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    Good beginners slalom ski?

    I am looking for a used composite slalom ski to throw in the boat. This would be mostly for beginners or basic intermediates and I would like it to be stable and dry. I had a Connelly Shaped slalom that I sold. I think it was an early generation of shaped ski. It was easy enough to get up on...
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    Installing a new tilt shaft seal?

    I'm helping a friend (by email) with a 1971 stringer. His tilt motor worm gear shaft broke it's single pin. (I guess later stringers had two pins) All else is good. While it is all apart, he will replace the tilt gear seal. I obtained the seal and gasket set for him and the new seal is double...
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    What kind of pickup truck.....

    ....is shown in the video of the release of Sgt Bergdahl? I have never seen (or at least I don't think I have) a pickup truck with the rear wheels directly behind the cab.
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    1971 Stringer tilt motor worm gear and shaft.

    A friend had the shear pin break on the worm gear/tilt motor shaft. It used a single pin. Apparently later drives used two pins. The point is. the pins are no longer carried by local wholesale suppliers of OMC part. The pin is probably a a standard size. It was not a hollow roll pin but a...
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    Who's idea was this?

    More changes for changes sake. There was nothing wrong with the old format. If they are paying people to make these changes, they should fire them and only keep enough personnel to keep things running smoothly. In addition to the BS changes, my GIF avatar is no longer animated. Also, they...
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    Very Sticky Steering Wheel Cruise Control Button?

    This is for a 2006 Ford Explorer All the other buttons on the steering wheel press very easily and smoothly. You really have to bury your thumb into the CC 'ON' button to depress it. Has anyone ever tried to apply aerosol electrical contact cleaner around the perimeter of one of these buttons...
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    DVD Players?

    Some time ago there was a thread about some component, in a DVD player, that was prone to burning out when the unit was left plugged in, and in the warmed up standby mode. (otherwise off) Is this still the case with newer DVD players? I have a cheapy Mintek DVD player that I had during that...
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    Cordless Hedge Trimmers for medium trimming duty?

    Anyone using one? Mrs B(oomyal) expressed an interest in one for shaping the many plant things in our yard that she likes to culture. I've googled them and they range from dirt cheap to Stihl pricing, which I have no doubt is are top notch. But $300 plus battery and charger is not what I had...
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    Just musing!

    The older I get, the more I hate to waste things. It seems that I am always trying to figure out ways to use things to their last drop. For example, I prop up each emptied oil can over the next one and let it drain to the last drop. Paper towels, ooh, I hate to use a paper towel for something...
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    Wall mounted Samsung LED flat panel TV HDMI connection?

    I bought a gift DVD BluRay unit for my SIL. I need to get a HDMI cable to hook it up. Will a cable with straight connectors work? I have not been able to see where the socket is on the TV. None of the links that show the TV show where these are. I have seen some cable with near 90...
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    Acronis True Image Home 2009?

    I have an unopened copy of it. I wanted to use it on my wife's new Win 7 Dell Laptop. I have cleaned out the fluff that comes on it and I had to have Dell do a laborious install of an updated touchpad program and drivers. The one that came with it did not have provisions to disable the...
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    Accepting collateral for a loan.

    Just thought I would post this out of general interest. If you ever accept collateral against a loan you make, make sure you file a UCC (universal commercial code) notice with your particular state government. Also note that these UCC's have a life span of around 5 years so if your loan...
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    Email display of pictures/images?

    I just received an email response from a vendor on how to search for items on their website. In it were a couple of Screen Shots that they sent to show me how to do it. The screen shots were just little red X's. The banner on the email said UNICODE (UTF-8) I was opening the email in Outlook...
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    Teeny, tiny amplified laptoip speakers?

    Any recommendations? Laptop speakers have no volume. If you want to get up and work around the kitchen while listening to a program, forget it. I would like to find some very small speakers, maybe powered by USB, that I could hang up under a kitchen desk cabinet, above the laptop, and at...
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    Data transfer?

    Win 7 has a data transfer program. It wants to know how you want to accomplish that, ie cable or network. I have wireless network capability, or I could get a transfer cable. Looking into those cables they seem to be OS specific. I wouldn't be opposed to buying a cable but if one cable won't...
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    Windows 7 Backup?

    I am having trouble understanding this backup thing. I am backing up to a WD MyBook external hard drive. Apparently it backs up to a folder with the name of the computer. When I click on the folder all that comes up is a box that says three things. 1-restore my files from this backup...
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    Address book in Outlook Express 6?

    I went to add an email address to my address book. It flashed up that it already existed. Uh Uh, it is no where to be found. What might be up?
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    Revisiting my balky PC!

    Interesting thing. I am still trying to nurse my PC along in spite of my determination that it needed an OS reload. I won't rehash all the symptoms beyond saying that nothing worked, nothing would finish opening and a shut down took forever. What has become apparent is that if I boot the PC...
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    The 500? oven method!

    A discussion in a previous post was about the efficacy of cooking a prime rib/rib eye roast in the oven at 500?. I can tell you it works. A huge key to success is to leave your roast out, at room temperature, for 6 hours. Season or marinate your roast to taste, pre-heat the oven to 500...
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    Can't download Adobe Reader?

    I had Adobe Reader 9. I was having trouble with an Avery business card program that would transfer the finished work to a .pdf for printing. But when done, the display lacked some of the attributes that were set in the Avery program. I called Avery and they had me try it in an Internet...
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