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I don't post vanities much, and I hope the AM would at least leave this out in the open for a least a day, so as to try and get some good Freeper feedback. I know many here are SUV/off road/Pickup truck enthusiast/experts. I am looking for feed back from those on this site from those that own/owned or are looking to purchase an SUV or a truck, like myself. My use will be regular on road use and occasional off road. I am looking for *best years* vehicle, a used P/U or SUV. V-6 or V-8 with smaller displacement....

60 gigabytes. Never had problems with it. Yesterday Windows XP froze a few times. Then the computer refused to boot up again. Boot sector wiped out? I can deal with that! I then installed this drive as a slave and it wasn't recognized... was invisible. With Partition Magic this hard drive shows up as 60 gig of (exact words) unallocated space. It had 3 partitions which are now all gone. I used the Western Digital Utilities and the hard drive checks out as being in good shape. No errors. I was using Norton Anti Virus. Using a firewall on a...

After I mentioned how much I would enjoy a weekly thread for moms, I heard back from many of you expressing interest in the idea. Well, let's give it a go! Here is the initial problem:If such a thread were left entirely to my care, it would be posted three or four times a year, not weekly. I am woefully undisciplined when it comes to this kind of management.Possible solution #1: We have a round-table style of posting with different mothers volunteering to post the upcoming week's thread.Possible solution #2: Supermom steps up to the plate and offers to take...

Duchess says hedgehog cull is senseless as second phase beginsBy Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent(Filed: 03/04/2004) The Duchess of Hamilton, the wife of Scotland's premier peer, yesterday condemned as "senseless" the plan to carry out a cull of hedgehogs in order to save birds.She accused the environment agency behind the scientific cull of failing to listen to expert advice and said experience had shown that the animals could be successfully relocated.   The duchess with Hamish the Hedgehog Scottish Natural Heritage began a cull of hedgehogs in the Outer Hebrides last year because of the drastic effect they were having...

My 8 year old is doing his book report tomorrow on a biography of George W Bush. He is going to dress up in a suit and tie and play the part of Bush. There were funny moments while reading with him like the time that he asked me why George Bush was President if he had a "run-in with the law" (it was a silly fraternity prank and very funny at that). At the end of his presentation will be a time for Q&A. One of the questions that is almost always asked is "If you could change anything...

Imaginary characters - Republican or Democrat? James T. Kirk, Jean Luc Picard, Spock, Batman, Superman, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Mad Max, Wolverine, Lone Ranger, Frodo, Homer Simpson, Floyd R. Turbo (Johnny Carson)

And now, I’d like to share a parable with you.A young man jumps out of his bed one morning. Glancing at his alarm clock, he leaps to his feet. Did he sleep through the alarm? Did he fail to set it the previous night? Didn’t matter. It’s 7:50 A.M. and he has to be at work at 8:30. He has at least a 45-minute commute to get to work. Luckily, he had his attire prepared the night before. He turned on the water in his shower and figured he would have enough time to boil some water for coffee to...

The problems of depression and despair.