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The service you are looking for is called Dynamic DNS (or DDNS). no-ip,org is one, and they look pretty good as far as I can tell in the two minutes I spent on their site. Some home routers have a feature built into them to talk to a DDNS service so you don't have to have a computer doing the checking in. You might look in your routers config to see if it has this ability.

That reminds me of when my son bought his house, there was an outlet in one of the bedrooms that would intermittently not work. We plugged a light in to the outlet and started troubleshooting it. After checking and retwisting the splices and connections and making sure everything looked good, it all worked fine. Then it stopped again. After scratching our heads for a while, the light came back on. That's when I realized that his wife was doing laundry on the other side of the house. I shouted for her to turn on the light in the laundry room, and what do you know, the light came on in the bedroom! Someone had tapped into the laundry room circuit to power the bedroom outlet, but they tapped into a switched leg.

Fox news this morning had Huckabee on, and was throwing his name around as a possible choice. When asked if he would run with him, he said something about "not buying the corsage before you get a prom date" but he was smiling like it would be something he would certainly consider.

I heard that one of the options the Health Care proponents are hoping for if the Justices vote against the bill is that they overturn just portions of it. One of the justices this week said that is not their job, to sort through 2700 pages of a bill and find the pieces that are unconstitutional. If they find one little part that is unconstitutional, they'll send it all back. Looks like this is going to get very interesting!

I got my carry permit and I carry a gun so I can walk away from trouble, not walk towards it. In one respect I think what Bill says has some merit, but I don't think we should disarm everyone as a way to keep "well meaning" persons from looking for trouble.

Your challenge in splicing into an existing run will be getting enough slack to splice the two cut ends back together, and then tie the new line into it. You'll need at least a few inches of extra wire pulled from somewhere. Once you cut it, you might be able to pull some back and reroute it to cut a corner somewhere. Put all the splices into a junction box. Use wire nuts to connect them all together, and I like to wrap electrical tape around the wire nuts and wire, just to make sure they don't come loose. Make sure to get the cover for the box so everything stays put. In the wall you'll need to get what they call an "Old Work Box". It has little tabs that when you turn the screws attached to them, the tabs turn in behind the drywall and snug up. You can use a washer tied to string to fish a line down to the box. Like BKelm says, they make s tester that tells you when you are close to a live wire. Another test tool that is very handy is a little plug you stick in the outlet that tells you if the outlet is wired correctly. It has three lights on the front that light up differently for different conditions, such as no ground, or polarity backwards. They are fairly inexpensive. They can be used simply to tell if the outlet has power. No lights means no power. You can also pick up a multitester for about $10. Trust me, you'll find uses for one if you own it. You can use one to test for a live connection. Good luck and be safe.

Which Apple recipe are you using? I'm getting ready to start a new batch and was contemplating which recipe(s) to use. I've got a stash of about 6 1-gallon wine bottles I want to experiment with a few recipes. I've also got a 5-gallon carboy (from a plastic water bottle, less than perfect I know, but I'm going to try it) that I want to do a larger batch in. You sent me a pdf with recipes in it. Any recommendations from there?

When you buy one of those square nut things, buy a couple. Seems like I go through a bunch of them. I had an issue where the turret would not advance between pulls. I ended up replacing the sleeve and it started working again. I could not for the life of me see where the sleeve was messed up, but replacing it definitely fixed it.

I just bought Peterson's Edible Wild Plants book.Seems to be well laid out. There are a few pages of color photographs, but every other page that describes the plants has hand drawn black and white pictures. The descriptions are good, and they give good information on the plan't usage. There is also an index in the back of the book organized by use, so if you want to fix a salad, you can go to the greens section and it will list all plants that could be used in a salad. I'd love to do an outing in the woods and look for some of these plants. Anybody know of some plants that can be found in East TN that are edible that could get me started? The book covers eastern and central N. America, so there is a lot that I'm sure doesn't grow around here. There is so much in the book its almost too hard to get started.

I have a feeling that Raylan and Boyd will team up at the end and go after Quarrels. The opening credits show Raylan and Boyd together with guns blazing like they are after someone. I think the show will keep Duffy around, but I bet he betrays Quarrels just before Raylan and Boyd come. This is probably my favorite show on TV right now.

I grew up in Boynton Beach, just south of West Palm. We had "Bud's Chicken and Fish" which started out local and became a franchise. They had awesome hushpuppies. I always remember they had whole pieces of corn in them. That is how I always expect them to be now.

I was intrigued by the Countycomm Peanut Lighter and went and looked it up. I must have one! BTW, the Countycomm website is awesome. I'm a gadget freak and they have a bunch of them. I think some of my money is headed their way.

