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  1. rolmops

    elections on the horizon.

    On opening the Sunday Times,I read the headline about the senate debating gay marriage.It struck me then.If it depends on the current mayority in the senate,this election is not going to be about the senator's performance or about sending a message to the president.<br />No, the gay subject has...
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    Is the bible fact or fiction?

    It was asked in another thread, so let's ask it in its own thread.<br />I will try and give the jewish opinion about it,after all,we wrote it!I lived in Israel and studied in the Hebrew university of Jerusalem. I will try to convey the dominant jewish view.<br />The old testament is a compiled...
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    Karl Rove Indicted?

    I was reading some blogs and it keeps on popping up that Karl Rove will be indicted in the Valery Plame case.Anybody know any facts?<br />It seems to be in character for the man who created "swift boat crews against Kerry" and tried to make John McCain's name mud in the last election,to have had...
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    Verizon versus Xingular.

    It is that time again,having to pick a cell phone provider.<br />We have had xingular for the past 4 years and we are reasonably happy with the reception in our area,but verizon is fully compatable on this front.Lately we had all sorts of creative billing by xingular.For instance text messaging...
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    Ethanol or Methanol?

    I listened to another "Science Friday" on NPR and there was this scientist who started his career in the seventies by researching the coal to oil conversion potential worked on at the time by Exxon and the US government.<br />He claims that corn ethanol together with hydraulic power and wind...
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    electron travel speed

    I am trying to explain to my son that in spite of the fact that electrons travel at very close to lightspeed,it may take a single electron about half an hour to travel through 3 feet of wire.The important thing I forgot is the distance/diameter/material resistance formula.Can somebody please...
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    Mellow yellow???

    Anybody hear or see anything from mellow yellow??
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    Lesions on stripers.

    This thread is directly connected to a post that Flyrod wrote in the Whales thread.<br />I read the article in "The boston Globe" about stripers having bacteria causing skin lesions.This happens in the Chesapeake Bay.<br />It seems that stripers are very prone to these bacteria mostly because...
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    What damage will we sustain if we shut off the Iranian oil flow?

    I hear the war drums and the nation seems to be preparing for the next war.<br />Maybe it is time to take a step back and analyze the possible backlash and damage it can do to us.Weigh the pros and the cons and just think it over.<br />To bomb a country to kingdom come is one thing.<br />How it...
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    Corn ,ethanol and gasoline.

    I heard some very interesting tidbits of news on NPR about the amount of gasoline it takes to produce a gallon of ethanol.<br />Every bushel(56 pounds) of corn that is grown in this country uses about 0.33 gallons of gasoline in the form of fertilizer.The amount of energy it takes in order to...
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    The old arab's potatoe garden

    An old arab living in NY sends his son, who lives in Paris, an email explaining how he really wants to grow some potatoes in his garden and how he is too old to turn the soil.<br />The next day his son sends him an email saying :"Dad please do not dig in the garden because that is where I buried...
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    Cod fishing Stellwagen.

    I just got back from an incredible fishing trip.<br />Thursday afternoon we left Upstate NY and drove 400 miles to Gloucester,MA.We got there around 10.30 at night and lodged in the Cape Anne Marina hotel which is about 50 yards away from the boat we chartered for a day.Friday morning at six we...
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    Time and global warming.

    If you have some time this week,go out and buy a time magazine.This week has a very informative and alarming article about global warming and what can be done about it.<br />Time is not left or right it is slightly right leaning centrist.
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    help!!( wiring for 1993 9.9 johnson)

    This is about a 1993 9.9 remote start Johnson with additional manual starter model #J10EETM.<br />I took the engine apart in November for a complete rebuild and with the cold in my garage I let it drag along.Finally today I put the finishing touch to the rebuild and reassembled almost...
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    Bush and the avian flue

    Bush has decided to fight the bird flue virus.<br />....<br />....<br />....<br />.....<br /><br />....<br /><br />...<br /><br />....<br /><br />....<br /><br />...<br /><br />....<br /><br />....<br /><br />....<br /><br />....<br /><br />He just bombed the Canary Islands.
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    power pro line.

    Does anybody know how much power pro 80# line it takes to fill up a Penn 330GTI?<br />thank you,rolmops.
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    Dubai Ports International.

    A little update here.<br />Zim the Israeli container shipping company has supported the DPI bid for management of 6 US harbours.<br />This goes to show that in the world of trade not everything is as in the world of politics.
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    crank case airleak?

    One half of my 1993 9.9 Johnson crankcase made a hard landing on the garage floor and there are a few shallow gauges on the surface.One that might develop into a conduit between the 2 chambers and another that may cause air to be sucked into the crankcase.Both are very shallow.<br />Is there a...
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    wd40 as fish attractant

    Does anybody know the truth about this?<br />I hear all these stories about people spritzing it on to their lures for deep water still fishing or trolling.Did anybody you know ever try it succesfully? Or is this just one of those tales to make somebody look like a fool?
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    The Golden dome destruction.

    After the golden dome mosq in Iraq was destroyed just yesterday,the Iranians wasted no time accusing Israel and America of having committed this crime.<br />Let this be a lesson for all of us.No matter what you do to improve the lot of these people.You will be attacked and slandered by the...
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