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|June 4th, 2008, 10:25 PM
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My buddy and I just got done building up his '05 CTD. I put my Scrambler project on hold for a month so we could get this nailed out by Memorial weekend at the dunes, but we got screwed by Deaver and didn't get the rear leafs in time. Anyway, it's together now so here are some pics. I did all the custom design and fab, he did the other stuff like teardown and all that sh1t.
He had a nicely built '01 Sierra but got sick of blowing out the front end, didn't wanna solid axle it no matter how hard I tried to convince him, so he went for the upgrade. His old truck:
He got an '05 Ram 2500 CTD back in August, 5 days later it was up at the dunes for Labor Day weekend. It did great for a stocker but who wants a stock truck? He wanted to be able to haul across the dunes effortlessly at 60+mph and I wanted to make it happen. I talked him into a long travel suspension and 37s but he still wanted bigger. Then I found a great deal on some 40x13.5R20 XTerrains on here and it's been downhill ever since. Here's the specs:
-12" lift, all custom
-40" XTerrains on 20x10 KMC Diesels
-10" Full Throttle Coils, 12" travel Fox remote resi shocks, custom longarms and bracketry by BBA Fabworks
-8" Deaver leafs, 2" extended shackles, 14" travel Fox remote resi shocks, traction bar
-Axle trusses front and rear
-Drop pitman arm and sector shaft brace
-Custom trac bar and brackets
-Clocked t-case, new driveshafts, etc.
-A bunch of other little crap here and there
He's got a massive tuner, FASS, intake, stacks, and some other mods so it turns the 40s really well but it'll still get regeared before too long. It'd still blow most trucks out of the water.
We started on it the first weekend of May, got it on the road last Sunday.
How she sat the first afternoon
Stock coil next to new one and blingin shock
Then I figured I might as well blow a couple holes in the frame and start adding some reinforcement plates
Built up some adjustable UCA brackets out of 3/16" box and 1/4" plate
Then I had a cool picture in my head for the LCAs and tying everything together. Obviously beefiness is priority #1 but I can't just leave it looking plain either. I think the frame brackets turned out
I figure with an 8000 lb truck coming down on the front end some more reinforcement wouldn't hurt, and it makes it look a lot cleaner
The pics don't do it justice so far but oh well.
|June 4th, 2008, 10:41 PM
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Threw a truss on the front end:
I would've liked to make it wider but the little bit of extra strength probably isn't worth the tons of extra work in this application. It should still help strengthen the weak point in the middle a bit.
Might as well throw one of the sexy lady gussets in there
The drivers side was kind of a PITA. Because of the whole welding to cast issue I plated the bumpstop pad with 1/4" plate, welded it on, and drilled and tapped a couple bolts holding the plate to the cast. Then I welded the tube to the plate.....works for me.
Figured with 8k lbs coming down on the front end adding some strength to the knuckles wouldn't be a bad idea either. I plasma'd out some 3/8" plate to brace the inner Cs.
Meanwhile among other things my buddy stripped off the stock mounts and got some paint on the new frame brackets:
This is why it's going up another 4-6" (those are the 41s goin on my Jeep, not on the Ram):
|June 4th, 2008, 10:44 PM
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Plated control arm mounts and lower shock stud. I might do something to make this double shear, we'll see
I wanted to get rid of the cam bolt adjustment slot so the bushing had a good surface to sit against.
Then decided to go full crossover since the stock setup would've been hating life at that height with those tires. It's all 1.5" .25" wall DOM with 3/4" heims. I would've preferred TREs but there weren't any decent choices for the setup we had to work with and the timeframe we were trying to do it in. Still, for what it is I'm pretty happy how it turned out.
Had to chop off the panhard mount and clearance the coil mount for the new tie rod:
Also had to bend the tie rod to clear the diff cover/ring gear at full lock:
In hindsight I probably could've made the bends further out and not had to clearance the coil buckets as much but this works just fine.
Then it was on to control arms.
Bushing end:
All of em in place:
1.5" .25 wall uppers, 2" .25 wall lowers. I had to put a 10° bend in the uppers to clear the frame as the suspension cycles but I don't foresee any issues from it. I may brace the bends later on if I have any concern.
|June 4th, 2008, 10:49 PM
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I hate z-bend draglinks but I had to do something along those lines on this thing. The lower bend was necessary to clear the massive coils/buckets and I also used it to minimize the angle on the heim. The upper bend was required so the heim wasn't maxed on such a tall truck. Oh well, the .25 wall tube will do just fine.
I :heart: IROKs (my wheels/tires still)
Frame end panhard bracket built to match draglink angle. I still want to add a longitudinal brace but it's set besides that.
With all the important sh1t in place:
New beefier axle end panhard mount:
With the shiny new 40s on 20s:
Height reference.......I'm 6' tall
She's a wide one too:
For those that care, 41x14.5 IROK compared to 40x13.5 XTerrain with weight on it:
Me truck isn't small by any means (5" lift, 35s) but looks like a baby now:
|June 4th, 2008, 10:52 PM
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Funky sway bar links I came up with to make everything clear. I might add a diagonal brace later
4" extended and beefed shackles
Truss, trucker chick gussets, etc
Traction bar comes this week
She's a beast
Awwww how cute
I know, not the typical rig most of us, myself included, would build. But it's made to be big, look good, and easily blast across the dunes at 60+. It'll do all that and more. Even if you don't like the style hopefully you can appreciate the fab work involved.
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Try this; MidwayUSA lists the the Muzzle Velocity, and the Muzzle Energy levels for most of the loads that the sell. They list 2, 158 gr Fiocchi loads for 38 Special, one at M.E. of 295 ftlbs, the other @ M.E. 320 ft lbs. Compare your loading to the other 38 Special loads.
This is by no means the difinitive answer, but you'll get an idea of how much hotter they are. And yes they are a little more 'stout' than the other loads that I checked. Have your gunsmith check the gun to ensure that it is in good condition before you shoot them. A heavier load will put more strain on you, the gun, and of course the target.
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I just came across this little incident on another forum and since this old thread was revived recently I thought some of you might find it interesting.
The fella that was telling what happened said his uncle had a small compressor that was about 20 years old and they had forgotten to unplug it and the tank let go on the thing during the night. He described the tank as "opening up like a banana peel" and going through the metal siding of their small garage where it left a hole big enough for a man to crawl through. They found the tank about fifty feet away from the building and the pump about 100 feet away, he said they could not even find the motor! He ended the story by saying he has become a big fan of hydo testing after seeing that!
While tank ruptures are not exactly an everyday occurrence they do happen and sometimes it can get real serious. Injuries and even fatalities are sometimes the result of these failures and property damage besides the compressor itself is likely in the event of a failure so it is a very good idea to treat these things with respect and DON'T TAKE CHANCES!
