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Keeping the Air Conditioner Cool
Aug. 19, 2010
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And thus began the perpetual cooling machine. -Frankie Fix-It
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Color Coded Faucet Handles
Aug. 10, 2010
Easily a win, IMHO. – Frankie Fix- It
Favorite Comment: splatman says, “Need water? Grab a pen and write H2O.”
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They Are Both Watery
Aug. 9, 2010
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Hopefully ice-cold, or else there may be some issues. -Frankie Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Keith Arnold says, “‘It’s the water… and a lot more…’ Okay, slogan for the wrong brewery, but give the guy credit: red for hot and blue for cold. When you wake up Saturday morning with your head in the toilet, notice the “hot” and “cold” labels you’ve been meaning to replace are still missing, and find yourself surrounded by bottle caps – well, that’s when kludges happen.”
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Redneck A/C
Jul. 23, 2010
Submitted by: Patrice Guillemette via Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comments: Czernobog says, “I think this is a fantastic idea that practically radiates creativity.”
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Secondary Faucet
Jul. 16, 2010
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Well at least the hot water knob is consistently clean. – Frankie Fix-It
Favorite Comments: treborx says, “doesn’t this violate the Geneva Convention?” To which Sarge replies,“No, but it does violate the Porcelain Convention.”
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Meanwhile In The Mushroom Kingdom…
Jun. 21, 2010
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Between this and the new fancy music I barely recognize the place.
Favorite Comment: Fixer A Random Pooka says, “Excitebike kludge. Not a Mario kludge.”
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City Finally Admits Water Quality
Jun. 18, 2010
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Half the battle is admitting you have a problem. We’re all here for you. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer Dogmeat says, “Hmm…someone was evidently optimistic that there would be more than one person at a time clamoring to use such an apparatus.”
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Historical Thursday: Cuyahoga River Fires
May. 20, 2010
Afternoon Fixers! If growing up watching Captain Planet taught me anything, it is that heart is a stupid power pollution is bad. Unfortunately the Planeteers didn’t exist prior to 1990 so how was Cleveland to know that pumping toxic sludge into the river was a bad idea? Oh I don’t know, the raging fires might have been a clue.
Yes, the river itself is on fire. This image is from 1952 but there were many, many more watery blazes which didn’t culminate into anything resembling concern until after the fire in 1969. Below is an image to give you a better idea of what exactly was feeding the fire.
Luckily, the fine people of Ohio finally realized that water catching fire wasn’t normal and instituted some changes; the most kludge worthy by far being the plastic tarp.
Basically, the mayor of Cleveland decided that in order to garner more support for cleaning up the river, he should make people want to use it. So on two of the beaches the city put up what amounted to a giant plastic tarp and anchored it to the riverbed. Then they pumped chlorine into the “pool” until the water level was clean enough for swimming. I beg you Fixers, if you have an old family photo of this please send it in for the gods of Google are being finicky.
The plan worked. Combined with growing concern for the environment in general, the Cuyahoga River fires led to sweeping reforms including the Clean Water Act and the creation of the EPA. Today, most of the river is within safe levels of pollutants, the fish population is soaring and the slick sludge reminiscent of the Ankh River is no more.
Thanks to Green City Blue Lake, Timelines.com, Cleveland Memory and Fixer The Deathbunnie for the information. One more photo and a vintage video about the problem after the jump!
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Want A Pipe That Loops The Loop
Mar. 24, 2010
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I’m never getting that hula hoop… – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Drawing a collective “Ewwww”, Fixer Jompe71 says, “Someone is building a “Wet-N-Wild” for the silverfishes.”
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