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Dicovery's (OV-103) last flight, 4/17/2012 7:09 AM over the beach at Cape Canaveral on its way north to the Smithsonian to become an exhibit.

The BX80 manual has the same values. I have been using four 16x16x4 in. concrete blocks from Lowes that weigh about 67 lbs. each on a small hitch cargo carrier with some ratchet straps to secure the blocks. Also my tires are filled with water. Obviously, I did not go this way because I am...

As long as you keep to hugs only, otherwise.... it gets weird.

It's all forked up!

This is why this is so scary to me. The branch on the first picture was barely 6 feet over the ground on the far end, bowed down, and maybe 12 - 15 feet high by the trunk and about 4 inches thick . So I was going to cut the branch off with my gas pole saw from my 8 foot ladder, my belly was...

I would suggest that as you cut towards the roots, to make your cuts shorter as the trunk gets thicker and heavier. That would reduce the amount of weight lost as you cut to prevent a sudden upward movement of the tree.

That was not my idea. It seems that it is pretty common (local Craigslist and YouTube) to have an ATV winch on a lawn tractor. However I wanted it to be removable and not permanent. It came also handy when cutting down trees but I had to anchor the Husqvarna to the ground in order to pull. I...

The last time I got creative like that was with my old Husqvarna. I was getting stuck all the time and decided to add a removable winch. So, I used two carriage bolts standing proud on the bottom of the winch and they would drop through the round holes on the bracket I made and as I pulled...

The best thing the the first time should be on nice flat concrete. On anything else, it will get tricky. If one side seems higher than the other, get some pieces of 2X4's and a longer piece to use as a lever. On the bucket end, diagonally opposed to the side that will not engage because it is...

Well, I was at Walgreens again yesterday in line to pick another prescription. I was hoping not repeat the same experience from the previous visit. To my relief, the lady in front of me seemed like a regular person. Until I noticed her fingernails. They were highly manicured, at least an...

After the tire sizes, I would check the oil level on the front axle and the universal joints of the front drive shaft for binding.

I don't know if things have changed but in the early eighties my bank offered me a new fangled ATM card. I accepted it but they told me that I needed a new account number and my deposits need to go to my new account. So that was a done deal. So every other week when I got my paycheck, I would...

Also check the battery voltage while cranking. Some internally shorted batteries show over 12 volts when not in use and go to 0 volts when starting. Normal voltage should be no less than 10 volts when cranking.

Yesterday, when I went to Walgreens to get a prescription and I was waiting, there was an older man in his seventies or more in front of me. He was dressed in the typical "beach outfit" shorts, small T-shirt and sneakers. As he was getting ready to pay on the credit card scanner and leaned...

Well my experience is different, I tried occasionally for years with stick welders and it did not work for me. First of all, there are many different types and diameter sizes of rods. There are rods for AC current and DC current. Then you have the rod diameter depending on the amount of...