I've got a buddy that only runs his compressor when he wants to use it.
Having to wait for that ... what a pain!
I have a ball-valve shut-off on mine, so it stays at 125 PSI all the time. It runs very seldomly (if ever), and air is available any time I want it.
Think of air as "kinetic energy", and spend the time to find and repair any line leaks that you can. Doing so will save you money, time, and aggravation.
Spend the extra money on good quality couplers, plugs, teflon tape and hoses ... they'll pay for themselves over time.
|If that compressor is bleeding down to zero (or nearly so) every night you should find out why and stop it, probably a simple shut-off valve at the tank will do it. Having to refill a compressor tank from zero every day puts a tremendous amount of unnecessary wear on the pump because of the long run time and heat build-up, occasionally dropping the tank to near zero will not not hurt anything but it adds up fast. If this happens, for example, 250 days out of a year and takes 7 minutes to refill from empty that is about 29 hours of wasted hard run time per year not to mention the wasted power. The bigger problem though is the fact that the tank has to expand and contract through each of these cycles which will greatly shorten it's service life and as old as yours is it likely will not have a lot of time left anyway so you need to go easy on it. Most people don't realize that a tank undergoes expansion and contraction during discharge/recharge but it does, not much during the normal discharge/recharge cycle but all the way down to zero and than back up to pressure causes a lot of expansion/contraction which will eventually lead to tank failure due to metal fatigue. Obviously letting the tank drain to zero is a REALLY bad idea and you really need to address this problem as soon as possible, especially considering how old that compressor is.
|My dad has a 60 gallon cambell hasfeld 2 stage compressor that is probly 20+ years old and it works great. We had to change the pressure switch and magnetic starter a couple years ago but other than that it is all good. There are a few leaks in our air lines so it will bleed down overnight, but i usally forget to turn it off so it stays pressurized. If bleeding don the comressor is bad is using auto drains also bad. As far as tank explosions are concerned I have taken pop bottles both2 liter and smaller ones and drilled a hallf in hole in the cap put a valve stem in the bottle the fits snuly in the neck and the cap holds it in and presurize it as high as I can get it abuot 120 psi and poke a hole in it with a nail in the end of the stick andthe blast is like a shotgun and it ecoes in the suronding woods, the first time i did it i heldit and just poked the hole but now I stand back and whack it with the stick with a nail in it since my hand was numb after doing that. any way when i do ths the bottles can fly 20' and that is not with much pressure
|That reads like so many I have seen in safety bulletins from years past, while fortunately it is not a common occurrence it does happen far more than most people realize. Of the one's I have read about and the two I witnessed first-hand most were related to attempting a repair which should of course NEVER, EVER be done! Both of the tank explosions I looked at were caused by rust/metal fatigue but repairs accounted for the largest number of the one's I read about. Sometimes these explosions involved injury and sometimes a fatality and I can only guess at how many close calls went unreported since unless an injury or fatality was involved it was not included in those bulletins. I remember one in particular where a large tank of about 200 gals at a sawmill blew the end out and the main portion of the tank body was found nearly 1/4 of a mile away!
This story was in the Fresno Bee today. The net version is shortened a bit.http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1136067.html try this again:
The air compressor tank had been repaired at this shop, they were testing it when it blew up. One man killed immediately.
|Just thinking, all this talk about tanks and service life might lead one to think that tank failure might be a major concern but in fact tank failure is rare in a normal shop situation even on old tanks. A tank's service life is determined by, damage from rust and abuse aside, the number of expansion/contraction cycles it goes through and under normal use the tank will far out last the pump so if the water is drained regularly and it is not damaged from accident or other reasons it should never be a problem. Draining a tank to zero pressure on a daily basis is abusing it and it just stands to reason that if you greatly increase the magnitude of the expansion/contraction cycles then the number of cycles will be decreased before it fails due to metal fatigue. If you abuse your tank in this manner then you very well may experience failure in a few years, maybe sooner, but if you maintain it properly then you probably will never see a tank failure even after many years. It is not uncommon to find tanks that are 20-30 years old and even older but I would strongly recommend pressure testing one this old if it is considered for use even if it is on a running compressor, just to be safe.
Draining water does not significantly reduce the pressure and draining a tank down to about 75 PSI or so will not be nearly as bad as zero since the tank will still be expanded. This, BTW, is not just my opinion but is fairly well known fact and for examples I can give you a good one. Since this is hardly a problem with smaller tanks it was not a problem on mining trucks that use air starters and almost completely drain their tanks several times a day, that is until on one job we decided to use 60 gallon tanks to replace the smaller ones in order to increase the starter volume(bigger tanks help a lot here since this is a one shot affair that does not rely on the compressor). After a while the tanks began to develop the cracks that are common to a tank that has reached the end of it's service life but these tanks had been total discharged and recharged many times, just as if they had been completely drained everyday. These were the common medium duty tanks found on consumer air compressors and were charged to 135 PSI. Some of the larger mining trucks use much larger tanks of 80 gallons or even bigger with no problems but these are a lot heavier than you are likely to find on a normal shop compressor. I have sold and serviced air compressors for over thirty years and I have seen many tanks crack from fatigue and vibration and the ones with leaky systems that allowed them to drain frequently had a noticeably shorter service life. I never said that you would ruin a tank in a short time and in fact it may take a while for damage to appear, probably many years on a heavy commercial unit but for the common consumer units which are quite a bit lighter the cracks can appear in a much shorter time. Drain yours if you like but it's service life will suffer.
As an added note tanks which reach the end of their service life and fail from fatigue, whether in a normal time or accelerated from excess expansion/contraction, rarely do more than just develop cracks usually around a weld at the mounting feet or pump/motor brackets and do not present much of a danger. Tanks that have reached this point must be scraped and should NEVER be repaired by welding or any other means and to attempt to repair one can be extremely dangerous.
I have had close association with two long-time, regularly used air compressor systems. One was a body shop system and "Dan the Man" insisted that the water be drained daily, to a level that significantly decreased the pressure in the tank -- not dead empty, but it would take a few minutes in the morning to cycle up, probably 2/3 or 3/4 of the way down.
The other is a boatyard system that I am still around. The water gets drained 2 or 3 times a week and the compressor is shut off on Saturday afternoon unless customers are using it, in which case it runs all weekend and all week to the next weekend, sometimes 3 or 4 weeks in a row.
The first lasted many years til the dealer went out of business, and the second is still running. At least 25 or 30 years of life each...
