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  1. JB

    Who knows details of Social Security benefits?

    I went to Google this and all I got were sites that wanted me to pay them for stuff I can get free. Is there a site where I can get online answers from a Social Security Office? Here's my question: The LOML and I were married for 28 years. She stayed home and raised our 4 children while I...
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    Oil leaking around lower unit, by IWombat Verified

    Oil leaking around the lower unit So, you have oil leaking out of, or around the lower unit on your two-stroke outboard and you?re wondering what to make of it all. There?s only a few possibilities. Fortunately for you, most of the time it?s pretty benign. Reason #1 - Unburned 2-stroke oil...
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    FOX network cheats F1 fans of live broadcast

    AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!:mad::mad: The British GP is in progress as I type, with British superstar-to-be Lewis Hamilton on the pole. FOX will broadcast delayed coverage at noon CDT. It will be inferior coverage to what SPEED gives us live on most GPs. SPEED broadcasts all of the GPs except Canada...
  4. JB

    Lake Of The Woods report

    First of all, if you are going to drive 1400 miles in 2 days don't plan on doing anything for the first 12 hours after you get there. We ( JB, John, and Daniel, John's son) left RED SKY behind this year. She is too small for 3 people to cast for muskies. We had guides reserved for the 5 days we...
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    Drive a CRV, RAV4, Forester or Tucson?

    I would like some real satisfaction feedback from people I trust. How do/did you like it overall? What would you have gotten different in the way of options? Real world city/hiway mileage? I have daughters (49 and 50) that drive a CRV and a Forester. Each of them thinks (or says, anyway)...
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    Credit "repair"?

    I generally pay off all of my credit accounts monthly, except the loan on my truck and my mortgage, which I usually pay a week or so early. I was curious why the interest rates on my credit cards are so much higher than I think they should be, even after I called and requested lower rates. That...
  7. JB

    Fathers' Day blessings.

    Well, my descendants couldn't gather at The Hideout today. Some sick, some out of town.:( Tiger finished second in the US Open, 1 stroke back, in a real nail biter.:redface: BUT! Lewis Hamilton won the US F1 Grand Prix. Second win in a row. This young (22) man, a rookie, will do for public...
  8. JB

    First Paycheck

    I got this from my daughter and just had to share it. Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that makes you believe that we CAN make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time... A young family moved...
  9. JB

    MSM reports on baseball

    The Mudhens struck out 4 more times today. Added to 6 flyouts and hitting into a double play this has been the most embarrassing week of the season. Backers are demanding that they quit. The manager has asked for time. . .unless they win the World Series by the end of August he will devise a...
  10. JB

    We have forgotten what Memorial Day is for.

    I take a back seat to nobody in honoring the men and women who have survived serving in our armed forces or who currently serve. But that is not what Memorial Day is for. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service...
  11. JB

    Who is an old MOPAR guru?

    Back in 1953 I helped a buddy install a DeSoto "Firedome" hemi in his '49 Ford. About all I recall about the engine is that it was rated at 160hp and it went like stink for 1953. In that same period there was a hemi used in Dodges. I think it was called the "Red Ram". That is the engine I am...
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    Hummingbird mystery.

    Immediately after the recent storms and flash floods The Hideout's hummingbird population dropped like a rock. I have gone back to a single feeder and rarely see more than a couple at a time. In April there might have been as many as a dozen fighting over three feeders at morning and evening...
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    I'm not complaining, mind you, but. . .

    As of about an hour ago The Hideout has had more rain in 2007 than in a "normal" year. My 800' driveway has been washed clean of about 20 yards of gravel and the grass is growing so fast it needs mowing again before I have finished the last mow. BUT: All of my tanks are full. :) First time...
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    Swap fuel pumps between '86 48SPL and '88 60 VRO?

    I am getting ready to take my '86 48SPL off of RED SKY and mount the '88 60 VRO. I am having a hard time finding room for the VRO oil tank in her. What if I swap fuel pumps and make the 48SPL a VRO and the 60 a premix? I guess I would need to swap some of the wiring harness, too, huh? What...
  15. JB

    The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.

    Beauty, our 31 year old mare matriarch, died sometime during last nights storms. :( She is lying on a mud flat where I almost got my 4X4 Kubota stuck trying to get to her. She will have to lie there until the ground firms up enough to get a back hoe in there. Of her three offspring Sugar, age...
  16. JB

    AUGH! I'm hit!

    It was bound to happen eventually. Out on the porch for a smoke and to watch the hummers fight. Zinnnnng, BANG! One of the little beggars nailed me on my right temple. He dropped but didn't hit the floor before he recovered. It was a lot like getting hit by a mad marshmallow. :)
  17. JB

    How do I get this dang 'puter to. . .

    load iboats forum instead of msn.com when I start IE? Did that before upgrading to WXP but don't remember how.
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    rain? no, RAIN!!

    Haven't had rain like this since 1992. Both creeks are way over their banks, pecan grove has about 6" of standing water, There is a river running where my drive used to be. I guess Mom Nature is catching up on my requests over the past few years. Don't know whether to laugh or whine. . . .na, I...
  19. JB

    First hummer of the season arrives!!

    A male black chinned hummingbird arrived at The Hideout feeding station this morning. !!8)
  20. JB

    The wonderful pain transfer machine (C&P)

    Got this from my daughter. A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an amazing new high-tech machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the baby's father. He asked if they...
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