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How was your return on investment? - 8 years ago
$$$$$ to Obama win $ to Donnelly lucky win $ to Heitkamp big win $ to Berekley lose $ to Carmona lose $ to Syed Taj (MI 11th) lose $ to Tester big win $ to Cowan (WA 5th) lose $ to Kerrey lose pennies to Gingrinch lose (OK..OK. I lost a bet....wanna make something of it??)by dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
HD replacement in an iMac.....don't try this at home? - 8 years ago
Hard disk in my 2007 24" iMac is toast. (I think the 5400rpm drive is running at 33 1/3) The iFixit instructions don't look too hard. I'm pretty handy... have made a hackintosh, replaced a mobo in a Macbook Pro, put together a plug in hybrid Prius but I am scared of ruining the glass or LCD when I pull it apart. Any words of wisdom from those that do this for a living? Thanksby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: OT: I did not know Basil flowers - 8 years ago
Pinch off the flowers! The plant will produce lots more and larger leaves if you pinch them off. Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: OT: Weird Subject, Pain - 8 years ago
I'm an Anesthesiologist who does some work in chronic pain. First your sleep needs to be addressed. You may have obstructive sleep apnea. Are you overweigh?. Do you snore? Are you sleepy during the day? Are you hypertensive? You may need a sleep study and a CPAP mask (I know I use one) a lot more than a sleep aid. Next your pain Meds. If ibuprofen work for you....great. Don't go over the maby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Sandy coming... Let's talk generators - 8 years ago
Quotespace-time if you can park your car close enough to the house, and if you don't need a lot of power, maybe only a few hundred watts to keep a fridge running and some emergency lights, the car could serve as an emergency generator with one of those 12 V DC to 120 AC inverters, like this one. from the comments on Amazon QuoteBACKGROUND STORY: Living in the NJ/NY area, we don't see a lotby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Informed electorate? - 9 years ago
Quote$tevie I cannot believe she said death panels. Astonishing. Amazing. Asinine. I can believe it. Ever since swampy's breast cancer and subsequent chemo her posts have deteriorated. I suspect "chemo brain" Just my opinion Johnby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Transolar Galactica - 9 years ago
Just discovered Transolar Galactica, a fan-made web based parody of Star Trek, Battlestar, Firefly etc. It's low budget, a little silly but a lot of fun. First episode: Website: They are using kickstarter to finance their second season: Im in for $10 Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Taking on America's enemies no matter where they nest - 9 years ago
Go Big Bird!by dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Why are there going to be three "Hobbit" movies? - 9 years ago
Two makes good sense, otherwise one movie would be way too long. Three?.......$$$$$$$$ Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Feel 'Green" with your EV ? Not so fast, me Bucko ! - 9 years ago
Ted's right. This is old news. Where I live in Washington State hydro and wind generate the vast majority of my electricity. For the last two years BPA (who has control of the power transmission lines) has ordered wind producers to shut down their wind farms so that they could put more spring runoff water through the generators. Putting water through the spillways was not an option becausby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: @ $75 - 9 years ago
Quoterobfilms Quotedad@home Obama a bunch Heidi Heitkamp ND less than Barak Joe Donnelly IN less than Barak Shelley Berekley NV less than Barak Dr. Rich Carmona AZ less than Barak Dr. Syed Taj MI less than Barak I guess I'm just into redistribution ;) John john- how did you determine your above list? thanks in advance. be well. rob My 21 year old son (absolby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: @ $75 - 9 years ago
Obama a bunch Heidi Heitkamp ND less than Barak Joe Donnelly IN less than Barak Shelley Berekley NV less than Barak Dr. Rich Carmona AZ less than Barak Dr. Syed Taj MI less than Barak I guess I'm just into redistribution ;) Johnby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: At the ER with my lovely wife - 9 years ago
Best wishes for you and your wife. Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Thinking of adding a backing up camera - 9 years ago
We have one car with a camera and one with a beeping tone. The audible tone is MUCH more useful. Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: cough*cough*cough: endless ticklish throat - 9 years ago
Are you taking medication for hypertension? One of the common side effects of ACE inhibitors (like lisinopril) is a persistent dry cough. Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Trying to plan warm weather December vacation...any ideas? - 9 years ago
When we lived in upstate NY we loved to go to Puerto Rico. We stayed in San Juan (loved the El San Juan on Isla Verde) and did day trips for the kids to El Yuneque National Forest (a neat rain forest with waterfalls you can hick up to) and to Arecebo Radio Telescope (its only open for tourists a couple days a week so check before you go). Hiking in Old San Juan and checking out El Morro (theby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: MRF: We Need Location Services - 9 years ago
Born and raised in Boise,ID College in NYC Med school in Seattle Residency in Syracuse Back in Boise for three years Settled down for good in Spokane,WA Johnby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Plagued by squirrels - 9 years ago