The logic is sound, but practices differ I guess.
|Over the years I have heard many stories about those bottles and a couple of them I know are fact, most probably are. One happened to a friend of mine who was a railroad employee that dropped one off of a rail service truck and he insists they tracked that thing over 1200 feet bouncing between rails before it stopped, this fellow is a no BS kind of guy and I have no doubt what he said was true. Another was in a safety bulletin, it went through a light metal garage door, a chain link fence, took out and awning and a picnic table before winding up in a swimming pool about 150' from the garage where it started it then spun around until the pressure was finally gone. Yep those things can create some excitement!
|Funny that you tell that story Farna. I was just watching a show last night called myth busters and they were testing that old (myth). They got very similar results.
|I'm USAF. Had to go repair a hangar wall that an oxygen tank went through in the mid 80s. Kid that started to move the cart without checking reportedly got a severe tongue lashing and nearly had a heart attack as he watched the tank skid across the floor between two fighters before it bounced up and went through the wall, across the parking lot, and sunk about a foot in a dirt bank. Went right through the middle of an empty parking space against the building, with a car parked to each side. Talk about lucky!! That tank traveled a bit over 100' and still had the energy to embed a foot in relatively hard packed dirt. Now if it had hit him on the way out, or the regulator that popped off had hit someone/something... I don't recall what happened to the regulator, but the lightest thing will go the furthest fastest. Throw a rifle shell in the fire (well, no, don't!!) and the bullet will likely stay in the fire. The lighter shell casing is what will launch and be dangerous!
It would be interesting to know how many times the wisdom from hotrodders members has helped people go about working more safely and helped avoid harm. This is truly a great site.
|Exploding tanks have always been a lil fear of mine. Like a bomb just waiting to go off. So many people neglect to maintain there compressors and it just makes me cringe. But not as much a somebody knocking over a oxy/acetylene set up onto concrete.
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Saturday mornings are reserved for sleeping, that's unless you're a Gooner living on the West Coast of the United States. Setting the alarm for 4:30am the night before brings a rush of nerves and of course dread. The hope is that The Arsenal will deliver on the time we lost sleeping in. It's a bit of a gamble these days.
But seriously, it seems like we're all tired and a bit cranky. It's been a long season that has given us some really low lows, and some of the most amazing highs I could remember. Maybe one feeds off the other, but that's the life of a football fan. Every game is a 'heart attack'. Or at least it is for me. As I've said on the Podcast it's the best reality TV in the history of television.
This Saturday delivered one of those games that captures the team's current run of late. We looked a little tired and out of sorts with the loss of Arteta. I feel like a broken record; it seems I may have brought this up last week.
The game itself wasn't anything special, a game where we had two teams that didn't seem to want it: Chelsea looking at Barca and The Arsenal below their best. Who could blame either team for their display? They are mentally and physically checked.
Now, some will say we dropped points, but I say we stayed the course and picked up a point. Yes, it's an uneventful point, but a point nonetheless that will further our chance at finishing third in the table. Look, we didn't play our best and we got a point. Things could have been much worse. Much, much worse. But the football Gods are looking down on us.
It's another long week until the next game, a week to reflect again on this amazingly turbulent season. Maybe just sit back, take a deep breath and look at the positives. Stop looking at things to criticize and instead compliment, appreciate what this "team" has accomplished.
You know it's easy and somewhat lazy to point out a bad pass or shot, so again, do some real thinking and give a shout out to the positive play we have delivered this year. Every pass won't be picture perfect and every shot won't go in. Simples.
They're a team when they hit the pitch. We win and lose as a team. We win and lose as supporters. So, stop hating and start respecting and enjoy the show. They hear the boos, the gasps, and no doubt feel the pressures of the season and fans. Be positive. And yes, I realize this will be difficult for some.
So, I hope I didn't come across cranky. I did sleep in on Sunday.
And don't forget to check out The Arsenal America Podcast this Thursday. Yes, Thursday. Back to Thursday. Thanks as always for reading and listening. Cheers.
Previous entries:
April 18: Different kinds of tired
April 12: Emotionally spent
March 29: No doubt
March 23: An amazing run
March 13: Mad Men, mad season
March 6: Rush of emotion
February 29: Pride and joy
February 14: An evolving Arsenal
February 22: Anger is beautiful
February 14: An evolving Arsenal
February 8: A welcome display
February 1: The value of value
January 31: FA Cup magic
January 24: We have to be supportive
January 19: This is a massive game
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Santa headed to Wolfeboro for parade
By LARISSA MULKERN
Union Leader Correspondent | November 21. 2012 6:56PM
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus arrive in Wolfeboro on Saturday, Nov. 24, during the Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade. The parade starts at 3 p.m in downtown Wolfeboro, and is followed by the Christmas Tree lighting. (FILE)
Santa Claus and his missus arrive on motorized sleigh at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 during the annual Christmas in Wolfeboro parade on Main Street. The town's Christmas tree lighting ceremony takes place after the parade.
Mr. and Mrs. Claus will open up Santa's Hut at the entrance to Cate Park on Main Street, where Santa will hold visiting hours daily through Dec. 24.
The Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce presents the Christmas in Wolfeboro Parade.
Besides Santa's arrival, spectators will see many of the new, giant First Night Wolfeboro puppets, hand made by members of the Governor Wentworth Arts Council and four 12-year-old girls from the local area.
Jerome Holden, who is in charge of the First Night Wolfeboro puppets, said many but not all of the newly hand-made puppets will strut their stuff down Main Street on Saturday. Other puppets should be ready for the First Night Wolfeboro parade on Dec. 31.
Holden said the puppets include eight- to 10-foot characters with seasonal themes, a duck, a unicorn and six smaller Jack-in-the-Box puppets for younger kids.
Elsewhere in town on the same day, two groups are hosting large craft fairs.
Holiday craft fairs will be held at the American Legion Harriman-Hale Post 18 on Center Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Kingswood campus on South Main Street, also from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For those who want to keep their hands busy, Spider Web Gardens in nearby Center Tuftonboro will hold a special Balsam Wreath or Swag Workshop earlier in the day, starting at 10 a.m. The shop is located at 252 Middle Road. For more information about Spider Web or the event, call 569-3608 or visit www.spiderwebgardens.com.
For the younger crowd, the Wolfeboro Area Children's Center will host a Children's Christmas Craft-Making Fair at 11:30 a.m. at the Area Children's Center, 180 South Main St. Call 569-1027 for more information.
