Recent content by nurdlinger

Another vote for Norelco (Philips) I have used nothing but for 50 years. Regarding the earlier post about throwing them out when the battery will no longer hold a charge, I have found it's possible to get replacement batteries on eBay. These often need to be soldered in place, possibly an...

DaveAMKrayo What I remember from the pilot episode is that Mike and sons were living someplace other than the house we see in all the other episodes. I am certain it was stated that Mike, the architect, had designed the new house himself, to contain the blended family. So all the strange...

Similar results about 1:10pm MST No "My eBay", but searching worked. Also able to complete BIN transaction.

Agree with washer111 re. "Fleck Econominder 5600" I've had three water softeners over the nearly 40 years I have owned my hours. First one, purchased in 1979, was a J.C. Penney brand which was actually made by Lane if I recall correctly. That one lasted 10-20 years (don't really remember). What...

I remember Farmer Jack's... ...as a new brand sometime while I was living in Michigan. I think the stores were purchased from a different owner, maybe Wrigley or Food Fair, but I cannot recall the details.

I've never understood (and never looked it up) What parts of these things are made of vinyl? Are the panes made of it instead of glass? If not that, are the frames made of something else with vinyl coating? I live in a desert and the sun destroys everything after a while. The windows in my...

Do you have adequate documentation? Taking it apart is simple. Reassembly involves all kinds of specifications for clearance checking and tightening fasteners to specific torque values. If you have the docs, and have the tools to accomplish these things, it could be instructional and fun...

"cvt" is really "ecvt" You can get a good idea of what's going on from this video. Incidentally, I drive a 2013 Ford C-Max hybrid. Its configuration of engine, motors, etc. is highly similar to the Prius. http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHpSyTsfm0

My favorites are the automotive ads I'm still looking for one I saved from the '50s and I will contribute it if and when it is rediscovered. (lost in my house hoard)

This is what leapt into my mind...

I agree with what Nate said I thought about mentioning the Disk Management applet, but forgot to include it when I was composing my reply.

I've had the best luck in cases like this one from using a external drive enclosure which will connect and power the SATA drive, and present a USB interface to your desktop machine. The controller hardware in such a scheme will hide any issues that your existing SATA-to-IDE adapter won't.

I have two ancient Swing-Away can openers One I bought right out of college so it's 40 years old at least. The other is newer, probably 30 years old. Both made in St. Louis MO. It's my plan never to resort to an electric can opener.

vacerator 8-Mile & Dequindre vicinity. I waited for the 8-Mile bus to go to high school (Notre Dame) a couple blocks from the trailer park where Eminem's mother lived in that movie. Last time I really lived there was summer of '71. Some family still lives nearby but my parents moved "up north"...

Poverty supper When I was just out of college, I had a job offer from the U which could not start for a couple of months. Not wanting to go back to Detroit and my parents, I sublet a room from a college kid, but had virtually zero cash leftover. The kid had a stash of maybe 4 dozen Kraft...