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  1. chet

    "convertible" netbooks

    after doing some reading the Kohjinsha unit looks pretty cool. Do you know of anywhere in North America that sells them?
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    Exhaust heat for a water heater?

    have you thought about just wrapping some soft copper around the exhaust close to the manifold say 5 or 6 wraps and then insulating over it with header wrap? you can leave the ends long to get away from the ehaust and then test out what kind of heat you get from it. seems like it would be quite...
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    "convertible" netbooks

    wow thanks Chip! The 10" screen appeals to me. I have been looking at an Ipod Touch but I think a small netbook will be better suited to what I will be doing. (on site QC reports and engineering stuff) would be nice to run an application to read Autocad DWG which so far a touch does not have...
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    "convertible" netbooks

    OK I like the concept of this netbook (rugged, flip screen touch screen etc.) but MDG does not have best rep. here in Canada and it seems a little pricy ($699 CDN) http://www.mdg.ca/flip/ Is there any other netbooks out there that do the same thing?
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    Cooking with tin foil

    A big Idaho would be 30-45 minutes usually. Unless its buried in the coals then it should be faster. We do fresh salmon on the beach in tin foil. clean and cut the head off and slice some lemons, S&P and some ranch dressing inside and lay some lemons on the outisde as well. double wrap in foil...
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    Flexible step??

    what we used on our off road gravel trucks was chain and welded the middle 5 or 6 links together to make the bottom step. then the sides could still flex and swing if the hit something. The seemed to work well and hardly ever got tore off
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    Press Release: Four Wheel Campers Announces New Marketing Director

    right on! good choice his trucks been in their ads long enough already!
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    INTERCO tires for long distance travel.

    I run the 33x10.50 TSL radials on my samurai. I agree with above. although once my rig is finished it will see a fair amount of local street driving. I was looking for a good tire in the deep snow, muddy trails and rocks we have around here. BFG Mt's are not that great around here as when it...
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    Tiger Class "C" Extreme Motorhome

    nice rig. does it keep the seat in the extra cab?
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    If they brought the Jimny over to the states, would you pick one up?

    Maybe I would have to see how I fit first. They have been around for a long time in Europe and Japan so they have been proven capable and well made.
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    itouch with GPS?

    I am looking at getting an itouch (or whatever its official name is!) I stumbled across this. http://www.orangegadgets.com/ the igps360 looks like a cool little unit. does anyone have topo programs that may work with it? Giai I guess may?
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    Iphone topo maps apps

    I am planning on purchasing an itouch so I have been looking at GPs and found this! http://www.orangegadgets.com/ they carry a GPS that plugs into the port on the touch/iphone! You can charge your device through it as well. cool little gadget for $80
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    Garmin 276C discontinued

    its been upgraded to the 376 for a while now. actually it loks like the 376 is discontinued so its on the the 476!
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    My new to me 97 f350 crew cab

    nice truck! Where on the island are you? Having owned a few ford trucks that vintage the first time you lay under the back in the mud and dirt to try a free a rusted spare tire mount you will realize why its on the front! treat that e4od to a fluid flush as well.
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    Samurai as a expo truck

    I have had YJ springs on two samurais now. one short and one long. The short one started spring under then I did a spring over and kept the YJ's All configurations flexed VERY well and rode amazing! Shocks are the major factor. Ranchos plain suck on a samurai. Doetsch techs apparently work well...
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    age without training wheels

    my 3.5YO boy has a Norco run bike. No training wheels and no pedals, no brakes! He can glide prety far now and takes hills faster than he should. I did find that we put him on a buddies bike with training wheels and he didn't know how to pedal! So he now has a cheap(free) trike that he has...
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    Cash For Clunkers Destroyed 2 NAS D110s!

    yes but what kind of a deal on the new car did he get? If he went in on a regular time with a $1500 trade in he probably could have got $3000 knocked off the price anyways. The cfc deal was to push lazy people that didn't want to deal with selling a car privately into the lots.
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    Samurai as a expo truck

    I like your idea! Although you may want to spend a little more to make a comfortable rig. Fisrt rebuild the tcase and tranny. they are very simple to do and rebuild kits are cheap. Never worry about a siezed bearing is priceless and don't use the trailgear kit as they use no name bearings! Get a...
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    So in talking to my wife and mother-in-law

    I think your shorting yourself a little thinking 5 people can live and sleep in a westy. I would look for a used fullsize travel van and convert it to 4wd or buy a SMB type van. OR you can get add a rooms for westys that add alot of livable space and are fully enclosed to stop sidways rain...
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    VW Golf "County"??? (and other oddballs)

    there was a golf country for sale on the island here a few years ago that I looked at and test drove. Cool rig but had too many problems for me at the time. I thought it would be a cool rig to swap a hopped up diesel into.
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