Wow, I totally skipped right over that paragraph. My bad. Reading is fundamental

I thought that property won at a tax lien sale did not officially become yours for one year after the sale. It remains the original owners, who have the right to pay you back with interest right up until just before the year is up. If there is a mortgage on the property, the bank that holds the mortgage often pays the bill. You might want to check it out, otherwise you might actually be trespassing.

One thing I always keep in mind when looking for a new knife is the orientation of the pocket clip. I like the hinge side to be facing down when it's in my pocket. I had one that went the other way once, and I could never get the hang of smoothly removing it from my pocket and opening it.

I think they should post a sign on his vehicle door that says "Drinking and driving prohibited". It works so well with gun crime.

In my earlier post, I was responding to the OP comment about state parks. I have never seen any bears, or evidence of any, in in state parks I've been backpacking in. I did a 3 day / 2 night trip last fall in the GSMNP, and while I personally did not see any bears, we met folks on the trail who had just crossed paths with a few. They all said the bears saw them and ran away. I have seen bears from my car while driving through the park. So, it would appear from my limited experience that the park has a fairly good population of bears. It may be due to the fact of the greater contiguous land mass, they have a better chance of reproducing and staying out of peoples way. I do carry a pistol when backpacking. I do also know that the GSMNP rangers take the bears very seriously, and don't like it when anyone else gets rid of them. I'd say if you actually used a gun to defend yourself from a bear, you would have a pretty good chance of spending some time in jail, or at the very least spending a lot of money on a lawyer. I still think the bear spray is the best option - for bears.

This is exactly how we do it too. I get my check, we take it to the bank and deposit it, and withdraw cash. My wife has it all figured out exactly how much and what bills. For instance, for a two week period, we each get a hundred bucks for gas and twenty for incidentals. I like mine in 50's and a 20, my wife likes hers in all 20's. She walks into the bank, hands them a list that says 7-$20, 2-$50, etc. When she gets home she puts the cash in envelopes for each of us.

In all of the backpacking I've done, I've never seen a bear in the back country. That's not to say that they are not there or not something to worry about, but I just think they hear me and move on. I have seen a pack of wild hogs, which probably scare me more than a bear. They moved along with a bit of shouting. I really think the bear spray, as mentioned above, is the best option for you. They make it with holsters, so it's easy to strap on to your waist or your pack, they spray quite a distance, and would definitely be a deterrent to all dangerous critters, two or four legged.

If any of your friends have a carry permit, just have them carry a spare in their pack. You don't get to handle it unless there is an emergency. I carry when I backpack, and there is never a good way to carry it that it is readily accessible. I've always thought that it might make sense to carry each other's firearm. If I carry mine in my pack, I have to take off the pack to reach it. If it's in a buddy's pack, I can take it right out as long as he is next to me.

Looks like someone has a little bit of common sense in DC. Emily reports that changes are coming... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/29/victory-for-gun-rights-in-dc/

Last time I had this happen to me, I saw the guy hitting up another customer, so I was prepared. He started to walk towards me, and I just stopped him in his tracks. I shouted out to hi to "keep on walking." Every time he started to speak, I would interrupt him, with something like "I don't care" or "I don't want to hear about it". It totally threw him off and he walked away mumbling something under his breath.

You can kind of do that with a Google Voice account. I think you can set a list of people that can call you directly and your phone rings, another group that get sent straight to voicemail, and another group that are blocked. They also just announced that they have a new texting and phone Spammer blocklist that you can enable. Of course you still have to have a real phone, with a number that anyone can call, but if you were to get a new phone number that no one ever knew, and then tied your Google Voice account to that new number and only gave out the Google number, it might cut down some of the junk. I always give businesses my Google number, that way I can block them later if needed.

I always have fun with them. If a telemarketer calls and asks for me by my name, I start acting all freaked out and then tell them that I'm in the Witness Protection Program, and that they contacted me with my old name on my new phone number, and if you can find me then they can too. They usually get real concerned for me. We used to get the phone company calling to get us to add long distance to our plan. My wife signed us up when we moved here so they always asked for her. I would tell them that she was in, but her phone privileges had been taken away. They would always ask if she was my WIFE, and I would say yes and that she might be allowed to use the phone in a week or so. Freaks them out. If it's a man on the phone, I'll sometimes make up a story about how they sound real familiar, and didn't we meet at such and such place one time, and aren't you the guy who likes to cuddle. That one usually gets me called some bad words.

That's why I carry a gun with a grip safety, so I know it won't go off when I'm twirling it around.