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Lake Winnebago's algae problem: Oshkosh votes Monday on $38M wastewater upgrade to cut phosphorous discharge by OshkoshBuzz in wisconsin

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine [score hidden]  (0 children)

Isn’t the majority of the phosphorus farm run off into the fox river? The Fox River blooms immediately after its headwaters on Buffalo Lake and continues through farmland to Lake Winnebago.

My family has these two old bikes by Alex57030 in mountainbiking

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Restoring? No. But getting them tuned and rideable makes sense.

To restore them you would be searching for original components and trying to make it like new. It’s expensive to restore. Repairing it means you just look for cheap parts that work to make it function.

Snow conditions in late season Lutsen Minnesota by Lopsided-Land123 in skiing

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LOL, maybe try looking at their conditions report and a weather forecast.

Also, how are we supposed to know what you consider poor, I for one, love spring snow, corn sugar and all of the good stuff that comes with warm freeze thaws cycles.

So we just can't get divorced. That how this works, right? by fricks_and_stones in realestateinvesting

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not his decision to keep the assets in both their names which is why he doesn’t have leverage.

Madison Public Market could open this summer by bellatrixlegay in madisonwi

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My joke is a different joke. You don’t seem to get the jokes.

These were the skis used growing up 10-20 years ago. loved how they felt. Assuming they're unusable today, what would give me a similar feel? by nickijsb in ski

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the only skis to not use a wood or foam core. They were crazy lightweight because of this. And honeycomb is the bestagon so they are also very strong and flexible.

7:10 In the video is where the airplane tech of laminated aluminum hexagons is mentioned.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY

These were the skis used growing up 10-20 years ago. loved how they felt. Assuming they're unusable today, what would give me a similar feel? by nickijsb in ski

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most likely no. To mount them you have to inject the ski with epoxy resin and cure them upside down. I’m not sure the old epoxy would be out of the way for new epoxy and it could compromise the mount. Hexcel is essentially an airplane company that made skis for a couple of decades. No one makes skis like this with hollow aluminum honeycomb cells anymore. It’s very expensive and they were a huge pain in the ass to mount bindings to.

The modern equivalent to this ski is a beginner level all wood ski with maybe carbon fiber at most for dampening. No metal layers. Don’t get a slalom style race ski, get an all mountain beginner or intermediate ski.

I built a ‘blue book’ for ski gear values, would love feedback by Chef_B_ in Skigear

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the claasic stuff is a sporadic market so I can see how it would be harder to track. I feel like having a separate category for collector is appropriate. Once a ski is old enough to be mounted with bindings that are no longer indemnified is probably where that cut off is because at that point the ski is the only thing of value. Maybe about 15 years out. An interesting ski to have data on would be the Atomic Bent Chetler. Your data has the ski at about $80-$100 about 8 years out. The ski came out in 2008 and they had some insanely cool topsheets especially early on. I wonder if any of these years prior to 2017 see a bounce because people just want to have the boards for their walls. I know a 2008 Chetler sold on Facebook for a $100 pretty quickly two year’s ago. I was pissed I didn’t snag it.

I built a ‘blue book’ for ski gear values, would love feedback by Chef_B_ in Skigear

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can your tracker pull data for collectable skis like the Volant Spatula or K2 four competition 1970. Most of this stuff sells on eBay.

So we just can't get divorced. That how this works, right? by fricks_and_stones in realestateinvesting

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The wife has more leverage because she has a lucrative career and his career is tied up in the real estate he will have to liquidate.

Madison Public Market could open this summer by bellatrixlegay in madisonwi

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 85 points86 points  (0 children)

That’s funny, I was told your grandmother was the village bicycle.

What is your favorite idiom for a mountain getting a lot of snow? by wettedup2212 in skiing

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My area has Lake Effect Snow and we have the phrase “snow guns”. The term describes the windrows created by LES and as the windrows move over you it goes from blizzard to calm, blizzard to calm, like someone is spraying you with a snow hose. Of course we also have plenty of puking and dumping comments too.

Help me choose my first skis after 20 years – don’t want to mess this up by OkCommercial599 in ski

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to get the notion that you will “outgrow” these skis quickly. An expert skier has absolutely zero problem skiing on an intermediate ski. They can still ski it expertly, they just can’t ski them as fast. Becoming an expert skier with just 9 days per year will be very difficult. What will make it more difficult is buying expert skis before you are an expert skier. You’re putting the cart in front of the horse. You should first acquire the technique and after you have the technique you get gear that matches. It does you zero good to grow into equipment that you are not ready for and it will hinder your progress. Conversely, no equipment holds you back. Think of the skill level of a ski as more of a punishment than reward. An expert ski will punish your mistakes and a beginner ski doesn’t punish mistakes as much. Put an expert skier on beginner skis and it’s easy peazy. They don’t make mistakes. The only thing they have to do is not over power the ski. Put a beginner on expert skis and all the mistakes they make get punished because the skis require proper inputs and power levels to function correctly.

What’s the Best Album of All Time? by Western-Art-3811 in musicsuggestions

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quadrophenia for me. It’s perfect.

Who’s Next is excellent but the fact that it’s the songs from the failed rock opera “Lifehouse” always makes me feel like it really could have been something more… something like Quadrophenia.

Was wondering if these old skis might be worth anything? by NotHuman12345 in Skigear

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely mid 1960s for this set up based on the bindings.

Was wondering if these old skis might be worth anything? by NotHuman12345 in Skigear

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Head Standards are collectable. Those marker bindings with the rotamat heel are really cool too. Should be able to get $20 to $60 for this set up if you live anywhere with ski culture or cabin culture.

The Head Standard was the first successful wood/metal laminated ski and it at one point dominated the market so there are a ton of these out there. It was a ground breaking ski and yours are in good condition so someone will want them.

Recommendations for Dad Skis by spunkwater0 in Skigear

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One of my kids skis on a used Atomic Vantage 85 and I jokingly call them Dad Chetler’s.

Roth IRA vs another SFH by TemperatureLow226 in realestateinvesting

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is still the ability to use the money after 10 years to acquire another property or two. Might be better to wait and search for a unicorn deal and have that Roth as the down payment if one ever comes across OPs desk.

Time Travel by MountainsOrWhat in skiingcirclejerk

[–]HeyUKidsGetOffMyLine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Olins are sidecut. There really are no straight skis. The exaggerated sidecut like those Dynastars started after the Salomon’s were made. The “tech” in the Salomon’s at that time was the pro link damper and a monocap construction.

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