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  1. JB

    RIP Phil Hill

    When I was a budding racecar driver in the 50s Phil Hill was my hero. He won everything he tried in open wheel and "sports" cars. . . The first American F1 Champion, LeMans several times, all the local SCCA races of that era. A gentleman of the first class and a role model for racers...
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    Welcome aboard, "Chief of the Boat"

    Bob_VT started the idea. Thanks, Bob. tashasdaddy now has the exclusive title of "Chief of the Boat". For those non-Navy types, Chief of the Boat is the senior enlisted person on a ship, primary consultant to the Captain on crew matters and the guy who trains Ensigns how to deal with "white...
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    Whine, whine, snivel, snivel

    I bought a news outside A/C unit 4 years and 5 months ago. My checkbook stub says I wrote a big check to appliance dealer A. Yesterday the compressor went POW!!. My files and other places I stuff paper fail to produce a receipt, dealer A says they never heard of me and they don't sell that...
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    Firefox dropped all my bookmarks!!

    One day they were there but this morning they are gone. . .all bazillion of them. IE still has some, but does not include the ones I want to find this morning. I did cold boot my 'puter this morning. Does that do it? :confused:I have cold booted before without losing my bookmarks.:( Any...
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    Dear TV Advertizers:

    I like my hair white. I like it to be very thin on top. I like having wrinkles. I like having a modest belly hiding my soft abs. I like being able to smile without blinding everyone in the vicinity with unnaturally white teeth. I don't like being told that there is something wrong with...
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    Happy Birthday, Spinnerbait Nut!!

    You don't look that old, Matey!! Have the best one ever. :)
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    Ratzakratza!!

    Pill bottles. :mad: Old people take more pills in a week than they (we) ever did in a year when we were younger and had small children in our home. Most of us live alone or with other old people anyway. A three year old can open a modern pill bottle quicker than a 70 year old. It is all I can...
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    Guidelines for threads in this forum.

    There is still some clarifying to be done of what we want here. For now, these guidelines should guide you. Completed boat restoration/build projects only. Must be clearly written explanations; correctly composed, spelled, punctuated and capitalized. Must be thoroughly illustrated. Must not...
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    Another "free energy" scam.

    Our local NBC affiliate carried this story today: This outfit is gonna "create" "free energy" by covering the highways with little buttons. When cars run over the buttons they generate electricity. The scam artists then collect and sell the electricity generated. They even showed pix of the...
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    Rocco Mediate: Heck of a performance

    He is ranked about 154 among professional tour golfers, yet it took Tiger Woods 91 holes to defeat him by one stroke for the U.S. Open Championship. We expect great golf from Tiger, but Rocco defeated 153 pros ranked higher to take Tiger into an 18 hole playoff, then to one hole of sudden...
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    64 years ago. . . .

    It really makes me feel old that there are people retired who weren't even born on D-Day. It makes me sad that so few remember it at all. It was the major turning point in the European Theater of Operations. Many brave young Americans died that day. Please honor their memory.
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    Solar panels vs. hail

    The TV spots I see touting solar panels always seem to be in areas that rarely experience hail. I had a metal roof built on this house because of hail and so far (9years) it has saved my insurance company about 10 grand. What does 1"-6" hail do to solar panels?
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    **** Martin

    While we are mourning passed funny men let's not forget **** Martin who passed this past weekend. He and partner Dan Rowan (Laugh In) revolutionized TV comedy. Laugh In crammed more jokes and gags into less time than anyone and always had me in tears. They made "Sockittome" and "Here come da...
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    YeeeeeeHAW!! The Spinner is back.

    Welcome home, SBN. We missed you a lot.
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    Honoring our war heroes

    For a lot of us honoring war dead is kind of impersonal, except, of course, for those who have had a loved one or close friends give all for our country. I lost friends in Korea and Nam and I have had acquaintances lose sons in the Middle East, but the losses that hurt me most were a group of...
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    Boat pulling right or left, by MikDee Verified

    The first thing to check is the small trim tab just under your anti-ventilation (also called cavitation) plate. If your boat is pulling to the right, like all boats with clockwise (normal) prop rotation, turn the back of the trim tab on the cavitation plate to the right like this if looking at...
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    How to get the best results from your question Verified

    BEFORE you start asking questions on these Forums by following the good advice listed below PLEASE read this FIRST. It can save you, and our Forum contributors a LOT of time. These Forums have a very good Search feature, just like search engines have, to find answers to many of your engine...
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    How to get the best results from your question

    BEFORE you start asking questions on these Forums by following the good advice listed below PLEASE read this FIRST. It can save you, and our Forum contributors a LOT of time. These Forums have a very good Search feature, just like search engines have, to find answers to many of your engine...
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    How to get the best results from your question Verified

    BEFORE you start asking questions on these Forums by following the good advice listed below PLEASE read this FIRST. It can save you, and our Forum contributors a LOT of time. These Forums have a very good Search feature, just like search engines have, to find answers to many of your engine...
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    How to get the best results from your question Verified

    BEFORE you start asking questions on these Forums by following the good advice listed below PLEASE read this FIRST. It can save you, and our Forum contributors a LOT of time. These Forums have a very good Search feature, just like search engines have, to find answers to many of your engine...
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