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As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008
http :// sports,es pn.go,com /rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcgee_ryan&id=3461697
But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
powers the Indy Racing League.
Kudzu.
Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
--
Crusader
As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008
http :// sports,es pn.go,com /rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcgee_ryan&id=3461697
But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
powers the Indy Racing League.
Kudzu.
Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
--
Crusader
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
On Jun 27, 1:28 pm, "Crusader" <cru...@sbcglobal,net > wrote:
> As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
> Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
> By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008 http :// sports,es pn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcge...
>
> But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
> the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
> dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
> all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
> have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
> powers the Indy Racing League.
> Kudzu.
> Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> --
> Crusader
Here's another noxious weed - Virginia Creeper. It has taken me over
5 years to rid my yard of the sneaky little stringers - they had
already killed off my honeysuckle hedge.
N.
On Jun 27, 1:28 pm, "Crusader" <cru...@sbcglobal,net > wrote:
> As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
> Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
> By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008 http :// sports,es pn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcge...
>
> But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
> the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
> dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
> all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
> have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
> powers the Indy Racing League.
> Kudzu.
> Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> --
> Crusader
Here's another noxious weed - Virginia Creeper. It has taken me over
5 years to rid my yard of the sneaky little stringers - they had
already killed off my honeysuckle hedge.
N.
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
"Crusader" <cru357@sbcglobal,net > wrote in message
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<snip>
> Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> --
> Crusader
It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn in
a world where famine threatens in many countries.
That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their fuel
lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on at
a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily that
folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers, leaf
blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas are
screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above mo-chines.
And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
--
Tom in Bristol
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<snip>
> Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> --
> Crusader
It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn in
a world where famine threatens in many countries.
That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their fuel
lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on at
a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily that
folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers, leaf
blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas are
screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above mo-chines.
And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
--
Tom in Bristol
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Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
> "Crusader" <cru...@sbcglobal,net > wrote in message
>
> news:6ckpr9F3grbf6U1@mid.individual,net ...
>
> <snip>
>
> > Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> > It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> > Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> > --
> > Crusader
>
> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn in
> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>
> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their fuel
> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on at
> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily that
> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers, leaf
> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas are
> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above mo-chines.
> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
change.
Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
> "Crusader" <cru...@sbcglobal,net > wrote in message
>
> news:6ckpr9F3grbf6U1@mid.individual,net ...
>
> <snip>
>
> > Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
> > It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
> > Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
> > --
> > Crusader
>
> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn in
> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>
> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their fuel
> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on at
> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily that
> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers, leaf
> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas are
> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above mo-chines.
> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
change.
Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
"DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:3746e05a-e97b-4b4a-91a6-06690beab5b0@k30g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
> On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
<snip>
>> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn
>> in
>> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>>
>> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their
>> fuel
>> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on
>> at
>> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily
>> that
>> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers,
>> leaf
>> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas
>> are
>> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
>> mo-chines.
>> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>
> That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
> change.
WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
'chicken little'??
> Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
> response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
> be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of trimmers,
blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional 25
cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
--
Tom in Bristol
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"DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
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> On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
<snip>
>> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn
>> in
>> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>>
>> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their
>> fuel
>> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on
>> at
>> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily
>> that
>> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers,
>> leaf
>> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas
>> are
>> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
>> mo-chines.
>> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>
> That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
> change.
WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
'chicken little'??
> Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
> response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
> be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of trimmers,
blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional 25
cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
--
Tom in Bristol
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Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
Tom Duwe wrote:
> "DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
> news:3746e05a-e97b-4b4a-91a6-06690beab5b0@k30g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
>> On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of
>>> corn in
>>> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>>>
>>> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and
>>> their fuel
>>> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've
>>> hired on at
>>> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches
>>> daily that
>>> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers,
>>> trimmers, leaf
>>> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of
>>> gas are
>>> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
>>> mo-chines.
>>> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>>
>> That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
>> change.
>
> WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
> 'chicken little'??
>
>> Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
>> response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
>> be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>
> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of
> trimmers, blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus
> the additional 25 cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas
> they use each season??
http :// tinyurl,com /5jufad
Tom Duwe wrote:
> "DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
> news:3746e05a-e97b-4b4a-91a6-06690beab5b0@k30g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
>> On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of
>>> corn in
>>> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>>>
>>> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and
>>> their fuel
>>> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've
>>> hired on at
>>> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches
>>> daily that
>>> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers,
>>> trimmers, leaf
>>> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of
>>> gas are
>>> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
>>> mo-chines.
>>> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>>
>> That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
>> change.
>
> WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
> 'chicken little'??
