'Idle' refers to the lowest operating speed of the engine, which has no use at all in using a mower. After starting, with a mower that has no manual throttle, the engine should be running at cutting speed. With a hand throttle, you move the lever to the 'fast' or 'run' position which may be indicated by a rabbit drawing on some mowers. As for the blade clutch, if you are following the directions in the manual and the blades won't rotate, you should return the mower. Maybe somebody else that has one of those will chime in.

Once and for all: How to stop the iVillage ad onslaught. First we need to understand how it's done: iVillage doesn't bother to try and buy ads directly from all the various companies that show up on the pages of GW. Instead they use large ad-service agencies like doubleclick, akamai and pointroll. You can visit some of these sites if you'd like to see who's behind the ads. http://www.akamai.com http://www.doubleclick.com/us http://pointroll.com This makes it easy to block out all or almost all of the ads very easily, just block the originating sites. Right now all the ads on GW come from: http://amch.questionmarket.com http://a820.g.akamai.net http://iv.doubleclick.net http://i.ivillage.com http://m.2mdn.net http://tste.ivillage.com http://img-cdn.mediaplex.com http://ads.vmirror.com http://cmhtml.ivillage.overture.com http://ads.pointroll.com The Universal Solution.This will work on Windows systems for all browsers; IE, FireFox and Netscape. The Windows operating system provides a system-level method to block specific IP addresses before they even get to the browser. To effect this solution you need to edit a Windows system file called hosts. This file is located in the directory: Windows XP: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC Windows 2K: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC Windows 98: C:\WINDOWS Open the file in Notepad. Cut the following from this post and paste it to the end of the file. 127.0.0.1 amch.questionmarket.com 127.0.0.1 a820.g.akamai.net 127.0.0.1 iv.doubleclick.net 127.0.0.1 i.ivillage.com 127.0.0.1 m.2mdn.net 127.0.0.1 tste.ivillage.com 127.0.0.1 img-cdn.mediaplex.com 127.0.0.1 ads.vmirror.com 127.0.0.1 cmhtml.ivillage.overture.com 127.0.0.1 ads.pointroll.com Edit each entry so that there is a tab between the IP address 127.0.0.1 and the URLs. Save the file and you're finished. Close and re-open your browser and all the ads will be gone. Unfortunately, iVillage may in the future buy ads from a new source. In this event the new ad source will have to be added to the list. The IE solution.Most of the ads are placed using Java$cript. You can remove the more offensive ads in IE with the browser settings. You can't however remove them all. To improve GW using IE do the following: From the menu select Tools -> Internet Options -> Security and click on Custom Level. Scroll down to the end of the list and you'll see an entry for Scripting. Disable all the sub-entries. Now select the tab labeled Privacy. In the bottom of the box that appears check on the option to block pop-ups. I recommend you also click on the button Advanced and select the option to block Third-party Cookies. NOTE: By disabling Scripting you will also effect the way other websites behave. You may need to get used to switching scripting on and off as desired. That's why this is the least desirable of these various options. The FireFox solutionThis is an excellent choice -- it's the fastest...

Beverly-I typed out a long response last night, then my computer went dead! Basically - I think you have been given a golden opportunity to upgrade - how lucky you are! I would jump at the chance. Getting a Nolting - made by Nolting will allow yo to get service worry- free - or least take away the excuse it's not 'theirs'. I know you have bonded with the Voyager, and you'd have to learn a new system, but after almost 2 years - you know much more about what features you like and don't like, and what your needs are. I say go for it. I'd ask about a tradein on the frame if the machine you want won't fit your frame. Lucky you - you deserve it!

I used to work on the 47th floor of the 110 story Sears Tower. I never was stuck, but after hearing about some people that were, I had some fear that I would get stuck. I can't explain the physics of it, but one time the building swayed from winds but the elevator to the top did not. So the elevator stopped abruptly on a high floor after it hit the sides of the elevator shaft. I never thought about tall buildings swaying the wind, but on windy days, if you were near the center of the building, you would hear it creak. Also, at tall heights, even the most miniscule scratch on a window could cause it to shatter. Those in window offices, especially on the corners had a device to measure the wind pressure on the windows. If it got too great, an alarm would sound and they would have to leave their office. There was also a very old office building in Chicago that only had a skimpy grate instead of an elevator door. For some reason, that bothered me looking at it. Of course, that was after I already had a little fear of elevators from working in the Sears Tower. Terrible precursor to the World Trade Centers. When we had fire drills, we only went up one or two flowers. They told us that there was no way that the Tower could be totally evacuated in enough time. They also told us that the floors were fireproof so that going up a couple of floors would be sufficient. I stopped working there in 1979, but even then, it was a target for terrorists. The winds in front of the Sears Tower could be tremendous. On very windy days, they would put ropes in front of the building. You would need to hold on to the ropes so that a wind gust would not blow you into the street. I was not a lightweight - I couldn't believe that the wind could actually move me a couple of feet. Glad that you are OK.