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    NEW TIRES!

    Yeeha! Got a new set of tires for my Jeep yesterday. Felt like a kid on Christmas morning. New tires are just about my favorite toy.
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    Jeep battery died

    Trying to figure this out. I parked my 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the garage about noon on Saturday. Went out about noon on Sunday it was completely dead. Dash lights didn't even come on. Checked it with the multimeter and it read 4 volts. I checked everything to make sure nothing had been left...
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    Windows 10 update 1803

    Anybody else being crushed under this pig? My 3 year old tower seems to be handling it reasonably (with a few glitches) but my 9 year old lap top has been rendered all but useless. I'm no longer able to control brightness level of the display. For awhile it was painfully bright but today it's...
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    Dell BIOS update

    I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 and just got a notification of a BIOS update Googled it and didn't really find out very much other than what I already knew - updating a BIOS can be scary business. As in, Nothing. Dare. Go. Wrong. Just wondering if anyone here received the same notification or has...
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    2003 9.9 Merc 4 stroke noisy

    I bought this new for a kicker and haven't done anything about it in 13 years but it kind of bugs me. I've determined that most of the noise is vibration in the cowl. I've run it about half throttle and placed my hands on either side of cowl and squeezed in and it quiets way down. Anybody ever...
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    FAULTY HARDWARE CORRUPTED PAGE

    Anyone ever seen this? I got one this morning on my Acer laptop. It restarted without incident. I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 about 2 months ago. No other software or hardware added in that time. Google search found some possible causes, none of which seem to apply to me.
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    WHOA DOGGIES!! WHAT WAS THAT?

    I just had something happen that I've never seen in ~30 years of PC use. My screen suddenly went to a scramble of colors in small dots, kind of like what we used to call snow on TVs back in the 50s except in color. It didn't respond to anything and I finally had to hold the power button for a...
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    Win 8.1 problem

    I bought a new desktop last month with Win 8.1 on it. I have a Gear Head wireless mouse I want to use. I downloaded the driver from Gear Head and ran the installation but the driver doesn't show up in the Control Panel. I can't even locate it on the hard drive. It appears that when I try to...
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    Too old to do stuff

    and yet I hate to pay someone else to do it. Anyone else in this boat? Simple jobs I used to be able to do for myself are now pretty much out of the question. Too gimpy. I went to the marina this afternoon and got set up to have a new Humminbird installed and a new wiring harness in the trailer...
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    F1 season starts!

    First race of the season starts in about a half hour at Albert Park in Melbourne, AU. I'm really missing JB right now, he was a major Formula 1 fan so all I can do is raise a toddy in a toast. Here's to you JB, enjoy the race ol' bud.
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    Picnic Launch

    I wasn't sure where to put this but I decided it was sort of an SHT so here goes:
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    Can someone recommend a Wireless-N router?

    I just upgraded my DSL to 40Mbs and my old WRT54G is way inadequate. I bought a Linksys N150 (cheapest one) but when I looked up reviews, a majority of reviewers complained about limited range. The router is located on the first floor of my townhouse and I live on the second.I could just try it...
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    Wizard of Oz

    starts in about 20 minutes on TNT. Fairly appropriate I think since we just survived the apocalypse.
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    Yeeha! Thunder snow!

    More darn fun. Just had a big lightening flash followed by some grumbling thunder. We're supposed to get some important snow tonight, 6-10 inches, but it's still about 35? and not much is sticking. Just talked to my brother who lives about 30 miles north of me and they have almost 2" on the...
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    Gutslammer! Bielema to Arkansas

    Wow. Figured ol' Bret was in Wisky for the duration. He gone
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    Hummingbird migration

    They're on the move! The last 3 days or so have seen a big influx of Ruby throats around my feeder. I say "around" because they spend more time fighting with each other than actually eating. Those boys do NOT like to share. Yesterday I had 6 of them swirling around the feeder when one all of a...
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    Newb power boater learns on the fly

    Check this out: http://now.msn.com/powerboat-going-too-fast-bites-it-with-family-inside-in-this-youtube-video
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    Iowa noodlers busted

    Looks like these boys applied a little science to their poaching. noodling Also seems like 174 lbs of fillets might put you over the possession limit. Guess I should have checked the regs before typing that last line. Possession limit is 30 for all types of catfish so I guess 174 lb of...
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    Interesting IE8 feature (quirk?)

    called Compatibility View, intended to improve the look of websites designed for older browsers. I found out that if you click that (inadvertently in my case) while in iboats, you will be treated to the display problems experienced by IE7 users. Took me a while to figure that one out. I pulled...
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    Aussie Alert! Aussie Alert!

    They're invading us boys! Watching Valparaiso beating up on Butler on ESPN2. One of the stars for Valpo is an Aussie. Ryan Broekhoff G/F 6'7" 215 Jr. Frankston, Victoria, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport Dude is looking pretty good. Quick and plays bigger. Yes, they DO play round ball...
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