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This probably won't be a good manswer I bought one of these back in '07 for $120 or so http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8284055 The reviews on the site are terrible, but I've used mine weekly for three summers now and it still starts in one pull after it's primed 3x. I only go through about a gallon and a half of gas per year too and my lawn isn't that small. I can tell you I've never had an issue with it at all. Probably the cheapest mower with the best motor you'll find. But walking in to walmart to plop $120 on a mower isn't very manly. I can tell you that when I get tired of it after 5 years or it stops working like it once did, it'll be a lot easier to justify replacing. One thing to consider, and this is why I didn't go with a bag.. I live in wolf spider heaven. When I take my dog out in the mornings you can see the dew on their webs all over the lawn. Probably no more than two feet apart. I hate leaving grass lay around, so it's a reason to always rake. I don't know if it does any good but I see far fewer webs this way and it makes me feel better. The weedeater brand weed whackers are terrible though. That thing is a pain in the but to start.

The 3G cards are pretty cool if you have coverage Plus if you get a PCMCIA (PC Card) instead of USB you can pick up a router like this. There are some out there for ~$100.00ish too, I think kyocera makes one. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2549209&CatId=373 250GB averages out to 8GB per day of bandwidth. There's no possible way an average user is even coming close to that kind of bandwidth. A high quality Divx or Xvid encoded movie are typically only 700mb. Streaming video may be more or less as most content providers probably give you the option to match your bandwidth. Assuming a higher compression and slightly lower quality than your standard encoded video, you could probably watch streaming video every hour of the day and not hit your 250GB limit. Even at good quality, we're talking 8 movies a day. I have no idea what kind of connection speeds are offered via 3G networks though. I've heard some numbers, but unless you're in a heavily covered area I doubt they get anywhere close to what I've heard. Here's the lousy thing. I personally use around 150GB / month, shortly time warner will cap me at 40GB / month and charge me overage. 40GB is cause for concern if you stream video, but 250GB is pretty hard to hit.

I actually had this fixed last week at a cost of $1100.00. From what I understand this was fixed in roughly 03 and was more of an issue with dex-cool. Dex-cool basically ate away the gasket. In my situation, I had oil leaking into my coolant turning it in to a big, quagulated mess. My car never once died though. There was a huge class action that just closed a couple of months back.. I missed out on it of course.

20-40% has to be pretty nice. After costs, that still has to be a pretty tidy profit considering it's pretty easy repeat business. All it takes for a grocery store to get my business is maintaining clean carts and hand baskets. I'm at approximately 10-12% as an IT channel sales rep.. for serious accounts it's about 3% though. What I find severely offensive in my industry is that I have to pay to maintain certifications and continually obtain certifications to open new opportunities for both myself and my customer. I had one specific customer that was on vacation and needed some printheads ASAP for some weird label printers and he had called in and asked me to find them for him. - I called the company and got the models on the printers - I called the manufacturer and found out there were two versions of the printhead.. one 600 ohms one 700 ohms - I set my company up as a direct vendor for the printer company (we had to get authorization through Ingram Micro) - I called the company again and walked them through finding the part #'s of the ink they were currently using - I sent over a quote to the company and waited on a PO (I had them on Net Terms) All of this took about two hours of my time, time where I didn't get a single sale from another customer. I followed up on the PO two hours later knowing that they needed these printheads ASAP. My customer told his office to google the manufacturing part numbers I had given them and to order them. The google price ended up being around $5400. My price was $5500. I could have matched, or even beat the price.. not that I would have. But I was never even given the opportunity after all of my work. I ended up thanking that customer for all of his previous business and stated that I simply couldn't continue doing business with his company if he didn't value my time. I ended up passing that account on to a newbie. I don't mind being priced out when I'm not doing any work, but when I'm doing all the work it's extremely offensive. Anyways, I tend to be a pretty decent tipper. I don't care for the math thing. I tip $5 for my girlfriend and myself as long as they routinely refill my drink. If we're somewhere nice I'll tip $7-15. If it's breakfast, it's $3.00. Pizza guy always gets $3 (I've been told it's above average anyways), carry out always gets $2. If all I have is a $5.00 bill though, that's what they'll get. I think the haircut place actually fights over me, I'm in there about 15 times a year, am done within 15 minutes, Ialways get the same haircut and always tip them $5. I'm not rich by any means, but I remember back when I had to slave away to make a living. I figure if I can make someones day a little better there's no harm. I know I'm not any worse for the wear.

