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    Remember the year 2009

    All the people knocking 2020 as a bad year forgot about 2009. That was the year they changed normal gas can spouts to those stupid locking things that don't work, require three hands to use, and make you spill gas everywhere. - The decline of Western Civilization can be traced to the year 2009
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    Fishing with ASPECK

    Art came over the mountain yesterday to fish my nearby lake. I have fished this lake since they closed the gates on the new dam. This was my big chance to show off my angling abilities on a lake he had never been on before. End result was he caught more than I did by a ratio of at least 12/1...
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    Sent an Old Friend Down the Road Today

    Sold my 20' bassboat and replaced it with 14' barn find. 14' Crestliner with 30 HP Nissan/Tohatsu. The previous owner had retired and moved to a home with only electric motors on the lake in the area. A friend bought the home and the boat came with it and he doesn't boat. Replaced the water pump...
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    MinnKota Maximizer question

    Just bought another boat and it came with one of these. Previous owner deceased and I have no idea what it does. Can someone explain what it does and how to use it. Could not find a manual for it yet on line.
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    Drive in Movie on the Water

    Just ran across this today and at first thought what a novel idea. Then the cynic in me starting thinking of all the things that could go wrong. Are these boats anchored and are the patrons ferried out to them? Where are the restrooms when the boats are only six feet apart? Having experience...
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    Note for Us Seniors With IRAs

    I wasn't made aware until a few days ago the the virus stimulation bill waives the requirement to make the minimum required distribution of IRA's for 2020. Depending on your situation in may be beneficial to not take it this year. Disclaimer; Your mileage may vary and I am far from being a...
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    Boater goes nuts on Lake St Clair

    As Paul Harvey used to say "now for the rest of the story." I wonder what set him off that is not in the video
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    The Oak Monster

    Today I was cleaning up around the woodshed to move the splitter close to where I was stacking firewood. I had just dropped a bucket load of oak billets on the ground where I was going to set up and just started to grab the tongue of the splitter with the bucket when my doberman ran up and...
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    Any WWII History Students

    I found this photo in my previous belongings after he passed. He was post S.Maj. in the canal Zone during much of the war and was a photography buff. The original I have he enlarged to 10 X 14 inches. I have been trying to identify the 3 officers in the car. The one in the back on the...
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    Another Great One Leaves Us -long-

    Another great one passes on. No, I am not referring to the Captain of “The Captain and Tennille” but I mean Charles “Charlie” Sullivan. Who the heck was Charlie you may ask. I will be attending Charlie’s services tomorrow to bid his soul good by. He led as full a life as anyone I have ever...
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    RIP Dr Hook

    Ray Sawyer AKA "Dr Hook" of Dr Hook & The Medicine Show has passed away at age 81. He was only a year older than me so I know there are many on this list who may have never heard them. One of my favorites from the past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUjcjUF-urU
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    Weight Distribution Video

    This may have been posted before but is a valuable demonstration of proper weight distribution.
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    Later Autumn

    Here in North-Central Pennsylvania the leaves are usually in full color by Columbus Day. This year only about of a quarter of the species are even starting to turn colors. Now they are talking about the hurricane hitting Mexico moving across Mexico and up the East Coast of the U.S. which means...
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    Potential Disaster

    Getting ready to haul some equipment next week and was getting ready to switch to my 2 5/16 hitch and gave the receiver a quick look over while I was down there. Saw a real ugly looking bunch of rust and pushed on it with my thumb and ended up with this. New hitch should be here tomorrow and...
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    I will never change my own oil again.

    For the first time in my life I paid to have my oil and filter done. I was shopping at "the big box store" and just noticed the price sign in the automotive section for oil changes and out of curiosity asked how much for my Duramax as the change oil light had come on that morning. Found out...
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    How to Visit a Bunch of States in a Few Days

    As someone who can go for six months at a time without going more than 25 miles from my home I finally got to see a lot of the country in the last five days. Got hotel rooms in Las Vegas, Amtrack tickets in Wisconsin, bus tickets in Illinois, flight tickets on Spirit Airlines in California...
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    Weatherman's April Fool joke.

    Went to bed last night when news was calling for a dusting to one inch on untreated surfaces. Woke up to this.
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    Satellite Internet

    Anyone out there using satellite internet? I don't have much choice, only DSL or satellite where I live out in the boonies. Specifically Hughsnet, pro and cons.
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    My Latest Snake Story

    A couple of days ago I left my skidsteer sit down besides my woodshed. The next morning I go down, start it and proceed to go down my lane to where I had some wood split ready to bring back to the shed. Out of the corner of my eye I catch something hanging down from the overhead. I think it...
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    NTSB Safety Recommendation Report

    Interesting reading on shared use on regulated waterways. They are recommending making operator education/licensing for all including non-powered on Federal Navigable Waters. www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MSR1701.pdf
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