I don't doubt one bit what you've said regarding the Great Lakes. I've been on them too and agree with what you posted.
There are large basins on Mead where the water is effectively stagnant like a lake, and the temperature does indeed get cooler as you go down, just not crazy stupid cold.
While the water does get cooler the deeper you go on Mead, it is not to the extreme you paint. I've been on Mead for several decades from end to end in every basin. Water temps are low 70s early summer and peak about 78-80 (location dependent) in later summer. The coldest water is MUCH...
Dave,
We have no fucking background info to the picture. Give us a little info and we can help. I don't know if the soil is naturally dark, wet cause you pissed in it, soaked due to you dumping a keg there etc. A few words and we could be pointed in the right direction. Most of us aren't...
For a few seconds I was like "How big of a throttle body is he trying to make?!"...then I was like, nah...wait is that some funky giant "tuner coffee can" exhaust?"
These are what I use. There is a HP and regular model for each ring set. The HP model has a slightly bigger inner diameter.
I've done some dB testing and these knock off 6 db at idle mimicking the JXXXX testing standard. I've lost no WOT rpm either. A different insert I was using knocked...
I've had the old Hoover, Shark, messed with a Dyson etc. They all were pieces of crap. Full on crap. Took a look at Miele. You won't know how good a vacuum can be until you use a Miele. Seriously. Its much quieter. It is light. The hose, floor attachment parquet brush and motorized...
The entire Imperial Valley, AZ and NV are plastered with MOAs and ranges. There's a MOA on top of the Salton Sea, and either side are bombing range, R2510, 2507 etc. In addition there are numerous low level routes.