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I'm finding the CFLs life span inconsistent. Put my toe in the water with LEDs. No personal anecdotes yet. Yesterday I picked up a 16 pack 40watt incandescents dirt cheap at the HomeDepot. The two I put in last night were DOA this AM. At the refund counter the nice lady said light bulb situation...

This is too funny and a bit shocking. Yesterday I saw a minibike going down King St. Rolling along with traffic. (Google Taco minibike) Lawnmower engine, no lights, no nothing, bare bones. I couldn't believe my eyes. As a motor vehicle he must be in contravention of dozens of laws. This...

Who dodged the bullet this year?:wave: Near misses? Cool stories bro?

Will be changing tires for one of our brethren and Doing It Myself. One thing I've not pinned down is tire orientation vis-a-vis the dot. Is the dot always the heavy spot going opposite the valve stem or is it the light spot sometimes? What's the deal?

It happened again today. Nozzle in the tank, hit the trigger, slight delay, money and fuel meters start spinning but I can't feel anything thru the handle. Rolling past a $buckfifty and I finally feel that satisfying sensation of fuel gushing out the nozzle. Did I just get hosed for $buckfifty...

They show full day as 9-3. 5.5 hrs of dirt riding is plenty. Do you get close to that or is it a bunch of hurry up and wait? :p I want to do a dirt bike project and need a good testing of the CRF100 as that is the donor motor I'm hoping to use.

Of which I am one, thank you, thank you very much. Caught this on CBC news this morning, a little too fast for my bleery eyes but it seems if you have something like $4g to your name you're in the top 10% world wide (numbers subject to closer scrutinneering) and it only takes punching in...

Is it better to sleep naked and wash bedding once a week or wear PJ's with more relaxed bedding wash cycle? Does anybody have any hard numbers? Tips and tricks?

My neighbour is putting in a garden shed (10x10 it looks like) right close to the property line. I'm not sure if he's within code on that and don't really care to much but I see the trusses are now going up now and the slope is to my property. The truss ends are very close to the property line...

What are the basic do's and don'ts any neophyte should know?

If you believe the most desirable bike is the one you own, this thread isn't for you. What bike do you want so bad it hurts? I'll start. On the short list for a while, as of about 7am EST the MotoGuzzi V7 Stone is giving me heartburn I need it so bad.

I haven't been stopped yet so I don't know the exact procedure but it's not hard to imagine how it plays out. So you're sitting there, the fuzz is fixin to measure pipe noise, you know your bike is LOUD, how do you wiggle out of that? I have a plan. If I share it the law will eventually...

Ya, it rained hard today. Mad Dog hasn't posted anything about that yet. No radar shots, nothing. Has anybody seen him? I hope he's OK.

I've done three small trips this summer but only pre booked one motel as a precaution. I don't know what's worse, not knowing if a room will be available at the end of a long day or being locked into a route by commitment to a motel? Middle of the week trips I will wing it but weekends are very...

So peddling along the bicycle lane with 4 1L bottles of on sale mouth wash (this is important) in a recyclable plastic bag swinging from the right handlebar a young Oriental girl (this may or may not be important) darts into my path at a crosswalk. The 4L of liquid created a pendulum effect that...

Happened to be in the area of Mac University on my bicycle this evening so thought why not see what's up with the Ticat/Bombers game. Frost fence along west side gives good view of the field and very close to players benches. The fence has a see thru mesh and many other unobstructed areas but...

In the Muskokas lol, anyway, will be spending the rest of the week riding out of base camp Huntsville. Any recommendations for shops to use in case of unlikely breakdown? Could be anywhere in the Muskoka region.

So the vinyl troughs leak at every joint, it's hopeless. Want to tear them off and fix soffit/facia before I call in the aluminum pro. The question: If I'm running sans eavestroughs for a month do my neighbours have a beef? They don't have basements and houses are 12ft away.

Maybe this is common knowledge, I just found this out. Lemon Pledge. Picked up the No Name brand version. Does a real nice job. Use on cold surfaces.

I've had success with acupuncture. What about other forms like naturopathic? Any happy customers out there? Have been feeling a bit off lately. Only thing that makes me feel really great is a good bicycle ride up a rail trail. Endorphins I guess. Please share non traditional medicine stories.