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True account of my first time with a girl!
I was 16 when my parents sent me to; let's just call it "The Academy." I had already been kicked out of one preparatory school for driving my headmaster's car into the pond on campus. My parents were livid, but it was so worth it. My parents were well off and always insisted that my 4 brothers and I attend the most prestigious schools in the country. So here I was a sophomore in high...Read On
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Some odd things happens in cellars
How could he have known what I was before he began to groom me? I was the neighbour, he was the dirty old man, but he had become my sissy, and we both loved our games in his cellar, just next to my parent's house. What a fucking sissy, I thought looking down at him chained to the wall. The bra I had put on him was black lace and one of my favourites. Off course it was too small for his...Read On
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Four horny guys wearing speedos in a hot tub... what could happen?
Last night (Friday night and St. Paddy's day) Kip and I had a big night. There was no snow here and Spring Break crowds so we didn't expect to be snowboarding early on Saturday morning. Some guys we know from Denver were up, so it was four gay guys hitting the town!!! Kip's sister was spending the weekend down in Fort Collins or Boulder or somewhere, so we had the house to ourselves. Four...Read On
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That awkward moment when you think your important to someone and your not
A few years ago, I was lunching in a decent restaurant after finishing up my job in the city. There were three people dining adjacent to my table – a gentleman, his wife and a girl possibly the younger sister of the man or his wife. They seemed to belong to a well-to-do family. They finished up their lunch a few minutes before me. As the waiter came with the bill, I found the man fumbling...Read On
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Two best friends finally end up in bed together.
Alicia has always been sexually attracted to her best friend, Kevin. He's not a big guy, but she'd heard rumors that he had a very big body part below the belt. Truth be told, it's the main reason she became friends with him. At first, she tried hooking up with him, but he had a girlfriend. After they broke up, she tried again, but he was too sad. After hanging out with him a few times,...Read On
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Two husbands are invited to share their fetish for jerking of for women.
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, and I was watching the T.V. when the doorbell rang. I opened it to see my wife's best friend, "Hello Jan, Sally isn't in, she has gone shopping, and probably won't be back for a couple of hours." Jan looked a little disappointed, so I said, "If you want you can ring her and see where she is, and when she will be back?" She shook her head, "No it's fine Jim,...Read On
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A friendly on-line chat gets my juices flowing
I like to tour around on this website once in awhile, catch up on the latest hot stories, and maybe find someone interesting to chat with. Most of the stories get me extremely stimulated, and I enjoy playing with my pussy as well as my super realistic eight-inch rubber friend as I'm reading or chatting. The other day I happened to be on-line and was enticed to begin a chat with a nice...Read On
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Entertaining the lady golfers
As I have said before, I often walk naked in the streets in the early hours of the morning, risking being seen, but taking precautions to reduce that likelihood. My senses are never so alert, the feeling of vulnerability intense, and occasionally an encounter can result in an exceptionally rewarding experience. My aim is not to confront, but to enjoy the thrill of possible discovery. ...Read On
Added: 24 May 2017 | Category: Exhibitionism |
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Teddy needs a tooth brush
When we'd finished laughing, we pulled her into bed and she fell asleep between us. "Daddy, Teddy hasn't got a tooth brush." "Wha...?" I opened my eyes and looked into my daughter's big blue eyes. "He needs a tooth brush, daddy." "We'll buy him one, darling, after breakfast." Laura spoke from where she sat at the dressing table, fully dressed and looking gorgeous, "Poppy, go into your...Read On
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Your first love will always be in your heart.
She sat in her car unable to move. "Is this real? Is he really here?" It had been twenty years since they'd seen each other. They were young and in love as only kids can be. So sweet and innocent although they were never truly innocent of the hardships of life. Both had known too well of what life could do to you. He was her first love. She looked in the mirror checking her hair...Read On
Added: 24 May 2017 | Category: Love Stories |
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I may have been done with my punishment, but I was not yet permitted to cum
The restraints still held my hands behind my back. But he let me lower myself, so that I was on the bed on my back, which wasn't nearly as hard for me as kneeling to take his jizz down my throat like his little slut had been. My back was pressing down into my tied down hands. My legs were closed, but he quickly ripped them open, showing his my vulnerable little cunt. And oh, was I dripping...Read On
Added: 24 May 2017 | Category: Straight Sex |
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Our foursome orgy ends up at the dirty bookstore.
It was a Saturday in July of the summer of 1978. Yvonne and Patrick had invited Kelly and me over to hang out. We arrived around 4 p.m. and knocked on the apartment door. Yvonne and Patrick both answered the door completely naked and looking freshly fucked. I couldn't help but notice that Patrick's dick and balls were now shaved. The "shaved" club was now up to three, including Yvonne...Read On
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Man finds lover naked and waiting
I walk into the room and see Rebecca with her back to me, wearing nothing but black high-heels. Her long, brown hair hanging down her back. I am wearing dress clothes and shoes. I come up behind her, wrap one hand around her stomach, and the other goes to her neck as I bend my mouth down and kiss her low on the neck. She stands there and enjoys it, while I work my way up to her mouth and...Read On
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Inviting a friend from the wife's work into a little role playing
Maria and I had been playing around with the idea of spicing up the love life after seventeen years of marriage. We exchanged fantasies to find out what got us hot when we were having alone time. It turned out that we shared one fantasy that got both of us pretty excited. Maria and I both thought about bringing another man into the bedroom but we couldn't find the right way to pull it off....Read On
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White MILF spends a night at sea, making two well hung black studs very happy.
That particular day was not any different than any other in the last six years. You know the routine, up at six, work by nine, then back home. I hadn't been laid in a month and I was as horny as hell. My period had been over for a week, I was ready party. I decided to call Janice and see if she wanted to go bar hopping. Fuck, it's Friday, why not?. "Hi Jan, Amber here. Whatcha doing...Read On
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A relaxing way to spend a quiet afternoon...
