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This morning I was in the kitchen making the elixer of life (coffee), when I heard something scratching at the window. Uh, huh? What could that be? A gold finch! Clinging to the window screen. Wow. As my neighborhood matures (it was a new subdivision built on farmland when I moved in) I see more and more interesting flaura and fauna moving in. Cool. Now, WHAT was that finch doing that would make that scratching sound? It was picking at the window screen. I was standing right there, and it kept picking at the screen. Hello? Why are you pulling my window screen apart? Because it was so preocc

Oh man! I know why, historically speaking, people eat that stuff, but ... Gag!

Somethin' just ain't right 'bout that book jacket ... :

Nasty Storms = Momentary Outtage. And a leaky roof. I barely slept a wink. Between eating (too much) pizza (too late at night) and the storms and noticing that leak, I did. not. sleep.

I like the fix! I betcha I WOULD have gotten caught.

You didn't leave enough blank space so I saw the results before I watched and waited. Ha!

Thank God her instincts won out over the medical profession's lackadaisical response.

Ahh! So it was YOUR fault all along! Good thing she gave up on you before you s'ploded the box.

Good Lord, the driver was 74 years old?

As long as there's no obvious link that might ensnare the unwary, what the hey. The only unfortunate side-effect is these "one-post-spammers" make me leery of REAL posts that appear too similar.

I never did "get" the toilet-seat-down argument. I'm just sayin'.

Just what we needed, another "excuse" for those who steal music, "They doubled their prices!" So? Pay up or do without. I double-checked the Constitution and there's STILL no right to inexpensive music.

Like dozens of other flame wars on subjective topics, Bose, right or wrong, deserved or not, got a reputation, you either respect them or think they're crap. Many people dismiss the products without ever having giving them a fair listening. However, the PERSON, Bose, is FAMOUS for his work with sound. He didn't get famous (and rich) by making crap (the same applies to the other topics that seem to produce pointless flame wars).

Pete, I KNEW you'd have some good advice (though I thought for SURE you'd have some home-brew recipe for odor remover). I suspect the Shop-Vac just couldn't compete with the convenience of all-in-one units that don't need a hose connected to a faucet (quality of results be damned). I like the idea of the black light for locating cat urine spots (does DOG urine also glow?).

"No highs, no lows, must be Bose." Never heard that, and it doesn't even make sense from what I've heard from Bose products. Eh. I have a high-end receiver with specs about as good as you can get, and I don't like the sound compared to the Heathkit home-built stereo it replaced. I would NEVER go back to vinyl over compact disks -- Horrors! Kill me first. Sound and hearing (and music and movies etc.) are way too subjective for anyone to say one thing is "definitely" superior to another. If you prefer one thing over another, then THAT is the superior product -- PERIOD Blasphemy, I know. Oh ye

There are a lot of opinions out there regarding Bose products, some discussions get quite heated. I don't think they produce an "accurate" sound, but they sure do make a "pleasantly listenable" sound. I have no problem with someone choosing 'pleasantly listenable' over the more esoteric 'accuracy.' You can pay through the nose for 'accuracy,' or you can pay through the nose for Bose products, either way you'll enjoy the music.

Yeah, some Install and Uninstall programs use the Command Prompt to complete their work. But you're right to be concerned, IF you hadn't installed/uninstalled anything lately.

Man, there are a bajillion "home remedies" and products for odor, it's tough to say. The only thing I've found that really eliminates odors for good is an enzyme-based odor eliminator. The enzymes actually break down the molecules that cause the odor (I use a product by Arm & Hammer, but mostly because it's less expensive than the other name brands). A bit o' research online however turned up hundreds of enzyme-based odor eliminators. Yikes. BTW, you didn't mention if you've had your cat checked by a vet. There are several causes of incontinence that can be helped by meds.

I have an aversion to cameras so pics of me are scarce. My Brother and SIL were visiting and snapped me at the casino though: Hobbies: This right here takes up the most time, hours a day. Dumb? I dunno, but it's certainly addicting. Another is bicyling, I often put hundreds of miles on the bike every year. Haven't been out yet, but the weather's getting better every week so ... soon my babies, soon. My babies (pics cribbed off the Internet as that camera aversion extends to TAKING pictures): For streets and paved trails, my road bike, a Schwinn Le Tour: For off-road and limestone/gravel

That color ... sure is noticeable. Actually, I really like it, reminds me of some Chrysler and American Motors muscle car colors from the 70's.

Yeah, I didn't mention it but if I WERE to go big enough to not lose picture height, I'd have to completely rejigger my shelves. Fortunately the shelving unit is totally adjustable and I COULD do it, but there's no freakin' way I could afford that size TV!

I am SO jealous! It's REALLY time to replace my 15 year-old or so projection TV, though with the help of an Internet TV forum I retweaked it to the point where the picture's better-than-new. Still, it's standard-def ... Which brings up: To get the same picture height with standard-def programming, of which there is still a lot, I would have to get a 56 inch screen. Yike$!

That fixes just about ANYTHING!

... I saw that one comin' ...

Regarding "fresh sweet corn," I grew up in Chicago and we were at a friend's house having a bbq. They had their brother down from (what was then) a rural area. We're eatin' and havin' fun, and he takes me aside (we'd become fast friends) and said, "Man, this corn on the cob is just AWFUL, it's WORSE than feed corn, but everybody's eatin' it up like it's great." Uh, yeah, it's, umm, awful. Uh-hem. AWK-ward. As a kid I had spent my Summers on a farm so I knew the difference, but I guess I'd forgotten.