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