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Belated Happy Birthday!

I'm not familiar with the Gunk brake cleaners (there are six different ones here), but most brake cleaners damage paint and other finishes and specifically warn about that on the cans.

@Mike - Your Paella looks great and I'd wager that it tasted better than it looked. @Nate - Great combo.

No. Claying is a method to remove very small particles clinging to the finish. To remove paint, etc., try polish or polishing compound, in that order.

Happy Birthday, Jack!

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Get well soon, Tyll. There are still plenty of trails to ride.

Happy Birthday, Matt. We all miss you.

Condolences, Todd. Fuck cancer.

Happy Birthday, Ian! Glad that it's been awesome.

Get well soon.

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Happy Birthday, Todd. :prettyprincess: What Steve says! Have a great day.

I bought a new laptop a couple of weeks ago. We are not impressed by Windows 8 (at least not favorably). So I'll be upgrading it to Windows 10 right away.

Go get 'em, Jacob. Wishing for the stars to align for you.

Feliz cumpleaños, Antonio! :prettyprincess: Glad you've had such a great day. You're very deserving.

So sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose a little loved one. RIP Buggy. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk

Here you go: mumble mumble mumble mil-spec mumble mumble

Good luck, Jacob. Knock 'em dead.

Well, I bought the Asus. I'm charging the battery now. The "manuals" are very basic. The "Quick Start Guide" is a single 6" x 8" sheet of paper folded in half. The first page is just the title. There are three instructions (in 5 languages each), one on each of the remaining pages. The Instructions are: 1. Change your Notebook PC. (for 3hours before first use) 2. Lift to open the display panel. 3. Press the Start button. There is a small diagram for each instruction. Hopefully, there will be a canned script to set things up on first power up. I'll also look for more detailed manuals on line. The only other "manual" was about warranty information. My current dying PC has a dual core I5-2410M @ 2.3 GHz. So I doubt that I'll notice any real change in performance.

Stupidly, I don't have Restore disks. Is there a reason this Asus wouldn't work just fine for me?

I think that Dan has definitely described my situation. I'm not a gamer and only need 8M memory because I leave too man tabs open in my browsers. So if anything, I'll tend to try to hit the low end of my budget. Anyway, I just got back from an appointment to find my computer dead. It reboot but it's probably closer to the end than I thought. So I'll visit Staples, Costco, Best Buy and maybe Office Max and purchase the best deal I can find. Thanks again for all the input.

My 4 year old HP Pavilion DM4 is starting to die. It's had too many bluescreens recently and the OS can't detect the DVD player (the BIOS does). So it's probably time for a replacement. Could you please suggest laptops, matching the following criteria, that you would recommend. Important: $500 to $750 tops 8M memory Either has SSD or can add one 1T disk Not important: Screen size (I mostly use a monitor) Weight (I don't travel much with it) Battery life (I mostly plug in) Thanks in advance for all your input.

First free summer concert of the season at Stow House in Goleta. Mezcal Martini, a Salsa and Latin Jazz band. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk

Congrats, Vicki! I'm sure that Ivan will enjoy having another minion.