[ot_caving] poison ivy cure

2008-06-13 Thread quinta
I found an intresting cure for poison ivy. I had never heard of it. I don't get out much to have this now but some of you will and this site talks about it and shows a photo of the plant. I hope it might help someone. I know it is easy to overlook it in heavy brush. Quinta

[ot_caving] another new robot

2008-06-13 Thread David
Imagine, if you really had one of these robots in the house. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-9967781-72.html?tag=nefd.riv In my opinion, the 1st household robots should do everything that I an iPhone does, but only much bigger and and much better. It must contain: 1. a large

[ot_caving] LCD TV news

2008-06-13 Thread David
The price of 65 inch plat panel TV's for the cheapest models are hovering right around $ 3,200.These are now affordable to the rich and not-so-famous. The next size up - the 70 inchers, is still way out of sight in the $ 20,000 range. And Sharp announced today that next month the 108

[ot_caving] An OT use for an LED light

2008-06-13 Thread CaverArch
Lowes currently has an Eveready Energizer floor display that includes a nice LED headlamp for about $20. It looks like it would be a good caving light, especially because in addition to a tight-beamed, very bright single LED, it has a separately switched field of fairly bright LEDs that

[ot_caving] another 3 watt LED headlamp

2008-06-13 Thread David
Target has a new 3 watt LED headlamp that has some interesting features. 1. Under $ 25 2. Uses an efficient Cree type LED. 3. Very small size. 4. Uses 2 lithium batteries. 5. Has capability to use rechargeable lithium-ions. Unfortunately, it has 3 flaws: it is not very water

[ot_caving] David Locklear - please help with the following market research

2008-06-13 Thread Don Cooper
As you frequently seem to have a lot to say about flat-panel LCD units at ridiculous price points - How about some info that I might really find useful for a change? What's the largest units that you can find for $600? -WaV