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Standard Oil has the only crude oil refinery in the Hawaiian Islands that I am aware of. This is a huge advantage, since tankers from Asia can dock, dump their oil, and Standard Oil doesn't even have to pay shipping, or put up with restrictive standards for gasoline production.

I just solved one problem. TMobile has Wifi calling, and data, that don't count against your minutes, provided you have a phone that can do it. That would solve the long phone calls with my girlfriend, before 9 PM, from the house. Now I need a wifi phone. The other choice is a land line...

It's 9 am and it's still 34 degrees. Bloody freezing, with 79% Humidity.

Anyone have any idea how much data is average for checking email, limited browsing functions, etc.?

Back to phones. Looked at Tmobiles options. HTC phones are nice. HTC makes the MyTouch Slider 4G for Tmobile. Through Costco, it's a good price point. It would run 80.00 for the phone, and I would be tied in for the basic 40.00 plus some amount of data 10 dollars at least. So, for 80.00 new...

I didn't pay for the brush, just the razor, at 7 dollars plus shipping. Means I can now use all those injectors I bought for the straight razor. I was really happy to get the brush, since badger hair brushes aren't cheap.

Decided to spring for a back pad, waterproof heater: http://www.evo.com/wetsuits/quiksilver-cypher-ps-heated-vest.aspx So far, so good. Figure it's a good deal for doing soccer, lacrosse, and other outdoor sports that don't care about freezing weather.

Howell: Have you tried the Feathers? If so, how long do they last? I just got the last piece, or somewhat, of my Puzzle. The box says, 1.00 Schick Injector Razor, with 20 blades. It's VERY old. The guy included a shaving brush. The razor does expose a good part of the blade, and, I just cut...

I think I've got you on this one. Let me know what you think. I also wonder if the sample blades might be better then the average blade in a large group. So far, one shave, on 7 am blade, .16 cents. Better then getting cut for .50 cents with a disposable.

Sam: Details on the T420? How did you configure it? Price? Distributor?

Cat woke me up. It's 32 degrees outside, and it's a day off. Only have to drive to Sac tonight for a meeting. Heating system is working. Beast makes an excellent secondary heater, while running F@H. 98 degree air, coming out the top...

Did you get a chance to actually run a game on it? I'm really wondering if it blows up when used under the stress created by long time gaming. The concept of a gaming machine, that will survive long hours of useage, is certainly an interesting concept. Get over the battery life, and see what...

BBB: You are comparing a company with near ultimate customer service, and a money back promise, with MagicJack: a company with no customer service, and no money back, despite what they say. Try it. If it works, I'll buy one, and thank you for being the Guinea Pig. I was the first pig.

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Why is that amp so expensive? For 550 dollars or so couldn't you buy a REAL amp, and just plug the headphones into that?

32 degrees at 6:30 am. NOT usual.

Hmmm. I've already taken the position of banning any EA games I don't already own from my computers. Looks like they just managed to loose a customer for life. No loss for me.

Depriving the tennant of heat is getting pretty far down the get your ass sued, and loose, if you are a landlord.

I'm scared. I love good audio. How would those headphones work on a standard sound card or stereo out? Do I need 600 dollar headphones? Are they going to be that much better then the 350 dollar HD 595's? http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD595-Performance-Premiere-Headphones/dp/B0001FTVE0

HMMM. I guess it won't get you evicted, just blow your eardrums...

Glad you made it out ok. That's pretty bad... Time to trash it.

Wine industry production was 18-19 billion US dollars last year. One of the things I enjoy about NorKal is being able to drive to Marin and Sac for work, and the wide open spaces. I can drive for 2 hours in Napa and Sonoma and still be in vineyards. Those 'plants' are a huge industry, along...

Something is going on in Kali. A number of the high schools now have solar farms, either on their roofs, or even covers for parking lots. That's millions in current solar panel prices...

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PanAm is fast becoming one of my favorite shows.

Excuse me, while I chew on some crow.;-) Thank you for the link to the gas price fixing stuff. I didn't realize it had been repealed. I don't really get that, since there is only one refinery, or at least that I know of, in the islands, so Standard Oil does have a monopoly and no competition...

Pervert. Sechs, go to your room.

Sechs: Your full of it. First off, what practicality? You want to send ships another 6000 miles to Kali and back to Hawaii, and that's practical. Bullshit. Second: Hawaii is near halfway between China and Kali. Oil companies were shipping crude to Hawaii, having Standard Oil process it, and...

Whatever. The toyotas I bought in Hawaii had Federal regs: a PCV valve. Fuel cost was last fixed in Hawaii at 4.00 a gallon, IIRC. Standard oil must be loving that. Used to be, before China want cars, that oil tankers came to Hawaii with a load, dumped it, and Standard Oil made a ton of money...

