The Dansburg Courier

Sponsored by General Pages - Updated: November 20, 2008

Dow history repeating itself?

The six data points on the left of the graph above, is the stock market crash of 1929 - 1932. The value of each data point is shown in an equal ratio to modern times. You can see the market tried to make a comeback for three years before losing 90% of its value. The market did not recover until the mid 1950s. Likewise, the current market is trying to make a comeback after a one year "crash." The data below is November 2008.

Balance of Power

Party control of Governors, Senators, House of Representatives, and State Legislatures

Presidential Election Results

The (shrinking) Republican States of America

History PCT Democrat Control

History Party Control

Sprint Instinct Phone
(PAM) Phone as Modem

After being told by a Sprint tech support person that the Instinct does not have the PAM feature, I did a little forum surfing and got it working. My connect rates are as follows:

Here is everything I did, as far as I remember, and I'm not sure if some of these steps are unnecessary:

  • select Bluetooth option on
  • driver installation: here's the addy for the an updated driver;
    http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/downloads/SPMM-DL-Instinct-Bld82-001.exe
  • I also installed 2 drivers on the CD:
    CD\install\Phone_1\Driver\setup (and)
    CD\install\Phone_1\Driver\drivers\Setup
  • make sure you know the charges related to your data plan
  • get your MSL code from Sprint
  • make this call on the Instinct: ##332846368#
  • enter MSL code
  • touch "Toggle NAI" select "off" option
  • remove SD micro card (some have tried ##USB# to achieve this)
  • create a new dialup connection using #777 as the number, no ID, no password. Check if the Samsung Mobile Modem and drivers are present (when you plug the phone into the computer it may find it automatically)
  • Run Sprint media manager
  • look for the prompt to connect

Advice for Creating a Web Page

  • Domain name: Consider reserving a unique name at a cost of a few dollars per month. Short names with a dot com extension are preferred. Netsol.com is a good starting place to compare with other company deals.
  • Space: You can put a Web page up for free on some sites but with restrictions and often annoying advertisements. Some companies (like us @ russ.org) may charge just a few dollars a month to host your page (Web forwarding option). You can get your own space for $10-20 per month with quite a bit of independence. Spend some more and you can get a site with commerce options.
  • Design: You'll get what you pay for when hiring a Web designer. Some good ones will ask for several thousand dollars down just to start. You can always try the do-it-yourself method, getting help on the Web. We include many helpful pages throughout our domain.

Barrel of Oil
1/25 (historic ratio)
Price in 53186
$48
$1.92
(blue line)
$1.99

Recent Trend (since 4/20/8)

Is the World at "peak oil?"

White Sands National Mom-ument)
Unobvious Questions:
  1. How many teams are there in the "Big Ten?"
  2. Where is London Bridge?
  3. Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
  4. What was Harry Truman’s middle name?
  5. What did they call the war before WWII?
  6. What year was Jesus born?
  7. Who became Vice President when Johnson took over for Kennedy (63-64)?
  8. In December, if someone stated, “I know who’ll win the Super Bowl this year, what kind of odds would you give?
  9. What kind of cheese is in “head cheese?”
  10. How long did the "Hundred Years' War" last?
  11. Is the glass half full or half empty?
List – Animals – Eaten: cow, pig, chicken, turkey, sheep, goat, deer, buffalo, emu, duck, goose, pheasant, blackbird, rabbit, squirrel, frog, fish, (sardines, anchovy, herring, smelt, salmon, tuna, etc), shrimp, crab, lobster, oyster, clam, muscle, scallop, snail, crayfish, squid, alligator, snake, woodchuck …
Wanna get your hands on some money? Here's what $200,000 would look like in stacks of hundred dollar bills, next to my thumb.

$200,000

Thanks to James051 of Network Solutions for helping me merge all my accounts into one...

Check before you authorize a credit card charge!!!

I needed to replace the cover to a GM keyless entry unit. My guess was that the cover would be about as much as buying a new unit, about $30. Without checking the cost, I authorized payment on a credit card at Russ Darrow Cadillac of Waukesha, Wisconsin. When I got home and checked the bill, it was over $150. It turns out you can get them on the Web, with programming instructions, for about $35. A costly lesson for a small item...

RUSSUDOKU

A-Rod's Pace

YearHome RunsSeason AveCareer Pace
19963636756
19972330620
19984234707
19994236751
20004137773
20015239826
20025742879
20034743893
20043642877
20054842890
20063542876
20075443898
20083539827
2009???

Have you kissed a giraffe today?

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