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by waferdog
Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:33 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Everythings a Secret " RANT "
Replies: 4
Views: 670

The snowmobile companies (Polaris, SkiDoo, Yamaha, Arctic Cat) have threatened their US dealerships that if they sell sleds to Canadians, then the dealer will lose the right to sell those machines. They want to keep Canadians buying sleds in Canada.
by waferdog
Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Bridge collapse in Minneapolis
Replies: 34
Views: 1897

My sister lives in the apartments just off Washington Ave right by that bridge. My dad picked her up from her apartment 20 minutes prior to the collapse (he drove southbound over the bridge to get her and northbound heading back to his place). Thankfully, they are safe.

http://www.3206andbeyond ...
by waferdog
Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:44 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Little River Band
Replies: 8
Views: 788

Been an LRB fan as long as I can remember. I believe they hail from Australia. I saw them for the first time last year at the local county fair. Not a single member remained from the Reminiscing days, but they still put on a good show.

At the very least, you should have their greatest hits album ...
by waferdog
Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Pres. Ford dies
Replies: 17
Views: 2478

This brings to mind one of the best SNL skits ever.
by waferdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I hit a deer (now I need some help)
Replies: 15
Views: 2259

Cerberus1027 wrote:If the jeep has an automatic transmission it is an AW4 tranny which has a history of overheating but is fine for the engine attached to it.
This is the V6 engine. That's a decent engine-tranny combo?
by waferdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I hit a deer (now I need some help)
Replies: 15
Views: 2259

HI waferdog

Just curious, will this be covered under comprehensive or collision?

Up here if you hit an animal and stay on the road it is covered under comprehensive insurance with no collision record against you. If you try and avoid the animal and go into the ditch it goes against your driving ...
by waferdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I hit a deer (now I need some help)
Replies: 15
Views: 2259

BTW - those two holes that you see in the right front fender are actually where a couple of the tines from the antler punctured through. They looked like bullet holes.
by waferdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I hit a deer (now I need some help)
Replies: 15
Views: 2259

Glad you're ok :thumb:

How fast were you going?

I was doing 60 (in a 65) and being quite diligent about watching out for a deer. It was a dark, moonless evening which did not help but this buck was on a dead run going across the road when I hit him. There was no chance to avoid him. Driving this ...
by waferdog
Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I hit a deer (now I need some help)
Replies: 15
Views: 2259

I hit a deer (now I need some help)

Driving up Highway 61 (the same one that Dylan revisited) last Monday evening, I had the audacity to try and share the road with a 200+ lb 8 point buck. This is the result:

http://www.3206andbeyond.com/images/deercar.jpg

Unfortunately, I did not take any pics of the deer, although when we went ...
by waferdog
Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: The Bums have been kicked out.
Replies: 7
Views: 711

And new bums have moved in.
by waferdog
Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Tenacious D Fans
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Tenacious D Fans

The first 6 minutes of Pick of Destiny have been leaked.

NSFW. Featuring Meatload and Dio. It is awesome.
by waferdog
Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:53 am
Forum: Digital Media and Photography
Topic: Caught My Wife Cheating!
Replies: 19
Views: 7361

Your dad is James Earl Jones?
by waferdog
Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Your thoughts on the New Yahoo Mail
Replies: 13
Views: 1264

Love the layout and functionality, but like others said I can't stand the slowness of it. When I open it up, everything else on my PC stops working temporarily, so it is a resource hog.
by waferdog
Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Is this really true
Replies: 41
Views: 2202

YARDofSTUF wrote:Fishing has never been a beautiful thing.
This isn't fishing. Just because dolphins swim does not make them the same as a fish.

Fish don't have feelings or fear. Dolphins do. Either way, a humane death should be assured.

(Personally, I disagree with the slaughter of dolphins).
by waferdog
Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Can you remember you childhood phone number?
Replies: 32
Views: 1911

The local Remax office took it over after we had it for 15 years, so I see it basically everday on For Sale signs.
by waferdog
Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

If you plan on actually putting any kind of weight on it (car) then I suggest renting a tamper & packing down that dirt real good prior to laying gravel, else the level will recede fairly quickly. In 6 months you'll have to put on more gravel, and repeat every so often. One or two good rains is all ...
by waferdog
Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:44 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Well, the top layer of gravel will be a good 6" inches below the top of the ties, so there should be a good barrier there. Besides, I figure people learn by making mistakes.
by waferdog
Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:12 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

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by waferdog
Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:11 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Almost final Update!

The wall is mostly constructed (I need to go and put some more rebar into the top layer) and fairly well filled in thanks to some free fill and some concrete I broke up behind the house. Thanks to all here who helped me with advice. I will probably post a few more pics when I ...
by waferdog
Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

I definitely am going to throw some garbage in there, actually some broken up concrete that I am going to replace. I also am going to drop a small time capsule in there for whoever digs it up in fifty years.

