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Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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manfredo said:
Oh he was serious :o :lol:

I like the bicycle trainer...a great idea for rainy days and winter time for the serious biker! I'm going to try to get a bike ride in this coming week maybe...then put her away for the winter most likely. :(
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Yep, its a big giant blueberry attraction for tourists. Its about an hour or so away from me. I hear they've got pretty good pies.

I should've specified. When I say bikes, I mean motorcycles. I'm in pretty good shape but I dont think I could pedal 100 miles...at least not willingly :bigjoint:. I'd be down to try out some indoor cycling though.
To say active in the winter we do a lot of cross country skiing so I think I could hang, lol.
 
farmingfisherman

farmingfisherman

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Tangerine_ said:
Yep, its a big giant blueberry attraction for tourists. Its about an hour or so away from me. I hear they've got pretty good pies.

I should've specified. When I say bikes, I mean motorcycles. I'm in pretty good shape but I dont think I could pedal 100 miles...at least not willingly :bigjoint:. I'd be down to try out some indoor cycling though.
To say active in the winter we do a lot of cross country skiing so I think I could hang, lol.
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Go for it!
 
DCcan

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Tangerine_ said:
Yep, its a big giant blueberry attraction for tourists. Its about an hour or so away from me. I hear they've got pretty good pies.
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My wife wants to see puffins, hopefully at Machias Seal Island next summer.
Probably camp at Cobscook, hike the coast again, see Eastport finally.

Hard to go wrong on seafood, but whose got the good takeout in the area? Pot is the only delivery service available for the campground, lol.
I scouted online spots for breakfast and to get stoned afterward.
 
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GreatwhiteNorth

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manfredo said:
@GreatwhiteNorth

I just walked through my workshop and had a brain fart! I think you asked me a week or so ago how I like my new HF chainsaw sharpener.

I love it...I mean it's cheaper quality, but works great...I cut 3 decent sized Ash trees down with one sharpening. For the price I'd say it's a winner!!

I can sharpen a chain in less than 5 minutes with it too.
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Thanks for the review - I thought giving you a couple of weeks to play with it would uncover any unwanted design flaws.
 
Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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DCcan said:
My wife wants to see puffins, hopefully at Machias Seal Island next summer.
Probably camp at Cobscook, hike the coast again, see Eastport finally.

Hard to go wrong on seafood, but whose got the good takeout in the area? Pot is the only delivery service available for the campground, lol.
I scouted online spots for breakfast and to get stoned afterward.
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Seal Island is beautiful. Jasper beach is cool too.

If you're into hiking, you should do Mt Katahdin (if you havent already)

In 2011 we hiked Mt K. After buckets of sweat, multiple scrapes and bruises, we reached the summit. 10.4 miles. 11 hours. 5,267 feet above sea level. (be prepared for endless boulders)
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That blueberry pancake looks delicious!


For food, I dont think you can go wrong with most of the seasonal takeouts joints. Pretty much all have fresh seafood.
 
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xtsho

xtsho

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The clothes dryer stopped heating on Saturday. Did some quick research and ordered a kit off of Amazon for $35. New heating element, fuses, sensors etc... Ordered it Saturday night and had it Monday morning. Put it in today. Took longer than I thought as the model of dryer I had didn't match up to anything I could find online with instructions so I had to take it slow with the disassembly.

Swapped all the parts out, turned it on and it worked. Sure beats paying a couple hundred dollars for someone to come out.

So now I've repaired the dishwasher, stove, and dryer for under $100. I'm guessing the washer is next. There's going to be some doo dad that goes out and I'll tear it apart and fix it for under $50. Appliances are actually really simple to work on and parts are usually inexpensive. No way I'm paying $100 for a diagnosis and then another $200 for a $15 part.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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xtsho said:
The clothes dryer stopped heating on Saturday. Did some quick research and ordered a kit off of Amazon for $35. New heating element, fuses, sensors etc... Ordered it Saturday night and had it Monday morning. Put it in today. Took longer than I thought as the model of dryer I had didn't match up to anything I could find online with instructions so I had to take it slow with the disassembly.

Swapped all the parts out, turned it on and it worked. Sure beats paying a couple hundred dollars for someone to come out.

So now I've repaired the dishwasher, stove, and dryer for under $100. I'm guessing the washer is next. There's going to be some doo dad that goes out and I'll tear it apart and fix it for under $50. Appliances are actually really simple to work on and parts are usually inexpensive. No way I'm paying $100 for a diagnosis and then another $200 for a $15 part.
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EReplacementParts.com and PartsWearhouse.com are good for stuff like that. Schematics are there also, they help
 
xtsho

xtsho

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DarkWeb said:
EReplacementParts.com and PartsWearhouse.com are good for stuff like that. Schematics are there also, they help
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I've used parts warehouse in the past. That's where I got my parts for the dishwasher.

An autopsy after the fact revealed the problem with the dryer was the heating element. It had deteriorated in one spot causing a break. Everything else checked out OK after checking the components with a meter. They're now labeled in a bag in case I need them in the future. But I swapped everything out with new parts while I had the dryer torn down.
 
farmingfisherman

farmingfisherman

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xtsho said:
The clothes dryer stopped heating on Saturday. Did some quick research and ordered a kit off of Amazon for $35. New heating element, fuses, sensors etc... Ordered it Saturday night and had it Monday morning. Put it in today. Took longer than I thought as the model of dryer I had didn't match up to anything I could find online with instructions so I had to take it slow with the disassembly.

Swapped all the parts out, turned it on and it worked. Sure beats paying a couple hundred dollars for someone to come out.

So now I've repaired the dishwasher, stove, and dryer for under $100. I'm guessing the washer is next. There's going to be some doo dad that goes out and I'll tear it apart and fix it for under $50. Appliances are actually really simple to work on and parts are usually inexpensive. No way I'm paying $100 for a diagnosis and then another $200 for a $15 part.
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If you have skills to do it! Nice work!
 
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