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A handful of turn-of-the-century vehicles made a pit stop in Pincher Creek on Aug. 1 as part of the Foothills Model T Ford Club’s 2017 summer tour.

Pincher Creek was just one of many stops, including Cardston, Waterton and Cowley, as the club drove their 100-year old vehicles down the scenic highways of southern Alberta.

Collecting and refurbishing these historic vehicles is a passion for the club members, and for Robb Wolff, it is a family affair.

“My dad started restoring old cars and I guess I just inherited that gene,” Wolff said.

Wolff’s Model T is a stripped down racer — with no windshield or roof — which he recreated and restored from the ground up.

Wolff said this sort of racing machine has a history in Alberta. In the 1940s, the Lions Clubs of Edmonton and Calgary hosted races to raise funds for orphans in Europe during the Second World War.

The first race took place in Calgary’s Victoria Park on Labour Day of 1941, providing thrills for the 12,000 spectators.

Wolff said the recreation and maintenance of these vehicles are easier than some might think.

“Most people would think you can’t get parts, but really you can,” he said. “A lot of the parts they actually make new, the ones that wear out a lot.”

Wolff said the Model T is special

Article source: http://www.pinchercreekecho.com/2017/09/05/model-t-fords-ride-into-town

PETER Jones shocked viewers on Dragons’ Den tonight, by offering up a five figure cash sum – despite choosing NOT to invest in a business.

Brothers Ben and Harry Tucker own a business which turns scraps from old aeroplanes into luxury furniture and bags.

Among their products was a £19,000 chair made from a plane engine – and it was this piece which really turned the technology tycoon’s head.

The siblings were after an £80,000 investment, in exchange for 10 per cent of their company, but their business model failed to impress in the den.

Which perhaps explains why new dragon Jenny Campbell looked quite so shocked when Peter offered those fateful words: “I want to make you an offer”.

But joker Peter went on to offer £1,000 for the chair, instead of the business investment the brothers were after.

Not the offer they were expecting… but at least they made a sale! 👏 #DragonsDen pic.twitter.com/jKHlWzzF9R

— BBC Two (@BBCTwo) August 27, 2017

Wow! Wasn’t expecting that offer! #DragonsDen

— Luke Thorne (@LittleLuke1) August 27, 2017

Caught off-guard by the offer, one of the brothers explained

Article source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/4336194/dragons-den-viewers-shocked-peter-jones-offer-not-investing-business/

Just follow our step-by-step guide.

We live and work in a cold, cruel world where our laptops can take a lot of abuse. Regardless of how gentle we try to be, our notebooks will probably be dropped, spilled upon or worse—sooner, if not later.

But if you think that all notebook damage can be repaired only by the manufacturer or a computer shop, think again. Many problems can be inexpensively and easily fixed with common tools, spare parts, and a little effort. Some repairs are no harder than high school art projects. That said, there are modern laptops that are very difficult to open and repair. If you can’t see any screws, you’re in for a tough time.

Using a couple of old, beat-up mainstream notebooks, we’ll show you how to fix everything from a broken case and frayed charger cord to a bad fan and scratched screen. Each restoration project has time and cost estimates, as well as what materials you’ll need to do the trick. Just follow the basic directions we’ve outlined for each repair.

Fair warning: Your system might be a little different, require special parts, or need a slightly different approach. YouTube is your friend.

One additional note: While we generally applaud improvisation and recycling old parts (especially AC adapters), there’s nothing like having the precisely correct part to do the repair. In fact, while fans and notebook keyboards may look similar, they can be very different. Each repair features links to where you can get the right parts, but they

Article source: http://gearsofbiz.com/easy-fixes-for-six-common-laptop-problems/81983

On this episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka, filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his new 10-part, 18-hour documentary, “The Vietnam War.” Burns says he sought to upend conventional wisdom about the war by rewinding the iconic images, stories and music of the time and telling history through the lens of all the countries involved in the conflict.

You can read some of the highlights from the interview here, or listen to it in the audio player above. Below, we’ve provided a lightly edited complete transcript of their conversation.

If you like this, be sure to subscribe to Recode Media on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Overcast or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Peter Kafka: This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That’s me. I’m part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. I’m recording this episode in San Francisco, which is pretty cool. Even cooler, I’m here with documentarian Ken Burns, who you know from making a million things. “War,” “Baseball,” how many more?

Ken Burns: Thirty-two.

Thirty-two, and we’re here today to talk about “The Vietnam War,” which, depending on when you hear this, should be airing on PBS.

Starting Sunday, September 17th.

Eventually you can watch it, I’m assuming, online. Eventually at some point it’ll migrate somewhere else.

Immediately you can stream the first five episodes that Sunday, and then the following Sunday when the second five get launched, you can stream the others. Then it’s a weekly

Article source: https://www.recode.net/2017/9/19/16334444/transcript-filmmaker-ken-burns-vietnam-war-film-documentary-recode-media

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