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    Injector oil ok for a 2 Stroke Snowthrower?

    Hi all, I picked up a used, Toro, 2 stroke snowthrower for moving snow up at the lake house. It requires a 50:1 pre mix as it is about 8 or so years old when 2 strokes were more common. I received a small bottle of Toro oil with the machine but am trying to figure out if any 2 stroke oil will...
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    Anybody Know 4 Wheelers?

    So I've been kicking around the idea of getting a 4 wheeler to keep at the lake house. I would like it for pulling the dock in, plowing snow, trail riding and just recreation. It would be a utility version not a sport version. I'd like at minimum a 550 CC and EFI is a must (it's not standard...
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    Anybody ever use a freeze alarm for a vacation home?

    Hi all, as I mentioned a couple months ago our trailering days ended when we bought a vacation home on a lake. With that comes a whole set of new things to be concerned about. I'm in MN where of course below zero F temps are common. We went up this past weekend to start to insulate the...
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    How do I get my aluminum dock to look silver again

    Hi all, so as I mentioned in my earlier thread, we finally bought a lake home. It came with a great all aluminum dock. It is 48 feet long and varies between 4 and 8 feet wide. Problem is large portions of the aluminum decking sections are stained a very dark brown color. The pressure washer...
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    My trailering days are over

    The family and I decided to finally stop trailering from lake to lake and just buy a second home on a lake. We bought a fully furnished, 2400 square foot lake home on a good sized lake. The only thing I need now is a boat lift and canopy to the tune of $5900 with delivery. I can't believe it...
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    Home theatre systems

    Hi all, so I just replaced my 42" main lcd tv in the family room. I ended up replacing it with a new manufacturer on the block called Hisense. They historically have manufactured tv's for others to put their brand names on and made a huge splash at the 2012 CES show. I got their 55" smart tv...
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    What do you think about my trailer incident?

    Re: What do you think about my trailer incident? Good to know. Here are some pics. Don't know why they are upside down.
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    What do you think about my trailer incident?

    Hi all, trailering on the way up to the cabin this week on the highway, the spare tire carrier mounted on the trailer failed and the weld broke. The spare tire with the broken carrier bolted inside it hit the pavement, went under the trailer tire and blew out the tire completely destroying the...
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    Anybody ever repaired their microwave oven?

    So we replace all of our appliances in early 2008 including our $450 over the range microwave oven. It is a Frigidaire Professional Series. We are a family of 4 and are light on our appliances. So yesterday my wife said that the microwave made a loud bang and now when you turn it on, it makes...
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    Turning Point Hustler

    Fyi to those interested in a Hustler prop. I have one on my sig boat now purchased a year and a half ago but dinged it at the end of last season. I ordered a new one on line and was assured my current round Turning Point hub would fit the new Turning Point Prop. Well long story short the prop...
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    The value of a locking differential

    I got an up close example of the benefit and value of a locking differential. My neighbor's friend backed his truck to retrieve a trailer just past the snow bank so that the passenger side wheels were in the snow and the drivers side wheels were still on pavement. The truck was a 4x4 Chevy...
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    What software to make back up copies of Xbox games?

    All, my kids have an Xbox 360 slim about 11 months old. For some reason it keeps destroying one particular game and I have to keep replacing it. The game is COD Black Ops and literally the last one I had to replace lasted for a couple weeks and the console said the disc was unreadable. The...
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    Xbox says nearly new game disk is unreadable

    Ok I'm not a real tech guy but my kids have a 9 month old xbox. A few weeks ago my son's Call of Duty disc quit working so he and his friend decided to rub it down with tooth paste after the machine said the disc was unreadable. Of course given the disc had no scratches it simply destroyed the...
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    Finally got my taxes done

    Finally got it all done. This year I paid the equivalent of a brand new 30 footer or multiple 2011 Escalade Hybrids, or a downpayment on a vacation home. The bummer is I drive an 11 year old piece of junk falling apart more daily and can't afford anything else after this year's bill. I...
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    Anybody use a financial planner?

    I have a financial planner that calls me every couple of weeks trying to get my business. Frankly I've never used one but just don't have the time to manage everything myself anymore. I get the sense he wants to sell me a bunch of mutual funds and insurances based on his calls. What are your...
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    Suggestion for family activities in Miami

    Hi all, I'm heading to Miami this week for business and taking the family (wife and two boys ages 6 and 9). Were thinking of going on an everglade ride, hitting Miami Beach and maybe the big Sea Aquarium. Anybody have any other suggestions? We've got limited time that I won't be working so...
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    How can I fix the jumpy video on my PC?

    So for some unknown reason any video no matter the quality is very shaky on one of my laptop PC's. A you tube video, for example, will play every several frames and be very jumpy and trying to watch a video on say Netflix will just lock up at the very first frame and only play sound. A video...
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    What do you consider as 'Rich'?

    Seems like I am hearing alot about the 'Rich'. What do you all consider rich?
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    Want to buy shares of an LED manufacturer

    So I am being bombarded with the fact that LED technology is slowly taking over the lighting industry. You see and hear about all the new but still expensive products out there. It seems to me this would be a good long term investment and I have missed out on my share of really obvious ones...
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    Winterizing and a tune up

    So I got on the complaining band wagon in sombodies earlier thread about the cost of winterizing my 4.3 this year since I needed the 100 hour service now that I broke 100 hours. It was less painfun than I thought but I ended up needing the 200 hour service to also have the impeller replaced...
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