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    72 tennis ball tubes for free

    i have a total of 72 plastic tubes for tennis balls. we use tennis balls for an assembly at work, and i just went through 18 dozen units. anybody have any use for these, before i add them to the recycle bin?
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    xbox 360/internet connection issue

    AT&T DSL service working fine when i try to connect my xbox online, i get an error message saying it can't find my DNS. i called at&t last night, and was directed to a web page with the instructions of turning the xbox and modem off, turn the xbox on, wait 30 seconds, and turn the modem on...
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    Lawnmower

    just bought a briggs & stratton 4.5 bagger off craigslist. guy was askin 80, and fired it up first pull. i gave him 60, and just mowed my front yard with it. it fires up, but won't hold revs. it tries to at a standstill, but when i start mowing shit (it was tall, but scrubby...not thick at...
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    shrooms are good for ya!!

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110615/ts_yblog_thelookout/far-out-magic-mushrooms-could-have-medical-benefits-researchers-say The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high. Researchers at John Hopkins University School of Medicine have...
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    5 Year Old May Face Murder Charge

    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) A 5-year-old girl could face murder charges in the recent drowning of a toddler in a bathtub, police said on Thursday. . . . "She said she got angry because he would not stop crying and she held him under the water until he stopped crying," Snapp said.
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    headlight bypass?

    '99 chevy truck at night, the lights are on all the time. all. the. time. actually, they might be on during the day, too. no way to turn them off, can't even go to parking lights only. anyone know of a bypass trick? i'm about to run a switch to the freakin ground wire, but someone has to...
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    transmission/shifter issue

    2006 DRZ400-SM Countershaft nut backed off on a ride; lost oil, got a ride home. Replaced countershaft and shift shaft oil seals. Attempted to put it in gear so i could tighten countershaft nut, shift shaft turns freely (in its limited arc). Looking at the bike from the left side, a shifter...
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    DRZ-SM Question

    i'm replacing the countershaft seal, and the shift shaft seal. the shifter seal seats all the way in, slightly recessed in its little home. the countershaft seal does not. it sticks up about 1/16", maybe a bit less. is this the way it is supposed to be? it sure seems to be seated all the way...
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    many thanks for my sidecar adventure

    i wanted to give a shout out to the peeps that offered gear for me to be able to ride this weekend. I didn't make the cut, but it was an awesome experience. HappyHornet, thank you for starting the thread to get me geared up in the first place. :thumbup MikeV, GixxerGirl, Hooli, Ozymandias, you...
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    SKIP'S WED 3-16-11

    what's really goin on? is skip's gettin the cold shoulder from barf? c'mon down and have some 'za, enjoy a beer, and shoot the breeze with fellow moto-heads. skippolini's pizza 2001 salvio st, concord, ca 94520 7:00
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    stubborn seal removal

    replacing the countershaft and shifter seals on the drz. the shifter seal is tearing apart, leaving bits stuck to the outer sealing surface. my guess is it got hot and cooked a bit. do i have any options besides carefully scraping it clean with something? it's stuck on pretty good, and i...
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    jump started car incorrectly

    edit: 1993 geo prizm the pretty thing had her roommate try to jump start her car, and she thinks the cables were reversed when he first did it. they hooked the cables to the dead car first, and when he tried to hook the cables to the running car, her battery started smoking. they switched...
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    computer help

    turned on my computer last night, and it went to a text screen, saying sorry, didn't start right. several choices were given, like start in safe mode, start in the last known mode, etc. tried all the choices to no avail, until the last one. i think i reformatted my drive, or some shit like...
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    iTunes question

    i have iTunes on my pc, and i'm finding it difficult to get music onto an sd card. does it only move music onto an apple product? am i not seeing something obvious? entirely possible, as i haven't been using it long at all.
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    some people really should be put down (father punches baby)

    baby in hospital after father punches him in the face ANTIOCH -- A 2-month-old boy is in grave condition and his father is in custody on suspicion of punching him in the face, police said. Sigifredo Lua, 23, of Antioch, is in County Jail in Martinez where he is being held on $1.1 million bail...
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    Narcotics Enforcement Team commander arrested on drug charges

    power corrupts.... CONCORD (CBS 5) — The high-profile commander for the Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team – a task force of various police agencies – was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of drug dealing, authorities told CBS 5. Special Agent Supervisor Norman Wielsch, a...
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    Mubarak Steps Down! Hands Power to the Military

    yay rabble-rousers!! <read full story here.. taster below. CAIRO – Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. "The people ousted the...
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    BMW gurus to the white courtesy phone...

    my mom just called asking for car advice. 1999 323i convertible, with +/- 90,000 miles on the clock. excellent condition. all options. she repeated and emphasized the word all. been sittin on a dealer lot for a while. they're askin 7480. she emailed them and mentioned that it's been sittin...
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    WTB pool cues

    need some pool cues. cheap ones, but not the warped ones that have been in the backyard for three years. a friend just got a used table, and i want to grab a couple for him. similar to house cues at a bar.
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    free mattress and box spring

    anyone need a practically new full size mattress and box spring? free. we have a large dumpster at work for a week, and i'd rather not send this to the dump. but it's outta my house one way or another...
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