There is a 'search' box at the top of the page to the right of the tool bar. This is a good primer for new members and us old curmudgeons with short memories.As has been said, please do some homework before starting a new thread with something that has already been covered at length, as in 'how do I disconnect the the RIO switch?'or some inane question like 'which one is best?'How do we know which one you will like and fer cryin out loud don't start arguing if you get an opinion you don't like. Take what you want and leave the rest. If you are not mechanically inclined, don't know the difference between a socket and a screwdriver (and have neither) why waste time coming here asking how to change a spark plug or air filter? Take it to a shop. OTOH if you are a noob or an old faht with a real dome scratcher and are genuinely interested, welcome aboard but do some research first. If you don't find what you are looking for, ask away. Somebody will have an answer or at least know where to look. A recent poster on the lawnmower forum has been wasting everyone's time with multiple threads on basically the same subject. Most people are now ignoring him hoping he will get bored and go away. Just my rant.

Hi AuroraWA: You are right about the genetic factor which raise the risk of PD & plus more sensitive to pesticides. Not everyone is allergic to raisins like my kid, she has hay fever and many food allergies, which make her sensitive to pesticides. Raisins also has sulfur dioxide added as preservative. Sulfur dioxide is highest in yellow raisins, and that's her favorite for the past years. Thank God that my kid stops stuttering and neck-muscle-spasm after removal of raisins and dirty-dozen produce from her diet. Sam's Club, Walmart, and Trader's Joe all have organic produce at decent price. Genetic factor: if I have 1/4 cup of wine, I break out in rash rather than muscle-spasm. There's a genetic factor in Parkison's which makes a person more sensitive to pesticides. In my previous link on PD and hereditary, a twin posted on how his identical twin has PD, and he doesn't, see below link: "My identical twin brother has had Parkinson's for 14 years or so and has diskonesia; a side effect from the drugs he takes to manage his parkinsons. As we know identical twins start out from one egg and split into equal parts. Needless to say I don't have Parkinson's and can guarantee I will not get it. My twin brother is confined to his unit where he lives mostly and has cracked 9 ribs as well as his sturnum with the many falls caused by parkinsons." http://www.caring.com/questions/parkinsons-disease-hereditary Here's an excerpt from WebMD: "The UCLA researchers also found that people with a common variant of the ALDH2 gene are particularly vulnerable to these ALDH-inhibiting pesticides, according to a university news release. People with the variant are two to six times more likely to develop Parkinson's than those without the variant when exposed to the pesticides. The levels at which the pesticides inhibit ALDH are much lower than those at which they are currently used, according to the study in the Feb. 5 online issue of the journal Neurology ... "These pesticides are pretty ubiquitous, and can be found in our food supply and are used in parks and golf courses and in pest control inside buildings and homes." http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/news/20140203/more-pesticides-linked-to-parkinsons-risk From the below link: "According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation: Epidemiological research has identified several factors that may be linked to Parkinson’s, including rural living, well water, manganese and pesticides. Some studies have demonstrated that prolonged occupational exposure to certain chemicals is associated with an elevated risk of PD [Parkinson’s disease]. These include the insecticides permethrin and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH), the herbicides paraquat and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and the fungicide maneb. In 2009, the US Department of Veterans Affairs added Parkinson’s to a list of diseases possibly associated with exposure to Agent Orange.” Separate research has further revealed that ambient exposure to organophosphate pesticides also increased the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.6 Rotenone and paraquat are two additional pesticides linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, and both are lipophilic, meaning they resist breaking down in water and accumulate in your fat. Both are also known to cross your blood-brain barrier. Dousing our crops with large amounts of glyphosate ��" the active ingredient in Monsanto’s broad-spectrum herbicide Roundup ��" may be another factor in the rising rates of Parkinson’s disease we’re now seeing,7 as these residues are found in all virtually all food containing genetically modified ingredients. " Here is a link that might be useful: Pesticides that trigger PD This post was edited by Strawberryhill on Wed, Oct 8, 14 at 9:39

Haahahahaa! Karen this is SO funny. I'm bursting into laughter reading these posts again, and remembering writing and reading them at the time. Well done! And my favourite part about Martha Stewart dropping in with her dish towel parachute!!! WAY too funny!

