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    Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

    http://www.break.com/index/plane-nearly-crashes.html :eek:
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    2000 Silverado brakes quit working on rough asphault!

    As much as I love my truck I have discovered a lethal flaw dat needs fixin. There is a patch of road that I drive on everyday that has a washboard distortion to it, not bad but on more than one occasion, while braking hard the brakes seemed to give out. I can't think of a better way to describe...
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    Effects of drugs on spiders

    http://www.break.com/index/effect_of_drugs_and_alcohol_on_spider_webs.html
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    Mississippi was nuked?!

    I've lived here my entire life and have never knew this.:eek: http://washdateline.mgnetwork.com/index.cfm?SiteID=wnv&PackageID=46&fuseaction=article.main&ArticleID=7294&GroupID=215
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    Truck got bumped, need a new rear bumper...

    The lil woman and daughter #1 got rear-ended in my truck last week. They're ok but my bumper's seen better days. Fortunately, it didn't make it into the sheetmetal so I only need a bumper and brackets and about 30 minutes with a torch and a BFH to deal with the frame. I noticed that FEY makes a...
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    2000 Ford Windstar tranny acting up.

    The wife's Windstar's tranny just gave up the ghost I think. On the way home it just dropped out of gear going up a hill and that was all she wrote. It wouldn't go into any gear. There was never any grinding/crunching sounds and there's plenty of fluid. I drug it home a few minutes ago and I...
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    Need a good bean soup recipe

    The wife bought a passle of those bean soup in a bag packs. Not really my thing but they're in there and need to be eat. Seems like just boiling 'em with salt and pork fat ain't going to cut it... Anybody know any tricks for these? Thanks spots
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    Glue/solvent for acetate/acrylic?

    I frequently have to mock up prototype acetate boxes at my work and was wondering if anyone knows what the manufacturers use to glue these things together. I've seen (on TV) them use a very thin solvent dispensed through a syringe type applicator that looked like it fused the two pieces almost...
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    01 Windstar keeps dying at startup and idle...

    The lil woman's '01 Windstar has become hard to start and has died a few times sitting at idle. I can get it started by pumping the accelerator and running the motor at high rpm for a few seconds. If it had a choke, I'd say it twern't working. It only does this every few days or so, any other...
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    Rated "E" for Everyone"? I think not!

    We got our daughter a Nintendo DS for her birthday the other day and a few games rated E (everyone). To me that means little kids too. Today she brought it to me and asked if I could remove the "D" word from a dialog box one of the characters was "saying". I was proud of her for realizing that...
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    I THOUGHT my sammich tasted irradiated!

    http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/granite.asp I can hear the commercials now... "If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with lung cancer or suffer from conditions related to prolonged counter-top exposure, call the offices of _________ NOW! We, I mean, YOU may be entitled to compensation!"
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    Cracked cap... How bad is TOO bad?

    I have a friend with a '98 19ft Champion bass boat that was involved in some type of accident prior to his owning it. There are spider cracks in the gelcoat all over the port/stern area of the boat, The top cap has the worst evidence... there is a crack in the cap bad enough that you can push...
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    Tightening the seal on X-cab rear windows...

    The rear windows (the pop-out kind that open about an inch or two with a lever) on my 2000 Silverado extended cab seem a bit loose. Lots of wind noise that stops when you pull in on the window. Is there some trick to getting a better seal on these or am I looking at new weatherstripping...
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    Somebody 'splain this boats controls to me.

    I was oogling this thing today (1948 Chris Craft Sportsman Sedan) and started wondering what that knob was in the center of the dash was for. And what are each of the two levers on the steering wheel for? I'm assuming throttle and/shift...
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    You love your kids, right?

    So go buy 'em one of these ya cheapskate!:D http://barbarabutler.com/media.php?doc_id=1109956561&section=newspapers%20and%20magazines#1109956561
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    Why are 4 wheelers illegal for street use?

    In AZ they CAN be licensed as a motor vehicle (as long as they comply with DOT requirements). So why not everywhere? Scooters are accepted in most states, -I think Arkansas is still holding out on legalizing them until gun racks & winches are standard equipment, so why not 4 wheelers? I know...
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    What's with all the adult tricycles?

    Starting to see these things everywhere. Y'know, those three wheeled motorcycles (not atvs) from the 70's. Even saw a Goldwing with what appeared to be training wheels on it! It still had the two regular wheels but had a detachable rear section that turned it into a three wheeler (4...
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    2 wax rings on toilet install?

    A friend told me to use 2 wax rings when I re-install my toilet (the ones without the rubber o-ring)... sounds like too much. Anybody have any experience with this? Not a fun chore, don't wanna do it twice. spots
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    Vintage Evinrude id?

    Fella gave me this motor as payment for a carb rebuild on a Merc. I suspect it's a frankenmotor... lower unit is brown like a Ducktwin and the top is silver/blueish-green like a lightwin. It needs some parts but I can't put a positive id on it. I suspect mid-fifties 3 horse. Tag reads as...
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    Ballast resistor questions on a '68 F100

    Auto-electrical is not my bag, so bare with me... I have a '68 Ranger with a 390, just rebuilt the engine, ready to fire. It has a Crane electrical conversion in the dizzy. The coil had a ballast resistor on it but another forum stated that I no longer needed it since I no longer have points...
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