How to Program a Ritetemp Model 8050 Thermostat
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How to Renegotiate your AT&T U-Verse 1-Year Promotional Offer and Save $132.60 Over the Next Year
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How to Purchase USPS Postage Online When the USPS Site is Down
For the past two days I’ve been trying to purchase postage from the USPS.com website only to get to the very end where I…
How to Repair a Fraying MacBook Power Cord – Take 2
Previously (here) I wrote a blog post on how to repair a fraying MacBook power cord and took the easy way out–by simply supporting…
What to Expect: Standby Jury Duty Chicago Criminal Court
A while back I received a “Summons for Standby Jury Service.” It read as follows (except that it was in all caps, but I…
How to Fix Finder Hangs When Tagging Files in OS 10.9 Mavericks
I recently started using one of the new features in Mavericks, Tags. I have thousands of scanned slides and pictures and I have wanted…
How to Crack Lowrie Safe-Determine Last Digit of Unopened Lowrie Safe
I discovered one of these opened safes in a flat we were rehabbing and since we were going to have to drywall over it…
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I received a 2-Page letter in the mail from a Joseph Richards & Associates stating: After unsuccessfully trying to contact you, Safeco Ins Co…
How to Get Your Joseph Richards & Associates Unclaimed Money On Your Own
I received a letter in the mail from a “Joseph Richards & Associates” stating I had unclaimed money. It had information that sounded familiar…