"Gewiss! Seguro! Oui!" or as Curly of the Three Stooges would say "Why Soitenly!" You don't need blame to face a problem. You just say "Hey, that's a problem. Let's see now ... how can we fix that?" Let me throw a big word out there that I learned a long time ago ... Tautology This word has a lot to do with repetition and the dictionary will tell you that the nature of the repetition is needless or useless. How does it apply to this discussion? Well on the face of it, I would have you know that once you have encountered a problem, it is indeed useless to go and repeat the same encounter with the problem. In my own mind, I relate it to the more auto-actualization or reactive nature of rational beings like humans. We learn to drive a car and it comes naturally. After we master it, we no longer devote any mental energy to it. If there is a problem with the way we drive an automobile, we no longer think about it or devote any rational mental resources to it. We just go about it by rote. But in fact, there were problems with driving automobiles all through its history. And to get us all to change, we had to be hit in the face with a shovel, changing laws, taxes on fuels and finally, hybrids and alternative fuels. But before we are forced to change, we cling to the tautological repetition of the problem. In immediate terms, it is a less expensive solution in terms of brain power; We refuse to expend any energy on the problem, unless forced to. So, the long term problem escapes solution, if left to ourselves as individuals. Thankfully, there are enough of us that some of us see the train coming, step off the tracks and start yelling at everyone else on that tracks that the train is coming. Some folks have described this tautological nature of mankind as 'The Frog in The Frying Pan'. The frog is at first comfortable sitting in the frying pan. As the heat is turned up ever so slowly, the frog doesn't budge. It doesn't want to make the effort to analyze the problem and eventually, we have a frog that 1) leaps out of the frying pan with a burned underside and feet or 2) a fried frog. Our nature then can be very reactive and much less disciplined, especially if we feel that the change threatens us - greater expenses or some associated cost, having to learn something new, etc.. We react first and learn later ( if at all ). Many people in fact, fear change for reasons such as these. Fewer thrive on it. So, the tautological nature of humanity, based on the way the human brain operates by rote as a means of keeping rational energy expenses low, combined with fear of change ... makes people behave in cyclic or repetitive ways which most of the time is not a problem, even if the repetition is useless. But sometimes, it traps us into a cycle that is self destructive. A person who understands what I have just said then, will realize that the human mind can both, fall into the trap of potentially destructive tautological functioning, but also, that the human mind can be trained. They then set about disciplining themselves, so that when they face a problem, they avoid defensiveness and the tendency to avoid expending rational energy and acceptance of rote repetition. They train themselves instead to react by recognizing that the problem may possibly be real and further, to trigger the expediture in rational energy to analyze it. By doing so, they evolve solutions and either adapt to change by changing their ways or auto-effect change, something most folks are not often capable of. They are the first to step off the tracks in the face of an approaching train and warn the others. 'Thinking outside the box' is therefore a bit different than what you may have always accepted it to mean. Many people don't even conceptualize that the box has an inside and an outside. I prefer not to be a frog in a frying pan. But in reality, sometimes even I do not avoid it. And I have for a long time now, practiced disciplining my mind to react by expending the rational energy, hopefully, not needlessly. BTW: Crisis management is well, tautology in action, after the shovel hits someone in the face. :) Hmmm. I suppose I can be long-winded and wordy at times. People have told me that. Luckily, flapping ones lips doesn't prevent ones feet from letting them step off the railroad tracks.

Glad I found this; I have a Z5000 (purchased new) with slipping trannies. Toro replaced three under warranty, but refused to do any more. I mow just over an acre, and as the mower heats up the left transmission starts whining, then quits. After it cools (several hours) it will work again for a while. The three that Toro replaced (both sides did it) did the same thing. Now they insist that it doesn't do it any more, and won't replace them. When it started I could see a fine coat of oil on the tranny case, but enough has been puked out now that it doesn't leak any more. Toro told me that the oil I saw came from the engine, even though the engine uses no oil. When I found this site I was looking for replacement transmissions -- but not from Toro. Does anyone know if someone makes a better transmission that will work? I can't afford a new mower and I don't want to buy transmissions from Toro that will just fail before the year is out. I bought the mower to cut the time it takes to mow my yard, but with the overheated tranny slipping (which Toro insists isn't happening) I need three or four sessions with extended cooldowns in between to get the yard mowed. Thank you so much, Toro. On another note, every time I put it in the shop (and it spent more time in the shop than at my house the first year I had it), they would replace pulleys (not under warranty), saying they were worn out. The pulleys were fine, but the cheap bearings Toro uses would be toast. I was paying outrageous prices for the new pulleys. I went to a bearing supply with the pulleys and bought a bunch of replacement bearings, which they pressed into the old pulleys there, for far less than the price of one pulley. All of the new bearings have lasted several years, and I haven't had a pulley failure yet since buying the better bearings.

I have about 55" Phillips smart tv. Model 55PFL3907/F7 SN: VM1A1213110389. I had a power outage and the tv and direct tv modem were working when the power went out. Not so much when it came back on. The TV has a pink/violet picture stuck on it which has yellow writing. Doesn't seem to be a Phillips logo just some random picture. Plus the Direct tv modem isn't working properly either. The Direct tv company is coming to check it out but I'm looking for some input in case it turns out that the problem is with the tv. Thanks for any help you can give.

Changing my fan speed last year (it was set on the highest) combined with a much friendlier weather pattern this year. My humidity is in the 48-52 range. Last year I had it in the high 60's! Last year the winter/spring were incredibly wet. Even my basement has lower humidity this year, so I think the weather had a lot to do with it. I have conventional ac, but it was ME who figured out that the wire that was hooked up was for the highest fan speed when ac was in high (I have multi speed, not variable speed). I told the tech that I thought the wires should be switched because my fan was set too high, my blower is sized for my heater-which is bigger than my ac. FIgured it out by reading this board and learning that too fast cfm means less time for moisture to be removed, then I READ THE MANUAL. Much like the OP has done. I showed the tech (the experts they sent out when the first guy had no clue). This year my doors aren't sticking. I think this is the least they've ever stuck (in the summer). Sometimes I think it's TOO dry (according to my throat/nose in the morning) but it might be allergies. Yes, Homeowners shouldn't mess with things, but if we do we need to be sure to document what the original settings were so we can fix our fix if it doesn't work. (take a photo, or draw a diagram) Some of the charts and diagrams are pretty easy to understand. I wouldn't touch anything if I weren't certain. My humididty might be even lower if we kept our garage doors closed all day and if we shut the front door. We let the dog look out the storm door, but it's a pretty good seal.