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Bicycling
Planning ahead a couple of years, but you'll have to check out the Burley Piccolo or something like it: http://www.burley.com/products/childrens-products/default6bea.html?p=Piccolo&i=3 This is *much* more enjoyable than running after my daughter as she tries to master a two-wheeler. We're... -
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Canada Testing Speed Control Tech
For a story about something just like this in my neck of the woods, go to www.newromesucks.com - New Rome was a small village near me with such a bad reputation that the State of Ohio crafted legislation to wipe it off the map. NewRomeSucks was one guy's (not me - I never got a ticket there... -
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Help me find a new Wallet!
Saaby, Try www.all-ett.com - they're made completely of spinnaker sailcloth and are very thin (doesn't sound like the design you have, though, but maybe compatible?). I don't have one, but have been considering ordering one myself. Just waiting on my current wallet to wear out. - Dwayne -
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Water Filters
For sheer filtering capacity and around $100, I don't know of any small filter that beats the Katadyn Combi - advertised for up to 13,000 liters. Ceramic filter, though, which might be a concern. Found it for $84 at moosejaw.com (whom I've never dealt with - just did a quick froogle search to... -
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laser eye surgery...
Roth, I had a different procedure than any so far in this thread, so at the risk of boring you with YALS (yet another lasik story), here I go... I had a procedure that was referred to as an "epi-lasek" in 2003. My prescription was something like -6.5 diopters in the right eye, -7.0 in the left... -
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Saving threads as Acrobat files?
Well, um, no - not until now. I tried what I normally use (PDFCreator), and it seems to create a pretty accurate rendition of a CPF thread. The only thing I don't see is the background colors in the various title bars, etc. The background is all white. - Dwayne PS: KevinL - thanks! Glad I... -
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Saving threads as Acrobat files?
Another alternative is PDFCreator from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator . I can't compare it with any of the other suggestions - it's the first one I tried and I've been happy enough with it that I've never bothered to try the rest. Like some others it installs as a print driver, so if... -
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I need ballpark body shop pricing
I'd say $295 isn't a bad price. My wife's car (Olds Intrigue) just had the rear bumper cover repaired & repainted. She got tapped from behind by an inattentive driver in a parking lot. Cost around $425 from the body shop at a GM dealership which, given that the bumper cover is probably larger... -
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Small pressure washer?
I tried one of the sub-$150 electric pressure washers a few years ago. Can't remember the brand, but it wasn't Karcher - it was something that Sam's club offered. In any case, I returned it after one use. I ended up sticking with an electric, though, since I needed to be able to haul it in the... -
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Laptop for Iraq . . . need your advice
Bob, hope your IBM is better than mine! The original 30 GB drive was replaced with a 40GB (service guy says "Oh, there's a problem with the 30's.") Well, when the 40GB died, guess what the same guy puts in - another 30GB. Apparently the 40's weren't too hot, either. I never opened it up to find... -
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Laptop for Iraq . . . need your advice
Not to contradict Drizzle's post, but my company went with IBM laptops and I've been underwhelmed. It may be due to the particular model or components used at the time, though. Mine (a T23) is on it's third hard disk in three years, and numerous co-workers have also had the hard drive replaced -... -
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Wavefront Lasik
Darklight, good luck with the surgery & recovery! Tiktok, before my surgery (26 months ago), my vision was around -6.5 and -7.0. My corneas were just a little too thin for cutting a regular flap, so they did an "epi-lasek" (note the "e" in lasek, I think there's a procedure spelled epi-lasik... -
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What are you listening to - Volume 2
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Electically live things you don't expect - OW!
Re: Electically live things you don\'t expect - OW! A buddy of mine tried to strip the insulation off both the red & green wires for a phone jack, at the same time, with his teeth. The fact that someone called (causing the normally low voltage wires to carry a ring voltage) while he was still... -
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? KVM switch, and wireless KB and mouse - work ?
Re: ? KVM switch, and wireless KB and mouse - work It works for me. I use an IOGear PS/2 KVM switch (GCS62) and a Memorex wireless combo. Switches by tapping the scroll lock key twice - works like a charm! Based on the KVM switch description here (see the phrase "PS/2 mouse emulation for... -
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How did you discover CPF
Kevin Kelly's "Cool Tools" web page - I read about KK's site in Wired News. At the time the article appeared in Wired News, someone had just submitted a paragraph or two about a Surefire LED light to the Cool Tools page and mentioned CPF. Edit: just checked and flashlightreviews.com is on the... -
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Table/Mitre Saw Combo's?
Re: Table/Mitre Saw Combo\'s? Closest thing I can think of (other than a radial arm saw) would be the Sawsmith 2000, made by Shopsmith. It's no longer in production, but it was a table saw with an elongated slot for the saw blade. You could use it like a regular table saw (ie, push the material... -
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Any Saturn owners/lovers?
We had a 1993 SL2 (DOHC, auto, power windows & locks, traction control) for 10 years. Sold it last year with a tad over 130,000 miles on it. It was a very reliable car - I changed the oil & filter every 3500 miles or so, and had the tranny fluid & coolant changed at about 75K. Only real problems... -
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SpyWare - Best method for dealing with it?
[ QUOTE ] Stainless said: My computer is running rather slowly in recent weeks - despite a defraging and a Norton scan. I used to use SpyBot software, but there have not been any updates to it for a while. Suggestions anyone? [/ QUOTE ] Are (were) you using Spybot 1.2? It's no longer...
