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    External hard drive failure...

    Yep. Had a couple of years' data on a WD Element 500GB USB external HD and it failed to spin up. A little checking disclosed that the power supply (a dual +5 and +12 unit) had failed. So I broke the power supply open and hooked a couple of external supplies to the lines feeding the HD, noting...
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    Those blasted advertising jingles...!

    "Brylcream, a little dab'll do ya.. Brylcream, you'll look so debonair. Brylcream, the gals will all pursue yaaaa...... ....Simply rub a little in your hair.." That's from the fifties - THE FIFTIES - and I still remember it! Some of the current ones drive me crazy. Once they're in your head...
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    Water softener - air ingress...epilogue..

    From a few weeks ago: I told you all that my softener was causing air ingress during recharge - then amended it to say that the air ingress was occurring independently of the water softener - any time of day, no recharge required! The problem has ceased...no more air surging. For the past...
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    NFL winners and losers...

    If you took any NFL team and put the whole bunch of players on a scale and weighed them, they'd weigh about as much as every other NFL team. You could then look at the means by which each team gets its players - through the same draft as used by all the other teams. And where do the players...
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    Water softener causing air ingress into lines...

    @#$%#!! Water softener is about two years old. The prior one (and even prior to it in prior house) would cause air to enter the house water lines while recharging. Must be when the injector is drawing salt water back into the bed - or so I assume. Now my newer one has begun to do it. Turn the...
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    Change from mechanical to electrical fuel pump?

    I was reading some posts on the Breezeworks 470 forum placed by a guy having fuel pump problems. It made me wonder if anyone has converted from a mechanical to an electrical fuel pump on an I/O. If not, what's your opinion on why it would/wouldn't work?
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    The underside of free enterprise...

    The lady took her-three-year old 4-cylinder Camry to the largest Toyota dealer in Wisconsin for its 36000 mile checkup. They quoted her some $550 in services for this. She balked and told me about it. I looked at the list they had given her and saw items that were clearly excessive. I went to...
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    Learning another language...

    Does anyone have experience with one of the commercially available programs for language study? (i.e., Pimsleur, Berlitz, Rosetta Stone, etc.) I would like to master conversational Spanish, but do not have daily access to Spanish-speaking people. I'm kind of an old f_rt, but to learn this...
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    This morning on the Eden's Expressway...

    ...Which is one of the main arteries into Chicago, I saw something that made me blink a few times. It was morning rush hour. The woman in the suv in the lane to my right was: 1. Holding a cellphone jammed between her left ear and her left shoulder. 2. Holding a pen in her right hand. 3. Holding...
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    ...And another think about checkouts...

    I can't speak for everyone, but I prefer not having somebody else's saliva on my money, nor on the bag into which my food purchase is placed. Therefore, I hereby announce my nationwide campaign against checkout clerks who lick a finger before pulling bills out of the register to make my change...
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    A person who enters the "15 items or less" checkout line...

    ...with a cartful of items is called an "expresshole". And after the entire lot is scanned and bagged, with one interruption for a price check, she remembers her coupons and begins to dig around in her purse for them. The clerk sorts through them, gives several back to her saying that they...
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    A recent study found that...

    A study done at one of the medical study universities - I can't remember which one - found that when older men such as myself have an overabundance of sex, two things happen: 1. Their short-term memory begins to deteriorate ...and... 2. ....Oh crap...I forgot what I was going to say.
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    "Quick" oil change places...

    It's been a number of years since this happened, but I think you all might be interested as the topic is still current. I had a pristine Chrysler New-Yorker - a '77 four-door hardtop, running a huge V-8...don't remember the displacement. I loved the car, even though I didn't have to watch the...
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    POR 15 or KBS Coatings...?

    Hi all! I need to de-rust a receiver hitch, and then I want to apply something to prevent the recurrance of the blasted stuff. What is your experience with the products named above? Is one clearly better than the other? Has anyone had bad results with either? Thanks in advance...
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    Boat Storage - Do you use a dessicant?

    Hi all! I've got her all wrapped up for winter - canvas cover with a tarp over it. I'm thinking ahead to spring (or whatever passes for it in Wisconsin) and of the possibility of moisture under the cover(s). Yes, there is some air movement but the temperatures can really swing in this area and...
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    Sea Water Pump -- I don't understand...

    After a couple of months roaming these forums to acquaint myself with my new (to me) 170-Alpha, I'm impressed with both the depth of knowledge and the breadth of lore contained within. Most of what I see, I buy into. But some of it I don't understand...! For example: "A couple of seconds...
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    Invalid serial number?

    Hi guys. First year with an '86 Four Winns pushed along by a Merc 470. I've done some work on the boat and on the engine and so far I like 'em both. But one thing I haven't been able to resolve is that the serial number doesn't jive with any listing I've been able to find. The number on the...
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    Bilge Blowers - Dangerous?

    Prior to getting into my first I/O I thought that bilge blowers in these boats would either be "forced draft" (pushing air into the engine enclosure) or explosion proof (rated as able to retain the force of vapors ignited within and not cause ignition of vapors outside the body of the device)...
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    Has anyone repaired a rusty trailer?

    I've got an '86 Four Winns on what appears to be the original EZ Roller trailer. The previous owner painted the whole thing white, and the paint is holding up well with some very minor rust stain showing through the paint at a couple of points. Nothing to worry about there. The side rails...
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    Thanks...!

    I don't know whether anyone realizes just how valuable this site is for the newbie or for the veteran who's doing something new to him. I bought an old Four Winns and knew nothing about it. Now, after three months, I'm confident that I know more about the boat and its drive system than the...
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