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  1. dwco5051

    daily music fix

    Somehow I seem to remember that group but I think they were called Shad Rap, Me Shak. and Ben Degp back then and were a pretty hot group.
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    Vintage Spoon Identification

    I am about 33 years your senior and recognize many of those designs. The one I don't see is the Johnson Silver Spoon that everybody would fish with the pork rind attached. I often think about some day fishing with some of them, If they were effective then are they still effective today. I...
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    Vintage Spoon Identification

    I still have the first lure I ever bought. A South Bend Bass-Orena in Perch finish. Cost me $1.10 back then (circa 1952), a little over 13 bucks in today's money. I can still go in the room I keep sporting goods and remember when I bought most of the stuff and think of the good times I had...
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    Best rust loosening material

    I can remember around 1944-46 helping my Dad straighten nails he recovered from packing crates. During WWII you just didn't go to the hardware store and buy nails. Didn't mind straightening nails as much as I missed having sugar for my morning cereal back then.
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    I spent the last 24 years driving at 29.25 miles per hour

    My wife won't let me. She bought a new Nissan Sentra the year before and she says since her car is older it should be the first one replaced. It has less than 25,000 miles on it.
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    I spent the last 24 years driving at 29.25 miles per hour

    I spent the last 24 years driving at 29.25 miles per hour. My 2002 GMC 2500 Diesel I bought new almost 24 years ago just turned over 200,000 miles. My engine hours were 6832.7 for an average of 29.271005... MPH.
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    photographs......film vs digital.

    My grandfather and father both had a bunch of glass plate negatives which I still have. My previous father in law served 30 years in the Army and was also a photography nut. I had boxes of negatives from his Crown Graphic of which most were lost during a hurricane. I had saved several before...
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    photographs......film vs digital.

    How true
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    Just the day before this thread started I found a tool I made 40 or so years ago in the barn. It was for an axle nut but I don't remember on what. I do remember drilling a half inch hole and squaring it up with a triangular file on the piece I welded on one end of the pipe for a 1/2 inch...
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    Wheel bearings - old Dodge motorhome

    3/4 or full floating only pertains to the drive axles. Front will be just like doing an older car except heavier. Remove dust cap. Either remove cotter pin or bend tab on locking washer (which I believe it will have), remove nut, and pull hub. Even if bearings all appear good I would still...
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    Had an E6B, not quite as fancy as that one. Lent it to a young lady years ago for her to use in ground school. Haven't seen either one since. I still have the Sporty's electronic version.
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    Hope you are not afraid of heights!

    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales I have read that people have crossed it on a paddleboard.
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    No start good solenoid

    That might very well be the culprit. Next time it acts up wiggle the shift lever back and forth while pushing the button and see if it kicks over.
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    No start good solenoid

    Is the black wire from the solenoid going to a good ground and are the terminals on it crimped tight, no corrosion, clean?
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    All these trips down memory lane brought to my attention that I still have a drafting machine which was my fathers on a shelf in one of my shop buildings. Checked on E-Bay and there is a ton of them for sale. Don't think it is even worth listing. I don't remember the exact year but my first...
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    And you probably had one of these also;
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    1957 Johnson Seahorse 35hp value?

    Yes there is a buyer somewhere for that motor. I has no special value as a collectable, antique, or classic as there are lots of them still around. The buyer you are looking for is probably one of two persons. 1) Someone who has restored their grandfather's old boat and wants a period motor...
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    I do remember that around 1972/73 range my Dad got what I remember was a HP35. I played with it but didn't like using RPN to operate it. Later I did do some stuff in FORTH but RPN still slowed me down. I wasn't long after this I bought myself one of the first TI's with the red led numbers.
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    Walked around campus with my K&E hanging from my belt as a freshman in 1957. Really impressed the chics. Even the elementary ed coeds avoided me.
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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    Chances are if you qualify for shirt this you are probably already retired. I figure I was the next to last generation for it.
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