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To: thecow who wrote (72035)	9/5/2010 5:52:29 PM
From: Id_Jit	Respond to of 110654

That could have been me ...lol lol I very highly doubt it. It gets worse… The clock in our coffee maker started running fast. My wife fixed it the same way but used white hockey tape instead. We never used the timer to make coffee and rarely use the machine; just manually when we have guests over. We have a small cappuccino coffee maker that we use for a single cup of regular coffee. I know where to look in the circuitry to repair it but repairing it would be a PITA. Besides, we have three other clocks in the kitchen. That is my story and I'm sticking to it. <g> Id

To: thecow who wrote (72035)	9/5/2010 6:00:23 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110654

thecow, since it's Sunday I'll share how I fixed my Canon printer which had started to jam repeatedly: I poked around and found no stuck paper. Taking the printer apart seemed too forbidding. Then I simply held it upside down and whacked it. That did the trick. Must have been bread crumbs stuck in it. [it's under the desk]

To: thecow who wrote (72035)	9/5/2010 6:15:50 PM
From: Raptech	Respond to of 110654

I think most of us suffer from the same malady. It's called "don't read the instruction manual" illness. My wife has a different cell phone model than me and asked me to program in a new speed dial number in hers. After a half hour of frustration I opened the manual and had it done in about 60 seconds. And thank goodness for GPS, so when I get lost driving I don't have to take her suggestion to stop and ask someone for directions.

To: thecow who wrote (72035)	9/16/2010 8:54:32 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110654

High - Tech Cow Earrings Mark New Path For Brazil By REUTERS Filed at 8:21 p.m. ET PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Years after India broke into the hi-tech business with information technology and China by way of manufacturing, Brazil may find its entrance in an unusual place -- a cow's ear. The South American giant is preparing to use its first locally-designed microchip in cattle earrings, a device that could eventually help authorities crack down on destruction of the Amazon rain forest caused by roaming herds.[snip] tinyurl.com