Like Kip mentioned, I'm pretty sure that code here, would have you putting up a railing ...
by waferdog
Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:47 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

An update for those who have helped me with info on this:

The wall is almost complete, one course to go (the bottom picture actually shows two courses to go). This project has been tough and dirty, with all of my new equipment becoming old. Here are some visuals:

http://www.3206andbeyond.com ...
by waferdog
Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:54 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Ties and chainsaws don't go together. I know it's the only way to cut them but they sure do dull a chain in a hurry. There's always grit embedded in the tie.

I take it by looking at it, that your spiking the ties together?

I might make one more suggeston. Stagger the ties so the ends aren't ...
by waferdog
Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:34 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

A quick update on my progress:

http://www.3206andbeyond.com/images/rw11.jpg

http://www.3206andbeyond.com/images/rw9.jpg

The above is the net result of about 10 hours of work. These walls are not easy to do, especially when you have never done one before. Now that the first level is laid out ...
by waferdog
Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Either/or will do.

I've built mabye a half dozen retaining walls with ties for the company I work for. All of them are around 30 years old now and doing fine. We didn't spike any of them together.

We just sunk a few 10 to 12 foot ties, about 5 feet deep and then stacked the ties against them ...
by waferdog
Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Still working on this project and have another question - What is the best method for attaching ties to each other?

The options seem to be to use foot-long spikes and hammer each tie to the one below it in a couple of spots or to drill a hole through mutiple ties and sledge in some rebar to hold ...
by waferdog
Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

My liability concern has to do with the possibility that a neighbor, child, delivery person, whoever, could walk off the edge. In some states you would be liable even if they were a drunken burglar. I think the name is "attractive nuisance".

A good arborist can help you with the tree question ...
by waferdog
Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Kip - Can you expound on your post about liability? I don't see why it would be a problem if well built.

Mark - I was wondering about the roots of the trees as well. In fact, I scaled back my original idea because of the roots, i just hope I am far enough off of them. Anyone have further input on ...
by waferdog
Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Thanks for the feedback. I have a few questions to ask based on that, but I figured I should provide a little bit of an overview of what I am doing via pictures. You can see that I have laid out the general shape of the wall and measured it out. I spent some time today looking to acquire some ties ...
by waferdog
Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:28 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Retaining Wall
Replies: 35
Views: 4201

Retaining Wall

I am going to be building a railroad tie retaining wall in my backyard to extend my usable parking space by my garage. It will be a relatively large project: The wall will be around 4' tall and around 40' long with a few jigs and jags in the design. I, of course, do not really know what I am doing ...
by waferdog
Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:39 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

YARDofSTUF wrote:Well good luck, maybe check bit torrent or something like that, since you have a legal key.
Bittorrent was a no-go.
by waferdog
Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

The reason you need to purchase something is because you said gateway won't provide replacement media. Unless you can find another Gateway OEM CD that your key will work on, your screwed.

I agree that you shouldnt have to, but I think your stuck.

Thus this thread asking if anyone has a Gateway ...
by waferdog
Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:24 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

YARDofSTUF wrote:Newegg has XP Home for $87

I don't see why I want or have to purchase anything. I have a Gateway PC with the original XP Home license attached. It is legit, but I do not have the media to reinstall it and Gateway will not provide replacement software.
by waferdog
Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:07 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

So what are my options? I contacted Gateway and they are unable or unwilling to provide me any replacement media. They do want to sell me a full $199 version of the software, which makes no sense to me. I already have the legitimate license, which is really what you are paying for.
by waferdog
Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:08 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately that method has not worked.

It is not a matter of activation, rather, when installing the OS, it will not accept the product key. I've tried it with a straight XP Home OEM CD, XP Home VLM CD and an XP Home Retail CD. All say 'Product Key Not Valid' when I ...
by waferdog
Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:23 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Favorite Firefox Them?
Replies: 18
Views: 1223

Havent updated firefox in a while then? lol

Actually, my Firefox is fully up to date. I assume you say that because Smoke is not available for up to date builds on the Mozilla Theme website. As it turns out, the author of the theme keeps it current, but has not been publishing it to the official ...
by waferdog
Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:17 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Need some suggestion
Replies: 2
Views: 759

Having a nice conversation with yourself?
by waferdog
Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:17 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Gateway XP Home OEM CD
Replies: 16
Views: 14434

Gateway XP Home OEM CD

I am not sure if this should go in Marketplace or here, but I am putting it here.

I recently purchased a used Gateway 510X PC. It has a valid XP Home Oem license, but it did not come with the software (nor was there a hard drive included). I want to be legit with this PC, so the question I would ...
by waferdog
Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Favorite Firefox Them?
Replies: 18
Views: 1223

I use the 'Smoke' theme. I think it to be the cleanest looking theme around.
by waferdog
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: "Failure" according to google
Replies: 9
Views: 788

Humboldt, welcome to five years ago.
by waferdog
Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:15 am
Forum: Marketplace - Buy/Sell/Trade/Hot Deals
Topic: FS: Intel Core Duo T2300
Replies: 0
Views: 1928

FS: Intel Core Duo T2300

Brand new, in unopened box. This is the dual core 1.66 Ghz processor, 2 MB L2 cache. It's sort of a big deal, I guess.

I see it listed online for between $240 to $290. I figure I am happy if I can get $215 out of it. Post a reply or send me a PM if interested or have questions.

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