I have the displeasure of having gone the UoP online route. I regret it all the time. If I were to list a couple of pros and cons: Pros - It's easy - You can do it in your own time - It is a degree Cons - It's for profit, and they treat you like it. - You'll never be able to tell anyone where you had obtained your degree with a straight face. Even if you could it's still UoP online. - Absolutely no hands on experience In my business, I probably would have better off opting for industry certifications as opposed to even bothering with UoP. Really, with all sorts of major Universities offering online degrees it's probably foolish to travel the same road I have. If I were an employer I'd probably be more impressed by the words "University of Wisconsin" on a resume. Online learning is probably the future, but I'd only fall back on UoP as a last resort to finish a degree.

One thing my company is having me do is create a fairly basic training intranet site. It consists mostly of text with a mysql front end (PHP) for scored company training. All of it so far is based on OSHA, employee theft, breaks and general safety/common sense. They have to re-quiz on each section until they score 100%. Considering that hosts such as godaddy offer hosting plans with php and mysql, the hardest part is figuring out the PHP. I'm going my own route with ubuntu server though so I'm not sure what limitations someone would have with mysql from a webhost. A much easier method could designing some HTML reading documents and then using javascript and radio buttons to "quiz" your new employee after each section, I'm fairly certain a quick search for "javascript quiz script" would return dozens of javascripts you could modify.

Whoops, I did cross the two up for some reason. At least I got the address right.

I used to work for Nasco in Jefferson (Huge school stuff supplier) and I'm 80% certain I had either seen it in a catalog or in their main outlet store. They're located on 901 Janesville Avenue in Jefferson and the website is www.enasco.com. I'd definitely call ahead though to make sure. Another location, and probably a better option is a Hobby Lobby. Everytime I have to go to a hobby lobby with my girlfriend the astronaut food is about the only thing I have to look forward to. I BELIEVE that they only carry the ice cream though. www.hobbylobby.com/site3/...hlstate=WI

I had forgotten to add the most awesome part. I will be a GLAZIER. But I'm working (and I told the interviewee) at an IT degree? Who knows. He still hired me despite that, even citing that it took a year and a half to catch up. Hopefully it leads to something bigger. Even then, I may prefer this job to an IT job. I've heard the more experienced guys hit $30+ an hour.

Ok. Ok, Ok. I don't know whether this bleongs here. ANd I dont care. I am celebrating with my girlfriend. I had just gotten a job at Hemms Glass based in Piqua (near Dayton) Ohio. I am pretty drunk righgt now slamming down rum and cokes and other things. id unno. I'm pretty happy. I guess I might be working 60 hours weeks abut I dont care. It's an awesoem skilled labor position, and I don't have to pay a dime for benefits. Just sharing that. I guess I am just a strapping wisconsin boy that can lift large amounts of glass. I dunno.

We need less complaining and more mojo

I guess on a positive note.. Benny is at a 3.00 ERA

Wow!!! We have a chance!!!!!!! Go go Geoff go!

Reyes just hit 70 pitches. In what, 22 batters faced?

Yes!!!! No durrington ABs for this game. Excellent.

I don't think they'll hit Billy, because they don't want to risk Pujols taking one of those mean Doug Davis heaters. Maybe there is a use for JDLR?

Come on Favre!! It's fourth and 10, and you're down by six with :02 left in the ball game. You need to move the ball 85 yards to score..

Go go top of the order go!

The whole Prince DH this week thing.. Is it that he was brought up to actually help us win games.. Or that he was brought up to showcase to AL teams?

Moeller, I salute you. It would have been safer to take all the pitches, but a pop out is just as good. Thank you for not giving up a DP.

Wow, what an excellent at bat by Helms. A true battler he is. Battlerific. Battle battle battle battle battle.

I feel so bad for Santana.

His defense, well that's another matter completely. So by that logic, Spivey should be in AA? I'd much rather see a rookie that might actually be able to hit at the MLB level blowing plays, than a veteran that can't.

Hooray! I can predict the next two at bats with my all seeing eye.. Clark walks. Spivey Ks.

Is the Hall injury serious? I don't have control of the TV, unfortunately. We need a Y2Kesque clock for the countdown.. We need to remind Melvin of the very second he's able to call up Weeks.