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Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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I dont know. Its just something that popped into my head. What the hell.
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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LOL! Yah, we need to get rid of Eric's goat ear. I'll change your avatar back if it's still saved in your profile. Gonna take a look at it now.
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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its no big...ill figure somehting new to put in there, some thing with nappy hair....
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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Your former avatar isn't saved, so I couldn't bring it back. Yah, get rid of that ear ... it's ... well, it's just not attractive. LOL!
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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lol... I am amused now. Dance toy Eric, dance!!
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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haha....i just finished a big project plane, when i get home today i got to take some pics of it for this guy thats helpin me tune the engine, so ill probably get one with me standin next to it (as it towers me even though in 5'10") and put that up here. or something. i cant wait till i get money agian and build an even bigger one (10ft wingspan is next ) this one is only 7 ft wingspan with a twin piston 70CC motor.....next one will be 100CC
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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My brother in law is all into that stuff. He took me to this place where they all fly em and was introducing me to everyone. They were all like vets of different wars and amazed with my stories, lol. I dont have the patience to deal with small intricate planes and such.
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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they are amazing, and what they can do is even more amazing.
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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He spends about the same on that as I do on the Z, lol. And we both do all our own work so thats just parts. (I am re doing the suede trim right now. Will post pics when done)
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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haha, its a damn expensive hobby, my plane i just finished cost me what some people on here mightve spent for there Z 1500-2000 dollars, and they get much more pricier....the R/C tru turbine motors are 3000 dollars for the turbine engine alone, then another 1000 for the plane and another 1000 for electronics and supporting accessories...i made the jump into giant scale, and as expensive as it is, my first flight yesterday made it all worth it, now i just need to get hte motor to run properly int he air....damn aerodynamic principles and mixture settings....DAMN THEM
Old Oct 8, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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I like it just fine down here on the ground, and that goes for my Z and hobbies as well.
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:06 AM
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Well thanks to this *****, and the damn virus, my computer took a lot of work, and time, to get right again. It was going 100 times slower than dial-up speed. (or slower) And I have *** high speed. It said my computer was out of memory, so I went to disk cleanup. There was only 51k used for temp files. WTF? So then I concluded that the virus attacked my memory sticks.Or whatever they are called. So I used system restore, and that took about a half hour. And my computer started acting normal again. Thank god for system restore. I am right now scanning my computer for any more viruses, if they are lurking.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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I still can't get my antivirus program to read my boot records (says there's no C drive - lol), so the virus is probably still on my puter. Is it doing that to you also, Wildman?
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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nothing goes to weather(windward) like a 747
boeing 747 is being outdated...most anything with more than 3 engines is outdated tech, they have all those engines because they tried to get ahead of their time and create a plane larger than any engine platform currently on the market....thats why they came out with the 777 and airbus is kickin some *** now too.....
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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I still can't get my antivirus program to read my boot records (says there's no C drive - lol), so the virus is probably still on my puter. Is it doing that to you also, Wildman?
No it seems to be working fine, since I used system restore. Have you tried that yet? I restored my system to October 1st. Which is before the virus got into my system. I did another scan, and it didn't find anymore viruses. Well I hope you figure it out, and get rid of it. Good luck to you girl.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Z Car Barbie
I still can't get my antivirus program to read my boot records (says there's no C drive - lol), so the virus is probably still on my puter. Is it doing that to you also, Wildman?
was it by anychance your laptop you are attatched to and wanted to "upgrade" lol...if so....i guess that solves that problem...NEW
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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i am always wary of that virus stuff-i do not always click the sites shown when you guys write one in because of that--i will read what you all talk about before i jump into the virus pool--whew--so far, so good. how can virus attacks be prevented in the future?? is there a way to safeguard from having a virus infested link??
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by snwbrderphat540
was it by any chance your laptop you are attached to and wanted to "upgrade" lol...if so....i guess that solves that problem...NEW
Yes! Thank you very much!

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No it seems to be working fine, since I used system restore. Have you tried that yet? I restored my system to October 1st.
Thanks! I tried that right after you mentioned it, and it messed my puter up even worse for some reason. That was a first!

I restored it to Oct. 1 and it removed my antivirus program (I deleted McAfee and installed Norton a few days ago). So, I reinstalled Norton, reboot my puter, and it wouldn't update or scan - said Norton files were missing and to reinstall it again. Ugh!

So, I decided to just undo the system restore, then tried to defrag - wouldn't work - disk errors. Did a scandisk, which found and repaired the file errors. Tried the defrag again, and it finally worked. My puter runs a lil better now, but it's still not up to par - will get me by though until I upgrade it.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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barbie--last fall my laptop did that same soundingthing--my neighbor is a programmer--he ended up fixing it for me--it stilll took forever to finally get right! hope yours doesn't take as long as mine did!
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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barbie....its a sign to just let it go......let it go....
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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barbie--last fall my laptop did that same soundingthing--my neighbor is a programmer--he ended up fixing it for me--it stilll took forever to finally get right! hope yours doesn't take as long as mine did!
Thanks! I was already planning on upgrading, so that will hopefully give me a much better puter when I get everything ordered and installed.

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barbie....its a sign to just let it go......let it go....
Upgrade Old Laptop
$49.99 - Hard Drive (40 GB)
$23.99 - RAM (256 MG total)
$45.59 - CD/DVD RW
$00.00 - Labor (doing it myself)
$119.57

New Laptop
$549.99 (with equivalent specs. + DVD player)

Hmmm, keeping my dinosaur sure looks sweet to me.
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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update my ***...you may reach the same memory but capabilities and speed wont match...ever....
just let it die in peace.....please.......
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Our puter gurus told me how I can overcome those issues. So, I'm gonna upgrade Dino.



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