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text: House passes budget that includes increase in sales tax At the beginning of the House budget debate during the last week in April, the House voted to increase revenues by about $900 million by raising the sales tax to 6.25 percent from 5 percent. The House Ways and Means Committee proposal had not included any new revenues. Even with this increase in revenues, the final House-passed budget includes significant cuts in order to deal with an expected budget deficit of nearly $5 billion. When the House approved increasing the sales tax, it designated $275 million to deal with transportation needs, $205 million to reduce local aid cuts and the remaining funds to reduce other budget cuts. Outlined below are changes the House made to the Ways and Means proposal. PreK-12 Education Chapter 70: The final House-passed bill uses approximately $160 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to ensure that all districts reach their required foundation budget levels. House 1 had proposed using $184 million to get all districts to foundation. Because local aid is higher in the House budget than in the governor's proposal, the required contribution for district expenditures also increased, reducing the amount of state aid needed to get all districts to foundation. The House used an additional $20 million in ARRA funds to ensure that all districts receive $50 per pupil. Therefore, all districts will receive ARRA funds. Adds $20 million for reimbursements for regional transportation. Restores $6 million to the "Pothole" account, which had been zeroed out. Includes a new program funded at $400,000 for planning grants to support districts considering regionalization. Restores $500,000 for the Alternative Education program, which had been zeroed out. Adds language ensuring that kindergarten programs previously funded through the Community Partnership will continue to receive funding. Higher Education The Ways and Means proposal included a provision to reduce funding of state employees' health insurance premiums from the current 85/15 or 80/20 split (which depends on the hire date of employees) by instituting a 70/30 split for everyone. The final House budget changed the split to 80/20 for everyone, including those now at 85/15. The House-passed budget provides $13.4 million more than proposed in the Ways and Means budget. This exceeds the FY09 budget by $5 million. The budget: Adds $10 million to scholarship programs for a total of $92.9 million. Provides $1 million for dual enrollment for high school students. What's Next The Senate will release its version of the FY10 budget on May 13. It will be debated on the Senate floor during the week of May 18.


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Back in August, Mitt Romney's campaign set a controversial benchmark for accuracy, announcing that "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," and you could make the argument that since then they've hewed closely to that standard. The October 16 presidential debate presented a challenge not just to that fact-checkers-be-damned mentality, but to one of the Romney's campaign's central claims: that as president he would create 12 million new jobs.
This morning Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler wrote that the math underlying Romney's claim "doesn't add up," calling it a "bait-and-switch" that fudges with timelines, and quoted Glenn Hubbard, one of Romney's chief economic advisers, acknowledging as much. Again, this is one of Romney's key campaign arguments. He repeated it early on in tonight's debate.
There's been a great deal written lately about post-truth politics and journalism, in which corrections of blatant falsehoods have no discernible effect on the repetition of said falsehoods. This issue -- central as it is to the political campaign but also the economic recovery -- represents an opportunity to alter that dynamic.
But such change can happen only if the media step up and actually press the Romney campaign on this point. It's too important to let slide.
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I see posts about putting the ammo in mylar bags then sealing them with O2 absorbers but I haven;t heard about just straight into a can with O2's
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about compromise, about the search for a camera that did it all and didn't cost the earth. And the conclusion I came to was that more often than not compromise doesn't work. Well I might've changed my mind...
Ever since the first Asus Transformer arrived, I've loved the idea of the Transformer range. With one device you could replace a day to day laptop as well as fulfil tablet duties. In fact, not only was it supposed to replace both laptop and tablet but with a battery life of 12-15hours, it would out-perform them both too – it was the ultimate compromise device!
But, I didn't review it, and neither have I reviewed subsequent versions, so I'd never truly had a sense of whether any of the Transformers could actually replace my laptop and tablet in real life. That was until now.
The original Asus Transfomer
First, a bit of background...
For those of you that don't know, the Asus Transformer range are Android tablets that include a rather clever keyboard dock that in essence turns the tablet into a laptop. The hinged dock allows the tablet to fold flat against the keyboard and open out to hold the screen at whatever angle you want.
As well as adding a keyboard and screen-holding convenience, the keyboard also has extra connections like a USB port and SD card slot and as mentioned above, it adds extra batteries too to up the tablet's life from around 8-9hours to more like 15. Impressive stuff, right?
Well, the latest version that we just reviewed, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, even adds a Full HD screen, giving it iPad 3 levels of screen quality. All told, there was no way I was letting this one pass through our office without giving it a proper test myself.
So, I've spent the last few days using the Infinity as my day to day laptop/tablet and, boy, has it passed with flying colours.
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For a start, as a basic piece of tablet hardware, it ticks all the right boxes. It looks nice, feels well made, its Full HD screen is amazing, it's fast and the battery seems to last forever. But it's the fact that it really does hold up to being a master of all that has me impressed.
The keyboard dock adds battery life as well as extra connectivity
Take my daily commute, for instance. It takes me around about one and a half hours to get to work each day, by train, bus, tube and leg power, and every step of the way the Infinity delivers. On the bus and train I can – assuming I get a seat – get some work done, typing away on the impressive keyboard, or sit back and relax watching a video with the Transformer sat on the seat back tray or my lap. So that's the casual laptop duties taken care of, then.
One flick of that switch and you can go from laptop to tablet
But, once on the crowded underground, the chances of a seat are minimal, and holding a laptop while standing up is a pig. With the Transformer, though, I can just unhook the tablet from the base and continue what I was watching. And while walking, it weighs just 1.14Kg so I hardly notice it.
It's not just the hardware, either. Android has proved to be more than capable of taking on serious work duties with the help of a few key apps, a couple of which I've listed below.
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It's not only about making for an easy commute either. When reporting on location, the SD slot means picture uploads are a cinch, the USB socket means a press release delivered on USB stick is no problem and the epic battery life means I never need worry about carrying a charger with me.
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Your best bet is to get the data sheet for the paint from your supplier. It is usually similar for paint types but can vary between manufacturers. It will give you dry times, re-coat times, mixing ratios etc. It's essential that you know how the paint is supposed to be applied.
If you have done bodywork you really need to spray a sealer. This is a critical step to keep different paints from reacting with each other. Unless you know the exact type of paint you are painting over you are taking a big risk without spraying a sealer. This is why you had problems with the new paint reacting with the old at the edges. Also don't mix and match brands or even different lines of paint from the same manufacturer.
I would sway anyone from using acrylic enamel. It's old technology and there are more durable paints these days. Acrylic urethane is a much better choice imo. It can be found in both single and double stage depending how you want the paint to look and the work you want to put into it. Of course this is only my opinion. Read the data sheets and go from there.
Masking tape
Yes I know that this is an older thread, but the info is useful.
I am using acrylic enamel with a hardener. I plan to paint two colors. I am retired and have plenty of time.
The bottom line is if I put the last coat of my first color on in the afternoon could I start masking the next morning or should I wait another day or maybe two days?
|This is an older thread, but to answer Chief, it is not a simple answer as you have too many variables to consider. It all depends on application, hardeners used, reducers used, temps and so on.
Masking acrylic enamel
This post has been very informative.
