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  1. Ohhhhh the Elite, lights out if you were skiing properly. Big crashes if not, fun to go back every year and find out again. of coarse the Monza’s
  2. If your squeezing on your calipers hard enough to make impressions on your fin you’re not getting the measurements you were trying for anyway. Just be consistent and delicate, you are going to record the numbers and make adjustments anyway right? As long as you know where you started and use the same process when you make a move you’re still moving it the desired amount right? They are supposed to be a precision tool. Think of them as 1000 grit sandpaper and your tape measure is 80 grit.
  3. For what it’s worth adding the bacteria worked fantastic. Average sludge/ silt measurements were down from 11 inches to 4-3/4 inches. Did our first treatment in June and added bacteria to the lake every 3rd week through Sept.
  4. I find it hilarious that someone would actually think that would work out, taxes wasted, again
  5. That’s why I @The_MS so much He could drive He could film He doesn’t crash often but when he does ITS GLORIOUS!!!
  6. @BraceMaker True, that happens most of the time. If you can’t drive you’re the camera guy If you can’t film you better be the driver If you can’t drive or film you better crash hard every set so I can film it and laugh over and over and over If you’re none of the 3 then we can’t be friends
  7. https://airdiffusion.systems/ Ultimately we will have 5 diffusers, we currently have 3 running. At least one more will be deployed as soon as we put the boat in. 4 diffusers will turn our lake over once every 24 hours. These things move water like crazy! We had to add a 200amp panel and we put 8 breakers in it. Each diffuser uses 2 small compressor pumps. We built a little shelter to house them in and they are now centrally located near our club dock so we can check in on them daily. Routine maintenance is changing air filters on the pumps about once a month while in use. Takes about 30sec ea. We did not run them through the winter, we were concerned they would keep the ice too thin and from what I saw this spring I’d say that guess was correct. If you call down there ask for Tom Hinde, he was fantastic to work with. Our cost to date for the system and the electrical was about 20k. We figure we will have to add $3500-$4000 in bacteria this yr to jump start the process and then 750-1000yr for a couple of years. After that more likely under $500/yr. Our lake is about 20yrs old and nothing has ever been done outside of treat for weeds so there is alot of organic matter on the bottom. In the center its about 14-18 inches deep on average. This will not stop weeds. It will slow algae off not stop it all together. This will make the water healthier and the weeds will likely thrive. What it does do is add the element of breaking down the dead weeds, leaves etc that are sitting the the lake. @scuppers My understanding in working with Tom is that the deeper the lake the better. I’d check him out. We have an HOA of 24 homes I think and so far everyone is happy we did this just on the water clarity and algae cleanup alone. If the bacteria works to remove the sludge we’ve saved a pile of money. If not, nothing ventured-nothing gained and I’ll come up with a new plan
  8. I think we’re about 19 acres, average depth of 7.5 feet. I worked with a guy named Tom Hinde at Air Diffuser Systems near Chicago, IL. “We” is our HOA here at TLE2 in Pine Island MN. Last year we had almost no rain, we were 2.5-3 ft low. We then had a bloom of blue green algae. We installed 3 of 5 diffusers that we bought in an emergency fashion, we ran all the components out of rubbermaid totes equipped with circuit breakers and fans and in a matter of days the 3 diffusers eliminated the algae problem. It was amazing to watch. About 6 weeks ago we had 14” of ice ( I drilled a hole and measured). I started the aeration pumps up and in less than an hour we had 3 open holes of about 4 ft dia. I’m less than 48hrs our lake was open, another amazing sight to watch. If you’re trying to maintain the health of your lake I’d call them. They design systems for sewage pond clean up which is why I choose them. No pussy footing around
  9. We just put an industrial grade air diffuser system in our lake, clarity has never been better, wiped out the algae in days and now we can add the correct bacteria once the temp is over 60. Excited to see how much this will alleviate our organic matter this summer
  10. You know what works really good? A person holding a camera
  11. I just had Rotator Cuff, Labrum, biceps tendonesis and my collar bones re-attached to my shoulder blade. My surgery was June 9th. 8 weeks in an immobilizer Pain wasn’t too bad but barely sleeping for 10-11 weeks as im a side/ stomach sleeper and there was not a way to do that for almost 12 weeks really took a toll on my attitude. Lots and lots of ice and massaging. Luckily I’m Self employed and always put myself first in terms of recovery, work often had to wait. As @Rednucleus said lots of PT will be your only way to a positive other side. I did mine religiously 2 times a day at home for about 35 minutes a session and 1 60 minute session a week with a physical therapist. It took about 3-3-1/2 months to get back to 100% range of motion and flexibility and that was often more painful than the surgery. At the 6mo mark I’m at about 60% of my previous strength. I’ve been cleared to go back to regular workouts but that last 40% of strength will likely take 6 more months. I have a skiing trip planned for the end of March 2022. I don’t expect it to be very good skiing as I missed all last season pre surgery. Best Wishes and Good luck.
  12. I had a pretty rad dream about skiing, can we count that?
  13. What next? I can’t carry a handgun or sip whiskey in the boat anymore? How’s this for a time saver, mess with a minor and we go back to eye for an eye. Now that everyone is trained can we get back to enjoying the sport we’re all passionate about? I’m with MS, only I bailed yrs ago, I never have or never will care about “a competition score”. If your honest with yourself you probably don’t either. You can either run it or you can’t and unless it’s your income stream who cares if it’s recorded?
  14. Even though I’m out for the year with a shoulder surgery coming up I got a new Vapor in today and a FM front binding to sit on it. All I gotta do now is hang it in the workout area and use it for motivation to rehab correctly.
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