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June 2nd sounds ok to me as well.

I hope its not biodegradable. Otherwise, when you bury it in the back yard, so the wife can't get at it, it won't last.

This looks identical to plastex but under another name. I rebuilt my bike with plastex after it was written off in 2007 and it is still holding up great. www.plastex.net .

ONIONS ~ MAYONNAISE PLEASE READ TO THE END: IMPORTANT In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy. Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu. Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions: Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story.. but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill.. I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs.. sure enough it happened just like that.. the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.. Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties. This is the other note. Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame. Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu's and is the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time after it has been cut open. LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of mayonnaise.. Mullins is huge, and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend, Jeanne, is the CEO. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. The guy who gave us our tour is named Ed. He's one of the brothers Ed is a chemistry expert and is involved in developing most of the sauce formula. He's even developed sauce formula for McDonald's. Keep in mind that Ed is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially- made Mayo is completely safe. "It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the quaint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick. Ed says that! when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the onions, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES. He explained, onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator. It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!) Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down. Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions. Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning. Please pass this on to all you love and care.

prayers sent for her continueing recovery

PRAYERS sent hope he recovers

Thought of the day - Pittance in Time‏ [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlrrAWCTRg]A Pittance of Time - Terry Kelly - YouTube[/ame]

To prevent static discharge while soldering and even just handling electronic cicuit boards. I always wear an antistatic bracelet. Some boards can be ruined by a static spark, something like what you get when you rub feet along a carpet. I also use a wen gun that has interchangable tips for heavy medium and light duty soldering. the heavy one while solder sheet metal while the light duty is great for circuit boards. I also use a butane one due to its portability.

Heck most times talk confuses me anyway and you don't even need a deck of cards........just ask my wife:think:

Its great to hear that things are still moving in the right direction. I pray that his recovery will con't and be a speedy one.

Me too !!!

It is very unlikely that the chimney is part of the structure, if it is a frame house. Generally if it is a set in chimney, the house is framed with a cavatie built in to brick up the chimney inside of it after the rough framing is done. As well it usually allows for a one to two inch space between the framing and the chimney. However having said this I have seen the occasional one were the chimney was used as part of the structure but almost always in house's were balloon framing instead of platform framing was used. In any case it is always wise to make sure because a lot depends on just who built the house and why they may have done what they did or if they even really knew what they were doing.

No offense taken and Thanks for pointing that out. I have gone back and corrected it. My finger must have hit the t and and the r at the same time. . . . . . Hey thats my excuse and I am sticking to it

Pay Pal sent for Two Bells Don

I have often thought a rear mounted paint ball gun, with auto rapid fire http://www.mapforums.com/images/smilies/weapons/36w.gif might be not a bad idea.http://www.mapforums.com/images/smilies/set1_b/taz.gif

Ok so as you know I shaved my beard for Movember. http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64942 All donations go here for prostate cancer reseach and awareness. http://ca.movember.com/mospace/1890780/ Sooo here is the video proof to show I did actually do it and did not use Carbon 1's picture. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFCruVcd7w]Shaving for Mens Cancer Awarness - YouTube[/ame]

This is true but our wonderful government is slowly eating away at it with cutbacks and less things being covered all the time, putting more burden on our pocket books.

That is great news. Here is to hoping it it continues to get better

3 cougers in one comercial ... hard to believe

Yup I am still riding to work everyday. just a little cool at one am coming home.

I gave this link to my wife HINT HINT. Well she made some and they were great.

NAKED!!! ..try freezing, the first night I worked without it, the shop doors were wide open and I thought my lower jaw was going to freeze off. Then there was the ride home at 1:00 in the morning on the motorcycle BRRRRRR.

As earlier posted as part of the Movember campaign for Mens cancer, I have shaved off my beard and will begin to grow a mustache. If you wish to Donate to this worthy cause please click on this link. http://mobro.co/BenBennink Then click on donate to me, which is under my picture. They except PayPal Ben Bennink

Well the employees got together $1,006.00 to kick off the Movember drive for male cancer awareness. So in front off the entire company staff my 32 year beard came off.

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