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Instead of using the right-click paste or paste button in the tool bar, try ctrl+v. ctrl+x = cut ctrl+c = copy ctrl+v = paste Sometimes the keyboard shortcuts will work when the other copy/paste functions won't. I've no idea why. oh.... and, mmmmmm.... rabbit stew.

That sounds like a good one, thanks! Got any other nifty add-ons?

Sweet!

Legally, you can't remove or disable the airbag. Disconnect the battery and pull the airbag fuse. I've no experience with your van in particular, but sometimes replacing those stalks is easy, sometimes not. The door lock thing sounds like a bad ground to me.

Welcome!

You might consider changing how you train. Fighting is a full-bore sprint. Running is an endurance activity. If you're running marathons, you're not getting your cardiovascular system into the sprint zone.

Lost my babysitter.... Trying to find another one.

I didn't mind some folks shooting near my house... until the bullets started hitting my house. My neighbor found a .40 bullet in his driveway that had bounced off his house. The county sheriff's deputy we called said their "range" had a reasonable backstop and the shooters "had no idea how that could've happened". After a few incidents and LEO visits, it's never happened again. Though it still does make me a tad nervous when my kids are playing outside. But as for changing the zoning laws.... good luck with that. edit.... the shooters aren't really my "neighbors". They're a good 1/4 mile away as the crow flies and it was weeks before I finally figured out where they were shooting. Oddly, the LEO wouldn't tell me after he found them.

Removing them won't do anything structurally to the slide. It'll remove a little weight which will has spring/cyclic speed considerations Re-cutting them could affect the structure of the slide, depending on where, how many, how deep, etc. It's a whole lot easier to cut metal away than to add it back.

This. If intentions are good, its fine. If possible/appropriate, I try to educate people. Most have no idea a "Flag code" exists. Here's the code: http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html and an often controversial topic...

I read it the other day and that's pretty much it... exchanged PM's, sent money order, guy cashes money order and promptly disappears. Discover a couple different addresses... cops, small claims court, .... BFM.

Which is the only reason she's behind the wheel.

Nice bike. I need to find some time and get mine running right again.

Tension springs are easy, I've done them before. Torsion springs... not so much. Got a guy coming to look at it this afternoon. We'll see.

Ha! Reminds me a my high school physics teacher who wrote test questions about race cars careening into the crowd and people jumping off bridges.

A coworker recently sold his fancy ($10k) stump grinder. It was the kind you ride on with hydrostatic steerable wheels and cutting head. He did a couple stumps for me and that machine is a monster... ground two 28" dia stumps to dust in 10 minutes. He quit the business because he wasn't making any money. Fuel to haul it, run it, and maintenance ($300 for a set of teeth) were too high.

What's it doing? I had FTextract problems with mine initially. Discovered the "frankenbolt" was 1/8 turn from tight. Added a little blue loctite and snugged it down, problem solved. Parts are cheap direct from KT.

It's not so much skill as time. I'd rather not burn a whole day messing with it. And I understand physics well enough to know how dangerous big springs are.

Anyone recommend a garage door repair person/shop in the Maryville/Knoxville area? The torsion spring on one of my doors broke yesterday.

I'd love to build something like that, though I think the $300 cost they list is rather optimistic. It doesn't include the counter-top, door, or tile on the outside, and assumes you have fab skills and make the sheet metal stuff.

I've got one of his (Stetina's) books. There's good info and it's laid out pretty well. The only problem I had was discipline to sit down and go through it. I found the potential embarrassment of having to sit in front of an actual person and muck through something I hadn't practiced far more motivating.

There was something weird with the first link I posted. I think I fixed it. If not, just google "mother earth news outdoor oven".

If you don't have time for face-to-face lessons, you'll be hard pressed to find time to play with a DVD enough to get anything useful out of it. I'm mostly self taught as well. I bought a guitar and a few tab books about 15 years ago (sheesh... has it been that long?!?!) and just figured it out as I went. I never got what I'd consider "good" but I could play a few things. About 5 years ago, I started taking a few lessons and learned more in a year than I did in the 10 prior. Then I changed jobs twice, moved, and had 2 kids so I haven't played much at all and feel like I need to start over. I still enjoy it, but the skills erode very quickly.

This is very much a divide between parents and non-parents. When parents tell people w/o kids, "you just don't understand..." they're really not being patronizing, condescending, or making excuses. You really don't understand. It's a whole different lifestyle. Before kids, I was the guy who got really annoyed when a kid was making noise in public (restaurant, store, etc.). Not having a fit, just making the relatively nonstop random noise kids make. Now, I don't even hear it. When we have friends w/o kids over, I can easily tell they quickly get overwhelmed. Our version of normal is far different from theirs. "Multi-tasking" takes on a whole new meaning. For medicinal purposes only....