And in today's environment, the accused was convicted. It just as easily could have been me. My heart and love goes out to this innocent person. What incredible pain he must live in. To be falsely accused and then convicted is the most horrible experience. In the old days we accused them of being witches and burned them at the stake. Now we call them sexual and bury them in jails. Never stop loving. Love is god inside of you. god would never hurt anyone. Love will never hurt anyone. Of course I am talking about real spiritual love not the movie love. I will give an interesting truth of the universe. If you have fear then you always must face that fear until you finally love & trust god and walk through the fear. Then when you find upon walking through the fear that god protected you, you will be healed and never have to walk through it again. For those who fear rape. I suspect they will face rape some day. Because they must face the fear to heal the fear. Those who do not fear being raped will never face rape because it does not need to be healed. The lesson is two fold. do not fear. walk through your fears to heal them. I think it is really bad to teach your child to fear being raped. Better to teach confidence that the child can take care of herself. Give her the knowledge & confidence of what to do in a situation but always make sure there is no fear. Fear is a block to god. Those who do not believe in god will believe in fear. Those who know god loves them and they trust in a good god protecting them will not have fear. Why should I fear when god protects me. Fear says god will not protect me. It is a statement of self non love. If you love yourself then you know god loves you and protects you. All decisions based on fear always are the wrong decision. All decisions based on Love are always the correct decision.

This is a funny thread. Kudzukween and Kirk, you certainly were cute kids (and great looking adults too). Somewhere I have a doppelganger and her name is Mary. I have never met her but I seem to be often mistaken for her. Another problem I have is someone else has the same first and last name as I do here in the Milwaukee area. Her dad was a local eccentric character who legally changed his name to Crazy Jim. Before he died, I often had people ask if my dad was Crazy Jim to which I replied, "No, mine is Crazy Ralph." he-he I have an unusual last name so this is very strange. The two of us had the same doctor years ago. I had to make sure when I called for an appointment that they pulled my file and not hers.

Thanks Fisher, I'm going to try that right after the suggestion you made about the disengage switch. It sounds to me like a slipping belt is the most likely problem. So if someone could give me some specifics on what I'm looking for here, that'd be awsome. How much play should be in the belt? Obviously, I can tell if its damaged cracked or contaminated, but I need someone to help me figure out how much tension should be there and how to adjust it if its not the right tension. V-belts on cars typically call for 1" to 1.5" of play in the center of the belt. Is this true of a mower drive belt also? This thing has got to be a big belt, running from the center of the motor back to the center of the transaxle, I'm guessing its nearly 6 feet in diameter...so 1" of play would be incredibly tight over such a large diameter...I don't want to try tightening it to that point if its not supposed to be that snug and I'll destroy something with too much tension. I'm mechanically inclined & all, and if this were an old Chevy or a VW I could have it running like a champ overnight, but I have ZERO experience with these things, which is why I need y'alls help getting my feet wet. I need some specs if I'm ever to diagnose this thing properly. Just gotta learn what I'm supposed to be looking at...

I've had some success with putting cuttings directly in potting soil and also after standing in water for a few days. I'm now partial to the "bag method". xon2000 is correct, those results were better when they were put in a shady but warm place. After good growth (above ground) was seen, I moved them to a sunny window. I think my yield was about 50% with that method.