David is too smart, and young, to try and feed the Great Whites. I've gotten over the ego thing of: "Man, your wearing a hood and it's hot.(It's offshore, water 48, and 15 miles an hour)." Turns out I had the right idea in the early 70's, but, the rubber was good, for what I had. I just didn't...

MY GF knew a "Franchesca". She was very rich, drove a red Ferrari, with very short skirts, and no underwear, and a hairy... She was also beautiful. A Hollywood legend...

I had magic Jack, and it sucked. Support is non-existent. I have a very fast connection, and it still didn't work. If it won't work on the Beast, and Astound at 120 Mbps bursts, sustained, it's seriously Fubar. It sucked on 7, ran sometimes on XP, and wasn't worth the hassle. Google voice is...

Depends. Those states have a bunch of people that think the government, both federal and state, should be limited. Texas as well. If the state congress only meets 3 months a year, they have little time for dictating how you wipe your ass, like Kali, and what temperature water, and what kind of...

Just pointing out that all those folks in free states have a reason for moving there. I'm not sure if it's the ostrich position, head in sand, or the nuclear weapon position, kissing your ass good bye, but for a not very positive person, Sam is in love with Big Brother.

What was that remark about government intrusion, and a compound in Idaho, Sam?

"Wear the wetsuit to the beach under all your layers." The wetsuit is a 6/5/4 and has a hood. Probably wouldn't need any other layers. However, the drive is 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending no traffic. Certainly be hot by the time you got there. Might work, since one of the problems is...

I do the same. I've tried using long underwear under the wetsuit, so I don't have to expose skin. I've also got a full body suit, but, my metabolism kicks in at the beach, and if its good, my system wants to clear itself. Peeing in your wetsuit is a wonderful thing in such conditions, but...

Today is kind of blustery, read 25 mile an hour winds blowing off the Sierras. It's 40 degrees, with a steady 26 knot wind. That works out to a wind chill of 13 or 28 degrees, depending if you are using the old or new wind chill calculator. So, the question is, how do you get to the the beach...

Used to be that way in Kali, when it was glass only. You take the bottle to the corner store. When that days delivery came in, they picked up the returns. REAL simple, worked really well. Legislature made a bunch of laws that stopped that system from functioning. They didn't get a cut, since...

SD: David has a ton of machines running SSD's from OCZ. The ONLY failure was one of my drives, in a 3 drive raid, in my server. Pulling it, going to two drives, no difference. It did take OCZ a couple trys to get me a working SSD replacement, but, last time I checked, that's the boot drive in my...

How can they be fakes, if they are probably made in the same plant as the labeled ones? ;-)

They still have clothes on, and all they do is walk. Why would Merc be interested?

Strange, but it seems the only thing that comes from this social networking stuff can be bad. I just watched Dallas Cheerleaders 6. This girl spends a tremendous amount of time and energy, makes it to nearly the end, after numerous cuts. They call her into the office, and fire her, because she...

Widget for earthquakes works, and it's kind of scary. Lots of Earthquakes, all the time. Luzon just had a 6.0. Anywhere with a volcano seems to rumble daily. California has minor quakes, all the time.

No smog laws in Hawaii. No laws about how gasoline is produced. Hawaii tends to be exempt for a number of reasons. Location, history, being the 50th state, and some common sense in government. Hawaii can import cars directly from Japan and they do not have the same stuff required by the Federal...

How about cars? Most of the world has smaller, lighter, more practical vehicles then we do. When I was in Hawaii they don't have all the safety regulations we have in Kali. The result is they have a lot of high gas mileage, light cars, brought straight from Japan, which also has a high...

That's the line they try and sell. When I was a kid, I could buy 7 up in a bottle. Pay a deposit. When I finished the drink, I could take it back to the store, they would give me the dime or nickel back, and I'd use it for something else in the store. Great system. But, government has to have...

"You seem to be conflating a valid and reasonable fee with some attempt at thought control. I put forward that this association exists only in your mind. " If you don't see how government uses laws, taxes, etc. to dictate behavior, then I'm clearly not going to waste my time trying to open your...

"Looking for gadgets? The Windows Live Gallery has been retired. In order to focus support on the much richer set of opportunities available for the newest version of Windows, Microsoft is no longer supporting development or uploading of new Gadgets. However, some of the most popular and...

I use the bottles to freeze water, then use that to keep stuff cold in a cooler. I also have some bottles from costco that I use for water. Sam, use your imagination: If you don't remember 1984: "Nineteen Eighty-Four (first published in 1949) by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about...