mr_genius

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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 09:58 AM) I'm guessing he took some sage advice in keeping his mouth shut during the HOF voting. ^^^

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 02:27 PM) I had TWO, and have some info for ya. First for comparison sake for you, our lot is a corner lot about 60 by 120, average house footprint, but a lot of garden landscaping. Overall not a very big lawn, but not small either. With a relatively small lawn, decided to give the electric a try - got a battery-power one from Home Depot, I forget the brand. Had a 30 day return policy, so I thought, might as well try. Price same as similar gas mower, less noise, no gas/oil, cheaper to run. Worked great first year - usually finished the lawn with about 30% of the battery remaining. Cutting job was OK, not the best I've seen, but just fine for me. Quiet, charged quick, lived up to expectations. Went to charge it back up after the first winter, did what you should do with stored batteries - ran it down a little, then fully charged it. Well, it did about a quarter of the lawn before it died. Figured it was the winter, so I charged it full again, let it sit, charged it full yet again, then tried it. Was even worse. Batteries were trashed after sitting for one frickin' winter. And of course, the mower has a 2 year warranty... except the battery, which is 1 year. Missed it by a month. Bought a new battery. Worked great at first, seemed just as good as it was when new. Later in the summer, started having trouble finishing the lawn. Did some interwebbing, says to keep the battery plugged in over the winter, so I did that. Next spring? Dead again, battery barely worked. Also by this point, after just two years of use, a couple plastic parts started acting funny, just not a quality build. Since the mower itself was still under warranty and it had other flaws, I managed to trade it in for a different brand electric, this one a Black and Decker (Home Depot was pretty good about this). That one I returned in a couple weeks because it couldn't finish the lawn on even the first shot! Finally gave in and bought a gas Honda mower, which has worked fantastically for 2 years. It's a great concept, but the batteries - both the OEM ones and the aftermarket ones from a different manufacturer - just don't last. I don't recommend it. ONE NOTE - These are the battery powered ones. Plug-in ones may be fine, I don't know, but those weren't practical for me. I had the exact same problem. I would avoid battery electric mowers.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 4, 2014 -> 03:07 PM) Wonder if Rauner has any court sealed documents that the Dems can 'arrange' to have unsealed. Or is that just reserved for Senatorial races... i'm sure something along those lines will happen. it still won't save Quinn from losing.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 07:54 AM) When is the last time Illinois had a governor that wasn't worst in the country. I would vote for Blagojevich over Quinn.

First poll out since Illinois gov. primary. Rauner with a 14 point lead. He should be able to expand on that. If the GOP can't beat Quinn they are totally hopeless.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) I can't decide if this would be awesome or terrible. it would be awesome and gnarly

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) Are scholarships taxable? nope

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 10:24 AM) Illinois' budget is pretty thoroughly f***ed for a lot of reasons, so they sort of do need that revenue to survive if you don't want huge cuts in a lot of services. i'm fine with the cut.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 10:21 AM) it's ALWAYS labeled as a revenue generator for education. It is such a bold face lie that moronic citizens of Illinois continue to eat up. anyone that believes what the Democrats are saying is a dumbass

Quinn will lose, finally. Worst governor in the country.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 04:00 PM) Dude needs a hobby other than b****ing about the Bears. ^^^

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 11, 2014 -> 11:44 AM) Haha

This might be the History Channel marathon I had over the weekend talking, but I think the plane was inducted by aliens.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Mar 3, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) So Tampa Bay is apparently interested in moving their franchise to the Arena League... i like em. except for the alarm clock numbers.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 19, 2014 -> 07:59 AM) "THIS IS MY PAINTING. IT IS CALLED 'MURICA. BUY IT PLEASE" ah so he's an artist now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2014 -> 03:05 PM) Congrats to Kansas on making up ground. "I'm not going to play these kinds of gotcha games," haha, what a dumbass.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 17, 2014 -> 03:34 PM) SVU will do it. They've already done Trayvon Martin and Ariel Castro episodes this season. Didn't they have an episode where Paula Deen murdered Trayvon Martin?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 17, 2014 -> 12:41 PM) I see a Stand Your Ground type serial killer on a cop show drama in the future. haha, it's inevitable now.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 17, 2014 -> 12:12 PM) it will be nice for some of this snow that is piled up to melt. it will probably melt too fast and cause a big flood. just to screw us over again.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 13, 2014 -> 04:56 PM) The thing is, I'm not convinced that Duke was a troll. Maybe. I think it's just as possible that those are his actual opinions at this point in his life. I agree. i don't think he was trolling (most of the time), but those were his actual opinions

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2014 -> 07:13 PM) I think it was a mistake for John Fox to turn his Super Bowl preparation over to Robin Ventura.

i wish the Kennedy expressway could be fixed. i hate the traffic on there so much.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 01:20 PM) Fwiw, it might be worthwhile to get one of those jump starter booster packs. That way you don’t have to rely on someone else to jump your car. oh yea. i have one of those. i've only had to use it once, but it is well worth the investment!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 03:44 PM) A large majority of the United States population currently has health insurance that would cover large portions of these costs in exactly the same way and yet, as I said, it's not commonplace. Maybe the U.S. population deserves a little bit more credit than you give them. End of life costs are insanely high, Balta. There are plenty of unnecessary procedures done at very late stages in life and this has been well documented by "progressive" sources that I'm sure you would trust. Also, most old people are on medicare, maybe with a supplemental insurance plan.