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WOW, that is crazy, wonder what happened the first time as that was a hard bounce. Need a full inspection on that plane after that hit.

Usually one does not pull out a desktop HD to transport it but packs and moves the whole desktop computer. If you are wanting to remove the HD to transport it, you need to ensure it is in an Anti-static bag to prevent electrical discharge that can scramble the data in worse case scenario. Depending on size HD can weight from just a couple of OZ to 1lb. Question for you, are you just thinking of putting these HD into a new computer or just taking them over separate from the existing desktop system and installing them back in again? If your just thinking of transporting the desktop I would recommend keeping the drive in the desktop and packing the whole unit securely in a box with packing material for protection. If your wanting the data on the drives, I would recommend buying a proper USB drive, copy all the data off the drives and then you can wipe the drives and donate the computers to Goodwill for a tax write off.

The site clean-ups on C&G have been nice and look cleaner. In the process, it appears they even purged that one warning point I got for some heavy handed arguing with ocnblu back in 2009.

This was on my homepage. This is possibly the weirdest go-around I've seen on video. It was Lufthansa's big bird (latest version) at LAX. (Leave the sound on) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/moment-lufthansa-plane-s-touch-and-go-landing-caught-on-live-stream/vi-AA1nysOo?ocid=socialshare I was on one major go-around about 20 years and, it too, was on an older Lufthansa 747 going from Munich to SFO to connect up to Portland. He was still some 200 feet off the ground when he announced it, the engines started purring strongly, the plane started climbing, and the go around from my window showed San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, then on down south next to Stanford, and then back up over San Francisco Bay to land.

Tech help needed prior to going in to Office Depot or other store to inquire ... or conducting research and spinning my wheels: I have 2 HP Pavilion desktops ... one is circa 2019 and the other is circa 2009, and it still works. They are boxed up. Questions: 1. If I needed to get hard drive carrying cases, how does one go about sizing the one they should buy? 2. I have never seen one before, but I'm assuming the construction of the case is thick and tough enough to protect the hard drive, yes? 3. How much do hard drives in typical household HP Pavilions weigh and are they easy to remove so they can be transported? THANK YOU!

@Drew Dowdell, I bought it last week. My baby tree should be here tomorrow.

https://newparts.com/articles/gm-3-6-v6-problems-and-known-issues/ I thought this was somewhat interesting when reading about the history of the 3.6

So we're all moved into the new server, but part of the process didn't fully work and I need your help to track some things down. The URLs for a number of pictures didn't update to their new locations. Your job, when you spot one of these, is to use the Report Post/Article/Gallery button so I can fix it. If we get a lot of these, I'll think up of some prize for the person with the most reports. It can be missing emojis, missing pictures in threads, or missing pictures in an article. The fix for most of these is super simple, but I need to crowdsource finding them. I'm leaving the 2025 Acura MDX and 2025 Infiniti QX80 articles up as an example to look at. But you can also see it in this screenshot below, where it shows: 2025 Acura MDX Interior infotainment screen and dash Thanks for any help you can offer.

I would look at an Ohio chapter if you want to join. You're probably too late for seed distribution this year, I got mine right around this time last year. My membership is expired as it was paid for through my prior employer, but it is something I'd like to join again.

Where did you get the seeds? From the chestnut preservation folks, or just a wild chestnut tree? A woodworking freind of mine knew of a giant one on private land in Michigan about 30 years ago. I wonder what happened to that tree. I want to try an electric rental. Contacting them., thank you.

Once they get in the ground they will grow very rapidly until the blight gets them. These two seeds are from different, naturally blight resistant trees. They’ll be planted near each other in the hopes that their seeds will also be blight resistant and if I’m still here in 10 years and the blight hasn’t gotten them, I can share the seeds with others. This was once the most populous tree in North America, numbering in the hundreds of millions, and the blight wiped it out in a matter of three decades. Now it is rare to see one more than 10 years old in the wild and the ones that are out there are protected and studied. I believe there’s less than two dozen wild ones in PA now.

Flavor is amazing over bland store bought veggies. Very cool, interesting tree, so slow growing then?

And it has the awful trendy gray/black window trim and garage doors...barf...generic crap. A lot of the new construction around here looks like this, whether condos or McMansions in suburbia.

This is what I also spotted yesterday. For a while, I thought that most of America wasn't moving away from Craftsman style housing fast enough. It lasted for at least 2 decades in areas they don't use the Mediterranean stucco look. Well, America did move on ... to this. I don't know what it's called ... American white farmhouse? There isn't much variety in it at all. And this is mostly what you see anymore. Can't we do better?

