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Dick Dastardly

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  1. Big EPA issues if you buy a former gas station. Even if tanks are already removed. My friend Chip went through years of Bullshit with his shop. That's why so many old stations sit empty for so long. the lot next to our shop was a former gas station and a petrol company owns it, the can't put a station there until a ton of EPA approval. Cool for us, they let us just use it for whatever we want as long as we cut the "grass"
  2. Drive up to Cleveland and have a beer
  3. A much more expensive one. My hip was as much as a nice Porsche 996 turbo..
  4. I played within a year of my hip replacement.. You should be good after yours
  5. I have a couple Heads. My son Uses my Orion 660.. He loves it. Been teaching him this summer how to play competitively instead of just doing the kid wussy volleying.. I've owned most of the brands and always go back to Wilsons. Used Pro-Staffs in the late 80s/ early 90s.. (Still have the racket I beat the number 1 singles player with in front of the tennis coach who kicked me off the team) and really like my Hammers.
  6. Only you would still string up gut.. probably on an aluminum racket
  7. Yeah this. like I've said over the years, road bikes are reaching the plateau of the tennis racket. They've evolved to a point and they all share basically the same construction, so it becomes a pick your size/grip length and balance.. "String" it up how you like and roll. (Most of you probably have no clue that I play tennis and have pretty nice selection of rackets ranging from early 90s to 2012 or so. My 2 favorites are mid 2k Wilson Hammers, one strung at 62# and one at 65#.)
  8. It's an XL. running it with a 50mm Chromag stem. Feels great. Yeah it's an RP23 and I have been considering a DB as well. (Maybe next season) The RP23 feels a little soft and bouncy up until it feels too damped.
  9. I did. But it was a bit small. I'm 6'3" and it was a short top tube. Sold it back in Feb. built the Intense up after a very brief stint with a Pivot Mach 5 that was also too small. The Intense fits perfect with a 25"TT. Rides great, just need to find the perfect rear shock setting. I'm almost there. The 2015 Pike is a fucking sweet fork. Best fork I've ever ridden.
  10. Me? Typically. Depends on the region though. I have 4 loaders to choose from..
  11. Yeah they send runners all over the place.. And the birds eat the berries and shit the seeds to help spread even more
  12. Sent him a text. said he'll respond to your PM
  13. Longbeach... Where's he when you need him.
  14. Then you know that any Glyphosphate based broad spectrum herbicide will not completely kill off an infestation of woody vines at the roots. It'll brown the leaves. Used repeatedly on re sprouts mixed with a surfractant will eventually work but you will have to cut down vines to the crown 100% and even still there's a chance it will return stronger. Triclopyr, triethylamine salt will work better but hard to find in a good concentration (25+%) for most homeowners.
  15. No kidding? Hence my comment about 4+ Oz per gallon of water when mixing Quick-pro (round up for professional and agricultural use) which in granular form is 74% Glyphosphate. Would you like me to send you all the MSDS for the various herbicides? I do this for a living... Any deciduous or woody vine or brush is damn near impossible to kill. Even in seedling Stage it's hard.. Once established good luck without physically tearing out the vines. Cutting back and spraying the new growth will brown the leaves and look dead, but you almost never will kill the root structure and the vine will return. this is especially true when the offending vine is on someone else's property and you're maintaining only the vines on your land.
  16. Thats Just Round-Up. Even Quick-Pro in a 4+oz per gallon ratio will brown the leaves a bit but wont kill the roots
  17. That shits a hallucinogen.. Eat the seeds. (Or sell em to some burn-out kids) that's one of those plants that's native to India but was brought to the states and is impossible to kill. You have to cut it back regularly of course Diesel or gasoline would work...
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