>
>> Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
>> response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
>> be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>
> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of
> trimmers, blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus
> the additional 25 cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas
> they use each season??
http :// tinyurl,com /5jufad
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
On Jun 27, 7:30 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
> "DAVe" <smalleys...@gmail,com > wrote in message
>
> news:3746e05a-e97b-4b4a-91a6-06690beab5b0@k30g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
>
> > On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>
>
> >> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn
> >> in
> >> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>
> >> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their
> >> fuel
> >> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on
> >> at
> >> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily
> >> that
> >> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers,
> >> leaf
> >> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas
> >> are
> >> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
> >> mo-chines.
> >> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>
> > That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
> > change.
>
> WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
> 'chicken little'??
>
> > Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
> > response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
> > be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>
> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of trimmers,
> blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional 25
> cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
Sorry to have insulted you so, could have been written much better
without the addition of friday night alcohol. 8^)
But my basic premise still stands. You have an opportunity to make
money, or you can choose to pretend the world is not changing.
Personally I hope you both choose to make money.
On Jun 27, 7:30 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
> "DAVe" <smalleys...@gmail,com > wrote in message
>
> news:3746e05a-e97b-4b4a-91a6-06690beab5b0@k30g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
>
> > On Jun 27, 4:41 pm, "Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAML...@bvunet,net > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>
>
> >> It'd seem a dayum sight smarter to use kudzu for ethanol instead of corn
> >> in
> >> a world where famine threatens in many countries.
>
> >> That is...if'n yer engines are ethanol-ready. Small engines (and their
> >> fuel
> >> lines, filters,carb diaphragms, gaskets etc) mostly ain't. I've hired on
> >> at
> >> a local (two blocks away) lawn mower shop and the owner preaches daily
> >> that
> >> folks oughtta not use anything but high test in their mowers, trimmers,
> >> leaf
> >> blowers, saws or what-not...the local ethanol-mixed lower grades of gas
> >> are
> >> screwing up the performance and life expectancy of all the above
> >> mo-chines.
> >> And yer mileage in the family auto is also prolly suffering.
>
> > That's all lame-assed BS coming from chicken little who is afraid of
> > change.
>
> WTF do you think you know about me or my boss to be calling somebody
> 'chicken little'??
>
> > Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
> > response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
> > be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>
> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of trimmers,
> blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional 25
> cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
Sorry to have insulted you so, could have been written much better
without the addition of friday night alcohol. 8^)
But my basic premise still stands. You have an opportunity to make
money, or you can choose to pretend the world is not changing.
Personally I hope you both choose to make money.
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
"DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:498e3f48-3156-4e8d-903a-8c41d7cd3c57@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
<snip>
>> > Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
>> > response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
>> > be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>>
>> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
>> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of
>> trimmers,
>> blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional
>> 25
>> cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
>
> Sorry to have insulted you so, could have been written much better
> without the addition of friday night alcohol. 8^)
Noted! ;->
> But my basic premise still stands. You have an opportunity to make
> money, or you can choose to pretend the world is not changing.
> Personally I hope you both choose to make money.
Waited till I got back to the shop today to do a little checking...we have a
number of cross-reference catalogs and keep a stock of carb repair/overhaul
kits on hand.
Care to guess how many differents carb brands we cover? Over 40.
Care to guess how many different kits are available for all the types of
small engines we service? Twenty seven pages in two of the catalogs with
three columns of carb numbers and fifty carbs per column = 4050 kits...in
just the 2 catalogs I glanced through...3 other catalogs in the back room
were a tad too greasy-thumbed-over to read well.
We don't spec/design/manufacture carb kits. The owner sez he's never heard
of anyone doing any development on ethanol-tolerant materials...they just
don't care. We can only sell what they manufacture...and advise folks how
to best avoid the misery.
--
Tom in Bristol...s'posing the Carter folks may have done some material spec
review for NASCAR...or they might in the future. (now izzit kinda-sorta on
topic again?)
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"DAVe" <smalleyster@gmail,com > wrote in message
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<snip>
>> > Change the gaskets filters and seals and kwityerbitchin IMHO is my
>> > response to your owner. Hell if he had any marketing skills he would
>> > be out front offering conversion kits / rebuilds.
>>
>> How much sense does it make to be proposing conversion kits that would
>> likely be at a cost of a quarter of the original purchase price of
>> trimmers,
>> blowers or saws (which our customers already own) versus the additional
>> 25
>> cents per gallon for the (maybe) 5 gallons of gas they use each season??
