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Old 02-10-2010, 06:22 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I really don't get what all the fuss is about. From what I understand, it's a transmission which outputs more energy than is put in. You don't have to be a rocket scientist in a lab coat to know what's really going on in there.


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Old 02-10-2010, 07:07 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Oddly I've seen these for years, I"ve had my turbo encabulator from Rockwell, who used to be next door for a long time.

Too bad it breaks so easily.
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Oddly I've seen these for years, I"ve had my turbo encabulator from Rockwell, who used to be next door for a long time.

Too bad it breaks so easily.
At least they make decent axles...
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It's buttoned up, I hope. :P

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On more than one occasion, traffic stopped to let me cross a busy Ottawa street when I strode purposely out of the store. I attributed it to the coat.

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