JUST BAUGHT A PLEC!!?

I just baught a plec and a medium sized bit of drift wood.
I was just wondering if there is a special type of food to feed it and if a common plec would grow more than 6" in a year!!(i have pellets for my cory will that do?)
Its a common pleco and it is only about 2"

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Why is my wood buring stove not working correctly???

my husband installed a wood burning stove in our home.
it’s been working great these past few weeks up until today.
it would seem as though something is stuck in the pipes, but he’s looked down them and saw nothing there. the flames start, but all it does is smoke through the vents, and the smoke doesn’t go up the pipe like it should. HELP!! My home is filled with smoke!
thanks everyone. this should be a big
"doh" on our part… it’s about 15 degrees warmer t today… naturally, it’s not creating a draft because of the weather. thanks !

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Where can I find photo backgrounds?

I’m looking for something like pictures of backgrounds like you would find in a photography studio. We are doing a fun silly, "glamor shot" session at my job. I will be using photoshop, but I was thinking of using those backgrounds like when you take pictures at Jc Penny’s or Sears. Maybe the outdoor scene or in front of a fireplace. Does anyone know where I could find those?

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About how much should I expect to pay for a custom built fireplace surround and mantel?

About 8 feet wide, curio shelves on the side. Curved base, mantle. The hood would go all the way up to the ceiling (9 ft), with crown molding at the top, and pillars and corbels holding up the mantel.

All made from oak plywood and solid oak, with a tiled marble base. This is new construction, and I already have the gas insert.

Just looking for a generic "about this much" figure, before I start looking around.

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Adding a natural gas vent to a wood burning chimney?

is it possible to run a natural gas vent up a chimney using something like b vent or 4 inch pipe? What i have is a wood stove using my chimney that measures somthing like 8"x12", or close to that. I want to run a 4 inch pipe up the chimney for my gas furnace to keep the flu separate. Is this ok and is it possible? Would it be better to run it somewhere else?
I still want to use the wood stove and the furnace

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Why do certain types of wood burn differently?

I have a wood burning stove and lately, we have been trying to burn just about anything to cut energy bills. I understand that certain woods are a "harder" grain…however, I recently got a small cord of "locust tree wood" in it burns like coal…super hot and lasts forever. Whereas my Ash or Maple may burn not quite as long. Just wondering!

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Who programs car ECUs for gas pedal pattern immobilizer security?

I can’t remember if it was an aftermarket company focused on VW/Audi, or a different car manufacturer, but I’m thinking it was specifically for VW/Audi. The system was a car security function utilizing the gas pedal which was programmed into the car’s ECU after you sent it to them.

To start the car, a certain pattern of depressing and releasing the gas pedal was required within a certain period of time after inserting and turning the key in the ignition before the ECU would fully activate to allow starting or use in the "ON" position, as if the car was dead. There was also the option to add a "valet mode" which would disable the security function until reactivated, and a rev limiter would restrict the engine RPM to whatever you requested, such as 3000rpm, so that valet drivers couldn’t take your car on any joy-rides.

I can’t find it from a variety of search terms I’ve tried, so I’m hoping someone knows what I’m talking about and remembers the website or the forum where service could be ordered.

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I was on the phone with my friend and the house arrest alarm went off, now I'm extremely embarrassed?

One of my family members is on house arrest for a crime he didn’t do in the first place but last week they put in an electric monitor that connects to our phone.. i think it keeps track of the ankle bracelet aswell, but anyways, i was on the phone with my guy friend for about an hour when the alarm suddenly went OFF (i had been in my room the entire time) and my friend was like "what was that noise??" and the noise sounded like a fire alarm, it was horrible, but he could hear it too on the other line. i had to hang up and i tried calling back but it went off again and i hung up.

this is sooo frustrating.. i just want to throw the phone out the door… i have already embarrassed myself so many times in front of my guy friend its not even funny… how do i get over the embarrassment?
Hes my only guy friend and i like him a lot but im trying to keep him as a friend but i keep embarrassing myself in front of him and its becoming unbearable..

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Wood stove or propane fireplace?

If you were going to choose, which "wood" you choose to own?
jl_jack09, thanks for being so kind about the impeachment ? you posted. JETDOC is kinda rude…

~cheri24iv

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Is this grammatically correct, and is it in the passive or active voice?

Are the semi-colons in between these ideas inserted properly? Is this in the passive voice? It seems as it is to me, but I cannot seem to make it sound good in the active voice:

"When solids are heated up, thermal motion in the atoms making up the solid increases to the point their bonds begin to break, resulting in a liquid state of the solid; If this same liquid is heated further, atoms begin to vaporize at a faster rate than they condense, thus bringing the liquid to the gas phase. In plasma physics, we are interested in what happens as gas state matter is heated; collisions between atoms in a gas start causing some of the atoms to loose their electrons, thus reaching a point when there is about as many ions as there are electrons."

Many thanks

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