As she positioned herself atop his slumbering body, the lighter weight of her heavy intentions woke him. He had placed the opened paperback mystery on his chest, eyes tired after several whodunnit chapters, fully expecting to awaken refreshed but in the same manner, ready to continue. It was a quiet, uncommitted winter's afternoon; a perfect time to escape on the couch and disappear into...Read On
Added: 23 May 2017 | Category: Flash Erotica |
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Things start getting better for Brian
Amanda sat on the couch as Brian cleared his throat. He began to tell her the events that had happened to start with getting into the car. He told her how he carried her up the stairs. Then he told her about the conversation with Rebecca. "Well," Amanda shrugged as she sat back. She tilted the bottle up as she took a swig of the water. "I will have to say she was both right and wrong." ...Read On
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A young married couple explore spanking, inspired by an ancient fertility symbol.
"Pass me the mustard please, darling." "Oh my gosh, look at this! It's an ancient hill figure of a giant male with a large phallus." He was explaining the chalk carving to his newly wed. "Do you mean a big cock?" she laughed. "Shhh…the other guests will hear you! Anyway yes, that's exactly what I mean and you are being very rude!" he admonished her. "Let me have a look please," she...Read On
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My interest is beginning to bulge in my shorts. Bev said maybe we should introduce ourselves
Yes, that was one perverted weekend. I must admit it was the best sex I thought I would ever have. Yeah right. What transpired that weekend changed the life of this forty-four year old man and the sex was just the beginning. Me, my wife Bev, my sixteen-teen year old step-daughter Julie and yes, her best friend sixteen-year old Jenny looked at each other very differently now and the stage was...Read On
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Kelly meets some fellow campers and fucks them all.
Patrick and I had grown up in families that went camping. We were as comfortable in a forest, on a lake, or at a campground as home. He and I wanted to take our girlfriends, Kelly and Yvonne, camping. Kelly and I had recently been hiking at a park that was kind of out of the way and it had a small campground that was quite secluded. We had planned to go early in the week toward the end of June....Read On
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Girl gets fed up with Craigslist and fantisizes instead
You're sitting at your computer surfing craigslist, sifting through dick pix and weird daddy/ daughter requests, wondering why you bother. So what do you do? The only thing you can do: use your imagination. you close your eyes and visualize yourself in those hot heels you haven't worn in forever, the dress you never take out, and that set of lingerie that a pair of strong hands hasn't had...Read On
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Encountering rough love at a truck stop…
I was never into the normal gay life or relationships. I had always been somewhat of a loner and very comfortable in my own company. I grew up in a tough neighbourhood and had always liked rough men. I was not the biggest guy in the world, standing five-foot-ten inches tall, but at least I had a decent dick. Eight thick inches would describe my knob perfectly, and I had always been able...Read On
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Frank and I insisted that the girls slow down. Their pregnancy announcements had stunned us both, especially Frank because he was forty-six and Nancy thirty-five. Annie suggested that Julie could be asked to join the team. She was working as a hairdressing apprentice for about four pounds a week and wasn't enjoying it in the slightest. At home that night, Annie rang her and asked her to...Read On
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Exhibitionist and voyeur meet
I have been staying at the same hotel, every Sunday through Thursday, for over a year. Work takes me to this place and stresses me every single day. My nights are my only respites and I try to take every advantage possible. While I always sleep in the nude, unfortunately, there is not any good way for me to take walks outside in the same manner. The hotel is in a rural area near an...Read On
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Marie completes her seduction of the bellboy and finally meets her online lover.
Marie, a passive housewife trapped in a loveless marriage, has begun her journey into stepping outside of her loveless marriage, for the first time. She has completed her submission to the bellboy and managed to turn the tables on him. She is now ready and confident to meet her online lover. The young girl from the Hilton check-in desk was still looking up at the stationary elevator....Read On
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Unwinding after a stressful day.
Driving home after a stressful day at work, it begins to rain. Traffic soon comes to a crawl as the rain comes down in torrents and two hours later, I'm finally home. After hanging my coat up and putting my bag in the study, I head to the kitchen and take out a bottle of Reisling from the wine refrigerator. Grabbing a wine glass, I head up to my bedroom. I go over to the nightstand by the...Read On
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Cassandra introduces a new pleasure.
The Summer was drawing to a close, and Lance would soon return to school for his senior year. As excited as he was about his final year, he was saddened that meant no more early morning rendezvous with the stunning Cassandra. It had been a great Summer. Thanks to her assistance Lance had taken his desire to crossdress to a whole new level and he became Lana. In order to complete his...Read On
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Kelly takes a bold step and receives a cum bath in return.
Kelly was continuing her daily routine of masturbating, showering, shaving her entire body, and then, masturbating again (these days thinking about the truckers she had flashed). But she decided to stop her sunbathing for a few days. She had a great tan (and super sexy tan lines) and she was conflicted about her step-brother's friends. They were as brave as they were going to get from looking...Read On
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Reunited in our hotel room.
I look at myself in the mirror as I get ready. Denim shorts and a white tee covers my slender figure; the nerves clear on my face. 'What is a gorgeous woman like her doing with a girl who looks like she's still in high school?' I take a deep breath and pick up the single red rose I got her, before heading out the door. As I leave to meet up with her, I remember the first night we met. *** ...Read On
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Venturing out to embrace her fem side, Alexia discovers a glimpse of her desires...