>
> Sorry to have insulted you so, could have been written much better
> without the addition of friday night alcohol. 8^)
Noted! ;->
> But my basic premise still stands. You have an opportunity to make
> money, or you can choose to pretend the world is not changing.
> Personally I hope you both choose to make money.
Waited till I got back to the shop today to do a little checking...we have a
number of cross-reference catalogs and keep a stock of carb repair/overhaul
kits on hand.
Care to guess how many differents carb brands we cover? Over 40.
Care to guess how many different kits are available for all the types of
small engines we service? Twenty seven pages in two of the catalogs with
three columns of carb numbers and fifty carbs per column = 4050 kits...in
just the 2 catalogs I glanced through...3 other catalogs in the back room
were a tad too greasy-thumbed-over to read well.
We don't spec/design/manufacture carb kits. The owner sez he's never heard
of anyone doing any development on ethanol-tolerant materials...they just
don't care. We can only sell what they manufacture...and advise folks how
to best avoid the misery.
--
Tom in Bristol...s'posing the Carter folks may have done some material spec
review for NASCAR...or they might in the future. (now izzit kinda-sorta on
topic again?)
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Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:04 -0400, "Crusader" <cru357@sbcglobal,net >
wrote:
>As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
>Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
>By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008
> http :// sports,es pn.go,com /rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcgee_ryan&id=3461697
>
>But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
>the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
>dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
>all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
>have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
>powers the Indy Racing League.
>Kudzu.
>Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
>It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
>Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:04 -0400, "Crusader" <cru357@sbcglobal,net >
wrote:
>As the Guinness Guys say, BRILLIANT
>Leafy, invasive, irritating kudzu could be NASCAR's fuel of the future
>By Ryan McGee ESPN The Magazine June 26, 2008
> http :// sports,es pn.go,com /rpm/nascar/cup/columns/story?columnist=mcgee_ryan&id=3461697
>
>But now news has arrived that could solve both those problems with one sweep of
>the weed eater. It's a green solution that could wean the sport off its
>dependency on oil and allow it to reconnect with its southern blue-collar past
>all at the same time. A fuel source that is cheap, is easy to find and, as we
>have just learned, can produce ethanol, the same loud, fast gas that currently
>powers the Indy Racing League.
>Kudzu.
>Or, as it is often referred to in the South: @#$! kudzu!
>It is an irritating, leafy vine that grows at the
>Talladega-like speed of 60 feet per year.
Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
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> Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
> in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
> get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
Yeppers..."Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the
Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited
to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese
government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their
country." http :// www .maxshores,com /kudzu/
Can ya imagine these folks trying to do their 'commercial scale' test fields
of this stuff suddenly finding it spread throughout another two states?!?!
LOL
--
Tom in Bristol...that was long before Pearl Harbor...an earlier sneak
attack?
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<snip>
> Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
> in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
> get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
Yeppers..."Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the
Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited
to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese
government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their
country." http :// www .maxshores,com /kudzu/
Can ya imagine these folks trying to do their 'commercial scale' test fields
of this stuff suddenly finding it spread throughout another two states?!?!
LOL
--
Tom in Bristol...that was long before Pearl Harbor...an earlier sneak
attack?
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Re: As the Guiness Guys say, BRILLIANT
Tom Duwe wrote:
> "SimRacer" <NOsimracer68@yahoo,com SPAM> wrote in message
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>
> <snip>
>
>> Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
>> in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
>> get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
>
> Yeppers..."Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the
> Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited
> to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese
> government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their
> country." http :// www .maxshores,com /kudzu/
>
> Can ya imagine these folks trying to do their 'commercial scale' test fields
> of this stuff suddenly finding it spread throughout another two states?!?!
> LOL
>
I have a few tons of it on my property..,it covers the dead, fallen
trees nicely
--
>G< ©
Tom Duwe wrote:
> "SimRacer" <NOsimracer68@yahoo,com SPAM> wrote in message
> news:r76i64d4vr06ech0rr79ubvct2kgfj4qtv@4ax,com ...
>
> <snip>
>
>> Good! They can have all that crap they can find and cut. It is rampant
>> in these parts, and I guess has been for decades now. Didn't that mess
>> get introduced over here at some World's Fair back in the day?
>
> Yeppers..."Kudzu was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the
> Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countries were invited
> to build exhibits to celebrate the 100th birthday of the U.S. The Japanese
> government constructed a beautiful garden filled with plants from their
> country." http :// www .maxshores,com /kudzu/
>
> Can ya imagine these folks trying to do their 'commercial scale' test fields
> of this stuff suddenly finding it spread throughout another two states?!?!
> LOL
>
I have a few tons of it on my property..,it covers the dead, fallen
trees nicely
--
>G< ©