I have another question. When using acrylic enamel with hardener how long should I wait before applying masking tape so that I can paint another color?
|I was doing bodywork and painting cars in the early 70s and talking to people selling paint now is like talking to idiots. They always say this won't work or that won't work. I ask why it worked way back when and it is always, "lacquer paint was bad, our new stuff is so much better". Acrylic Enamel they want to run away from also. And the "you have to prime bare metal with etching primer" is partly true...it is good to do but you don't have to do it because bare metal (freshly sanded and cleaned with wax and grease remover) does not have any oxides yet and it has "teeth" to make primer stick very well to it.
Glad to help. Not a pain at all.
I really don't understand why they told you to use epoxy primer. I have used urethane primer a LOT on bare metal and NEVER had a problem. I may get people that don't agree, but if the bare metal is clean (I use #15230 Martin Senour wax and grease remover) I have not had a problem. Your alcohol may have bitten into your filler. I really don't know. Mix up a dab of your filler on a scrap piece and see what happens. I use an etch primer on aluminum for adhesion but only use it on metal if it is something (like a bike frame) that might get chipped or banged around during assembly. I have never used an epoxy primer therefore I have never had a chance to screw it up. Had I ever used it I probably would have and could tell you more about it. Any decent painter has screwed up a bunch. I will tell you what I would do now, but without seeing this deal this is tough to call. I would let the whole deal dry completely. Sand out the problems. If your sold on the epoxy put filler on a scrap panel and shoot a small spot. What I would not do is use alcohol to clean the panel. If you don't have a problem go ahead and shoot it. If you do have a problem with the test panel go ahead and shoot the job, urethane over bare metal and filler. You've worked hard on it. I really hope it turns out nice for you. Persistence will pay off.
Ok I ordered some polyurethane primer from Summit Racing. When it came the invoice said that urethane primer was not intended for bare metal, and that I should use epoxy primer first. So I ordered some epoxy primer. I cleaned most of the old Bondo, primer, and paint that was on the parts that I didnt replace with new metal. I didnt remove all of it as it seamed to be in good shape and was nice and straight so I thought what heck. I scuffed all surfaces with 120 grit, cleaned it down with alcohol, and then sprayed the epoxy.
While the primer was still wet I noticed some bubbles along the edge of where the old Bondo and primer stopped. There was some Bondo and primer on the other panels and no bubbles.
I am sure that I did something wrong.
Should I have removed all the old Bondo and primer?
Or should I have used a different cleaner than alcohol?
Should I clean off the old Bondo and prime with epoxy?
What should I use if while working the Bondo I expose bare metal? More epoxy or urethane?
Sorry to be a pain it the A__.
Thanks in advance.
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As far as a paint gun goes you really don't need expensive stuff. H.F. has a nice gravity feed non HVLP gun pretty cheap. HVLP is very nice, but it takes a bunch of compressor volume (not pressure) and most small compressors just wont keep up (6.5 cfm or so) so stay with a reg. gravity feed gun. Do your body work first and get it as slick and feathered as you can before you put on primer. If you prime with a urethane primer you should be OK for a while with out top coating. Urethane (or 2K primers as they are often called) do a nice job of sealing and filling so you don't get much shrink or die back. Again just be sure and follow the manufacturers directions (even on your filler) and you should be OK. When you get the gun pick up some cheap paint of some type (even hardware store enamel) and practice getting the reducer right. Years ago when I first started I painted some mailboxes, little red wagons, old bicycles and stuff for friends to get some good practice. Sometimes I even got paid for this. Not much but it helped pay for my practice paint. Just get your adjustments and gun technique down before you start on important stuff. DO NOT be afraid to put down some paint and always remember anything you screw up can be fixed. Good luck and if I can help just let me know.
This is great info. Some of my issues are.
1 I dont have an expensive gun. It is a siphon type with a screw on cup. I bought it years ago and the last time I painted avehicle was about 25 years ago to paint a Datson pickup. At the time I was working at a Mack dealership and used Mack paint. I believe that it was manufactured by Kerker Chemical co. It turned out not all that bad. I have no idea what kind of paint it was but it looked ok considering what I started with.
2 I need to apply some body filler. Should I primer it first or apply the body filler(Rage Gold)?
3 There seems to be as many types of primers as there is paint. What would be a good primer to protect the metal until I am ready for painting if I go with acrylic enamel?
4 I have a good half mask, a home made paint booth made from plastic, and some box fans with some furnace filters.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
|You can get a very nice job with acrylic enamel if you have some experience. If you haven't shot too much paint it probably is not a good choice. You have to lay it down pretty heavy to get a nice gloss and it will slide, but if you don't get it on heavy enough you get an awful "dry spray" look that can't be fixed unless you sand and recoat. Urethane is by far the better choice even though it costs more. I never use cheaper paint because it's just to much work to prep for paint to take a chance. You might consider base clear. I shoot a lot of bikes and I won't use anything else. It is really not that much more than the others and face it, if your paint doesn't look good your project doesn't look good. Even if you have to save up a while longer to go with base clear it is worth it. Good luck with this deal. What ever you decide to go with follow the paint manufacturers recomendations TO THE LETTER! They have tech reference material that is great. You have to understand the manufacturer wants your job to come out right. I have been to several tech schools on paint and they spend a pile of money on R & D so you won't make mistakes. This includes using the proper reducers and hardeners for the temp and humidity etc.etc. Guys with experience can play with this but novices can't. I've got a lot of experience and I don't play with it. If I can help just holler.
Ok I too am a newbie to painting and a bit confused with all the different paints. I think that I may want to use the acrylic enamel. Your response to ortamenxs's question makes me feel as though you know your stuff.
I have a question. I don't plan to paint it right away but need to protect it until then. What primer would you recommend to use with acrylic enamel?
starfire paint
Thanks for the response. Sounds like you need a lot of experience to shoot this paint, and have it come out all right. I think I'll go with a more forgiving product. Thanks.
Finally I can be useful.
Yes I paint with Acrylic Enamel, have for years. AE is pretty good paint.
First the bad points.
AE is super thick. I reduce it 5-1, 5 parts acetone 1 part paint. If doing a top coat 1 part pain 5 part acetone 1 part hardener, thats how thick it is.
Since it is thick, you may want to grab two gallons just in case. After using this Urethane seems to last forever.
Back to the thickness, if you use a heavy coat you get runs, horrible big thick runs.
Since it is AE you can't sand and buff, you have to sand, smooth it all out, then re spray another coat.
However since it is thick you get good coverage. Never paint half a panel, or a section, you have to paint the whole panel/door/ fender ect. . . if you mask off half the door then you will have a visible seam, that you cant' sand.
The good.
You can't sand AE because wen it dries it dries like a shiny hard shell. So no sanding between coats and tacking it off.
This means you hardly ever get orange peel, or fish eyes. The paint smooths itself as it dries to a point. You get a hard shine look.
