That I would do repairs at the new colony so that I could live there.

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They also do on the fly race track repairs with duct tape (really).

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"These are things that we have to do right now, " Kelly said of the repairs.

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Don't subtract capital improvements like adding a bathroom but do subtract an allowance for repairs, including the ones that don't come up every year.

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Mobile bike mechanics set up camp every few hundred metres along the road, prepared to do a roaring trade in punctures and repairs.

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We went out into the world, hustled and landed service contracts with many large furniture companies to do in-home warranty repairs for their customers.

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Others do so voluntarily to lower the energy use during hours of peak demand in order to avoid blackouts and costly repairs of their equipment.

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Ex-prime minister John Major set up the Committee on Standards in Public Life in 1994 as "an ethical workshop called in to do running repairs" to public life.

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In March, work was completed on more than 20, 000 houses and apartments under the city's Rapid Repairs program that allowed contractors to install boilers, replace electrical panels and do basic work to make homes habitable.

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