Motion-sensing sprinklers. As soon as they run in your yard they get soaked. You can get them in most garden supply stores. dadby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: [Dumb Questions] When is dusk? - 9 years ago
From Wikipedia: Civil dusk The time at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the evening. At this time objects are distinguishable and some stars and planets are visible to the naked eye. Nautical dusk Is when the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon in the evening. At this time, objects are no longer distinguishable, and the horizon is no longer visible to the naked eye. Asby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: July 4th in the UK - 9 years ago
When you import a UP diesel you sure go BIG! Isn't that a EMD DDA40x the biggest and most powerful diesel unit ever built? I've seen a preserved unit but never seen (or felt) one running. Looks like fun layout. Thanks for sharing. dad (a train nut at heart)by dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: What exactly is PPACA aka: Obamacare and what did it change? - 9 years ago
What it change for me? The good: Two of my adult kids are still covered while at college (yay!) The uncertain (maybe good): It could improve my patient billings. I am an anesthesiologist in a group practice at a hospital with a very high percentage of low pay/no pay patients. Maybe with better coverage I will work less often for free. The bad (probably): It has terrified the administrby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Public enjoyment anouncement...Submarine. - 9 years ago
87% on the tomato meter. I've put it on my netflix queue. Thanks for the tip. QuoteFifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' sex life by charting the dimmer switch in theiby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: It's here, it's pretty big, it's Green and supposedly nothing runs like it ! - 9 years ago
Joe Diffie knows about love and John Deere Tractors: On a hot summer night He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene In letters 3 foot high And the whole town said the boy should have used red But it looked good to Charlene In John Deere green Dadby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Lost 15 lbs!!! Need some help getting to the next level. - 9 years ago
Don't get impatient. I've been dieting on and off (mostly off) for most of my 54 years. It seems the faster I lose the weight the quicker it comes back. Over the last year and a half I have tried to be more mellow about it. I eat healthy, I exercise 5 to 6 times per week and I only weigh my self once a week at most. Obsessing over each 1/4 pound loss and over each fat gram or calorie guaranby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Women's equal pay bill would "place unnecessary burdens on businesses" - 9 years ago
Quotecbelt3 p- oh, no question. They just produced less food. And of course biologically the species requires more females than males to produce offspring. Males are fertile 100% of the time. Females .... 10% of the time on average. Basic math. cbelt, So you, of course, are sharing your thoughts about the fairness of wage and employment discrimination against women with your daughter and yourby dad@home - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Verizon vs Sprint vs AT&T for iPhone 4S - 9 years ago
When I got my 4S I switched from Verizon to Sprint. Compared to Verizon I find the reception just as good here in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. My daughter is stuck with an AT&T and she is always losing service. The unlimited data is great but if you use it to tether another device to it they both charge you extra and limit you to (I think) 5 Gb. When the kids contracts expireby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Car Geeks - Does this look right? - 9 years ago
That is an idler pulley. I can't tell if is the tensioner for the belt from your photograph so there may be another idler as well. The working side of the serpentine belt has the multiple grooves and the idler which presses on the "non-working" or smooth side of the belt is supposed to be smooth and shinny. Belt noise can be from slipping belt (much less likely with a serpentine beltby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Help MAVIC make the right choice.. post your stories of how YOU Abused rental cars. - 9 years ago
While in high school and as summer jobs I cleaned and maintained rental cars at Hertz in Boise (1973-1978). Very occasionally we would get a car back that had been abused inside and out. Some people simply are pigs! but no matter how much cleaning we would do there was still evidence of abuse. Stained upholstery, carpets, scraped plastic moulding, dented heat shields or bent wheels (BTW I agreeby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: [car search] Which car would you pick? - 9 years ago
Are you people nuts? A nine year old car has nine year old tires, nine year old belts and hoses. Even with low miles you WILL spend lots more on maintenance. Despite it being an Acura with its nice leather etc. I would take the newer Suburu hands down. As for it being a rental.... at 12K miles at worst it missed one oil change. Just my 2 cents. dad (full disclosure: I own a 2010 Foresteby dad@home - Tips and Deals
Re: Electric Shaver Recommendations - 9 years ago
I have a thick beard and used Norelco for many years and was bothered by how quickly the blades got dull. Three years ago I purchased a Remington R200s rotary. Better shave (closer) than the Norelcos. Blades (titanium) have stayed sharp. Cost 1/3 of my last Norelco. Not going back! dadby dad@home - Tips and Deals