Really, this sounds more like user error. I haven't had a vehicle overheat ever and yet I have driven probably about 300,000 miles in my life all in vehicles that initially had at least 80,000 miles on them when I purchased them. The total mileage on all vehicles I have ever owned is well over a million if not closer to 1.5 million with the average mileage when I sent them off to the scrap yard probably around 250,000 miles. The only strangeness I have ever had with the cooling system was when a temp sensor flaked out and would provide basically random readings that would jump around all over the place, and the time when the thermostat got stuck open on one vehicle.

This sounds more like you didn't take care of your stuff and then it took a shit on you. Sadly that is fairly common amongst most people. Why should they have to change belts, hoses, fluids, spark plugs, filters, the car still runs and there isn't a light on so they think they are good to go. I had a discussion like this with my step father who said he only goes and gets the oil changed on vehicles when the light comes on. The light he was referring to was the red idiot light on the dash telling you your oil pressure has dropped too low either because it cant pump the thick crud or it isn't sucking up enough oil to maintain pressure.

They haven't just started showing up in heavy equipment but have been trickling down to smaller heavy equipment for a while. Going back to the 70s there were the 240 short ton trucks that were diesel electrics that were working in mines. These types of trucks are still in use and even the new ultra class of haul trucks are basically all diesel electrics.

I was thinking more along the lines of having some flashing UV LEDs that flash every 10 or so seconds. Put a couple in the grill and let them flash away.

Lets be fair I can add one more thing to that list. I believe the US government has managed to rack up the largest debt in present day dollars of any nation in history. I don't think a private company would be capable of ever accumulating that much debt.

After reading the article this may prove to be a solution to the numerous deer car collisions. I might try this given the number of deer in my area.

So if I understand your post correctly
1. People don't want to live in the area your company is located in for the wages your company is offering.
2. Your company only wants to hire top tier employees who can make substantially more at other companies.
3. Your company doesn't want to train people.
Sounds to me like your company should actually follow the standard BS management line of investing in employees instead of whining about a shortage of people. How about increasing your pay offerings and compensation since you clearly stated that they pay is meh. Another idea might be to work with the local schools and offer paid internships you know so that you might actually be able to nab some of those college grads who already have experience. Also you could actually try and compete with Yahoo and Google for those new grads.

And since I recently found an old 5 1/4" floppy drive of mine I now want to put it in my new computer, too bad the computer doesn't have a floppy drive connector on the board since the drive probably would still work.

Now you just made me feel old as I realized I got my first e-mail address 21 years ago.

Maybe not the beef you eat but the beef I get from a farmer who is a family friend eats mostly alfalfa either fresh or silage with some leftovers from a near by craft brewery. With fresh alfalfa you have to be careful because the cattle will gorge themselves on it and then you get to deal with the after effects. Then again the farmer who I get beef from wands to produce a quality product at a fair price for his small but loyal customer base.

I eat meat because meat tastes like murder, and murder tastes pretty dam good!
-Denis Leary

You're just not using the right kind of laser. Why bother with a laser that puts out a few miliwatts to a few watts when you can get one that operates in the multi KW range.

Had a similar experience with my grandmother several years back. She is going to turn 93 this year, and is willing to learn new things which seems to be more of the key than anything else. The only uses of the computer for her was browsing the internet to look up information, sending e-mail, and printing pictures so the switch wasn't painful at all especially since she was using an internet e-mail provider already. My mother on the other hand still longs for the days of the family's old Apple II C+ which wasn't all that good when we got it.

Now you made it so I need to make another purchase. Another series I got a while back was the old black and white Addams Family, which has aged fairly well even if it isn't as dark as the comics, or movies, it is still good.

Because I remember watching graphics load line by line and that sucked.

Even better would be a pre 1895 Mosin-Nagent.