Sunlight beamed through the curtains, warming up the room. Under the sheets, a mildly aroused Alexia laid half asleep, one finger halfway up her ass and her mouth gently sucking on her other hand's fingers. Her cock was slightly bulging, as it tried to break free from its fabric cage, causing it to pull on the thong. Her hair was messy, but in a way that you'd love to see after a good...Read On
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text: First, get rid of the collapsible stock idea would be my suggestion. The stock makes some sense if you are LE or military and need a little extra room in your vehicle, but the first thing yo do is extend the stock when you get out. For non-LE use, that shouldn\'t be a factor, and the standard A1 or A2 stock will be sturdier and give a better cheekweld. I vote Colt, BTW, but I also have an Olympic Arms PCR that has run perfectly!

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The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZby Anand Lal Shimpi on March 18, 2009 12:00 AM EST
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- Storage
Putting Theory to Practice: Understanding the SSD Performance Degradation Problem
Let's look at the problem in the real world. You, me and our best friend have decided to start making SSDs. We buy up some NAND-flash and build a controller. The table below summarizes our drive's characteristics:
|Our Hypothetical SSD
|Page Size
|Block Size
|5 Pages (20KB)
|Drive Size
|1 Block (20KB
|Read Speed
|2 KB/s
|Write Speed
|1 KB/s
Through impressive marketing and your incredibly good looks we sell a drive. Our customer first goes to save a 4KB text file to his brand new SSD. The request comes down to our controller, which finds that all pages are empty, and allocates the first page to this text file.
Our SSD. The yellow boxes are empty pages
The user then goes and saves an 8KB JPEG. The request, once again, comes down to our controller, and fills the next two pages with the image.
The picture is 8KB and thus occupies two pages, which are thankfully empty
The OS reports that 60% of our drive is now full, which it is. Three of the five open pages are occupied with data and the remaining two pages are empty.
Now let's say that the user goes back and deletes that original text file. This request doesn't ever reach our controller, as far as our controller is concerned we've got three valid and two empty pages.
For our final write, the user wants to save a 12KB JPEG, that requires three 4KB pages to store. The OS knows that the first LBA, the one allocated to the 4KB text file, can be overwritten; so it tells our controller to overwrite that LBA as well as store the last 8KB of the image in our last available LBAs.
Now we have a problem once these requests get to our SSD controller. We've got three pages worth of write requests incoming, but only two pages free. Remember that the OS knows we have 12KB free, but on the drive only 8KB is actually free, 4KB is in use by an invalid page. We need to erase that page in order to complete the write request.
Uhoh, problem. We don't have enough empty pages.
Remember back to Flash 101, even though we have to erase just one page we can't; you can't erase pages, only blocks. We have to erase all of our data just to get rid of the invalid page, then write it all back again.
To do so we first read the entire block back into memory somewhere; if we've got a good controller we'll just read it into an on-die cache (steps 1 and 2 below), if not hopefully there's some off-die memory we can use as a scratch pad. With the block read, we can modify it, remove the invalid page and replace it with good data (steps 3 and 4). But we've only done that in memory somewhere, now we need to write it to flash. Since we've got all of our data in memory, we can erase the entire block in flash and write the new block (step 5).
Now let's think about what's just happened. As far as the OS is concerned we needed to write 12KB of data and it got written. Our SSD controller knows what really transpired however. In order to write that 12KB of data we had to first read 12KB then write an entire block, or 20KB.
Our SSD is quite slow, it can only write at 1KB/s and read at 2KB/s. Writing 12KB should have taken 12 seconds but since we had to read 12KB and then write 20KB the whole operation now took 26 seconds.
To the end user it would look like our write speed dropped from 1KB/s to 0.46KB/s, since it took us 26 seconds to write 12KB.
Are things starting to make sense now? This is why the Intel X25-M and other SSDs get slower the more you use them, and it's also why the write speeds drop the most while the read speeds stay about the same. When writing to an empty page the SSD can write very quickly, but when writing to a page that already has data in it there's additional overhead that must be dealt with thus reducing the write speeds.
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Gootch - Sunday, April 19, 2009 - linkGreat article. Realy made me understand what I need to look at before making the plunge. Mistakes and all, my compliments. As for value between the now seemingly drastically improved Vertex vs the X25-M, I compared prices between the two and per Gb, the Intell product for say an 80 Gb drive is Can $5.86/Gb, while the OCZ 60 Gb SSD is Can $6.81/Gb. Now that we are no longer comparing apples and oranges, I think we need to point out that the Intel product is not only faster and maintains it's performance edge better, but it is cheaper per Gb. At least in Canada. I have many OCZ products and I love the company and it's customer support. I can only hope that they will make their SSDs more competitive in the near future, because most consumers will pay the extra 70 bucks and go with the X25 when they pay attention to the numbers, both performance and price. Reply
Baffo - Saturday, April 11, 2009 - linkI could forsee a whole host of issues with encrypting SSD drives, not the least of which is essentially making the drive completely "used" outside of the drive slack space - which would be a temporary reprieve for the reasons discussed in this article. However, I could also see potential performance and lifetime issues since modern encryption uses streaming ciphers (e.g. an entire encrypted block - which may or may not conform to the physical block size will be changed for even one bit change within the block itself). Has anyone looked at the resultant effect on performance due to using encryption - it would be good to compare say Bitlocker, PGP, Checkpoint, and an open source encryption solution (Crypt or something like that?). This could actually become a real driver for moving to on-drive encryption where it would have the opportunity to optimize the encrpytion for the pro/cons of the SSD architecture. Reply
brandensilva - Friday, April 10, 2009 - linkGreat article! I respect that OCZ made the necessary changes to make this drive work. I'd rather take a slightly slower drive if it meant consistent performance.
