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    Anyone else play guitar or anything else?

    Kubicki ex factor, all black, met and knew the owner, Phil K, he died recently. Zon Vinny custom made redwood burl 2 Modulus graphite Funk unlimiteds, one cheesy silver and black, the other bright orange with fluorescent orange strings. Warwick Thumb fretless Likely will sell a Modulus. I've...
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    Anyone else play guitar or anything else?

    Bass, own only 5 right now:)
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    1st comute of the year

    I got back into biking mostly for mountain biking, road took over when I moved to Florida, flat and hotter than Hades. I have the Cannondales, Synapse and then the Scalpel full Carbon, Ultegra(not worth the $ for Dura ace) and XTR/SRAM. I might have deserved them when I was young and poor, but...
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    1st comute of the year

    I did a ride yesterday , my 1st since Nov. It was 72F here, sunny, no wind.....my calf was still sore from running which I do mostly in the winter due to the short days and family, more exercise in a shorter time frame/daylight. Spring/summer fall, I'll do 2-3 rides a week and run 4 days a week...
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    Calling All Petrolheads

    l'Autodrome de Linas --Montlhéry is also a fun ride, toast the tires and rims at the end. We have a Mini Cooper and I drive a 4 wd Truck.
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    Calling All Petrolheads

    If you want to see San Francisco by drifting car.......... here's the best way: Watch it, it's well worth it. Don't tell me you never wanted to.............
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    Tanked - Aquarium Reality TV Show

    From the country that gave you, Sarah Palin, GW Bush, to Paris Hilton and the Kardashians? These are signs of the apocalypse! And yes, I am being optimistic. A train wreck you cannot pull your eyes from is the only defense I can offer.
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    Tanked - Aquarium Reality TV Show

    Dumb show and dumb company. A good informative show, that's actually entertaining would be much better. This show is neither.
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    What other hobby's do you have?

    The largest trees: Sequoias Gigantes, viaje por Costa Oeste » Blog de viajes :: Pasaporteblog Blog de viajes :: Pasaporteblog Sequoia Trip Planner | Plan Your Sequoia Trip My old school mate works there as a ranger. So we have everything from the hottest desert to the rainforest here, no...
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    What other hobby's do you have?

    Maybe 1500 years old or so. The density in some of the Redwood forest is the greatest biomass density per hectare of any biotope. Much more than Rainforest, but not as much diversity. The tallest, the oldest and the largest trees in the world all live here within a few hours drive in very...
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    What other hobby's do you have?

    Which one? I have dozens. White pine is maybe 30 years old.
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    What other hobby's do you have?

    Bonsai: Bass: Mountaineering: Road cycling route: Mt biking: Part time livestock: Hunting for massive trees: And running trails:
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    Takashi Amano is redoing his monster Nature Aquarium

    That is NOT his home tank, that's a pair of tanks for the Tower.
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    Mushrooms!

    I do not drink, so food is a vice of mine. You only need a little bit.
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    Mushrooms!

    Chanterelle, Masutake, porcini's, no truffels here, but we got all sorts of tasty stuff in CA along the coastal mountains. Masutake are my fav....40$ USD per pound. But the white truffel........ahhh........that's my fav in a good risotto.
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    Please sign this petition - Fuel prices

    I'm a bit more practical about it. I can pay the electric company 200$ a month, or pay for the solar panels which are 70$ a month and will be paid off in 3 years from now. I can plug the car if it's electric into the solar system. I also am a net electric producer since my system has a reverse...
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    Please sign this petition - Fuel prices

    Gas prices.....the USA is really good at Bull manure this claim......."....it'll hurt jobs, it'll end society as we know it(as if that is really such a bad thing in some ways) it'll raise prices..........." We have already been paying less and subsidizing the Oil industry. Who'd be in the...
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    London Riots

    The only reason why the Rich hire more people is because demand goes up, not because they get Government freebies, kickbacks, legalized "Bribes", this is not about politics, this business and economics. Taking care of the rich just means they end up with more money is all, not help out more poor...
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    London Riots

    Kids without anything better to do.
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    London Riots

    Now you sound like some of the people in the USA :oops: I think we can easily blame the parents of these kids and rightly so. This is about you and the kids, not what everyone else is doing. "Just because everyone else is out rioting, does not mean you can also mister!" Put them to work and...
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    London Riots

    Kid's make mistakes, but sometimes they make some big ones, this was one of those times. Mine knows they will get a beating and be forced to work in prison like conditions if ever caught. And I know how to catch and look for evidence. I make sure it's a much easier path to do the right thing...
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    Anyone into trail biking/mountain biking? Help needed