In fact you can paint and do another spray while the first shot is still wet/tacky. Just don't go too heavy or you'll get runs.
The paint is thick and hard. Even with out hardener the paint is very tough, it resists chips and scratches. It also is a great sealer, because it dries as a shell.
Since it is Acrylic you don't have to be as careful with water in your lines. When you use urethane a little bit of water in your compressor line will ruin a paint job, AE isn't as sensitive.
Ok now to my experiences with it.
I personally like AE paint, it is tough, easily sprayed, and dirt cheap, if you paint it right it will look amazing. You have to watch for two things, runs. The paint is thick, you get nasty runs then you have to sand and re spray. You have to repsray the whole panel so you can go through a lot of paint if your not careful. Also watch for over spray, I mask off and paint 1/4 car at a time. If you have dry AE and you get wet overspray on it it "melts" into it and gives you a great sand paper texture.
Here is how I use it. Prep the car, mask of course. Mix 5-1 acetone/paint, with a big spray pattern and lean mixture I use atleast 45lbs at the gun and do big strokes bottom to top, starting before the area I am painting, and ending after the area I am painting. Going back and forth until I have solid coverage. Since the paint is thick it only takes two or three passes. If I am painting a very light color I let the AE dry, and do another spray to ensure coverage. Now for me in a 90 degree room with forced circulation I have dry times from 20-45 minutes.
After the color is on, I then use 1 part hardener, 4 parts reducer, 1 part paint, and do the clear coat.
Clear AE is easy to use, however I go very lean so on my second pass it is covered, the first past is more of a mist. If you get a run in the clear, be ready for a pain in the butt. What happens if you sand acrylic enamel clear coat? It turns dull white.
With AE you can paint lean, the paint will melt together smoothly as long as the first coat is still wet, a lean spray over dry paint will act like over spray.
I would suggest using a clear coat, if you put a clear over AE base you get an amazingly deep look. The AE dries with a natural shine, it hardens into a smooth shell, nice and slick. I like that you don't have to wet sand between coats, makes the job faster. I can paint a car in 6 hours with AE. Most of that time is masking and re filling the paint gun.
If you don't clear coat, put a top coat of AE one with hardener in it.
AE is thick, you can get nasty runs, and over spray. But it is tough chip resistant, when it drys it "pulls" out orange peel. It is more resistant to water in the line and humidity than urethane base paints. Just make sure you get a wet smooth coat on, no dry rough spots, but don't go to heavy of a coat and get runs and you'll be fine with it.
I've painted many a things with acrylic enamel, cheap paint, looks good, pain to fix errors, but easy to do right once you get the handle on it. Very durable, if you clear it you get amazing depth to it.
Thats my view and experience. But now that I said that, as a former body man let me tell there are people out there who hate acrylic based paint. I have heard horror stories of it standing up in rough patches, getting bubbles underneath the paint, not sticking to primer, flaking off and worse.
I've never seen a rough patch that wasn't cause by over spray or extreme lean mixture on the gun. I've never had bubbles under it. I haven't found a primer it doesn't love, and I've never seen it peel or flake off. Thin it out real good, use a lean mixture on the gun, with a long spray pattern, at least 45lbs at the gun, and big long quick strokes thats te key. But now I am rambling.
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Has anyone used STARFIRE paint on their project? I found their site, and they have a good color choice,you can buy just the paint, or the kit-hardener,thinner,and paint combo pretty reasonably priced. They have acrylic enamel, and acrylic urethane. What are the plus or minus of either product? I would like to know about coversage, durability, any experience anyone has had with the product. thanks
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Hey Emma
I worked with a book artist called Kate Farley on a commission for Sherborne House in Dorset - we were asked to produce something for their Reading Room exhibition of artists' books which reflected some of the history of the house (it had previously been a grand home and a school for girls), as part of their Reading Room exhibition a few years back. You can see a lot of Kate's photos from the project on my website.
Art-books I've produced myself include Volume the Fifty Fourth - this was hand-bound and stamped, it's written as an index to a fictional, wholly self-referential library, with each page having a brief description of one book in the library - and Gabriel, which is a big book whose text weaves a lot of ideas about the archangel from different traditions together. There are a few scans up there but I want to get the whole thing scanned eventually as there's only one copy. I had Gabriel professionally bound but you couldn't see it as anything other than an artists' book if you saw it, really.
I'd love to talk to you about any of these if you're interested.
Ah thank you Emma! Regards using a picture, I think that would be fine, but on that one I'll have to double check with Kate as they're her photos - you might want to talk to her directly too as she did all of the physical work on that book, I just made the text in that case and chatted with her about it! This is her own website with contact details - katefarley.co.uk.


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5 common behavioral issues on Kids Playdates
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- Fernando Ceballos Lachica said...
Rules before the play can constitute a better understanding between each kid who participate. Your article fits for this situation.
- January 18, 2014 at 8:20 PM
- Ria C said...
I'm very glad that my daughter never gave me problems during her playdates while growing up. I can imagine the horrors of a mom to have to go through all the hassles of pacifying a toddler.
- January 18, 2014 at 8:29 PM
- Eileen said...
These are great tips for parents with little kids. Mine are all grown now and I am proud to say that they were very behaved during playdates when they were young. The only "fight" time they had was who was to use the game controller. I solved that by using a timer.
- January 19, 2014 at 6:54 AM
- Juliana said...
Hay! Will never get to experience supervising a child on a playdate. I guess. it's one of those things you don't experience if you're not blessed with a child.
- January 19, 2014 at 7:19 AM
- Betchai said...
play is very important for kids as that is one venue where they learn most and best with other kids as well, these are very helpful tips
- January 19, 2014 at 10:56 AM
- chubskulit said...
THese are very nice pointers, very helpful for parents.
- January 19, 2014 at 11:46 AM
- novemberletters said...
Very helpful parenting tips! My kids are no longer that small but sometimes it is still difficult to deal with their sibling rivalry. The hubby and I set rules and show them we love them in the same intensity. It always help to tell them in a very nice, calming way to stop arguing. I love my boys, I wish they were smaller sometimes, time seem to have flown so fast..I miss their playdates not so long ago...
- January 19, 2014 at 12:05 PM
- Jessica Cassidy said...
These are very helpfuls tips Sis. There is a neighbor that always like to visit our house and play with my kids. He is closed to my son's age. The things that I do not like him are...he likes to eat a lot, he is annoying and looks like his parents doesn't care for him argggg
- January 19, 2014 at 9:45 PM
- Anne Mary said...
These are great tips especially after winter. It is better to have precautions than to be sorry in the end.
- January 21, 2014 at 9:32 PM
- jo-anne wong said...
Great tips! I always encourage my children to play outdoors. It's better than playing with ipad or watching tv.