If my hard drive started to stutter I'd flip out! I'm glad that they took the feedback and instead of selling faulty drives, that would ultimately hurt their brand, they decided to go back to the drawing board and iron out the kinks. I'm not expecting them to compare to Intel's 25-M per price or performance. They don't have nearly the cash or manufacturing capacity to compete with Intel but they do have that small business feel with receiving feedback and making improvements, which is important to customers.
Lets hope they continue to utilize that aspect of their business and further improve on their products and bring us some reliable SSD's in the future. Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 09, 2009 - linkalthough, I have some issues which I have put in an e-mail sent to Anand; can't wait for you response. Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 09, 2009 - linkInstead of making me dinner can you send me that test system instead??? Please!!! Reply
Hrel - Thursday, April 09, 2009 - linkI was wondering what controller the OCZ solid Series is based on??? Will I experience hiccups with that drive or not? Is the point of my question. Reply
sfisher64 - Wednesday, April 08, 2009 - linkI just purchased a Dell Latitude E6400 with a 64GB Ultra Performance Solid State Drive. Does anyone know what type of drive this is, and where it fits in the spectrum described in this article? Reply
Baffo - Saturday, April 11, 2009 - linkThe Dells use the Samsung drives (you should see this on the bottom if you pull it out). However, as much as I wish this was one of the newer controllers (I have a few of these at work as well), the testing cycles demanded by Dell probably mean these are the older controllers. Reply
marraco - Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - linkThis article is popular :) Reply
jesusclay - Monday, November 14, 2016 - linkAll issues related to SSD are indeed important, since the storage of all current computers opts (when possible) for the SSD. Here I use this technology, which allows a much faster speed than HD discs and which are very slow compared to the first , no doubt.
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Mike Prisuta's Poll
November 28, 2012
THE POINT: To rank each of the NFL's 32 teams based on performance, perception and potential rather than merely by record.
THE PANEL: Our 10-man committee consists of:
Joe Bendel, 970 ESPN, Steelers Radio Network; Tim Benz, 105.9 The X, Steelers Radio Network; Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 970 ESPN, Steelers Radio Network; Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News; Jeff Legwold, Denver Post; Cole Pepper, Studio Host Jaguars Radio Network; Mike Prisuta, WDVE, 970 ESPN, Steelers Radio Network; Jon Saraceno, USA Today; David Todd, 970 ESPN, Steelers Nation Radio; Matt Williamson, ESPN.com.
THE PROCESS: Each panelist ranks the teams from No. 1 to No. 32. Teams receive one point for their spot in the rankings (the No. 15 team gets 15 points, etc.). An aggregate score is compiled from the 10 ballots and the teams are stacked in reverse order, with the lowest score achieving the No. 1 ranking and the highest score checking in at No. 32.
THIS WEEK'S POLL: Houston continues to lead the parade, although the top four teams (Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta and New England) are separated by just 14 points.
The Texans (6), 49ers (3) and Patriots (1) split this week's first-place votes, with the Patriots being so designated for the first time in the process.
The only tie this week is No. 13 (Seattle and Tampa Bay).
And congrats are in order for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have escaped last place at the expense of the Kansas City Chiefs.
THE STEELERS' STATUS: Pittsburgh dropped out of the Top 10 (down to No. 11) after losing in Cleveland, an unanticipated development that jumped the Browns up to No. 26.
The Steelers will be taking on our No. 6 team this Sunday in Baltimore.
No. 1-Houston Texans (6)-20
No. 2-San Francisco 49ers (3)-25
No. 3-Atlanta Falcons-32
No. 4-New England Patriots (1)-34
No. 5-Denver Broncos-51
No. 6-Baltimore Ravens-64
No. 7-New York Football Giants-70
No. 8-Chicago Bears-74
No. 9-Green Bay Packers-80
No. 10-Indianapolis Colts-124
No. 11-PITTSBURGH STEELERS-128
No. 12-Cincinnati Bengals-130
No. 13-Seattle Seahawks-133
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well I guess I will jump in here. I am Luke, in Crossville, TN, have a Taco as a DD, also have a 74,75, 76 fj40(combination of all) with 4inch man-a-fre sua in front, factory soa in rear, running 33in. tires, with a miller locker in rear, thats my road drivable cruiser and my other is another mut, think the body is a 77 soa upfront and a coil spring with a 4 link in back running 35's, but it is disassembled.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Member # 7770
Location: Cleveland,Tn
Posts: 306
Hello my name is Robby Pate and I have a serious addiction!
I currently own a 72 FJ-40 with F motor with headers,38 weber,DUI HEI ignition(well worth it),power steering,4 wheel disc brakes, 7 inches of lift(SUA), 35x12.50 BFG MT's.
And a
97 Toyota Tacoma ext-cab 6inches of lift(4 suspension,2 body) 33x12.5 BFG AT's, headers, mass air intake.
Oh yea i'm located in Cleveland,TN
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OK so I'm a Newbie!
My name is John Holmaas and I have problem(whoops wrong group) Live in Gig Harbor WA, sell real estate(hence the Landpimp)
Bought my 1st Cruiser 8 years ago, have been in love with Cruisers sense I was 13 years old(I;m now 37). 1st Cruiser was my 92fj80 bought on my 29th birthday.
1992 Fj80
OME suspension, with spacers front and rear, running 35 BFG MT's
ARB's and 4:88's, ARB bar w/12k Warn, dual batts, and way nore crap inside than I could ever list. It's been a great Cruiser.
....this is the stolen one, bone stock with 33x9.5, got this for my girlfriend Connie and its her driver. Hope to get it back.
this is mint(the nicest I have ever seen, just trying to get a rise out of you all) and has 98,000 miles. OME suspension, 33x10.5's on black steel wheels, ARB bar, have 4:11's and a rear ARB ready to swap in. It's was a local rig, no rust, back seat was covered in plastic wrap sense 1986.....super good shape.
