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Akula

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  1. This almost looks like MAG, is it? http://67.19.177.10/newphotos/exotics/3rover_20050608_001.jpg
  2. Yamaha FJR1300 You scored 1 moxie, 8 zeal, and 1 pomp! You have the characteristics of a master street rider. On the way to work, your love for riding sometimes leads you to take the long way. The 50-miles-of-back-roads long way. You live for the perfect road, and plan vacations around riding. You need a bike that can handle your addiction to the twisties as well as comfortably carry two on a weekend trip through the mountains. Your bike is the FJR1300. Can I borrow it someday?
  3. You can get small AC/HEAT units at homedepot that don't need a window.
  4. Turn your fan from auto to on, if it comes on then the unit (in your basement?) is fine and it is probably the A/C unit breaker (should be an electrical box hanging near the condensor). If you get nothing then you have some kind of breaker/power unit problem. if you have been running AC alot lately you may want to check that the condensation hasn't dripped onto the electrics.
  5. I had a problem like this with my AC. There are two breakers, one is outside with the condensor on is the furnace breaker (in the house).
  6. I have been to Sweden, I loved it. My family is from Norway I am going to have to go there some day.
  7. Akula

    WTF

    I tried this, now I have 99 lives.
  8. I am assuming the SCUBA in your name implies you like to dive. I am a diver as well, ever been to Bonne Terre?
  9. Pacemakers is going away. That track is leased and the owner of the land has sold it to a developer.
  10. Akula

    Time to try...

    Figure out your triggers. Do you light up in the car, after a meal, when you see a commercial on TV. That will help you understand when you want to smoke, then limit the activities that have triggers and have something standing by. If you light up in the car on the way to work, chew gum or put the patch on then. When I got out of the Navy I quit, I had a complete change in routine and it was pretty easy.
  11. I saw an interview with the CEO of Ballard. They are making natural gas fuel cells for Japan (and the japanese government is subsidizing them) that produce your houses 1st KW of energy. Pretty sweet. Could be that in the future all you get is natural gas and you make your own juice. He said one of the major problems with fuel cells is they only operate at certain ambient temps. They wouldn't work in Alaska or anyplace really cold.
  12. The guy I drag race with got fed up with the fact that Norwalk is the only place we can race cuz no one does track prep. He sold everything and bought a boat. Sea-Doo Sportster 4tec supercharged and intercooled. Should be fun.
  13. Does anyone ever notice that this happens to all motorsports. Look at NHRA, it isn't about safe racing anymore it is about corporate politics. F1 is really awesome, it is in my opinion the pinnacle of racing. Fast cars, they can turn and accelerate like nothing else. You are right, they need to come here next year with an F1 extravaganza that costs like $20 to get in.
  14. You can do interest only if the property value is going to increase dramatically in the next few years (to make up for the fact that you aren't going to gain any equity in the property). If the property value drops, you will have to sell the house for a loss. If you have good credit get a 15 year mortgage with a bi-weekly payment plan. In 5 years you will almost have 1/3 of the principle paid off and when you sell you will be max positive equity.
  15. I tried it last year and couldn't get up but it looks like fun and I want to try again. Anyone do it?
  16. Dude, WTF??? If I would have known you were going to set it down last night I would have warned you on chat yesterday. I think you need to focus on diving with me and take a break from the bike for a while.
  17. Akula

    BMW 323is Help

    Call BMW customer Relations 1-800-831-1117 with the vin, they can tell you if the car has any recalls and every option/color bla bla bla. You can ask how many ROs (repair orders) are on the car but they probably wont tell you.
  18. The best thing to do would be go to a track find someone spraying and ask them about their system. Mention that you are having aproblem and you will probably find the solution.
  19. When you wire xfer you do it from your bank. You get her routing number and account number and your bank does it all.
  20. google "dell keyboard logger hoax".....
  21. I have run at trails a bunch of times. During div races they usually do a good job on the track. During nationals, the local staff has nothing to do with track prep. Weekend races the track usually blows dogs for quarters. Personally I have never seen a more consistantly hooking track than at Norwalk. No matter what the race the track is ready. I saw a guy loose his shoes and socks on the track laster year at the nationals.
  22. Get a small canvas bag of ferrous metals (that is nuts and bolts to you and me russ) and put a rope on it. If the light isn't changing drop the bag on the sensor (please don't tell me you don't know where the sensor is). They work on magnetism.
  23. There are certain fields that will always need people, Medicine comes to mind. If that interests you go for it. If you are having trouble deciding, join the armed forces for a while. You will get some pretty good training, make some excellent friends and get experiences that no fresh-out-of-mommy's-house grad can ever put on their resume. I have gotten tons of interviews because my experience says that I used to be on a submarine.
  24. Akula

    50lbs....

    I have just started down this path myself. I hit the gym everyday, I started with 15 minutes on a bike, with a 3 minute cool down. Each week I am going to bump by 2 minutes. I am at 17 minutes now and I have already noticed that I am not out of breath when I play with my kid. I am starting slow and trying to make the best of it. I also work on a muscle group everyday. I don't wail on it, just until I can feel that I have made the muscle tired. 20-30 inclined situps, 3 or 4 reps on biceps with 20 lbs or some legs. Like I said I am not trying to kill myslef. My doctor told me something that may help you understand your body a bit better. Fat is almost perfect in its construction. It takes almost no energy to store, and similarly little energy to create. Lean muscle takes a ton of energy to create and a bunch to maintain. You don't need to bulk up on muscle to replace fat, but once you have more toned muscle you will burn more calories quicker.
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