    V brakes are easier to adjust and fix in general if you are out 20 km from civilization. I've never had issues with them, Dsic? Try changing the pads and bleedign rhe hydrulic type once ina while.....sucks. the V barkes can be had for pretty cheap. Try the cable Disc for now.........might be...
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    Anyone into trail biking/mountain biking? Help needed

    Well, I'm from Marin CA, and all.......this looks to be a decent hardtail, good entry bike and a good price.
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    London Riots

    Cops are trying to minimize destruction but also protect themselves, if they start cracking heads, then they have the crowd turn on them. If they shoot and kill a few, then they get blamed, they are not in an easy spot. Now if a crowd of angry normal folks got the pitch forks and...
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    London Riots

    " Sales of baseball bats and police batons shot up more than 5,000 percent in the last 24 hours on Amazon's British website." "Youth gangs were reported to be coordinating their movements though social networks -- particularly secure-access Blackberry Messenger groups -- and targeting shops."...
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    London Riots

    They shut that link down fast:)
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    London Riots

    There's plenty of folks with guns here, getting away without getting shot would be tough in the USA. Flask mobs maybe due to the speed, but not on going.........The Rodney King stuff really pissed off a lot of people on both sides in LA........same type of stuff. I have to wonder though, why...
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    Jobs; What do you do?

    Business owner, student(seems like this will never end, but the last degree is being finished), seller of aquatic plants/driftwood, photography, Biology instructor at a college, consultant, dad. Got a few irons in the fire.
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    London Riots

    Sounds like the USA:) Or yesterday in South Sacramento. But the kids here have guns and we do not use rubber bullets. Yes, we shoot looters and robbers. Some folks shoot themselves. Guns and ammo, that is all we export and make in the USA anymore. An old saying, "an idle mind is an evil...
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    Thinking of Buying a Road Bike

    Some fairly inexpensive steel road bikes should be available, I'd check locally for used bikes. It's the rider, not the bike really, but a nice bike will make things very comfy. Cycling is about 3-5X easier than running, and you are less prone to injury, however, you Are more likely to get run...
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    Climate change (Why do PFK bother with blogs?)

    A biased group to be certain, but our class was asked what are the 5 most pressing environmental issues today. There was a surprising agreement. Over population (the biggy) Global climatic change Pollution Habitat loss Disease Then we drew feedback arrows between each of these and their...
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    Butterfingers

    Well, could the game could have very well gone either way, but them butter fingers, man. Better to see a good game and no mistakes truthfully. He made up for in the second 1/2. We got a good shot on him, but he got a hand on it. I guess it was what he thought would be an easy stop and then got...
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    Barr Report.

    I selectively blocked you for a few hours. Damn, you figured me out :shh: Regards, Tom Barr
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    Metallica

    You should hear my funk version sort of an ala Primus rendition. Huge ego guitarist freak. Drummers like it. I like their new bassist a lot, listen to old Suicidal Tendencies sometime, but man, what a loss for Les and Metallica both. Not that much into their newer stuff these days. If you can...
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    What/who are you listening too?

    Joe Satriani, Stu Hamm, Gary Hoey Tony MacAlpine Regards, Tom Barr
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    What/who are you listening too?

    Nag nag nag. Oh, she just stopped..........whew. Regards, Tom Barr
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    University Challenge

    http://4e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=0&id=76 And Plants/algae can use a Fe containing hemoglobin as well to quench O2 where it's not desired and can cause damage. Regards, Tom Barr
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    what car are we driving?

    She has a Mini cooper Checkmate. I have a 4wd Toyota Tacoma with big tires. We have 5 bicycles: 3 mountain bikes 2 road bikes I wish they'd come out with a mostly electric/part hybrid small truck instead of those damn SUV's, I hate those damn things. Electric motors have lots of good torque...
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    Alice Cooper

    I keep hoping he will die for real. Looks 1/2 dead and has for a few decades. He's a right wing Republican, same for Ted Nugent and Dee Snyder of Twisted sister. Folks you would not think are. I like the music, theater etc. Regards, Tom Barr
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    PFK Website Compromised

    It's those damn climate change email hackers! Trying to blame aquarist for climate change! Regards, Tom Barr
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    Enough rain for you?

    Well, no hurricanes, but you got pounded bad. Looks like a UK version of post Katrina. Bully for the RAF for saving folks! We will likely have a very wet year here in CA. 31 cm in a day, that's a lot of rain. Hope all is well for the rest of you. Tom Barr
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    what car are we driving?

    Toyota Tacoma with big tires and 4 doors. They do not make them with hybrid engines(yet). Will get a new one once they do. The other is a Mini Cooper. From there: The Santa Cruz Blur Litespeed tuscany And a Cyclocross No motocycles. I do not wanna be an organ donor and that is the best...
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    New Cars... Good MPG?

    http://www.litespeed.com/bikes/current/archon.aspx Take public transport, ride home after. 2 hour ride vs 1:15 stuck in traffic will make life much better. I own a truck that sits most of the time in Drive way, but it's a smaller version, waiting for a decent hybrid Toyota tacoma pu, they have...
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    Where do you guys work?