What I meant by that statement, Kroopy, was that yes, I had something to do with it.... on my part it was accidental. He admitted to me he did it on purpose. His intent was to get me pregnant. I realize that I didn't take the necessary precautions to avoid it but he intended to make this happen. Though after mom #2 got pregnant (knowing he had a gf that was pregnant) he wanted nothing to do with us and wanted me to have an abortion or give my son up to his sister for adoption. (I'll make it clear..... he only didn't want anything to do with us because I found out about other girl/baby and flew off the handle.... not believing his lines.... he did BEG me to stay with him... only when I refused did he decide he wanted nothing to do with my son) Yes, mom #2 was an idiot for getting pregnant by a guy who she knew had another coming... BUT and I have heard this from 2 or 3 other girlfriends of his.... he has made up a story that I was pregnant before he met me and my son is not his. To this day he denies he is his. So lets make this clear here..... I met him in March. I saw him every other weekend (I only went to his home in southern Indiana at those times because I didn't have ds16 at those times and refused to associate them together yet)...(I am originally from the Ft Wayne area.... don't live there now though) My son was born on Feb 20, due date was Feb 25. I work for ob/gyn drs. They have a wheel that determines all the dates for a pregnancy. If you put my son's birthday on there it gives you the date of conception to be May 31. If you ask this sperm donor where I was on Memorial Day weekend 1999 he will tell you I was with him at his sisters party that whole weekend. Hmmmmm, yeah, cause that was way before I met him and I was probably with multiple men at his sisters party without him possibly knowing about it.... one of these so called men that he's accused me of is his brother....(This is all sarcasm) because my son has the same blue eyes as his brother... sperm donor has green.... I HAVE BLUE! Every online calculator also puts these dates together. Also, he's accused me of being with a friend of mine... all Italian man, dark hair, thin build... I'm thin. My son is stalky, built like a short man (sperm donor is 5'6), exactly the same as sperm donor. He also looks EXACTLY like him, minus the eye color. He walks like him, he acts like him (not the horribly negative ways), he likes some of the same things.... and he's NEVER been influenced by him what so ever. I had gone 6 years or so not seeing sperm donor and when I saw him in court for the first time after that period it took my breath away because I couldn't believe how much alike they looked. I always told people he looked like me. WAY wrong on that. (I still tell son he does) IF my friend would've been his father, I'd at this point have been ecstatic. He's a good man, makes a good living, and would've been there. Unfortunately I don't just call any man up and accuse them of being the father to my son...(Justin Bieber, anyone? LOL) He asked for a dna test. I showed up and had my son swabbed. Sperm donor was given three different dates to be there. He didn't show up to any of them. They defaulted him. I didn't have anything to hide. I was there. Still 12 years later I'm hearing the same BS, all the while knowing who the kid resembles. He even looks more like sperm donor's sister then he does any of my other kids or my family. I've sent them pictures and on good days they admit the dumb @ss can't deny him. Then they get pi$$ed at me and deny him again. I'm just so glad my son hasn't been exposed to any of this because I've kept him from it. He knows nothing of the ordeal. He is a loved little boy by me and my dh. Mom #2 was especially dumb because she had a second kid with him. I don't get it, she must've been delirious. Mom #3 was just plain stupid but I believe she has 4 by 4 different men and none of them help with her kids. So apparently she just always makes dumb moves like that. Mom #4 is a SERIOUS IDIOT!!!!!! She is the "fiance"... wtf ever.... Every one of us plus a dozen more have been his "fiance". He uses the term like the word "the".... He's never actually been married though.... he's 30. They cheat on each other more then anyone could even think to cheat. I think they each see someone they want and they just go do it. Then they fight and make up. They've both had STD's because of it. He's disgusting. I wouldn't go near him with a 50 foot pole at this point. YUCK! GROSS! She also sits in the back when I am talking to him on the phone yelling at me and talking for him. I yell back at her to shut the f up, this doesn't concern her. Her daughter looks EXACTLY like my son.... therefore everytime she says my son isn't his.... she should really look at her daughter because apparently she must've been with the same "other" guy I was with. I agree with you 100% about them being idiots for having these children with him. I think about it all the time. I feel stupid for having a kid with him but at least mine was first. I learned my lesson and NO I wouldn't have been with him had he had that many children period, whether taking care of them or not. I don't want to be with someone with that many kids to take care of. I married dh who only had one. That's a blessing. I LOVE my ss with all my heart. I just know I am not a patient enough person to deal with that many kids. Amber, I have asked every other time we've been to court to issue work release to him. Because of the fact he's not from that area he doesn't have a job before hand to go to there. They never grant it. I've even begged. The old judge was OLD and NASTY but this new one was very young. Maybe I should've brought it up again. I didn't want to talk as much though because dh asked me to only say what was necessary.