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    Staples 40 packs TEON DVD+R 8X $5.50 out the door

    Hi. Staples in Framingham, MA had both +R and -R in the clearance bin.
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    Free Frostys at Wendys this Weekend 5/13-5/15

    >Did you see the story last week on the news about the guy who got a finger in his frosty? I'm not kidding! It think it was a frozen custard dessert in a drive-through. Here's the link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/06/finger.fight.ap/index.html 1. It was at a Kohl's Frozen Custard...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    ** ALMOST MOAN ** Ordered a Kodak DX7630 digicam, 512MB SD card, and USB card-reader from Dell Home. Used coupons for discounts and free shipping (expiring today). Pre-confirm totals indicate my order is 309.99. After I enter my credit-card number and hit "submit", the total INCREASES...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    MOAN OMFG. I received an e-mail notification that one of my Staples Easy-Rebates was Invalid. For those not aware of Staples Easy Rebates, they're supposed to submit automatically, with nothing to mail-in. So I call their toll-free number and navigate through their voice-menu systems...
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    FREE BENECOL® Smart Chews sample & Coupons

    High cholesterol is not linked to age. You could be a teenager and have an LDL of over 200 (high risk group). The main factors are: 1. High-cholesterol diet 2. Little or no exercise 3. Chest pain or discomfort 4. High blood-pressure 5. Family history of high-cholesterol / heart...
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    ~Free~ Coupon For A Bag of Frito-Lay Light Chips

    Hey, if Red-bean chili can be on the Presidential Inauguration menu, why can't chips be considered black-tie cuisine? Thanks for post. Eagerly awaiting my social-elevating snacks.
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    *** Small Brag Received my OfficeMax Black-Friday (day after Thanksgiving) rebate yesterday. Item purchased was a Western Digital IDE HD.
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    New to consulting: What should my "all inclusive hourly rate" be?

    Hi. Is there a formula to calculate an acceptable consultantcy-rate from your current annual salary? I'm considering switching from full-time employment to contracting. Googling didn't get me anywhere on this. Thanks in advance.
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    Windows Loading Delay

    It could be related to your IP addressing. If your PC is setup for "DHCP" then your computer will experience a delay while it contacts a DHCP-server (in this case, your router) for an available IP address. The router finds an available IP address, then sends it to your PC. Once your PC is...
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    Anything to do to save a dying hard drive?

    There are third-party data-recovery outfits, but they charge tons of cash to retrieve your data.
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    Can't Remove Second Hard Drive

    Is your first drive a Western Digital? Western Digital Hard Drives have a special jumper setting for "Single". The reason why your system may be hanging at bootup is because it's searching the IDE channel for the slave drive - eventually (maybe 5 or 10 minutes) the search will timeout and...
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    $19.99 - Sears BM 4 piece 14.4v drill, sander, jig saw, flashlight with 2 batts and charger.

    Went to the Ashland, MA Sears Hardware store They had 3 in-stock. Not only did they price-match with dwirsz' receipt (thank you very much), the manager also added the "Price Match Guarantee" discount. So the total with tax was: $9.74
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    Blockbuster Video "Clean-Slate" promo

    Heard this on the radio. For a limited time, Blockbuster Video will waive any late-fees you currently have. Begin renting again, for the first time....
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    Hard drive format problem

    Try a different partitioning application (i.e. Partition Magic or Paragon Hard Drive Manager) Apps like these should be able to remove any prior partitioning software and partitions. Thanks.
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    computer will not boot

    1. Verify with the manufacturer that the motherboard pins are properly labelled. If the motherboard silkscreen labels are incorrect, then what you think are the power-switch-pins may be reset-switch-pins etc... 2. The problem could be your power-switch. Instead of using the case-connectors...