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  • Every location is different and perhaps I am under informed about the north fork's potential wind production.

    Is Southold Holding up Wind Power at Shinn Estate Vineyards? 2009

  • Route 25 runs near the Peconic Bay on the fork's south side.

    Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Long Island's North Fork 2010

  • With each hill, I resolved to continue past the next one, and if I didn't see the ranch house from there, I'd go back by tracing each fork's handle, as it were.

    Damaged Animals 2009

  • It will probably be some sort tall tale about a stolen seatpost, a misplaced pair of pants, and a long ride home, and I'm sure he will be relying on the fork's considerable discretion as he spins it.

    Passing the Mantle: The End of the Aughts is Nigh BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • It will probably be some sort tall tale about a stolen seatpost, a misplaced pair of pants, and a long ride home, and I'm sure he will be relying on the fork's considerable discretion as he spins it.

    Archive 2009-12-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • If the UN is a Cosa Nostra, what the fork's AIPAC? by

    Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference? 2009

  • The fork's tines remain pointed down even for foods such as peas, which are pushed onto the back of the fork with a knife.

    Lessons in the Art of the Meal peter king 2009

  • I'm not going to explain rake and trail here because they're very complicated, but the short version is that "rake" refers to the fork's resistance to chatter (if you've ever raked leaves on an irregular surface you know that rakes can be very chattery) and "trail" refers to how the fork handles on a trail (which is why you want no trail on a road bike and lots of trail on a mountain bike).

    Ridin' Dirty: The Sordid Side of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • The vertical line of the hay fork's middle prong rises almost dead center and is echoed in window's mullion, the house's lightning rod, its porch posts and siding and even in the seams of Papa's overalls.

    American Idol 2007

  • With the index finger of your other hand, hold one of the cut pieces against the inside curve of the fork, just below the tips of the prongs, At the same time that you are pressing the piece against the prongs, flip it away from the tips and in the direction of the fork's handle.

    Gnocchi Annemarie 2007

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