Whatcha paying for plywood?

Here are the prices, how do they match what you pay? Cherry 3/4 plain sawn 103.24 Mahogany 3/4 92.50 Maple 3/4 rotary 64.96 plain sawn 100.80 Apple 127.20 (is this what David Marks uses?)
Posted by Ron in Woodworking Forum 21 years ago 
FreeFileSync scam

Power to do what you want and only what you want comes at the price of knowing what you want and taking the trouble to learn how to give the instructions that will make it happen., Or simply be content with what microsoft/apple/google decided that they think you want, and pay ...
Posted by The Natural Philosopher in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 8 years ago 
SOT: iPad problem

You could buy an equally capable and sized Android tablet for well under £100 now, if you don't want to pay the Apple tax. But all of these things have a limited life and are disposable. If it's not the software support, it's the battery. Personally, I'd spring for a new ...
Posted by Adrian Caspersz in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
OT: worldwide worm

I don't think Apple are releasing many patches for ten year old OSes either. Do you really think manufacturers of such specialised items have the resources to look after linux source? Do you think they will pay for someone to fix a bug that wasn't known about?
Posted by dennis in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 9 years ago 
Walmart is your Friend

Think how unhappy you'd be if you had to pay what it would cost to manufacture that big screen TV with US wages and US taxes and US environmental restrictions. And it still wouldn't mater, cuz Apple would still build products with outsourced labor and materials. Walmart is indeed your ...
Posted by mike in Home Repair 13 years ago 
OT computer issue

Same thing with those sleek Apple iMacs. You pay a premium and everything is packed into the display. Maybe you can take it apart to DIY repair, but I wouldn't count on it. And if you need portability, then a tablet is a possible solution too.
Posted by trader_4 in Home Repair 10 years ago 
General purpose insecticide?

But fact is, the 2001-2002 Cornell study headed by Terence Robinson of organic apple techniques (tested in New York & Ontario) discovered control of apple maggot with organically approved Surround was completely effective.
Posted by paghat in Garden Forum 21 years ago 
Water Heater: Is self-cleaning ok? Install cost?

Picking a number from the yellow pages is like picking out an apple with your eyes closed!!
Posted by <kjpro in Home Repair 18 years ago 
Tree Advice

You could get a multiple variety apple tree, so pollination is not a problem. They have 2, 3, or more varieties grafted onto one tree. You have to be careful not to prune off tthe main branch of each variety.
Posted by Bob F in Home Repair 16 years ago 
Paint - still with the 'brush strokes' !!

Years ago, I met some entrepreneurials that took an Apple, concept of HP's X-Y plotter grabbing ink colors, and combined all to make billboard painting possible. But alas, Gannett was not as interested in it as we all had hoped.
Posted by RobertMacy in Home Repair 12 years ago