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    6 cylinder radial

    All single bank rotaries that I know of have an odd number of cylinders. The only rotary that I know of with an even number had two banks of seven cylinders, the Oberursel UR III.
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    Home built pistol

    An internal combustion disposable wireless hole puncher!
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    18 Cylinders Isotta Fraschini (straight six-cylinder x3 )

    My sister was a potery instructor. She would put the unfired, and sometimes very wet, pieces in the kiln at 200 deg F for a few ours to dry them out before the temp was ramped up to firing temperature. This technique could save you some time.
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    Ban on small engines in California

    In the timelines I have seen for temperature and co2 the temperature rise always precedes co2 rise. The timeline you linked to is entertaining but that hardly makes it accurate.
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    Ban on small engines in California

    '78 Honda Accords would work, too. It was the last make/model that had no requirement for any anti-pollution stuff on the engine. Wish I still had one.
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    Ban on small engines in California

    What!?!?!? And not get the tax revenue from them??? NEVER!!!
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    Ban on small engines in California

    I have read it many times. Promoting the general welfare is not an excuse to infringe on the enumerated rights ALSO written into the Constitution. Remember that none of the states were going to pass the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was included.
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    Ban on small engines in California

    Another example of misconstruing a right with a privilege. I can have a car without having either type of licenses and drive it all over my personal property all I want. If I want to have the "privilege" of using it on public roads then I must get it, and myself, licensed. I see no...
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    Ban on small engines in California

    With rights comes responsibilities. While I have rights I still must not act in a way that infringes the rights of others. I have always used the pollution you mention as one of the most egregious abuses of other peoples' rights by a group exercising their rights with total disregard for how...
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    Ban on small engines in California

    How about your "social responsibility" to not infringe on the rights of others? This countries government was set up to protect the rights of individuals, not for the majority to impose its will on the minority. I have no responsibilities to "society." I am only responsible to myself and the...
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