- January 21, 2014 at 10:16 PM
- jo said...
Tried to search for TackTiles but there was an error with the product catalog. Is that a new company or product? Anyway, we just bought a new plant the other day and I think it's prickly!!! Oh no! My daughter for sure won't go near it but I worry about my guests' little ones! Gee! I should have read this post last week. LOL! I'll just have to put it somewhere they won't reach I guess.
- January 22, 2014 at 2:33 AM
- Juliana said...
very useful safety precautions. every child deserve to have a safe outdoor play area.
- January 22, 2014 at 6:28 AM
- Betchai said...
kids always have a great time outside, and yes, it is important for them to be safe while they have fun and learn at the same time
- January 22, 2014 at 7:48 AM
- Che Syjongtian C said...
i love bringing my kids to play outdoors as they get to exercise and play at the same time. for parents, safety is always the priority.
- January 22, 2014 at 9:59 AM
- Mary jane Tauyan Fitzsimmons said...
thanks for the tips and informations!! Our farm back in australia is not so child friendly haha so i needed this tips to help me and guide how to take care of it outside space for kids
- January 22, 2014 at 10:00 AM
- Jonas Labagala said...
I think when it comes to TacTiles, it's better to choose the dark ones and can withstand any weather condition so that it'll not be exhausting to change another one all over again.
- January 22, 2014 at 10:09 AM
- Dr. Philip Tan-Gatue said...
I'm glad more and more people are realizing the importance of children's outdoor activities. It's also very good that folks are more conscious of their safety while outdoors.
- January 22, 2014 at 5:24 PM
- Lainybelle said...
Lovely tips here! Kids would always love to play outdoors and keeping them safe while they are at it will always be topmost priority for every responsible parents.
- January 22, 2014 at 5:31 PM
- a-an alfafara said...
Nice idea, kids will love this and get to spend more time outdoors than being glued to their Ipads. http://www.louiseinthehouse.com/
- January 22, 2014 at 8:49 PM
- jo said...
I love food stacking systems!!! I wish my kitchen cabinets look like that, so clean and organized! Plus, yes, the food won't stale and a good one will definitely maintain it's freshness!
- January 23, 2014 at 1:26 AM
- Nova Joy said...
cleanest way to organized and seen what's inside the container. brilliant ideas
- January 23, 2014 at 6:08 AM
- Juliana said...
OMG! Your post just reminded me of the task I've been keeping in the back burner forever. I need to re-organize re-arrange my dry spices. I have gazillions of them and I've been trying to figure out how to store them in a more organized manner so I don't keep rummaging through them when I need a specific spice. It's frustrating. I went to the extent of listing what I have so all I need to do is look for whatever I need. I tried a lazy susan spice organizer but it can only hold so much (sigh).
- January 23, 2014 at 7:42 AM
- Pinx L. said...
Oh! I love how organize the kitchen in the photo is! I would love to have like that! I always wanted to buy food storage sets but end up not buying them! hehehe! With kids who always open the cupboards and ransack for food, I don't know if I can get an organized cupboard! Lol!
- January 23, 2014 at 7:54 AM
- chubskulit said...
Containers are good organizers in the kitchen ..
- January 23, 2014 at 9:10 AM
- Mary jane Tauyan Fitzsimmons said...
i love kitchen containers i used to have them lots before but my husband loves it more simpler and with all that plastic containers that we used for food tke away here. love how the fridge looks!
- January 23, 2014 at 9:33 AM
- Che Syjongtian C said...
proper storage container can prolong the shelf life of foods and condiments.
i was about to say, how neat is your kitchen cupboard when i saw the first photo! haha! i wish i could organize our cupboard like that too. :)
- January 23, 2014 at 9:49 AM
- Mhie Lee said...
That's really neat. I miss having my own place where I can organize everything.
- January 23, 2014 at 10:22 AM
- Lisa L. said...
very neat! I love those food containers. It's amazing how it make the cabinet so neat and clutter free!
- January 23, 2014 at 10:54 PM
- Rcel said...
Yes, I have stocks of plastic containers here for my eatable stuff in the kitchen! They sure make the foods fresh and good. I love how neat that stack of of containers pictured! I wish mine is as neat as that! Lol.
- January 24, 2014 at 1:18 AM
- Channel Imperial said...
It's a challenge to keep kids safe outside but is manageable.
- January 24, 2014 at 2:14 AM
- Anne Mary said...
It is indeed so important to put containers even inside the fridge. But how I wish mine was arrange as of that in the picture hehehe
- January 25, 2014 at 8:53 AM
- a-an alfafara said...
It doesn't only organize but it also looks neat and clean.
- January 25, 2014 at 10:23 PM
- Lainybelle said...
- January 26, 2014 at 2:26 PM
- Riza Acebuche said...
Organized things helps us to work inside the house with joy.
- February 1, 2014 at 10:01 AM
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Delaware placed third out of 40 schools in the team standings with 64 total points. Rutgers won the team title with 111 points followed by Villanova with 76. Delaware, host William & Mary, and Bucknell rounded out the top five.
"We had great team energy this weekend," said Delaware head coach Wendy McFarlane. "I was very proud of everyone's effort."
James posted Delaware's top finish on the day as she ran to a time of 14.33 in the 100 meters hurdles to place second overall in the championship division behind winner Emerald Waldon of Villanova, who recorded a winning time of 14:15.
James then joined Amira Idris, Chelsi Campbell, and Tyler Jackson in posting a sixth place showing in the 4 x 100 meter relay in a time of 47.90 and teamed with Idris, Simmons, and Leslie Ope for a ninth place showing in the 4 x 200 meter relay with a clocking of 1:42.97.
Overall, Delaware collected 10 top 10 finishes on Saturday to finish strong at the meet, which is annually one of the top outdoor events on the East Coast. For the weekend, Delaware qualified for the ECAC Championships in May at Princeton in seven events, including four on Saturday - James in the 100 meter hurdles, Kelsey Evancho in the high jump, the 4 x 100 meter relay team, and the 4 x 400 meter relay team.
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Also for Delaware, Melanie Macchiaverna was fourth in the university division high jump (5-1), the distance medley relay team of Emily Gispert, Kelley Donovan, Alexandra Carroll, and Alyssa Kennedy was fifth in 11:54.90; Spencer Nendza was sixth in the triple jump (35-9.25), the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Breanna Nicholson, Kelley Donovan, Chelsi Campbell, and Tyler Jackson was seventh (3:49.84), Alana Pantale was ninth in the shot put (41-1.5), and Monica Hagenauer finished 10th in the shot put (40-6.25).
Delaware will continue action next Saturday, Apr. 12, when the Blue Hens host the annual Delaware Open at Grant Stadium.
