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    Weather apps

    Best thing about Weather Bug for me is the lightning map showing how close the nearest strikes are. It's really helpful in our new Southern Arizona home, especially during monsoon season.
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    Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

    I started hearing Millenials use the "bored of it" instead of "bored with it". Now it seems to be catching on, sorry to say.
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    Driver's License... What Vehicle did you use?

    I trained on a brand new '71 caprice with a 350, but took my test on Mom's '62 Olds Dynamic 88. The difference was night and day. The 394 in the Olds had more power but its 10 year old suspension was showing its age. The Caprice was much more refined and quiet. I'd rather have the Olds today....
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    My take on driveway gates

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    Best truck under $10k?

    I rolled the dice on a $2400.00 '97 Ranger extended cab with the 2.3, 5-speed stick, crank windows. It needed a rebuilt exhaust system from the cat back, a can of freon, and some new u joints and a carrier bearing. interior was needing a headliner, but seats were without any tears, clearcoat...
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    Critique what went wrong.

    Cool stance on that back axle, Bro...
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    Is new equipment really that hard to come by?

    I was at my local Tractor Supply picking up some hardware. Sales guy was lamenting they are running out of diesel rated oil and hydraulic fluids. He also mentioned they are out of almost all Cat 1 3 point hitch implements. All he can get are sprayer tanks. Brush hogs, middle busters, etc are off...
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    Best attachment to dig up bamboo rhizomes?

    Hi Campy, I had a similar situation with running bamboo coming under about 90 feet of fence and invading our property. At the time I had a Kubota B2320. I used a TSC middle buster for the first attack, making multiple passes at 0, 90, 45, and 135 degrees to the fence. Next was the box blade...
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    EPA attempting to limit Internal Combustion vehicles used for Racing

    I'd guess there are a whole lot more emissions generated by the fans driving to the track than what the racecars put out themselves....
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    Put a Turbo on a B2630 good or bad

    I'm not a Kubota diesel expert, but this same discussion came up on the Mercedes diesel discussion boards from time to time. I drove a 1984 5 cylinder turbo diesel as my DD for 9 years and there were NO negatives to having a turbo on that engine. However it was engineered to have a turbo from...
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    Is this house falling into the ocean?

    Muhammad, I'm curious if the property setback has always been 25 feet from the edge of the edge of the embankment. Was it a longer distance in previous years? is the embankment a direct drop to the beach? Pacific storms can erode some serious distances in just one year. Just do some research on...
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    List all the Cars/Motorcycles You've Owned

    I really like these threads too! here goes.. 1963 Rambler Ambassador 990 wagon 1964 Corvair Monza coupe 1965 Corvair Monza coupe (2) 1977 Motobecane Mobylette moped 1978 Kawasaki KH400 triple 2 stroke 1965 Corvair Monza convertible Suzuki GT750 triple 2 stroke 1963 Corvair Rampside 1973 Pontiac...
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    Leapin' Lizards!

    For the third year in a row we've had bunches of fence lizards in and around our tomato patch and deck..but this year we have had two generations born since January. Seems like 4 or 5 of them run away on any given day when we go past the garden. They have been extremely beneficial..hardly any...
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    How many people own or have owned a vehicle which went over 300,000 miles?

    This was the aforementioned Avalon at 215K or so when I resealed the valve covers. Just regular dino juice every 5K, no synthetic. I was commuting 750 miles per week between 123k and when i sold it at 217k.
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    1999 monkey wards signature 2000 blown transaxle!

    Hello out there, Anyone with a MTD 1999 or thereabouts in the Central Coast area with a similar machine with a blown engine that I could swap my good engine into? Or, a replacement transaxle for a reasonable price? Something let go and jammed the gears, breaking the case. Please PM me if you...
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