Recent content by Len

It's been at least a few years since being involved here, mostly due to the incredible busyness of life. I've missed the conversation, the info, and just hanging out from time to time, and am glad to have the time to get involved again. Quick updates: Lost my two old dogs last year. Jess on...

Oooohh, you touched a nerve here! My problems have not been with repair chains, but with the dealer. Short list: Wife's window switch wasn't working. She took it to the dealer, who charged her 400 bucks to replace the switch. Subsequently, it happened again about a year later. Found a fix...

Brian, I'm sure you know about it, but for us when we jump across the bridge from our farm in the "northern lower," the official start of the trip is to go to Clyde's diner on US 2, just across the bridge, just west of Ste. Iggie. Carhops and the famous "Big C." It's a winner. At least black...

I bought a receiver hitch rack for my wife to transport her two bikes...on an Escape, actually! Did a lot of hunting, and came up with one she really, really likes. Amazon.com : Hollywood Racks HR1000 Sport Rider 2-Bike Platform Style Hitch Mount Rack (1.25 and 2-Inch Receiver) : Sports &...

Vigil, "To everything, there is a time..." It's a little bummer to not be able to play, but I can do everything else....like shooting and working with my dogs! It's just another milepost experience. As Dr. Seuss said, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened! Thanks for your...

Drfunk, In 1985, I picked up a brand that at the time I had never heard of. It's a Alvarez Yairi series, DY 73 CS [concert series] in a sunburst finish. It was 525.00 at a little guitar store in Rolla, Missouri. The shop owner told me that this particular guitar was "something special."...

Hey Krell, Yeah, I hear you. I'm keeping the "darling" of the bunch, even if I never play it again, it's a one in a million instrument. Len

Drfunk, Elderly is here in Michigan, and they were one of the places I've been to. They are on the "back burner" for now, unless I can come up with something better. The guitar is a spotless 1998 D28, so no, it's not vintage, it's just a very nice guitar. Koz, thanks for the reply. The oldest...

Hey guys. After more than 40 years of guitar playing, teaching and performing, I have to hang it up. The hands just won't cooperate anymore. Arthritis is making it very difficult to keep on playing. I have been out of the inner circle of guitarists for quite a while, and want to sell off a...

I, for one, understand women completely! In the same way I completely understand grizzly bears. Len

Along with all the other typical movie goofs, I look at a couple of other angles. First, the "rule" that in a gunfight the one good guy never misses, the ten bad guys he's up against can't hit anything. Then, coming from a medical background, I love the scene where someone gets shot in the...

"Here comes that rainy day feeling again," by the Fortunes. Best and worst memory song...worst; hot, steamy, scary army life, hearing it while waiting for take off and mission. Then, six months later, on the beach at Holland, Michigan, hearing it on WLS from Chicago, while catching rays with...

Check this easy way first. If you have system restore working [Windows machine], restore to the date time before you deleted the file. That may replace it. Or, try right clicking on the folder where the file used to be, and select "restore previous version." This may bring the file back. If...

I get along with most animals, especially dogs. The evil ones I've come across seem to settle for peaceful coexistence, they go their way, and I go mine. I am, however cursed with a "cat whisperer" reputation. Let me be clear...I am a dog person through and through. I have no problems with...

Ok. My background is more than 30 years in obedience and field training labradors. Here's my abridged edition on this issue, and on some of the input so far... Things that don't, or won't work for long.... Punishment. Not that there's never a time for negative reinforcement, but 99.99% of...