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[J. Barron DeJong]

Same...

[J. Barron DeJong]

The current state of the ‘general ski/snowboard discussion’ forum is annoying.

[J. Barron DeJong]

You can buy the chemical right now for like $25 a vial, only approved for reasearch purposes. No idea what the treatment amount would be. No human trials yet.

[J. Barron DeJong]

In actual science news:



A team of American scientists claim they have done something miraculous: they “cured” lab mice suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, which has robbed more than seven million Americans, typically 65 years old and up, of their identity and cognitive ability....

[J. Barron DeJong]

Yes. ‘Nobel Peace Prize Winner’ is just a state of mind. That’s a scientific fact.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Grocery Outlet had a dedicated bagger for me on Sunday. (It was awful quiet in there though.)...

[J. Barron DeJong]

Not from skinning, but I used to get blisters on my heels in my alpine boots. I started putting ‘Luekotape P’ tape on my heels before skiing everyday and it solved it.

My boots are much tighter fitting these days than when I started using it, but I still do use it.

[J. Barron DeJong]

If the Nokian studless are a great deal compared to the other options then that’s a different discussion, but Nokian is not usually budget priced (unlike General).

[J. Barron DeJong]

But then just buy a studless or an all-weather tire in that case is my point....

[J. Barron DeJong]

If you’re getting a studdable tire you should absolutely get studs. Making them studdable compromises performance vs a studless, so if you don’t stud them you’re just choosing an all around inferior tire compared to a studless.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I remember waking up the next morning to the sounds of transformers blowing up around the neighborhood like fireworks.

[J. Barron DeJong]

‘Like M&Ms but better’ is a thing only a Canadian could ever say about Smarties.

I’m Canadian. I ate my share of Halloween Smarties. In my youth it’s possible I would have even defended their honour. But they are not better than M&Ms....

[J. Barron DeJong]

Huh? Other than maybe the center console, what makes that Highlander different than any other crossover SUV?

And the Highlander is as much if not more of a Camry as it is a Sienna. All three started from the ‘Camry’ platform.

Highlander used the Camry’s independent rear...

[J. Barron DeJong]

I probably missed it previously but, how come?...

[J. Barron DeJong]

Yes. It’s the only certified ‘Level 3’ autonomous driving tech (level 3 means no driver supervision required), but level 3 is only available in certain fully mapped areas of CA and NV....

[J. Barron DeJong]

I thought it was still Tesla. . .but fuck Tesla.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I have 3 degree on my R87s. Other (wider, more rockered) skis are all 2 degree.

Just try 3 and if you find they are too grippy it’s very easy to go back to 2.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Too bad, because mechanically they’re supposed to be great. Jason Camissa (now Hagerty, fomerly Road & Track) said the Lucid Air Sapphire is the best handling sedan ever, maybe even best handling of any car period.

Turns out cars are complicated machines that are difficult to pro...

[J. Barron DeJong]

This is pretty much the reason I detune the full length of my M102s, and more at the tips and tails. They can’t hook up on ice, so I’d rather make them drift in a nice controlled manner rather than chattering.

My HL R87s keep one pair of edges full sharp....

[J. Barron DeJong]

This is just flat out untrue. It’s a force/geometry problem.

At too low of edge angles the side forces are enough to force the ski to slide out of the trough the edge is forming in the ice. At high edge angles that doesn’t happen as easily because the angle of the ‘ramp’ you are...