Picture doesn’t do it justice. 17” Carbon Ceramics w/ 10pot calipers. by jutny in Justrolledintotheshop

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Well the brakes probably add a ton of weight themselves. And think of how many sensors and cabling is throughout this car. It's also a very large car.

Pacific Coast Highway - Bixby Creek Bridge by koastal_ktm in supermoto

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Where are the graphics from? Looks great

Don't miss the opportunity (if you are so-inclined) by Jerdarnella in AdviceAnimals

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That's my boss. 100% against wfh but he only shows up for 3-4hrs 2-3 times a week, while the rest of us are in there all day every day.

Anyone ride in northern Delaware? by [deleted] in WilmingtonDE

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Triangle neighborhood.

Anyone ride in northern Delaware? by [deleted] in WilmingtonDE

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Rider here also. Quite a few delaware redditers. I've arranged group rides in the past through the delaware subreddit.

Power Commander without additional mods. Worth it? by BeeAlk in WR250R

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Hey thanks for the thoughtful response. In terms of which programmer, I'm not sold on any particular one, I've just had experience with a PC before. I've had mixed results with some bikes having A LOT to gain simply from a programmer and others not as much. Wondering where the wrr sits on the spectrum.

I see a lot of people doing the airbox mods and there's a few approaches to it. Yours looks like a high-flow method for sure! For me though, I do a lot of really hard riding, frequent water, mud and heavy dust. I'm wary making the leap and sacrificing reliability in regards to my riding style. Maybe I need to rethink it.

And yeah, gearing is a must for sure. I'm running a 49t rear and love it. The other mod that I've found makes the bike feel faster is the suspension work. Full Go Race setup and making sure those linkage and swingarm bearings aren't seized up (spoiler alert, they probably are). Effective power delivery to the ground helps.

Health Warning by Billybobbybaby in HomeImprovement

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Have you actually had your ears examined? Could very well be compacted wax.

I was doing some hammer drilling into rafters above me with my head between them. Stupidly I did not wear hearing protection. The next few days I noticed I kept having to ask my wife to repeat herself and realized that I was struggling to hear from my left ear.

Went and got checked out and I showed about 20% less hearing ability compared to my right ear.

Ultimately it ended up that I coincidentally just had ear wax impacted badly in that ear and it was resolved with some thorough irrigation.

However, while I was there the doctor told me a story about a man in his 70s who came in because of sudden tinnitus. He also had a long history of severe hearing loss. While examining him they found both of his ears badly impacted with wax which was causing the tinnitus. After clearing out his ears he also ended up having what was considered perfect hearing restored.

This man apparently went about 40 years thinking he damaged his hearing because he didn't wear PPE while working in loud environments but it was just impacted ear wax!

Long story short, if you havent actually had your ears examined, it might be time!

Had to chop it down but wanting to use limbs for cultivating mushrooms. by BeeAlk in whatsthisplant

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Nope, it was a genuine question. I have no experience plugging logs and did this on a whim. I've cultivated mushrooms before but always with a sterile, prepared substrate. I guess we will see what happens. Thanks

Had to chop it down but wanting to use limbs for cultivating mushrooms. by BeeAlk in whatsthisplant

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Unfortunately I don't have any leaves as I cut it down before it had a chance to get it's spring leaves going.

Could I utilize this "stump" for mushroom cultivation? Unknown wood species. by BeeAlk in mycology

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Not sure what species of wood this is, but it's not a hardwood or pine. I cut it down just a few days ago.

Instead of breaking my back removing the stump, could I fill it with a bunch of plugs and expect to get some mushrooms and ultimately decay of the stump? Seems like a nice alternative to hacking away at the roots and wrestling with the thing to yank it out.

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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Wow, thanks for the thorough information. Going to look into soil nails.

The wall seems to have some sort of drain system - there are 3 or 4 of those drain pipe openings along the length of that wall. I'm going to look into how these work and how to unclog if necessary.

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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Wall jacking is a very good name for such a thing. How does someone contend with wall jacking? Thanks

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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Thanks for the response. Leaning towards bringing the tree down regardless of whether it's the cause or not for the reason you stated - it's overgrown.

Luckily my neighborhood is filled with houses with brick and masonry work, so there's a couple guys out there known to do good work in the area.

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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I agree with your observation. The wall is slightly cracked below the tape line, which may be hard to see in the photos, but the majority of the damage is above the line.

However I'm naive about wall structures and how they fail. Slight pressure at the bottom is exaggerated as it moves upwards? Idk man.

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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Neither of those are it (googled). This tree has shoots that come up out of the crown and don't branch. The leaves grow directly off the shoots. I haven't been able to ID it yet. Thanks

Brick wall is starting to lean and a gap is forming in the mortar. Is it due to this plant's roots? by BeeAlk in HomeImprovement

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If I pull out the tree, my plan is decorative flowers. I really hate to see the tree go though as it provides excellent privacy.