1978 FJ55.....stock with LOTS of rust/ROT, runs good(has under 100lbs of compression however) but looks like crap....no hope of saving it so I'll drive it till it becomes a parts Cruiser or hack it up and make it a trail rig. Pieces of the body fall of when I hit a bump.....looks like it may be Connies new driver...hehehehe
1967 FJ45 long bed. faded blue and pretty solid(could use a bed and tailgate but they are savable) Got this summer, trailered it home and went to work on it. Now has 2f(it came with it) OME suspension, all steering bits replaced, shackle reversal, 35 MTR's. disc brake front end, rear full floater with ARB, Warn 8274 and a bunch of other stuff. still running the 3 speed(on tree) but will get a H55F soon and mini truck PS. Damn fun truck and I drive it all the time(put 7k on it this summer) will do(no shit) 85mph(on GPS) on the freeway and is a joy to drive, except 1st gear SUCKS! If you look on page 162(I think) of the SOR catalog you will see it as it was being pulled from the woods in Napa CA.....behind a fj55! The original doors say Stihl Chainsaw.....owned by a chainsaw shop till the late 90's then drug up to Friday Harbor WA.....then I got it.
1965 Fj40 with corragated hard top, this thing is cool and very stock(like 95%, no rust no rot, it was owned by a church in eastern WA untill a few years ago when a church member bought it for his son as a project. Sadly the father and son rebuilt the distibutor and didn't get in seated all the way......so it had no oil presure and toasted the motor as i drove it home Someday it will get a resto, I'm really thinking back to 100% stock but might update with 2f(or 74f) and disc brakes but other than that stock. FWIW it really is a 65 and has an OEM heater that was NOT installed at the dealer, kinda an oddball 40......me likes.
have a parts 67 fj40 as well, which was in an acident with 66666 miles........go figure!
Mom(who is 60) also is a Cruiserhead and has a 97fzj80(40th) locked up. She would like a 79+ fj40.....so I'm looking for nice stocker for her
Honestly I don't do any extream wheeling, I wheel(but not even much anymore) but I LOVE Cruisers, Cruiser history and Cruiserheads. I use my Cruiser for work more than anything.
I'm fairly mechanical but not a mechanic, but can tear apart any of my rigs and sometimes even manage to put them back together!
Just got a welder, Miller 175.....but have never welded but need to learn. I have no garage(that any of my rigs will fit in at least) but am building a shop this spring.
Oh and my spelling and gramer SUCKS.....those that know me can attest to that!
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John Holmaas
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Location: tennessee
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I'm Ronnie and I'm from Tennessee.I just bought 2 fj40's ('69 & '71) and just learning. My '71 has 4-wheel disc brakes,96 305
vortec, '88 TPI, sm420, 3 speed t-case, 4" skyjacker springs, painless wiring, lockrites in front & rear, full roll cage, racing seatsw/harness' , saginaw power steering, custom bumpers and rocker protection, swing away tire,xd900i and 35" super swamper tsl sx. My '69 is used for parts for now.
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Location: Your momma's house
Posts: 536
Fawkin newbie
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Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 266
hey all
Hi my name is steve im 25 and i own a 1976 bronco and i just got a 1980 lancruiser fj40. the cruiser is a basket case with a diesel and so far im rounding up the parts to make it all chevy running gear 350, 465, 205, D60, 14 bolt im sure nobody cares about what my bronco has on the toyota bb so i wont even say. anyways if ya got any questions just ask!
toyota crawler
1tonYJ project
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Location: Colorado
Posts: 5
Hi Everyone,
I'm Jeremy and first of all gotta say that this is a Great Forum, been lurking for a month or so getting an education in cruisers.
I picked up a '74 fj-40 a few weeks ago---lots of potential--stock PTO, 31" BFG's, allum. Wheels, 2-f, headers. Some rust--rear quarters, otherwise pretty clean throughout. While the rust is fairly minimal, the vehicle is sorely in need of some tlc. So i decided to take her down to the frame and rebuild from the ground up.
Now we're talking education! My biggest mech. job prior to this was changing a water pump on an old chevy van. I'm taking lots of pics and leaving bread crumbs so I can find my way back when it comes time to put it all back together again. I'm a student at CU--just moved to Colorado from Hawaii--not too much 4-wheelin in Honolulu (but loads of surfin brada). My wife (who owned a '78 fj-40 years ago in Alaska and still mourns selling it) and I decided we both want cruisers--so this is the first one will probably go to her (although I may have trouble handing the PTO over to her )
I'm sure I'll have lots of questions and I imagine this project will take at least till mid summer--but so far I'm having fun with it (not getting too frustrated with snapping rusted bolts . . . yet )
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Location: MA
Posts: 9
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Hi This is Derek. I live in MA. I have a money pit. 1970 FJ40 with a TBI 350, turbo 350 trans and stock toy xfercase, headers, 4 wheel power disc brakes, sag power steering,lifted and BFG 33's. All downey off road. It is even CA smog legal, but not for long.
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Location: Dawsonville, Ga
Posts: 50
Hey all, Got ta love being new somewere. My name is Kerry, in the Dawsonville Georgia area. I been running a 78 FJ40 for the last 5 years on the trails in North Georgia and Tennessee. I am currenty the Vice President of the Georgia Bounty Runners 4wd Club out of Atlanta. I typically wheel with a mix bag of J**ps and Chevy/Ford Products and love the rilvary between us in the club. Honestly, Im not afraid of Trail 12 at Tellico but love camping as much as wheeling. Its a Mans gossip hour around a campfire.
