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I have a Simplicity Coronet 30 inch cut riding mower I bought in 2004. It's been running fine until today. I think the hydrostatic transmission is dying. It didn't seem to have normal power and was making some awful noises. So, I go looking online for what new mowers are available at local...

Used in an ad for a local marketplace, this portion appears to have been snipped from some track. I'd like to hear the whole song!

Anyone else watching this? It's a Lifetime mini-series with Christina Ricci as the titular character and Clea Duvall as her sister. It's somewhat of a guilty pleasure as it's historically inaccurate as Hell and over the top with violence. Lizzie is portrayed as a serial killer who seems to get...

I couldn't find a Season 2 Topic so I made one, although it's a day late and a dollar short- the season ended this week. I just watched the season finale today and it was action packed. We see how Silver lost his leg. Season 2 had more pirate ship action and we learned a lot about Captain...

I'm surprised to see no thread for this yet. I watched Seasons 1 & 2, lost interest and never did watch S3,. Caught the S4 opener the other day and it looks like I'll be making an effort to watch this time. Maybe it's the giggly Queen (she is hot!), but it looks like there will be a lot of...

Movie producer who produced most of the Ray Harryhausen films died Jan 21 in Boca Raton, Fla. See Producer Charles H. Schneer dies - Entertainment News, Obituary, Media - Variety If not for the Schneer/Harryhausen partnership, there might not have been so many of these films.

This problem suddenly appeared after a Windows update. For years my desktop has been pretty stable, but after the latest Windows update the icons on my desktop randomly rearranged themselves each time I startup. This is very annoying, even though I have a utility that gives a "Restore Desktop...

I want to see what you think about this situation, although it's not my problem directly, I'm being dragged in to help. Names are changed, although anyone knowng these folks would figure it out. This is how I understand it, although I'm sure I don't have all the facts. I have a second cousin...

My Dahlquist PDQ1500 was making a slight humming sound the other day (when turned off). I unplugged it before leaving for work and forgot about it for a couple days. When I plugged it back in, it started making lots of noise, with no signal applied. I unplugged it and managed to plug it in...

I guess these are relatively new, but I saw them on sale at Best Buy and decided to pick up a 500 GB Seagate Free Agent unit. It works via USB or eSATA, and I assumed that there was a PCI eSATA interface card to install in the PC-WRONG. The older Seagate models included such a card. The drive...

I was reminded of my quest for the "perfect" garden hose when I was in the hardware store the other day. Years ago, I had a half-inch 50 ft hose that I used for washing the car. It was flexible and not too heavy to maneuver. I think it was made from a nylon material. It eventually wore out...

Just saw this on the "Monster Kid" Forum: Darren McGavin died today at approximately 7:10 A.M. Pacific time. Sad to hear this, probably remember him best as Carl Kolchak, The Night Stalker.

The cable company periodically tests the "Emergency Alert System". When they do, the screen goes blue and a test notice is displayed for several seconds, accompanied by a weird buzzing sound. Trouble is, this happens when I am recording some show or movie late at night. It happened last...

Hard to believe nobody's mentioned it yet- Got it a few days ago, haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it's great. Fantastic that these guys got back together after 37 years. Their performance has evolved, not so much the fierce competition apparent on the live albums. Clapton plays like...

How many of the guys here bother to use the coupons in the newspaper and flyers in the mail? Yesterday I witnessed a guy (about 30 YO) in the checkout line with a number of coupons- I think this was the first time I saw a man using coupons. This got me thinking, because I'm too lazy to use the...

I recorded the US Festival back in the 80's when they showed it on Showtime. That was back before I got Showtime in Stereo, not even sure if I had a Stereo VCR at that point. Anyway, has there been or is there any plan to release this on DVD? I suppose the music rights problem would keep this...

Who was the musical guest? I couldn't really understand what they said when they were announced- something about "mouse"? The only thing I really thought was funny was the pet parrot skit, just absurd.

I didn't think much of it, but they ask for your phone number when you checkout. Doesn't matter if you pay by credit card or use cash. I had toyed with the idea of giving them a different number each time I made a purchase there. Last time I shopped there, it annoyed me....so I guess...

I thought I'd ask because my next assignment (as an outsourced engineer) is going to be almost 50 miles each way. I currently drive about 21 miles each way-not too bad- and I really dread the additional miles down I91 and I84 in Connecticut to get to the other facility where they have work for...

It's that time of year again. I have a riding mower (8hp Bolens) with an electric starter that needs a battery. My previous mower also had electric start with a battery. This weekend I brought the battery up from the basement, put it back in the mower and connected it to a charger. Well, the...

I was talking about this with someone the other day and thought it would be interesting to see if others share my "affliction". Ever since I was very young, I always had to have ketchup on all types of meat and eggs. That might not be too unusual, but they say a good steak should be tasty on...

I took a trip to the local Best Buy this morning and noticed a stack of Polaroid DVR-1000 (going from memory) DVD players in front of the DVD section, priced at $49.95. It's not that I need one- I have a Sony and an Apex, but the box for the Polaroid states that it plays mp3s and displays jpeg...