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DIY & Home Improvement

Siwsan

(27,397 posts)

2. It should have been an easy project

Reply to KarenS (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 8, 2024, 06:44 AM

Jul 2024

I think I'm just too tired for even non complicated stuff, right now. But I sat back, took a breath, switched tactics and finally, SUCCESS!! Oh, and realizing there was an on/off button was 'enlightening', to say the least.

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I don't do DIY. I do DIMEIIKM (Do it myself, even if it kills me.) [View all] Siwsan Jul 2024 OP

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It should have been an easy project Siwsan Jul 2024 #2

aren't those famous last words or something? KarenS Jul 2024 #4

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