http://www.twtex.com/forums If you just have to talk about something other than motorcycling, please do it here. en Thu, 17 May 2012 10:40:39 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.twtex.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.twtex.com/forums http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72885&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 01:13:36 GMT For the past two months my cell phone rings every day at about 11:00 am, 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. The calls are from Washington State, Arizona, Washington DC and Oregon.

My phone is on the no call list but I'm getting these calls. I answered two of them and there is no one on the line.

My son says it is a computer calling random numbers looking for valid phone numbers. If you answer, your number goes into a database of valid numbers so that it can be sold to solicitors. I don't know if this is true but I don't know what is going on.

AT&T says I can block these calls but I must pay 5.00 per month to do this. I don't like that.

Anyone have an idea of what is going on and how to stop this without paying someone.

Thanks ]]> Off-Topic rickmillertx http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72885 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72879&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:37:53 GMT I'm thinking about riding my bike down to the Astros game this afternoon...where do yall park your bikes when you go? ]]> Off-Topic landman650r http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72879 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72847&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:56:47 GMT The ability to aggregate our responses is reaching the creepy level, IMHO. I'm no expert, but have dealt with it some indirectly in HIPAA compliance issues. Technology now has the capacity to aggregate and run trend analysis on vast amounts of all our personal data.



some good links at the bottom of the article, too.
did you know that Wal-Mart can tell when you’re pregnant? And so can Target! ]]> Off-Topic Tracker http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72847 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72846&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:10 GMT I just got a call from a friend that her 2007 Subaru Forester AWD won't start. She's already tried jumping it from a donor vehicle and no-joy. So I'm thinking starter or battery ground/starter ground cable. Does that sound about right without seeing/hearing/looking at it?

Since this is an AWD vehicle with a standard tranny, and about 47k miles how do you safely tow these things? This little exercise is complicated in that it's in a parking garage that I can't drive my F250 in let alone get a flatbed in there. No trailers allowed either and there's huge round pillars just waiting to bite it's occupants so a tow dolly is probably out as well.


edit to add:
The owner said it made a 'noise' when she tried to start. That 'noise' is unknown at this point. (starter, solenoid, relay, clutch interlock?)

. ]]> Off-Topic M38A1 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72846 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72841&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:28 GMT Every so often while at work, I get a smack on the back of my head for thinking logically. After all, don't you know that especially as a federal employee, using logic is a no-no?

Maybe this will help me remember in the future to not use logic. :doh: My thought would be, "If nobody reports this stolen, can I keep it and have some fun?" :shooter:

I now officially surrender the parts of my brain that ask financially responsible questions, look to talk in plain English, and try to figure out why we can't operate in a straight forward manner. :giveup: ]]> Off-Topic xcgates http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72841 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72835&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 01:04:33 GMT This is interesting and shows why a rider should always keep their head and eyes moving. Could also be the reason cage drivers say they never saw the bike. http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html This is interesting and shows why a rider should always keep their head and eyes moving. Could also be the reason cage drivers say they never saw the bike.

http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html ]]> Off-Topic Burg650 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72835 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72833&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 00:50:55 GMT I had to take four Ibuprophen after watching this! (see linkie below) I had to take four Ibuprophen after watching this!

(see linkie below) ]]> Off-Topic DANNYROTH http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72833 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72832&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 23:52:11 GMT This past weekend I did my annual draining of my water heater. I turned off the water supply tithe water heater, opened the drain valve, and vented the pressure using the emergency relief valve on top. Once it was drained, I closed the drain valve, turned the supply back on, and closed the... This past weekend I did my annual draining of my water heater. I turned off the water supply tithe water heater, opened the drain valve, and vented the pressure using the emergency relief valve on top.

Once it was drained, I closed the drain valve, turned the supply back on, and closed the emergency relief valve.

Ever since then, It hasn't worked properly. I've had hot water, but it hasn't been nearly as hot as before, and there hasn't been nearly as much of it.

What the heck is wrong with the thing? My theory (more of a wild guess, really) is that one of the heating elements has gone out.

Is there something else simpler that I'm missing, or could it be something much worse?

Thanks for your words of wisdom. ]]> Off-Topic Annhl8rX http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72832 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72827&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 20:02:57 GMT If you are on Facebook please help. We all started on bicycles so let's pay this forward - thanks for the help.

My cousin could use your help to win a specially modified bicycle for their sick son. Just go to the page, click like, wait 5- 15 seconds, scroll down to Ann Rounseville and vote. Thank you.

https://www.facebook.com/FCMichigan?...y_id%3D5088088 ]]> Off-Topic Ga-Bandit http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72827 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72801&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 13:32:23 GMT Morning Folks,
We had a thread-jacking discussion in the "Socialism" thread about using Biosolids/Human and Animal Manure on vegetables and root crops and some people seemed to understand that Hepatitis and other viruses could move through the plants, into the vegetables and root crops and infect people.
This is not the case. Plant virus's are NOT human virus's, and plants are not people. I know that seems like a rudimentary statement; but I remember hearing it in Botany and Agricultural science at SWT 15 years ago. It is a true statement to say that if biosolids/animal manure/treated human waste are used as a soil amendment/fertilizer and are NOT degraded or composted enough, then some microorganisms can affix on the EXTERIOR of the the vegetables and make people sick, if eaten raw.
Wash your vegetables thoroughly before eating them raw!, Consider steaming then lightly, as bacteria and virus bodies are destroyed at about 160 deg. F.
I found this excellent link to this: "Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables"

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComp.../ucm064574.htm

To be clear, I am just trying to help. I hope that no one gets sick eating raw vegetables or root crops! :sun: ]]> Off-Topic Gravel Guy http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72801 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72800&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 12:26:28 GMT Enforcing federal law, what's up with that?

Anyone that is against S Comm provides a fine example of liberalism on steroids. ]]> Off-Topic STman http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72800 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72774&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 14:46:54 GMT I guess if Clinton was titled the "first black president" they gave Obama this title???

]]> Off-Topic poser http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72774 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72773&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 14:30:40 GMT Shelby Metcalf, former basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F's and one D:

"Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject." ]]> Off-Topic humanrace http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72773 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72748&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 12:45:19 GMT Did you guys know they were stopping and frisking people on the streets of NYC? 200,000+ in the first quarter 2012?


NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Stops Still on the Rise

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. ]]> Off-Topic SL350 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72748 http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72747&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 03:16:08 GMT Happy Mommy's day to all you mommy's and mommy's to be on Twtex and out there.
And to the guy's make it a special one for your loved ones !


Tapatalk 2 ]]> Off-Topic Mark_M http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72747