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Shoxthemonkey

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  1. Do any of you regularly use your EV on gravel or country roads. I'm thinking about upgrading my wife's ride to an EV but we have 3 miles each way to town on gravel. Depending upon the recency of the graderman, the road can be rough. I'm worried about vibrations shortening circuitboard and battery life. I am considering the Lightning because of it's ruggedness but she really doesn't need the extra size complicating her life. Thoughts? ETA, My daughter has a Mach-E GT and my brother has an Ionic 5. I have driven both and am sold on the EV overall. Durability is the issue.
  2. It was the Fancy Ferry
  3. This isn't a Steel Shank entrant but I didn't know where else to park it. This excellent looking poutine prompted my post. Breakfast Poutine onboard a ferry from St. John, N.B. to Digby N.S. last week.
  4. Nothing to see here. Move along.
  5. The boss broke out the soft-serve machine.
  6. Shoxthemonkey

    Jimi

    My brother and I had tickets to his show in June, 1969 but the show was cancelled. The local radio said it was a lack of sales and, if so, that's the most Wichita thing ever. Check out the prices. This guy claims the show was cancelled after Hendrix was busted at the Canadian border and took a break from touring. I don't know what really happened but I was pissed. https://results.concertpostergallery.com/lot/23511
  7. The scorer changed it to an error shortly after the game ended.
  8. He has pictures of somebody. He hasn't earned the long leash that he has.
  9. Oh, I got what I wished for. DM was canned . The reason KC had to settle for the deadline deals they made is because the farm is littered with the good sons and fathers that DM treasured. Nobody else wants those guys. It's going to take a couple more drafts and deadlines before they get the farm system back in shape. Calling Phillips a potential legend was hyperbole but he would be an improvement over most any of the OF from the last 3 years.
  10. He coulda been a KC legend but bible-thumping, stick in the mud Dayton Moore took a dislike to his joyous attitude and sent him packing for virtually nothing. Royals outfield is still a mess because of DM's value of piousness over athleticism. Fuck that guy.
  11. God, I hope so. That kid is turrible. Doesn't look like KC gave up much for the modest moves. What it really means is that the farm is so shitty that nobody wants any of the hands. Erceg looks like a decent pickup. He's better than any of the warm bodies in the pen. Onward and upward.
  12. Maybe he's the OF bat that KC is looking for
  13. His enormous balls act as a rudder.
  14. God dammit! Hit by the first pitch. Fucking weenies.
  15. I jinxed this once before but I’m doing it again. Witt Jr with a triple, double and homer by the 4th inning. Cycle watch. Royals up 8-3 over Arizona. BWJ is 12of 14 since the break.
  16. I’m aware. Lots of Royals fans thought the return for Chapman was meh. Who knew a change of scenery would make this much difference. Looks like it worked out for both teams.
  17. Cole Ragans pitching like an All Star tonight against Boston. 1 run, 4 hits in 7 innings worked. KC wins 6-1. Chris Young did us a solid swapping him for Chapman.
  18. Damn, I blew right past your Quivira comment. I wasn't in Scouting but a lot of my buddies spent time at that ranch. Our family farm is a couple counties north of Quivira in the middle of the Flint Hills. I would imagine that you also saw the little prairie rattlesnakes that are common in the meadows.
  19. Seagrave, to the main stage. Seagrave, to the main stage.
  20. This guy was outside my attached garage this afternoon. I have always called these racers, they’re common here in central Kansas. When I got close it went into this hole under the slab with the quickness. Racer indeed.
  21. My wife and I are going to Nova Scotia in early August. We will fly into Boston and spend a couple of days with family in York, ME before driving to St. John,NB. We'll catch a ferry there and go to Digby, NS, get a rental car and drive to Halifax. We have an AirB&B lined up near Halifax for a week. My wife's paternal grandmother was born an hour from Halifax and the family farm is still in the family. We're going to meet up with some of her cousins that are still in the area that should be able to steer us to good eating and sightseeing. It looks like there is some good advice here already but I'd like to hear from more recent visits. Thanks in advance.
  22. My farmette runs on a well that is 120' deep with 60' of standing water. The 220v 3/4hp pump is suspended 85'down. I put this one in the hole in 2009 to replace the original pump the well driller installed in 1990. Easy Peasy. Took a shower Sunday night and the wife watered her garden so it was all working. A big storm with 100 mph straight winds blew through that night and the pump wasn't working when I got up the next morning. There were a couple of close lightning strikes during the storm so I checked the control box and the pressure switch for damage. The switch was blackened but showed continuity with a meter. The control box looks like new and the breaker at the panel wasn't tripped. I figured that the pump was fried and bought a replacement from Menard's in Wichita, I was there for a Dr visit anyway. Last night, a buddy and I pulled the pump and put the replacement on, dropped it back into the hole. It came with a new control box so I replaced the old one. I flipped the breaker and... nothing. All that heavy lifting for nothing. I called a friend this morning that drills and installs wells for geothermal to come out and check my work with his meter. Everything in the basement is wired correctly and juice is flowing properly. We went to the well head 200 yds out in the pasture and found that we had 240v at the top. His theory is that the wires from the top of the well to the pump must be bad even though a cursory examination didn't cause any alarm before we put it back in the hole. It's either that or Menard's sold me a faulty pump. Not unheard of but not very likely either. If it's the wire that is bad, the pump that was replaced should still work so I'm going to wire it up in my basement and see if it spins before I get another pump. If it runs or not, I will pull the pump again and check for continuity from the top end of the wires to the pump. I will probably replace them anyway but I gotta know. My well guy said I could fire up the pump to see if it runs before I put it back in the hole as long as it doesn't run for very long without being submerged. We will damn sure check continuity all the way to the pump before it goes back in the hole.
  23. You know, my wife had a traumatic brain injury and as such has seizures. My dick doesn't go anywhere near her choppers.
  24. Question is, do you remove the fat ring from the outer rim or eat it as God intended?
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