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Just need a selection of strong synthetic button threads (and needles) in basic colors - black, beige, navy, white - for large buttons on actively used apparel and furniture slips. Would shop a store in Toronto or purchase online in Canada. Googling turns up commercial thread companies that supply large orders - this would only be one spool of each color.

Thanks for recommending a good quality retail consumer sewing supply store in Toronto or Canadian online that will handle a small order.

Just got a new eSata HDD and ExpressCard. I want to shut off without "Safely Remove" and learned I can set the "Policy" in XP Disk Management for that. But that disables Optimizing and Write Caching which are supposed to improve performance. I can't really tell from first use how much performance impact there is.

It seems that if there is 3 gigabytes of bandwidth for the eSata connection the effect of disabling write caching shouldn't be too much, but I would appreciate an informed answer - after all, I got the eSata for the speed. Thanks.

I'm happy with the old charger (Panasonic BQ-390) but specs say it has a lower MAH rating than the new Powerex 2700 batteries. How will it affect charging, if at all? Thanks.