Mornin Top.
Alright gents. Let’s get that coffee flowing.
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I’ll intentionally leave a cup from my last pot by the microwave. My brew starts at 4:45 and I’m often needing a cup sooner. I know…ya fucking purists with fancy machines. The “I don’t drink microwaved coffee. Ewww.” That 1st cups about caffeine, plain and simple.
Mornin’ @TopShelfTrees1 @Indicana_Jones . Enjoy!
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Do I detect sarcasm so early @Hotrods_and_hounds ? Maybe not with your hotrod moniker. Never liked auto repair. I just loved working on the “big iron”. Large German printing presses.
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Just buy jacks direct or from a wholesale store.
Good morning everyone.
@TopShelfTrees1 good luck with the BOO reproduction. I missed a couple of his releases originally. Looks like I might get a shot at them again 
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@crownpoodle yeah this design is just dumb the oil pump went out torched the head. But to replace the oil pump step one remove front axle assembly. I’ll be living in this engine bay for a day or two lol.
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Good morning my friends! Ugh @Hotrods_and_hounds looks like fun ? Lol
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Had to watch this happen with dispensaries in AZ. 4 out of 5 dispos here were opened as local businesses, now, 10-15 years on, it’s mostly Cresco, Curaleaf, Cookies, and Medmen. All national corporations hawking mids for maximum profit. They let the locals do the startup work, and then buy it out once its revenues are demonstrated
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It’s happening with everything sadly, buying up all the little guys. Getting hard to find all sorts of stuff lately in person but online…. There’s a huge shift taking place the last few years and it’s sad, that’s why I try and support local shops if at all possible, soon we may see any with small margins completely dissapear. Personally I love going to the hydro store, it’s like a ritual now, and no more hiding, deferring purchases etc. it’s awesome to just go shoot the shit and not have to worry, plus u can barter on things etc. when those dissapear all of that’s gone.
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Was at my local hydro store yesterday buying a bale . Place was DEAD, Rick, the owner, would be out of business did he not own the property it sits on. His place is way out, Amazon delivers next day at same or lower prices. Also got 50 lbs of 5 12 26 for 48 bucks!!! He is closing out stuff, gonna shut it down next year i bet.
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Man, I hate hearing this, sucks. Helluva score on the Jacks though. Damn. See it’s everywhere! Hard to keep up with the big box companies and their buying power 
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no box here, not legal, he tells me business falls off every year more n more.
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Amazon has hurt a lot of small shops to the point of them shutting down here also.
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Yep, that’s the big one right there. Been trying to use it less and less myself, but it seems like there’s an Amazon truck here a couple times a week, in my area, Daily 100%
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At $5.50 a gallon of premium, shop is 45 miles away , i now buy off Amazon too. Takes me 3 hours round trip there, $$$$$ for gas, and a limited selection, i only went to get the bale, which i cannot do on Amazon, and get the last of his 5 12 26 nutes.
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Ya that’s the exception, mine is like a 7-8 minute drive(nice one too along the water) in fact there’s the remaining two both within a stones throw (literally) but I’m glad for them, the one I’ve been going to for 20+ years! Yes it’s where I bought my first 1000w’s, my pro mix and coco for 20 years, my nutes everything is faltering, I can see it, thank God he owns the land, plus the property and a place to seek medical licenses up the street. But I see stuff getting thinner and thinner, hell the nutes are 1/8 what they once were now it’s advanced and the big ones mostly , the don’t even carry my cultured Solutions as the import fees were killing them. Really sad to see after all these years. I used to buy from the dad Dean who is now retired and moved away, now it’s his son who I used to bring suckers for way way back. These places are becoming less and less pheasible it’s very evident
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I do not buy anything on Amazon.
Yes it’s convenient, but what are we actually sacrificing for that convenience, and who gets hurt?
I buy local, or if it isn’t available I order from ethically operated online businesses.
Fuck Bezos, fuck Musk, fuck Zuck.
And while I’m at it: Fuck Google/Pichai.
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I’m getting to that point over here too, didn’t see it until recently (a year or so) but I’ve been doing what I can elsewhere. Trying to go direct when possible if I can’t source it locally problem is I’m not wealthy whatsoever so sometimes that 10-15-20$ savings is the difference between me getting it or not tbch, I know…. But it is what it is
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Omfg imagine 
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