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///M5

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  1. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Glad that is one thing you guys haven't gotten me going on. I've rarely shot anything. Where I could be swayed though is being conned into bird hunting. I love me some wild bird.
  2. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    You will slaughter that goal then! Did you just ask me about milk to because you knew I would type another novel? I say so much because, I don't want to sound like I'm selling some BS marketing such as magic pebble auio snake oil crap. Actually I asked partly because I did the math out of curiosity and wanted to let you know that even when I ask for advice I think about the response. Again chugging >gal in a sitting isn't what I'd call fun, unless its beer and I am still in college.
  3. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    let me 'splain. No... let me sum up. Great question. Lots of tree hugger gym guys go by that method. It's natural and unprocessed etc. Milk also has some nice vitamins and minerals. I still feel it's weak sauce next to a dextrose/whey based solution. Milk sugar lactose is worthless for what you want. It could actually slow down what you're going for in the insulin response, It's too hard to standardize. All milk also has milk fat even skim, and that DOES take away from what you're going for. Whey gets into the body Whey faster( nutrition jokes). Casien is amazing don't get me wrong but you want mega fast amino acid and whey is king. It also has the best amino acid profile that's easy to get in your body. Eggs are the next best, but you don't want fat so no yolks, and cooking whites until they turn white is a bad idea too. You can buy liquid whites though and that would work. Globally in digestion terms your gut can only take in so many macro nutrients and use them within a given time. I would rather everything be flooded by super helpers than meh helpers. It's all about timing the insulin spike with the hormones in your blood and maximizing what you can get into your cells at that time. Finally and for some most importantly, almost no one can bike for a couple hours and then pound a half gallon+ of milk in the same 5-10 min you can a shake. That means you're not only limiting your digestion chemically because you can't break it down and absorb it, but mechanically all of it's not in your gut. When I started working out I used skim milk. I think it does a good job, but dextrose and processed whey does a great job. And it's eleventy bajillion times easier to bring to the gym or on a bike than a gallon of milk. If a guy had some personal feeling that we must use a "whole" ingredient, milk is a quality option. Personally I feel excluding processed nutrients is silly. Yogurt and cheese is a processed food as is sour creme. Whey is just a by product of the cheese making. No organic hemp wearing hippy would skip his no preservatives "all natural" cheese and organic plum tomato pizza made with non GMO wheat crust. I feel that that atitude is a bit, in the words of Gee Dubba, hiposyncratical. Matt, thanks for the response but it was a joke. I may be one of the few people that could pound 164oz of something, but I have NO desire too. I thought maybe the gave that away. I WAS curious as to what the fat and lactose would do. Personally I drink almost no milk, but that is because I am a little intolerant and get monster gas....the whey seems to do that also though
  4. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    1/4 to my year end goal on the bike
  5. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    So Matt, I am curious. You recommended about 30g of whey protein in powder form. Milk has 3.2g of protein per 3.5oz of which 20% is whey or (.64g). So why not 46.8 servings of 3.5oz (164oz) of milk instead?
  6. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Not a mistake you'll ever make again. I know that exact feeling btw.
  7. A good enclosure has no sound. A strong enclosure is not always good for SPL.
  8. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Fun. Not pc, and not easy, but fun. http://www.resist.com/other/border_patrol.swf
  9. There are many small subs that are better at midbass than the JL's.
  10. Sundown 3000, 18 BTL and a single layer for a baffle??
  11. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    what this time? You have had some bad fucking luck with that car, unbelievable actually. On a similar note, I am spending another fucking $1k on the chevy. It is BY FAR the biggest POS I have ever owned. The second biggest was my last Chev. This is the last GM that will be anywhere near my family if I can help it. A new CTS-V was a front runner until this shit resurfaced as well. FUCK GM SHITSUCKAGE. What went out? Intake manifold gasket, wheel bearing, abs sensor, exhaust manifold bolts?!?!?!, belt tensioner for the air conditioning all this week. On top of that there is a major fuel problem which is hopefully not the fuel pump failing although I think it is. Hopefully the new filter will breath easier and at least let it live until the truck has a new owner. I've spent more on parts for this truck than repairs for any other vehicle I have ever owned. Fucking ridiculous. Wow. We have never had that sort of luck with any GM that we've owned. That was two weeks worth of faults. The thing is a piece of shit. Amusingly I should know better it is par for the course for everyone I know with a mildly modern GM.
