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Black Betty

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  1. After hearing Trumps comments, I genuinely thought this was a ploy by the Republican party to make their candidates seem more moderate. As in look how far from the extreme we are...
  2. People seem to think the civil war was just about slavery. Yes it was a big issue but the size/strength of the Federal government was the bigger issue. I think it's time to retire the confederate flag, only because of it's more recent association with racism, and slavery. It's become a symbol of racists instead of a symbol of government.
  3. ​This, I recently left a pair of underwear in Costco...
  4. ​Same thing happens in OC for Hot Rod week too. But I think the Hot Rod guys are tame enough to get away with more than the H2O crowd.
  5. My parents said we could buy our own video games (so we didn't), didn't keep soda in the house, and said if we were inside on a nice day we could do chores. One summer all the neighborhood kids built a few dirt jumps, and even a half pipe for our bmx bikes...then the county came and plowed it over after one kid broke his arm. Too much liability these days to do anything fun. And too many parent's want the government to protect their kid from everything. Here's just one example. These parents were charged with child neglect for allowing their kids to walk home from a park. How can kids be active if they must stay at home? Sure you can play in the yard but what if you live in an apartment? http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/03/silver-spring-parents-charged-with-child-neglect-for-allowing-kids-to-walk-home-alone-112094.html When I was 10 I thought nothing of riding my bike miles away from home to visit friends.
  6. Apparently computer programmers see it as 1+1+1+1+11+1+1+1+11+1*0+1 = 30 the zero is just there as a distraction
  7. I pulled my GT out of storage to find this. Any idea what could cause it? I'm thinking an impact Anyways now I have to decide if I just relegate this to the trainer, and look for another (better) MTB or upgrade the drive train and wheel set on this guy. It's an extreme entry level bike so I might scour CL and see what I can find.
  8. Ride better, than Coopers, probably similar grip. The primacy isn't a performance oriented tire, but it rides smooth.
  9. I'm happy with my HTC M8, battery life is really good, construction feels a lot better than most androids, and it has an SD slot. I think the GS6 will be a dud given most galaxy lovers rave about their removable battery and SD card, which the GS6 doesn't have.
  10. All of my adds are about cars. Since i spend a good majority of my free time just seeing what things cost what.
  11. She helped me hang a new medicine cabinet. Then we ate pizza.
  12. 64 GB. I keep it on my key chain. I literally will never have any data larger than that. Keeping it on my keychain has been immensely helpful
  13. It's even worse in area's that are in between the freeze/thaw temperatures (DC area) which is why they have to treat so heavily. Next time they won't treat and we will actually get ice.
  14. Mustang Eco Boost = $25K Mustang V8 - $32K I think this is a case where they over lapped themselves. I wonder which will steal sales from the other. Then again the current Focus ST is $23.5 so I guess it might be alright.
  15. I'm scared of roads. I'll putt around on a BMX bike around town, but the single lane roads that I see other bikers on....no way. I love to MTB though.
  16. I don't understand legal speak. I just calibrate and test. I'd be suprised to learn the manufactures were actually able to price fix. Usually everyone is under cutting each other to get the lowest price. I could see replacement parts being fixed though. We all know every auto-maker's replacement parts are more expensive than they should be. I wonder if this is one of those times where the manufactures find a loop-hole in the regulation and take advantage of it. Same thing happened in 1999 when every HD manufacture was sued by the EPA for "Emissions Defeat Devices". In reality the device was just mode switching between two engine modes that emitted different emissions levels. The EPA had two test cycles, one transient and one steady state with different emissions limits. The manufactures decided to trigger mode switching by transient operation to maximize efficiency in both tests. Each and every one was sued by the EPA and fined for following the law but not meeting the "aim" of the EPA.
  17. Renault, Mack, UD Trucks (Nissan Diesel) all = Volvo
  18. It's a shame you can't schedule it for certain days. I guess I'll keep remember to switch to airplane mode at night.
  19. Is there some sort of app or IOS setting for this? I sometimes forget to switch my phone to airplane at night, and then I'm woken up by drunk friends in the US who don't realize I'm 13 hours ahead.
  20. I wouldn't use silicone for brake fluid. But you should be able to find some brake line hose in the right diameter.
  21. 70 can get a bit hairy at the top of South Mtn. If there's even a cloud in the sky 81 is going to be a cluster f*ck. Never ceases to amaze me that even a 5 minute sprinkle can shutdown 81
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