I tow with a 96 K3500 and I have a Lance camper in the bed as well, very much addicted to road travel and love to get away from the stress of self employment. Currently the 40 has bit of modification, fornt and rear ARBs. Stock axels, 4sp tanny with 3 sp case, DC driven York air with 2.5 gal tank. full role cage, 8274-50 front locker. Hot water shower(home made), 190amp alternator (off a road tractor). Brown camo desert striped paint job, 2 gallons of bondo, and a few bumps and bruises. Anyhow, thanks for having me and look forward to the learning curve.
Semper Fi
K Co 3/5 1st Mar Div (88-92)
Firefighter Sation 2 Dawson County
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Location: Kyrgyzstan
Posts: 1,160
Hello, been lurking for a while now, decided it was time to get more info on some axles, so I finally registered.
'73 FJ55 in many stages. Currently, it's sitting the garage (where it spends most of it's life) awaiting some new axles. When it's done it'll have: 350, ranger od, h42, J30, volvo portals, 9.00R16 XLs, Scout PS, PTO, cut rockers & quarters, various other other things. This past summer I took it to Cruise Moab, then upto Alaska for a month.
I've also owned in the past 6 years a '79 55 (now in pig heaven) a '74 V8J40 (killed in an accident, V8 doner) and a '71 FJ40 (sold)The pig progresses with time and money....
Thanks for any info, and this newbie know how to search.
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Location: Bainville, Montana
Posts: 18
hi im pretty new to the world of fj's altough ive been driving 4x4's since before i couldsee over the sterring wheel (farm kids learn real quick when feeding cows in the winter) ive been through the j**p and IH phases and just bought a 63 fj-40. im in the middle of doing a complete resto on it im not sure what motor tranny tcase combo imgoing with cause im still working on the body but getting ready to do the last touch up before priming so ill be asking opinions soon thanks
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My name is Sean, and Im a newbie. Ive been a newbie for 5 hours now and I just cant stop!
All of that aside, I live in Northern Virginia and have a 71 FJ40 project (like there is such thing as a non-project 40) that Ive been dragging my feet on getting road legal/safe. Pretty much a stock rig with PU discs in the front. Other then that I shot the paint, put in a roll bar, new seat and herculined everything that the stuff would stick to. Getting ready to (read: finding the time to) redo the tie rod ends, electrical work, and anything else that I see that needs a fixin along the way. My daily driver is a 95 Tacoma 4X4 with a billion miles on it and a Ford F-350 with a drill rig in the bed. Glad to meet yall and cant wait to learn a thing or two and trade a few stories.
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Location: Washington
Posts: 2
new me too
Name , Robert E. Lee
350 motor
4 speed
locked front and rear , dual fuel tank's
four wheel disc,
on board air ,
lots of everything i could go on and on
right now i am doing a re tub and new floor pan's , had a lot of rust issues going on , I live in Washington State on the wet coast , drive truck for a living, i am married and have a daughter who is a aspiring future cruiser owner , my wife and daughter can spot cruiser's from miles away , and jeeps suck ,
Robert E. Lee
jeep..........it's what's for dinner !
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Location: Washington
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Re: hey all
Robert E. Lee
jeep..........it's what's for dinner !
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Location: Brisvegas
Posts: 31
Hi all,
I'm from Sydney Australia
I have a 74 FJ40
4 speed
PTO winch
Springover and U bolt flip
Rancho 9000s
35" BFG muds
ARB airlockers front and rear
Its a hardtop, but I am about to go soft top. Thinking of putting wheel spacers on for width.
Also toying with the idea of running LPG as the standard carb on the 253 doesn't like angles
Zook based buggy,tube frame/cage, zook bonnet, sheet panels, Full hydro steer, SPOA front, 1/4 elliptic rear with 4 link, S3s, 4.55 Lux diffs welded front and rear, Longfield CVs, Beadlocked 15x8s, 39.5" IROKs, M13A, fuel cell, Race seats/harnesses, approx 100:1 crawl ratio
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Member # 16647
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 2
Well, I'm a relative newby to the Land Cruiser world. I finally pried a '78 FJ40 out of my dad's hands back in Sept 02. I am a Wyoming-native turned Denver-transplant following 7 years in the Marine Corps.
Given the recent acquisition of the FJ40, I've started hitting up the forums so that I can learn what I can from the veterans & share whatever I can.
As for my 40, it had sat around for the past 5-6 years, so I started off this project by getting it road-worthy again. That work was followed by swapping out the stock fuel tank (due to rust & 3 plugged fuel filters). I then started on some modifying/personalizing by installing a 4" Skyjacker lift with 33x10.50 BFG MT's wrapped around 15x8 Genuine Steel white Rock Crawlers.
The main future projects for Tony (my dad's nickname for it) include:
Semper Fi,
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Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 8
First time here!
I'm from Sweden (Stockholm/Mariefred) and owns a LC HDJ-80 from 1997 and, so far, in a extremely good condition.
The cruiser is for extensive expedition work and is equipped there after. The Safari-Intercooler provide tremendous good torque. With a little bit higher turbo charge, the engine gives about 250 hp and 500 NM @ 1200 rpm. Further more, EMU kit for a 4" lift. 3",5 exhaust. Sepson hydraulic winch. Custom bumpers front and aft. Togther with the 80 I also have a Land Rover Defender 110 CSW Td5 Expedition (2001). A great tractor!
Peder Silfverhjelm
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Location: Tacoma, WA Magazine: crawlmag.com
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Hello all,
Been readin' these boards for a long time now, finally decided to make the plunge from lurker to poster.
Bought my '68 FJ40 about a year and a half ago. All stock, except the booty fab long shackles and the bald-ass 31" BFG's.
