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  1. SilvrT
    There are other brands of this "plastex" .... baiscally if you get a 2 part epoxy designed specifically for plastic and even more specifically for ABS plastic. As long as you buy the right product, the brand shouldn't matter. I got mine from a local auto parts store...it wasn't Plastex but as far as I'm concerned, it works just as well. Can't recall what the brand was at this time tho.
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    the pics are linked to your email it looks like... https://mail.vah.com/exchange/jkryca/Notes/FW:%20Do%20you%20see%20the%20motorcycle_x003F_.EML/1_multipart/ATT00010.jpg?Security=3 you need to save them to your HD and them attach them to the msg.
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    ahem!!!.... back to the original topic for a minute... I got the new seal on and was able to slip the driveshaft back into the U-joint splines with about 3 tries even tho the splined end of the U-joint was laying over to the bottom side a bit.
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    just remembered... used to use Lemon Pledge in my vehicles long before I had scoots with windshields and long before they came out with such "crap" as Armor All. Well, it's good for some things so I guess it ain't "crap"...
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    Appears you're a wee bit behind us out here on the west coast of BC, Canada.... our trees are popping out already and the robin's have been chirping for 3 weeks! As for flowers...they're around almost all year long and the Canada Geese are everywhere.
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    awrite....I think this thread is going "south"! :rotf: :rotf:
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    no problemo ... it's all good info
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    Simon has no "couth"... but he's generally "bang on" with his judging IMHO. I think he's just a bit too "english" for most of us to really "get" him. He'd do well to change up his wardrobe tho
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    I haven't done a lot with wireless... couple setups is all. As for product, I've been pretty happy with both Linksys and D-link. For the most part, I've used D-link products for quite a while....never had any issues with them. just my 2cents
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    I too am an American Idol junkie and when it's done for the season, I become a Canadian Idol junkie. Generally tho, I don't get too "into it" until they're down to 16. Sometimes I watch the first few just to get a good laugh at some of the weirdo's.
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    Dang... the feedback and technical info here is awesome! Some good info to include in a "How To" book.
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    Thanks for this feedback and I have been following that article to some degree...possibly missed some of the info in it.
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    The seal looks quite worn so since it's out, might as well replace it... what can it hurt? Also, since I have now totally screwed it up removing it from the shaft, I HAVE TO! LOL
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    Well, I pulled the drive shaft out of the diff...the splines are lubed by the oil in the diff and now I gotta replace the oil seal.
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    I tested Ubuntu, Red Hat, and OpenSUSE. The latter being my personal preference. Ubuntu desktop is really disigned for the "average" user who wants a "simple" desktop. I found OpenSUSE very easy to install and configure (similar to Ubuntu) while at the same time, it has way more "advanced" GUI's. Red Hat is ok but ya need 5 CD's whereas the other 2 only need one. All those I tested on my test machine at work. It's a lot faster than my home PC. I only tested Ubuntu on the home PC... found it to be considerably slower than WinXP and surfing the net was terribly slow in comparison (maybe that was a FireFox issue... ). Downloading OpenSUSE now...will update when it's installed. (now why didn't I bring my CD's home from work? LOL)
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    Being in the computer business for the past 20 years, I've probably experimented with most everything...including vmware...the first time about 8 or 9 years ago. VMware is good but in order to utilize it effectively, you need lots of RAM and lots of hard drive space IMHO. I'd thought of that and it's not entirely out of the question .... we're still looking at all the options but a new server is very cheap these days...especially one configured solely as a domain controller running active directory. This unit has a RAID controller, and 2 SCSI hard drives. Insofar as our current operation and requirements, my preference is separate servers...one as the domain controller, the other as the "disaster recovery" server. Our business is "mission critical" meaning that if anything goes down on our systems, we can't operate so for us, the more things set up to protect us from a crash, the better. Interestingly enuf, no matter how much you plan for disasters, you never really know for sure how things will go unless a disaster occurs and when it does, it's usually one you haven't fully prepared for LOL. We have a custom-designed database app that is used to run the business... it's designed so that if the server side of the data store is unavailable, it will operate using a client side store. Well, a few weeks ago, the entire network just FROZE. It took me 20 minutes to recover and get everyone operational. For us, that is WAY too long so, in less than a day I made necessary changes....never expecting to have to revert to them but 2 days later, same thing happened.... in 2 minutes I had eveyone operating again. In the meantime I've pinpointed what caused the freeze and rectified that. Those 2 occasions were associated and rare. Fun and games!
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    you know... I've had this computer longer than any other (and I've had many). It still amazes me how well it performs. It's about 7 yrs old ( +/- ) .. it's an over-clocked AMD 1.8Ghz... fast video card, 1Gb RAM... 200Gig hard drive... not once has it failed me. No, no need to update it yet. Next year...maybe.
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    ya don't wanna do that... ya'd break yer foot! (by behind is all bone)
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    Not yet... been too busy with other things... probably tomorrow I will pull it apart. Got some other stuff to do on the scoot yet and at the same time, I'm doing some bodywork on the hood of our Aveo. I don't do much of this stuff during the week... too bagged out by the time I get home from work, chill out, eat supper, watch my fav TV shows, etc... time for bed. I'll post an update with pics once I get into it again... got at least a month before riding season so not in any hurry.
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    I can't answer that question but frankly, I've never found pledge to be the culprit that attracts bees... it's generally the dead bees and other "road kill" objects on the bike that attracts the bees.... Once cleaned off (with pledge), no more bees.
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    No, I didn't buy a 2nd gen... I installed Ubuntu Linux and here I am! I set this up on my home PC while retaining my original Windows XP OS... now have a dual boot loader. Decided to move to Linux at home as I'm installing it onto one of my servers at work, replacing Windows 2003 Enterprise. Of the 5 servers we have, the Linux server will play a small role, acting as a "disaster recovery" storage box for all the data as well as the other server's images which are updated on a weekly basis. The decision to move to Linux was mostly monetary as we're replacing our first domain controller and didn't want to purchase another copy of Windows 2003 server. We can use the copy from the converted Linux box. I've been experimenting with Linux for several years; however, this is the first time I've used it in a real world situation. Gotta say...it's GREAT!
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    That may be true but I can say that after 5 years of using it on my last scoot, the windshield looked as good as it did the day I bought it new.
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    http://www.u-pol.com/countries/en/navigate.htm Clear #1- UV Resistant Clear Coat http://www.u-pol.com/countries/en/images/misc/untitled.jpg FEATURES High performance 1K clear coat that gives 2K performance with the convenience of an aerosol.BENEFITS Crystal clear. Excellent build. Compatible with water-based base coats. Excellent gloss and image depth. Ideal for spot repairs. Gives a durable, UV resistant finish.
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    Not sure if anyone responded to this as I didn't read past this post before responding...... Now, I wouldn't mind giving "Pam" a try on my next ride either.... :eek:
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    Ha!.. the page doesn't mention a lot of keyboard shortcuts... guess they figgured they shouldn't OVERLOAD a person.... Another keyboard shortcut many are not aware of... whenever you see a button or a menu item that has one letter of it's word underlined, you can (or should be able to) press Alt + that underlined letter to activate that object. If it opens up a menu and the choices within the menu have underlined letters, just press that letter and it activates that menu item.
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