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    Waiting for the Daytona 500 . . .

    . . . tick tock, drip drip . . . Favorites? Those three saves by Kyle Bush in the Shootout were amazing. And we sure saw some nasty wrecks in the Duel and the Truck race and Nationwide. Danica took a tough one. Wow! Hard to believe she had the presence of mind to take her hands off the...
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    Interesting Super Bowl/NASCAR thing

    Like her, or not so much, I found this interesting: Danica to appear in two Super Bowl ads: On Sunday, NASCAR will benefit from Danica Patrick's popularity when she appears in two GoDaddy.com Super Bowl commercials, giving her the unofficial distinction of being in more Super Bowl ads (10) than...
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    Unlocking/Jailbreaking iPhone4

    Quick background: We have a small division in Australia that I now cover again. The previous guy had an iPhone 4 that reverted to me. I was due for a phone here in the US, so I am trying to use this device in both spots. I need two sim cards. We use AT&T here, Telstra there. I went to the AT&T...
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    Costa Concordia

    How the heck does this happen?: Cruise Ship Titanic Impersonation Most of us here understand underwater hazards. Most of us understand our waters and where the serious issues are. Of course newbies learn the hard way. But in this day of radar, plus sonar, plus GPS, plus Google Earth, and Chart...
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    Who knew about this Naval disaster?

    I just ran across this in an LA Times pictorial yesterday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster I had never heard of it, or completely blocked it which makes no sense. I have lived my whole life in So Cal, and have also been a voracious reader of anything since I was 10ish. And I...
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    I want Apps too!!!

    OK, so here's the deal. My Mom is sort of a techno geek. She's not an exceptionally technical user, but she's 72 now and still buys the newest and greatest stuff. Well she got all of the kids (my 3, and my brother's 2) iPad 2s for xMas. Cool Nana huh? :D Anyway, now the honkin' (there's one...
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    A new Sheriff in town . . .

    . . . or maybe they call them Constables, or Inspectors or some other silly name in the great white north. I'm guessing this will read a little like a Who's On First routine. Please welcome our newest Moderator, oops! No seriously, oops! Dangit, I mean it, the new Moderator is oops! Damnit!! I...
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    Who likes stuff Title test!

    Who likes stuff? Second edit test.
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    Boys and their toys

    This one is fun . . . "a gathering of narcissists" Doh!! :facepalm:
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    NASCAR Champion will be decided today

    If you are a not a NASCAR fan this might be the day to watch. They go green at 3:15 Eastern and the top two drivers (Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart) are only 3 points apart. I don't have a dog in this hunt, so I would just like to see it be close. Without a major failure or crash this will...
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    Penn State Thread

    As all of you I am sure understand, this is a difficult topic. While we see the value of discussing such controversial issues, the fact is that strong emotions emerge. The allegations alone are horrific, and the thought that we should delay judgment stirs up even stronger reactions. Even last...
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    Torque vs. Horsepower, who gets it?

    Edit: Moved this from the Luhrs restore thread. It was a hijack and needed to go, but felt like there was some good info and this subject needs to be cleared up. For reference this was the beginning of the trend towards a hijack . . . :redface: The discussion was about gaining some speed Was...
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    NASCAR - still shaking my head

    If you saw this week's race then you know what I'm talking about . . . 1) Trevor Bayne and "Team orders" - Ford basically admitted it. Roush denies it. Poor Trevor hates it. "I'm not happy about what this has become," Bayne wrote. "It's too premeditated. We should be able to go with whoever...
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    It's my Birthday and I can post what I want to . . .

    I don't know why I feel like torturing all of you, but I'm going to. I was searching today to find an Insurance policy for a large industrial engine. Googled: engine insurance policy industrial and got mostly stuff that doesn't apply, but saw one link that looked promising. This is what I got...
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    Identify Steering Helm

    My nephew does a bunch of work with go fasts in Lake Havasu. He often ends up with odds and ends and I sell them (or buy them) for (from) him. I'm having trouble Id'ing this tilt helm. Any ideas?
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    Simplest Way to Take Credit Cards

    Mrs QC does some catering as a little biz of her own. She has found a niche delivering sandwiches and such to medical offices and her customer is likely a pharmaceutical rep or similar medical salesperson buying lunch for the whole office. They need her to be able to take credit cards easily...
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    Hummingbird issue . . .

    I was tempted to post this in non-Boating Tech, but these Hummer threads seem to have a following here . . . I have been playing with these guys for a few years and usually have 50 or more working our feeders. We've had the fewest ever this year. Part of it is that we've had a cool summer...
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    74 Sleekcraft

    Re: 74 SLeekcraft Re: 74 SLeekcraft Welcome aboard. The Sleek Executive is one of my favorite boats and there are a few other Sleek enthusiasts here as well. Generally speaking you can't find seats and such like you are looking for. They have to be fabricated or restored as many of our...
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    What the heck is Gluten, and why don't I want it?

    Seriously, I went to buy some Rice Checks for Mrs. QC and the store brand was $2 cheaper so I got those. She says, "but the real ones are Gluten Free", so I check the box and these are Gluten free too, so I dodged that bullet :rolleyes: Anyway . . . I said to her this morning "why don't I...
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    50% luck and 50% voodoo, the rest is science

    This is simply an informational thread for us to kick around some ideas on posting to technical forums. We had a recent attempt at a tutorial and it reminded me of a few things that may need discussing. First, this thread title. While I want to make a point or two about technical issues and...
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