A brief history of 'learning experiences' in The Little Land Cruiser That Could:
Big Sur
Buddy and I were out wheelin' and campin' in Big Sur. A series of bad decisions occured, see if you can count them: Too many beers, more beer, and a couple of more beers later, we decide to go night driving. He says 'let me drive', to which I reply 'OK'. He drives it alright, straight into a tree at about 30-40 (hard to tell at night with no speedo). We escpare unhurt, thanks only to the Cruiser Gods, have to hike 3 damn hours, uphill, drunk, to his truck. Cruiser had a bent frame. I did a frame swap, by myself, in 10 straight days.
Lesson: Don't drink and drive. That frame could have been our spines.
Wheelin' in the Boondocks of Death Valley
Three front driveshaft bolts backed out, spins around on the forth, put a hole in the oil pan. Pulled it and went in search of shade tree mechanics at the 'shop' an hour away in Nevada (who are the only monkeys around with a brazing torch) spend half the day to patch up a small hole, and charge me $55 plus tax for the honor. It leaks again by the time I get to Furnace Creek where the motor blows out a freeze plug. Give up. Towed home.
Lesson: carry JB Quik, Bondo, brazing torch and rod on long trips; use locknuts on EVERYTHING.
Attempted Wheelin' Trip in Mohave
Broke piston 10 miles outside of Baker. Towed home. Rebuilt the motor with one new piston, whole set of rings (cuz they don't let you buy just one piston worth), new rod bearings cuz they were on sale.
Lesson: None. Where's the fun in driving a vehicle that you KNOW is going to get you there every single time? My fiancee just can NOT understand this..
If you want to know what NOT to do, just give me a call!
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Location: Northern KY
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My name is Jeffrey. I own a 73' FJ-55, 4" SOR SUA, Rancho 9000's, a J**P "Runk" Bumper, 68' Impala GM V8, Toy 3 speed (soon to be SM465) 3 speed case ( soon to be 4 speed w/ 3 speed gears) stock interior, white exterior, came from CO. I also have an 84' 4runner, newly swapped and hopefully operating soon 22RTE, stock tranny (rebuilt), rear lock right, 4" springs, white exterior and brown interior, All-Pro bumpers front and rear, 33's on wagon wheels, soon to drop in gears to the transfer and add a winch. I have built an 81' mini, 85' FJ-60, parted out a 79' FJ-40, owned and sold a 60' FJ-25, and of course my two current projects. I wheel the 4runner and will tow it with the 55, my girlfriend talked me into the Pig and it took a real hard arm twistin' (yeah, right!) Now I am set on yota's I believe, unless I find a cheap project 40, or 45, or another 60, or maybe a 62, or an 80??!?!?! hell, even a 79'-81' mini might catch eye, one can never have enough!
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Hello All!
81 FJ40 Chevy 350 TBI, SM420, 3 Speed Tcase w/ twin sticks, ARB front & rear, SOA, Rancho 9000, Full Roll cage...
95 FZJ80 OME springs and shocks, ARB Winch Bar w/ M12000 on the front, Slee Offroad w/ tire carrier on the rear. (Retired)
Bruce Mitchell
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Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 2
Hey, Jeff Faulkner here.
I've got a 79 fj40 painted olive bronwn. Pretty much stock. I've had the truck for 3-4 years now and have made gradual improvements to it. Roughly 124K, original 2F still going strong.
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Newbie checking in
Hi my name is Sean and I'm in the Air Force stationed in Anchorage, AK. I don't own any Cruiser yet, but I hope to remedy the situation soon. I've been lurking on LCML and the DTLC mailing lists and have posted a few times.
So what turned me on to Cruisers? Well my dad owned a FJ45 back in the early 80's and ever since then I loved them. I'm now in the market for a 60 series, anybody want to sell me their HJ60? LOL!!
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Location: Eagle Point, Oregon
Posts: 42
Hi, My name is Joe, and I got into Land Cruisers when my dad bought his about 10 years ago. I inherited it when he got a newer truck, and it had been sitting around for a few years.
One brake master cylinder and a carburetor later, it is my DD when I am at home.
It is mostly stock, but if anyone happens to have a spare NV4500
laying around...well, it wouldn't be stock for much longer
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Member # 14161
Location: meadow, texas
Posts: 176
hi, jeff here, living in north richland hills, texas, my first cruiser that i just got:1983 Toyota FJ60 land cruiser, 350 chevy engine. rv cam, edelbrock intake, Q-jet carb, Ranger III overdrive box, toyota 4 speed and toyota t-case, stock axles geared 4.10 front is welded rear is open. Power steering and power brakes has a/c and also has a york compressor for on board air. the rear bumper is a holding tank. Warn winch bumper on front, no winch though. Has a spare tire carrier and gas can holder and high lift jack mount on rear bumper. cd player, 36" tsl radials. SPOA lift with old man emu springs and shocks. everything works
pics: http://www.texas4x4.org/modules.php?...view_album.php
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Location: Kansastitty
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Newbie Check-in
My name is Ed Long, I live in asmall town 30 miles south of Kansas City. My son bought a '66 FJ40 that 'WE' were going to work on together, HA! Two years later, I've bonded with the LC. He's at MU busy rounding off the corners on my F-150 4x4.
As I said, it is titled a '66 but I think it is older than that, maybe a '64-65. The motor is a 1974 F. I've completely redone the body and interior. It has full hardtop and soft top, rollbar, latemodel jumpseats and a Tuffy console. I'm changing out the dist for an HEI from a '80 chevy PU. I did a shackle reversal, so it has about 1 1/2" of lift and I run 31 10.50 Goodyear AT's, because it is mainly a driver.
I realize this is a pussy configuration for most of the guys on this board, but I'm old, and the body is too cherry to be trailtrashing it...yet. Looking to find a disc axle or one that can be converted
to disc.
Okay, I'm ready..flame on
Do they have a geriatric section?
[FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][COLOR=DarkGreen][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT]"Get a haircut and get a [I]real[/I] job"
'66?FJ40 3.5" lift,4WDB, Corvette Master, MiniPS, '74 F and a fresh 2F on the way
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In this report, we analyze the Intelligent Curtain Controller industry from two aspects. One part is about its production and the other part is about its consumption. In terms of its production, we analyze the production, revenue, gross margin of its main manufacturers and the unit price that they offer in different regions from 2012 to 2017. In terms of its consumption, we analyze the consumption volume, consumption value, sale price, import and export in different regions from 2012 to 2017. We also make a prediction of its production and consumption in coming 2017-2022.
At the same time, we classify different Intelligent Curtain Controller based on their definitions. Upstream raw materials, equipment and downstream consumers analysis is also carried out. What's more, the Intelligent Curtain Controller industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
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The report can answer the following questions:
1. What is the global (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, China, Japan) production, production value, consumption, consumption value, import and export of Intelligent Curtain Controller?
2. Who are the global key manufacturers of Intelligent Curtain Controller industry? How are their operating situation (capacity, production, price, cost, gross and revenue)?
3. What are the types and applications of Intelligent Curtain Controller? What is the market share of each type and application?
4. What are the upstream raw materials and manufacturing equipment of Intelligent Curtain Controller? What is the manufacturing process of Intelligent Curtain Controller?
5. Economic impact on Intelligent Curtain Controller industry and development trend of Intelligent Curtain Controller industry.
6. What will the Intelligent Curtain Controller market size and the growth rate be in 2022?
7. What are the key factors driving the global Intelligent Curtain Controller industry?
8. What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the Intelligent Curtain Controller market?
9. What are the Intelligent Curtain Controller market challenges to market growth?
10. What are the Intelligent Curtain Controller market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Intelligent Curtain Controller
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1. To provide detailed analysis of the market structure along with forecast of the various segments and sub-segments of the global Intelligent Curtain Controller market.
2. To provide insights about factors affecting the market growth. To analyze the Intelligent Curtain Controller market based on various factors- price analysis, supply chain analysis, porter five force analysis etc.
3. To provide historical and forecast revenue of the market segments and sub-segments with respect to four main geographies and their countries- North America, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World.
4. To provide country level analysis of the market with respect to the current market size and future prospective.
5. To provide country level analysis of the market for segment by application, product type and sub-segments.
6. To provide strategic profiling of key players in the market, comprehensively analyzing their core competencies, and drawing a competitive landscape for the market.
7. To track and analyze competitive developments such as joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, new product developments, and research and developments in the global Intelligent Curtain Controller market.
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1 Industry Overview of Intelligent Curtain Controller
2 Industry Chain Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller
3 Manufacturing Technology of Intelligent Curtain Controller
4 Major Manufacturers Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller
5 Global Production, Revenue and Price Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller by Regions, Manufacturers, Types and Applications
6 Global and Major Regions Capacity, Production, Revenue and Growth Rate of Intelligent Curtain Controller 2011-2017
7 Consumption Volume, Consumption Value, Import, Export and Sale Price Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller by Regions
8 Gross and Gross Margin Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller
9 Marketing Trader or Distributor Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller
10 Global and Chinese Economic Impact on Intelligent Curtain Controller Industry
11 Development Trend Analysis of Intelligent Curtain Controller
12 Contact information of Intelligent Curtain Controller
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With shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) trading at around $5.97, is S an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
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You have likely already heard that DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) offered $3.30 per share for Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR). Clearwire is reviewing the offer, but Sprint states that its earlier offer for Clearwire prohibits DISH from making a deal. Sprint is correct. Therefore, there will be no smooth and easy deal made between DISH and Clearwire. Sprint owns 50 percent of Clearwire and wants to that stake to go to 100 percent. Sprint offered $2.97 per share, and that deal looked like a reality until today. DISH isn't a new player in all of this. DISH originally made the first offer, but Clearwire chose Sprint. For more information, turn to "The Young and the Restless." Just kidding.
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At $5.97, Sprint is currently trading above all its averages.
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Sprint is a money-losing operation with poor debt management and weak margins. There isn't enough growth potential to justify the sudden love affair investors have with the company. That said, the stock's upward momentum is substantial. Therefore, Sprint is currently rated a neutral WAIT AND SEE.
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Strong start for downtown Sheridan clock fundraising
SHERIDAN — It may not happen until next spring, but this village is well on its financial way toward the purchase of a new, analog clock for its downtown, currently in the middle of a major streetscape project.
At Tuesday evening's Sheridan Village Council meeting, President Susan Wyckoff-McFarland filled in council members on the results of a recent fundraising effort. Letters were included with last month's village water bill explaining the clock project and asking for donations.
In one week alone, the village received donations totaling $6,900, prompting Wyckoff-McFarland to be optimistic with regard to raising the rest of the funding required to purchase the $20,000 clock.
The names of those donating between $500 and $1,000 will be permanently engraved on the clock's pedestal. The names of all who donate, regardless of amount, will appear on a framed, matted plaque in city hall.
Most of the donations that have come in so far, Wyckoff-McFarland said, are substantial. However, she noted that every sponsorship is important.
"We want people to know that donations of $10, $20 or $50 are great, too," Wyckoff-McFarland said. "Every donation is going to get us that much closer to our fundraising goal, which is $20,000."
Any funds raised above that $20,000 will go toward purchasing new Christmas decorations for the downtown area. The decorations previously used by the village will not work with the new lamp posts going in as part of the larger streetscape project.
Village officials are already planning for additional fundraising efforts, including the posting of a Facebook page dedicated to the clock. Plans also are under way to mail informative brochures to village businesses, as well as businesses in nearby communities.
Councilman Don Nassif suggested putting posters up at area businesses explaining the fundraiser and featuring pictures of the clock.
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