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Philpug

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its a joke. If you know @Drahtguy Kevin you would understand that 's his sense of humor. Its kinda like you or me saying they are made form the most valuable and rare stuff in the world.
ie elephant dreams and unicorn tears.
 
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Uncle-A

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Who knew there was a 1.75L bottle?
Me too, but the wine may not be as good. The fancy vineyards don't use the 1.75 bottle. But I don't care the 1.75 stuff is good enough for me.
 

Tony S

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Long list. A few things were were true and valuable. Many were fun. Some were disgusting. Jim Kenney's pic, above, of John, Gary, and (?) Spike contains elements of all three. The Ullr is the disgusting part, btw.
 

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When I took my written exam for Level II I got all but one question right, impressing the Examiners greatly. Pretty much learned everything from reading Epic ski (yes I know, not Pugski, but Pugski members for the most part.)
 
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I learned something new from @pais alto.
He posted a picture on FB of his patio after a fresh rain.
I said, "I bet is smells great"
He answered, Petrichor: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

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From Wikipedia:
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek petra (πέτρα), "rock", or petros (πέτρος), "stone", and īchōr (ἰχώρ), the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
 

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I wonder if that applies to the wonderful smell of sage after a rain. Some Nevada resident should...oh, wait. ogwink
 

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If you are doing a cuff alignment on your ski boots and need an Allen wrench to do it, most likely it will be a 5 MM size.
 
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Here is something I'm hoping to learn from a pugski member.

I know there must be a scientific reason that this is happening but it has me baffled.
Why is my ice maker making hollow ice cubes?
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So the Bourbon can get inside and give you a whisky surprise when you crunch down? How the icemaker knows, I am not sure, but you and Phil should probably wear foil hats for a while and turn off FaceBook ...
 

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I learned something new from @pais alto.
He posted a picture on FB of his patio after a fresh rain.
I said, "I bet is smells great"
He answered, Petrichor: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

20190228_petrichor.jpg

From Wikipedia:
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek petra (πέτρα), "rock", or petros (πέτρος), "stone", and īchōr (ἰχώρ), the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
This is amazing. I was in Sedona yesterday with some old friends and something extraordinary happened. Water fell from the sky. No-one could remember when it last happened, but this worrying phenomenon did not last to worry us further. Nonetheless, we were discussing the distinctive smell and wondered if it had a name ... and today, I find out!
 

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Here’s an idea about it.

The interesting thing about that particular link is that, 8 years ago we had the compressor replaced on our refrigerator. At the time the service man explained the reason our water didn't work was because this particualr fridge had an issue with the chill tank being too close to the water filter so the fitler froze and water never worked on this model unless the freezer was too warm.
Because of that we use filtered water at our sink but ice cubes at the fridge and have never replaced the filter for water. *obvious*

But maybe.... we have the freezer set too cold...
Will report back.
 

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Had the ice-maker suddenly fail to make cubes and after looking into it, was about to start ordering water line solenoids. But one thing I read mentioned the water filter. I was like “yeah, right”. But, it needed to be replaced anyway. Found one at a parts store for about 2x the price but went for it.
Took like two days I think, but low and behold they started to come back and now it is fine.
 

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its a joke. If you know @Drahtguy Kevin you would understand that 's his sense of humor. Its kinda like you or me saying they are made form the most valuable and rare stuff in the world.
ie elephant dreams and unicorn tears.

Huh. I thought it was Unobtainium. Or Vibranium. One or the other. Or both.

I learned that I’m not the only adult nerd geek here who knows the difference.
 

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I learned about “quivers” from Epic/Pugski. Before that I had one pair of skis. One.

Can you imagine????
Yes, I can. I had zero. None. Nada. Zilch. Now I have a Renoun quiver of three, which is seriously not inexpensive. I can't completely blame Pugski, as @kimberlin put me on to them initially, but Pugski is not totally blameless. If Phil had been posting "Renoun - what a load of old rubbish, yada yada yada" there is a fair chance I'd have stopped at one pair.
 

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