted to the over-styled, blackly comic, ensemble crim...
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Most fireplaces are very inefficient home heatersOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have a standard furnace in my house, but I would like to add a wood-burning fireplace for more heat and the ambiance. My existing masonry fireplace seems to chill t...
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Tips to help you have the sharpest tool in the shedOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Whether your tools are used in the house or garden, a blade should be sharp in order to do the best job. You don't need to have a green thumb to know that your landscape...
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Come clean about dislike of future mother-in-lawOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. How do I tell my fiance that I don't like his mother? I'm sure he can tell, but I can't bring myself to say it out loud; she is very important to him and very involve...
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Smith strikes back with a tastelessly funny 'Zack and Miri'Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - With a title like "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," you know right away we're not talking about a movie you can drop the kids off to see at the mall while Christmas shopping...
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Many blackjack players miss these double downsOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Did you know that in blackjack, you'll win only 44 percent of all your hands counting hits, stands, splits, doubles and blackjacks? However, you make up for most of that...
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'30 Rock' - TV's best comedy - is only getting betterOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The season premiere of "30 Rock" finds the sitcom settling into a comfortable, confident maturity in its third year. Now if only it could break its painful addiction to ...