  12. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    I notice one thing for sure. I've got gas I really can't say whether it helps or not, but I don't get sore so that probably says something. I have been pushing my cadence and heart rate up lately, but also am a week removed from a > 1hr ride. Today I am going to put on some saddle time, but when I do I don't dare not have a post drink so I guess that in its own says something
  13. Deadener is NOT the way to fix rattles. Foam is. First you need to find what is rattling. Liquid damper is rather stupid in general, scientific tests will prove that all day long.
  14. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    what this time? You have had some bad fucking luck with that car, unbelievable actually. On a similar note, I am spending another fucking $1k on the chevy. It is BY FAR the biggest POS I have ever owned. The second biggest was my last Chev. This is the last GM that will be anywhere near my family if I can help it. A new CTS-V was a front runner until this shit resurfaced as well. FUCK GM SHITSUCKAGE. Current issues (out side of a few others I have put on the back burner): blown drivers side front shock (leaking fluid) dead upper arm bushing lower control arm bushing spent I have pictures that I can post if need be. Chances are a recent model Accord will replace it if wifey gets what she wants, I think. When in good running order, the 528i was a wonderful car as a sum of its parts. Such a well engineered car top to bottom, just not durable enough for the daily driving my wife puts on it, or the stars aligned and a collective shit storm of parts all failed during these last couple of years of ownership. Technically, it is my car, but it is what she drives. Going to be sad to say good bye. That was a lemon to begin with, get rid of it. Although don't expect any accord to be better.
  15. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Didn't end up being $1k though, 2/3 of the way there. Amused since GM itself would want nearly $2k for that.
  16. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    what this time? You have had some bad fucking luck with that car, unbelievable actually. On a similar note, I am spending another fucking $1k on the chevy. It is BY FAR the biggest POS I have ever owned. The second biggest was my last Chev. This is the last GM that will be anywhere near my family if I can help it. A new CTS-V was a front runner until this shit resurfaced as well. FUCK GM SHITSUCKAGE. What went out? Intake manifold gasket, wheel bearing, abs sensor, exhaust manifold bolts?!?!?!, belt tensioner for the air conditioning all this week. On top of that there is a major fuel problem which is hopefully not the fuel pump failing although I think it is. Hopefully the new filter will breath easier and at least let it live until the truck has a new owner. I've spent more on parts for this truck than repairs for any other vehicle I have ever owned. Fucking ridiculous.
  17. XXXXXXXXXXXXL available?
  18. If your question is worded appropriately then yes, mass. Nothing else. Weight per square foot. Obviously needs to be a continuous surface but that is all you need if you want a barrier. If you are referring to dampening then your needs are COMPLETELY different.
  19. That someone actually spent time to make a thread that was useful to others reading. There is a time and a place for anything, but based on the information given my response is dead nuts on.
  20. NO. Neither. Plastic and vibro-acoustic emission is not your concern. If rubbing is ANY CCF will work, you surely don't need to pay for Ensolite. Describe your problem and goal and we can help with a solution.
  21. Perhaps you shouldn't expect a sub to play anything but sub-bass.
  22. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Hey, Sean, when you ride your bike what do you do to prevent sweaty ass? Or it is not preventable and wearing black pants is one solution, so it doesn't stick out till you get home and have a shower? Its 86 F here... Not only do you need cycling shorts, you need good ones. Izumi Elites are what I wear, anything less and I chafe.
  23. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    what this time? You have had some bad fucking luck with that car, unbelievable actually. On a similar note, I am spending another fucking $1k on the chevy. It is BY FAR the biggest POS I have ever owned. The second biggest was my last Chev. This is the last GM that will be anywhere near my family if I can help it. A new CTS-V was a front runner until this shit resurfaced as well. FUCK GM SHITSUCKAGE.
  24. ///M5 replied to mrray13's topic in Off Topic
    Dust collection ftmfw even if you are outside. Its nice to be able to breath or not have to throw a clogged respirator away afterwards.

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