The beauty and the beast: ... just seen while running errands

This is all the bigger they are after 11 months. They were started in May. Very distinct leaves.

I love it. No surprise there. Sure, an Oregon plate, because they appreciate their Subarus and Volvos more than American iron. I'm going to say '83 or '84 because we knew someone with an '83 Eldorado in that nice shade of medium to dark metallic blue. That color also stuck around for '84 Cutlass and its GM stablemates. - - - - - @Drew Dowdell Some of those photos are interesting, but there are only a few I'd be excited about. The "problematic" ones have beltlines that are too tall, grilles that are beyond exaggerated (and making the '04 to '08 GP grille look tasteful), bodies that are too long, rear ends that look like rocket fire should be spewing out of them, and even some weird kinks in the simpler volumes. What I notice is that the experimental renditions are more daring and, then, when the car is released, they take some of that edginess off. I'm going to say that I like about 3 or 4 of them - - - - - I saw this yesterday ... I pulled over to get the photo. The care of the lawn carries over into the care for the car. When Riv/Toro had their short period of stubbiness, I'd say I liked the Riv (above) more, save the trestle shifter in the Toro. When they got lengthened in ~1989 (through ~1992), I preferred the Toronado. Yep ... light driftwood metallic, beige (cloth) bucket seats, vaned alloy wheels, and a 3800 V6 that wasn't quite Series II.

Random thought - word of the day: smarm(y) Great word!

Coincidence, telepathy, 6 degrees, or something ... I've got one right now ... a white one.

MECHANICAL PHOTOS It's definitely not a N.A. 4 cylinder engine - the V6 with twin turbos takes up a larger part of the engine bay. There is a very clearly marked compartment for the battery. I didn't open it up to take a look. The symmetrically placed brake fluid compartment needs that much room? One would think they'd also lay out the fuses here. While the oil dipstick is easy to find, the other lids are sort of ominous and point to something cautionary and under pressure - most likely coolant ... this shows you that the engine bay is fairly maxed out.

INTERIOR PHOTOS Sweeping view of the interior - and its sweeps - from the driver's door. I very much like the curved effects on the dashboard and how they make their way onto the front doors. View of the front of the cabin from the passenger door An overall view of most of the dashboard and Infiniti has an agreeable enough emblem While it may hide some other info when this mode is chosen, the old school chronometer - together with the date spelled out, is a nice feature/option This is straight out of a Nissan Altima ... note that, when assigned to me, it had over 57,000 miles. Here you see the remote trunk release but I also prefer a remote fuel filler door release instead of pushing on them All the windows have the automatic up-down feature and it has become a must-have Even though I wasn't a fan of black bits on interiors in other colors (cream, tan, gray, etc.), it works well here, together with the wood applique and chrome, and is handled in a way to may it look sort of "premium." Here is the rear seating area of the cabin with all the headrests pushed down. Its craftsmanship appears to be good. The rear visibility with the headrests pushed down garners a "thumbs up" from me. When you have a sunroof, you realize it's sort of nifty, but that you don't exactly want to use it all the time. I preferred just having the glass sunroof in a closed position with the shade pulled back and open most of the time. This is an overall view of an empty trunk. I came to learn that the large rear wheel well humps created some restrictions. That is a standard piece of luggage at the right and a rollaboard at the left. While they are both stuffed (in height), the width remains the same and I couldn't place them side by side and pushed against the back of the trunk space. That made it harder to put in other luggage or store purchases, the latter of which could go in front of them or at the sides.

EXTERIOR PHOTOS Side view of the Q50 on America's "First Coast" region and Ponce de Leon seems to approve. Actually, the grille is somewhat attractive (not as heavy handed as that of a Lexus). The pearl effect white exterior with very pale cream/tan interior came together well in this vehicle. These cars in this category seem to converge in terms of styling - I see some Nissan Altima and even some Pontiac G8. The greenhouse, with all the headrests pushed down, gets a "thumbs up" from me for visibility.

I see your rental, and raise you mine..

RENTAL!!!!! This will be interesting; since I had a 2016…..

I don't plan on gardening anytime soon. We need to finish other things before I'd have a permanent spot for a garden, but I would like a small garden in the future. We consume enough various peppers, onions, and zucchinis that I think it would be pretty cool to grow them myself.