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    The transition

    "too big to fail"(look at them now.all this schise riding on the backs of the people,making sure the majority will never have anything their own( even in the best case scenario you have 3 yrs to pay for your right to call something your own,you cant opt out,it will be wrest from your shaky hands.
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    The transition

    No,I do however support "Parity",this became a big thing when steel prices skyrocketed back in the day.
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    The transition

    the bankers created the new "meth" to keep everyone beholden to a seemingly affordable 7 yr or longer year payment schedule for something that would be hard pressed to last that long ,my daughters 08 Honda Civic has 270K miles on it and still runs great.( proof that American cars can be...
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    The transition

    it has been going on for decades here,I think they called it"Cobra" it worked rather simply-a key word,like "ANFO" for instance would trigger something and the program would scrutinize the rest of the correspondence,I stopped triggering Gov't firewalls a long time ago( didn't figure it was worth...
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    11 tooth cog

    put a 11x34 7spd freewheel on my rescue bike( I know why I went with 11 tooth(its behind a 36 tooth chain ring) I cobbled up a chain( don't know why I wanted a 34 tooth low gear-never use em) and the bike mechanic told me my chain was too short he couldn't get it to shift into low,well no bad if...
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    now we have "quantum" tunneling to explain esp,UAVs,deja vue,woman's intuition,etc?( doppelgangers,mine was seen a time or two)The "creepy physics" may yet prevail,because our standard models fit the observable,material universe we inhabit,not the "Goblin universe" and you thought the "Bizarro"...
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    The transition

    I know of one in these parts,the grid was 50K so he elected to go solar at last check it was seamless,knew another guy who for 10 years was total off grid,then the batteries failed and he elected to hook unto the "grid"( I think partly because of cost and he was trying to sell the property.A ex...
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    The transition

    get a flywheel and nickle iron batteries,that should see you through most outages,now with the advent of vertical solar collectors things can get very interesting
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    The transition

    Sodium will have a place,heck old homesteaders have had great success with the "immortal" Iron Edison battery,its surprising but"hands on Pb systems will even work if you are willing to put in the work keeping them going so true,when the zombies of"lack of preppers" come you had better have a...
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    Do you wear cologne when you ride?

    Why,you had a strong tailwind!
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    when is nothing something?(or what was here before the "big bang" ( which sorta seems to be falling out of favor) mmm! love naturally curly redheads( must be a Celtic thing)
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    friends tend to wave at friends even if you are a discreet packet of energy.
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    the sun radiates,of course there are particles as well.
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    2is company,3 is a racket!

    "England swings like a pendulum too,Fathers on bicycles 2x2-"
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    2is company,3 is a racket!

    Ol"johnny-(whats left of him) pulls to the left actually I never tried it on elevated banked,surfaces you naturally counteract the tendency one thing good about staying level,I have seen demos of these things going at speed through many different types of terrain,there seemed to be no issue,you...
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