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    interesting illusion, dancing ballarina

    Mama is right, I am more than a bit weird, left brain-right brain- tangled brain, the dancer kinda moves like a windshield wiper. Also moves up and down. Sort of looks like mama did sixty years ago, but, sadly that's another story..
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    Why do so many businesses have weird satellite dishes?

    They are off-axis fed parabolic segment antennas, the off axis feed reduces the side-lobe interference on transmit and noise level on receive. I worked on the original program in the late 80's during a lull in my main project. I did the test procedures for the antenna, wind load calculations...
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    TopTipToothpasteTubeTimesTwo

    I use the wide rubber bands from Brocolli bunches, back in the "good ole days" the tubes were metal and would hold a foldover.. Also I refill a small tube for my travel kit from the huge bargin sized "house" tube. Hot glued two caps together and drilled out the middle.
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    Battery Passes Urine Test, Running 90 Minutes On Pee

    SilverFox; Feline whiz from a Tabby fed Asparagus work fine.. and you can find the P-Bat in the dark...
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    redneck laser printer repair

    Realy not a redneck job unless you found a place to put a wad or two of duct tape.. Yellow snow... One of my tips for crappy service left written on a napkin..
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    Resistor value for 1 cheap blue 5mm on 12V?

    470 ohm, 1/2 watt is the most common value.
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    Cats with headphones (funny)

    Finaly, something useful learned growing up in Canden.. Dogs name was "Nipper".. Bit of history at http://rcadog.tripod.com/historyofnipper.htm.. Dad and his three sons worked for RCA as engineers for a combined total of sixty-six years..
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    Pyromaniacs?

    The weed burner is also good for cooking steaks if you like the outside well done and the inside rare, we used to call it Manhatten style. 'Bout a minute per side.. Me Pyro?? Every time there was a loud noise, Mama would run out on the porch and look for me. Fire engine? Mama would run out on...
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    windshield rain repeller, anything better then Rain-X?

    I've been using Rain-X since it was a pup. Also use the orange-aid lookig Rain-X washer fluid in the washer as a "booster shot" and in a Spritz bottle to clean windows when they look dusty. Front windows last six to eight weeks and side and rear ones a whole season.. My driving is mostly 50-60...
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    CREE XR-E die and comparisions

    Surplus Shed (AKA Shack) has some similar lenses, type aspheric in search box http://www.surplusshack.com/
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    World's Smartest Person Challenge answers are up

    The 2006 Challenge is finished and the answers are posted at http://www.highiqsociety.org/wsp_challenge.php There seems to be a tie so the names of the top 25 won't be posted until after the tie-breakers are back, possibly Nov 6. Don't know if the other 32,000 names will be available. Me...
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    2AA MagLED and L91

    Ah-Hah. Found answer at http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1583399#post1583399 Posted by ROY, The Curmudgeon Administrator, as edited 7 Sept. Complete with runtimes and light output.. Good work ROY.....
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    2AA MagLED and L91

    Anyone???
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    2AA MagLED and L91

    Has anyone tried L91s in the new MagLED lights? Nobody???
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    new job on the Thule Air Base.. maybe..

    I went up there fifty years ago to install some electronic equipment. Plane landed, taxied up to a building and dumped us off. Plane went away. We went into the building, down a long passageway to our sleeping quarters and mess area. In the morning we went further down the passageway to our work...
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