Home repair Qs and a disease outbreak and building grants
Reader queries on door sag fixes with wedges braces and turnbuckle hardware, finding noisy basement pipes by tracing with shutoff, cleaning a kitchen trap by loosening U-bend fittings, plus note of Andy Lang booklet offer. Also reports foot and mouth disease in Johannesburg children and Oxford University allocating 1.25 million pounds for 1970 72 building projects.
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Stogie Name Traces to Conestoga Wagon Roots
World Almanac explains the stogie long thin cigar derives its name from the Conestoga wagon. It originated as a foot long roll made by wagon drivers for trips across the Allegheny Mountains, evolving from conestagies to stogies over time.
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