Final Team Standings: 1. Rutgers - 111; 2. Villanova - 76; 3. Delaware - 64; 4. William & Mary - 57; 5. Bucknell - 51; 6. Virginia Tech - 50; 7. Robert Morris - 41; 8. Norfolk State - 40; 9. Holy Cross - 38.5; 10. Rider - 39.5......38. Hartford, La Salle, Loyola - 1.
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|Just got word that i am going to be there from the 3rd to the 12th of march.
Pretty sure the beer goes above 3.2% you just have to get it from a state owned liquor store....maybe my mind is just foggy but I'm pretty sure that I didn't drink any beer less than 8% while I was there.
Never been to park city so I'm no help on that but I agree with the info above.
Phew, lots of thoughts going on here.
1. Canyons is decent, but there is better terrain to be had. Also know that PC/Canyons tend to get less snow than Snowbird/Bright/Solitude. This isn't always, but it is usually the case.
2. Brighton has a decent park scene, but if you want to ride park, just ride Park City. No need to do all the drive to Brighton when you have a comparable (if not better) park at PC.
3. Beer doesn't go above 3.2 %. At bars Yeah, but the liquor stores have all beers/booze/wine options.
4. Solitude has good vertical. Yup, and fewer crowds, but the best Vert is at Snowbird. If there are storm disturbances and Canyons/PC is getting 3-4 inches, know that Bird/Bright/Tude could be getting 8-12.
Lifthouse has discount tickets on the way to the SB/Bright/Tude.
Best Party is in Park City. All sorts of bars....good live music to be had at a number of spots.
Good Apres: Stop at the Cotton Bottom (Dive Bar) after a stop at SB/Bright/Tude for a garlic burger. Yum.
If you have the time, head out 80 and up 84 (Take this route as opposed to going back into the valley....much prettier) to either Powder Mountain or Snowbasin. Powder is the classic locals mountain, and Snowbasin is a little more high brow. Personally, I prefer Snowbasin because i don't like wasting my time on low-speed lifts. Powder has never really done anything for me. Best time to go to Powder is if it has snowed in the past 3-5 days and everywhere is tracked-out. At Snowbasin, The views from and runs under the Strawberry lift are worth the visit. Coming back from Snowbasin or Powder, hit the Shooting Star Saloon. Another dive bar, but a cool throw-back.
Not really much to do for tours since you'll be riding much.
Park City also used to do a ride the day you land for free deal. Not sure if they still do.
Been going there for 8 years.We sty in Bear Hollow it is 5 min from the Canyons.1# I like the Canyons it has alot of terain from Fright Gully to Harmony also has a place to eat drink take a piss chill at almost every lift.
2# Brighton there are snowboarders thereFun place found some powder in the woods pretty chill place. I don't ride parkso I can't help any on that
3#Beer just keep drinking it will add up
4# Solitude haven't riden there but I think you can get a pass for Brighton and Solitude all in one.
I am home body so I eat at the house and get wasted there. If you guys are going to have a car I would go to Powder it is a drive from Park City.
There is plenty of night life in Park City my daughter and her boyfreind wouldn't get back to the house till late.
One other thing enjoy it.
Trip to Park City - questions!
Few friends and I booked a trip to PC in early March. The group is a mix of skiers and riders, we got a decently-priced condo just outside of PC.
Anyways, this will be a first-time-in-PC-trip for the most of us and I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on the better places to go, be it resorts, restaurants, extra-curriculars (tours?), etc. We'll be there for 6 days and plan to ski/ride most of them. We'll maybe take one day off to rest our legs.
A few assumptions/things I've already heard:
1. Canyons is a pretty mellow resort, and if we want better terrain to look elsewhere. Is this true?
2. Brighton is more of a snowboard mountain - true/false? How's their park? Honestly, we're mostly there for the freeriding but myself and one other guy have a park-itch.
3. Beer doesn't go above 3.2 %.
4. Solitude has good vertical.
We're all advanced skiers and riders. We'll be staying inbounds for the most part.
Good places to eat? Good places to apres? Good places to party?
Thanks all for any tips/advice!
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To go along with yesterday's tip, here are a few tidbits for document navigation in MS Word with the mouse on the vertical scroll bar.
The first and easiest is to realize that when you click and hold on the scroll bar, a text box will appear that tells you what page you're scrolling to and the section title that begins the page. This is really helpful in a very long document. It keeps you from playing the guessing game as to where you are with the scroll button. (It cuts down on the "Oops! I went too far" problem as well!)
Below the scroll bar, you'll find a series of three buttons. See them?
These little gems can be extremely useful.
The top and bottom buttons (double up and down arrows) are for moving one object up or down. Notice, I used the word "object" and not page. No, it's not a slip of the tongue or in this case, the fingers.
The middle button (the dot) is called the Select Browse Object button. It allows you to select what items or objects the double up and down arrows jump to. For example, if you set the button to Graphic, the up and down arrows will jump from graphic to graphic, regardless of how many pages are between each graphic.
To see your choices, click on the Select Browse Object button. You should see a small palette of choices appear.
Select something from the palette that will aid you with your editing. The name of the icon will appear in the gray box along the bottom as you run the mouse pointer over each icon. (I tend to use either Browse by Page or Browse by Section, but you need to choose whatever will help you the most).
Once you've made your choice, the up and down arrows are immediately ready to jump from object to object, with the word "object" now being defined by the item you chose.
Keep in mind that you can change this setting whenever you wish, so put it to good use.
Well, between yesterday and today, there's a pretty good list of items to learn. Give them a try. They're such small things that add up to a lot of saved time when used regularly. I don't know about you, but I'm always looking to save time!
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Bar di Bari, the European cafe and restaurant from Red Velvet, Drafting Table and Fat Shorty's owner Aaron Gordon, should be open by June 15 at 14th and R streets NW, Gordon said. (Bar di Bari won't be slowed by his troubles this week with exhaust vents and excessive doughnut smell at his other spot, Zeke's Donuts.)
The small restaurant will have 27 seats inside and about 50 on the patio. Gordon envisions it as a neighborhood spot where guests can have a glass of wine and a little antipasti, a cup of coffee or a hearty Southern Italian meal.
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Central Florida seems to have it the worst. "We could really use a hurricane this year," one of my fishing accomplices remarked, "only without the destruction. Maybe a tropical depression."
He was hoping for something to fill Lake Okeechobee again, like Fay did last September, so that the State doesn't have a mad rush over the diminishing freshwater supply.
It has been the third driest dry season on record since 1932.
There are too many stresses on Florida's fresh water supply as is. With Okeechobee water levels below 12 feet, there's a already a developing fight over whether the water is for fish or farming, and its not hard to envision the fish losing out.
This comes at a time when the State, facing economic hardships, is scaling back on the Sugar Land Deal intended to resuscitate the Everglades.
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