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Barry Dave

Книга "The Taming Of The Screw"

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  1. Dave Barry. The Taming Of The Screw
    1. Introduction
      1. Why You Need This Book
      2. How To Use This Book
    2. Chapter 1. Tools: Why They Want To Injure You, And How To Thwart Them
      1. Special Cautionary Procedure for Those of You Who Choose to Disregard My Advice and Use a Power Saw, You Fools
      2. The three major kinds of tools
      3. How to get a complete home tool set for under four dollars
    3. Chapter 2.Wood: If God Had Wanted Us To Use It, He Wouldn’t Have Made Plastic
      1. Dealing With Lumberyards
      2. The Home Center: An Alternative To The Lumberyard? NO.
    4. Chapter 3. Electricity: You Can Safely Do Your Own Wiring, Most Likely
      1. Your Home Electrical System
      2. How To Change A Fuse
    5. Chapter 4. Plumbing: Troubleshooting Your Plumbing With A Loaded Sidearm
    6. Chapter 5. Walls: Paneling, And Other Common Mistakes
      1. How To Paint A Room
      2. Wallpaper
      3. The easy way to wallpaper a room
      4. Paneling
      5. Paneling Tips
    7. Chapter 6. Heating And Cooling
      1. New-age, chic alternatives to tacky fossil fuels
      2. Wood heat: inefficient, but dangerous
      3. What to Do about a Cold, Drafty Room
      4. Heating your home with solar energy
      5. Air conditioners
      6. Heat pumps
    8. Chapter 7. Insulation And Weather Proofing
      1. Kicking the crutches out from under Old Man Winter
      2. Eight common stupid questions about insulation
      3. Caulking Doors And Windows
    9. Chapter 8. Masonry: At Last, A Practical Use For Maine
      1. How To Build A Wall
      2. An Easy Home Pyramid In Three Steps
    10. Chapter 9. Easy Projects: Getting Off To A Slow Start
      1. Project #1: Two Boards Attached Together
      2. Project #2: A Highly Modular And Portable Total Home Storage System Made From Industrial Refuse
      3. Project #3: Cutting Board/ Platform Bed
    11. Chapter 10. Impossible Projects: How To Build A Hot Tub And A Hotter Computer
      1. Project #1: Easy-To-Build Hot Tub
      2. Project #2: Homemade Computer
    12. Chapter 11. Household Pests: Getting Tough With Toads
      1. Termites
      2. Roaches
      3. Children
      4. Mice
      5. Toads
    13. Chapter 12. The Lawn And Garden: Why All The Plants In Your Garden Hate You, And How To Win Their Respect
      1. Drugs And Your Lawn
      2. Dandelions And Crabgrass
      3. How To Grow All Of Your Food
      4. Tips On Growing Popular Vegetables
        1. Tomatoes
        2. Zucchini
        3. Cashews
        4. Rhubarb
        5. Corn
    14. Chapter 13. Car Repair
      1. Handy Car Maintenance Checklist
      2. How To Change Your Oil
    15. Chapter 14. Redecorate Your House In A Day: And Stick “Aesthetics” Back Where It Belongs, In The Dictionary
      1. Redecorating Your Kitchen In Five Easy-For-Me-To-Say Steps
    16. Chapter 15. Build Your Own House: On Second Thought, Don’t
    17. Index