    Regards, Tom Barr
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    time to retire from UKAPS

    Don't be a quitter, stay, just to spite them:) Posting of pics, attention etc, none of that matters. I have pretty thick skin, it takes a lot to piss me off, but I've been on these forums and the web for decades now. I suggest growing some spine and scales, the folks pissing you off are not...
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    What instrument do you play?

    The Mod 6 is awesome if you can handle the 6 string bass. The strings are not those. I prefer a 4 string. 6 took some getting use to. The Factor is really awesome, light and great sound. Stu Hamm from Joe Satriani used them, Duran Duran etc. I have a Fender Jazz that's been modified and...
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    What instrument do you play?

    and the tub: Regards, Tom barr
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    Peace @ UKAPS, please

    Since the non CO2 no water change method is so laborious and all.............it does not hurt to try it if you are techy scapeaholic? It's a good exercise. Likewise, for the low tech folks, try DIY CO2 and see if you can scape. I wrote an old article about the 12 stages of the aquscaper many...
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    Peace @ UKAPS, please

    This is what I look like really: I think it's important to note differences, but the sum of those differences is really the real strength in UKAPS. You have a very wide range of folks and skills in many different areas. You all share the same passion. So there's never any need for personal...
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    Peace @ UKAPS, please

    Who could not trust a face like that :lol: Tropica is really different, as is Seachem, there are other lesser known brands etc that fall into this group, but these guys listen to Hobbyists, help them grow plants, offer some Real Science, not these Myth based garbage trying to Hock their wares...
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    you know your obsessed with your planted tank when....

    You own and are willing to pay for this: Then you get a PhD in the subject of aquatic plant research. I swore long ago "I'd never become one of those plant addicted people". I am, such a failure :oops: Regards, Tom Barr
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    GnR's latest album

    Band is great, the singer sucks. Good lyrics and writing though. I like them on a whole, but this album was really pretty sad. I've never had any issues with the band. Great all the way around for rock. I was disappointed with this new GnR release. I think the band was better off without him...
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    Funny things from Foreign friends about voting in the USA

    Yes, like regular marriage works so well :roll: The perfect example of how it is suppose to be? I'm smart, never married:) I think folks should mind their own business, it hurts no one else and it's not for others to judge a couple. If they are happy, that's all that counts. There's some one...
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    Funny things from Foreign friends about voting in the USA

    Let's see, 1.I've lived in a 3rd world country for a 1.5 years 2. Lived with a interacial and a biracial couple for 5 years as roomates 3. Lived with a Lesbian couple (same place, 5 years as roommates) 4. Had several girlfriends of different cultures and race 5. Had black kids spit on me for...
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    Funny things from Foreign friends about voting in the USA

    They did pass the ban on gay marriage however :roll: Same rational is used as the claims for making it illegal for interacial marriage(and not that long ago either). As I am in a relationship with a woman of color/different culture than I, obviously I feel a certain way. So it's okay to be...
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    Funny things from Foreign friends about voting in the USA

    It's sort of a hoot that many of my friends abroad feel they should get to vote in the USA as the effects are felt very strongly in their countries. I can see their point:) I voted a few weeks ago via mail(the only way to go here, the pools are zoos about now and particularly today!). Looks...
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    I'm back from Portugal

    I'm heading there to talk about aquatic plants this Sept 18-25th. Regards, Tom Barr
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    Stealth at Thorpe Park

    I use a Mt Bike and 6000ft and 30km and at the end: Not a bad video: This is just 5 min of 3-4 hours(2 downhill rides) worth of different downhills here. If you like more speed: Mammoth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJq4S7T ... re=related You are going about 50mph here. It's steeper...
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    Got kids?

    Mine is 22 years old now and after and during college, now works :mrgreen: I might adopt later. I'm still not that old :wink: Folks think my son is a brother 8) He catches and eats fish, swims and boats with them, maybe he will get into keeping them. I'd rather him see nature and where he...
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    Engagement!

    As long as she supports the passion here, she's got 2 green thumbs up, if not, kill yourself now:) Try Aruba, great place to dive, pretty cheap too. Regards, Tom Barr
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    new Mac ultra thin notebook

    It's a nice computer, no Hard drive, solid state like flash drives. Really neat, but I can be tough on things too. The iPhone is awesome(just got that, forget having a GPS, this is much better, I get that + aerial photo's and every hotel or thing of interest I can think of). The iPod regular is...
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