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    Coming soon to your aftermarket: SIX stroke engines!

    Bruce Crower, (one of we OLD farts at 75) famous for his aftermarket camshafts, has patented a six stroke engine that improves efficiency about 40% and needs no cooling system.<br /><br />Here's how it works:<br /><br />After the exhaust stroke of what used to be a four stroke engine, and with...
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    Am I gonna have to replace this tach?

    This boat I just bought has a tach that registers 1200rpm with power off. I didn't look at it when we tested the engine before I bought it and I haven't cranked it up since.<br /><br />Is this normal? I saw a tach on ebay that was registering 1200 rpm when not hooked up to anything.<br /><br />...
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    Ahoy, Scrapper.

    Man, quit that!! You are gonna wear out a ZAP button all by yourself!<br /><br />You have been around here long enough to know that jokes with sexual content or implication are VERBOTEN!<br /><br />Think before you post! "Family oriented site" means sitting around the dinner table with mom and...
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    How to change the oil correctly

    Oil Change <br /> <br />Oil Change instructions for Women: <br />1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. <br />2) Drink a cup of coffee. <br />3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained...
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    Saturday braincrusher.

    Find the six digit number in which:<br /><br />the first digit is one more than the second,<br /><br />the third and fourth digits make one number that is the sum of the first and second,<br /><br />The fifth digit is two less than the fourth,<br /><br />the sixth digit is two less than the...
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    Easy brainteaser for Tuesday.

    Two For One.<br /><br />Find the word that meets the following definitions when it is 1) a whole word and 2) divided into two words.<br /><br /> 1) Whole word: Act appropriately<br /><br /> 2) Two words: <br /> a. Exist <br /> b. Be in possession of
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    Ahoy, Gonfishn

    I didn't update my addy book and have mail for you.<br /><br />E me.
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    Monday brainteaser: Odd man out.

    Which of the words below is least like the others? The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.<br /><br />TWIN CHIME SCORE PLATE CARE HAT
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    A JB TROLL!!

    I was watching "Meet The Press" this AM and it occurred to me that there is something all of the debaters are overlooking (both sides).<br /><br />November, 1973, Warrenville, IL. I am hunting pheasants in a cornfield with my good friend, the Superintendent of the school district of which I was...
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    The kart race mystery

    In the Kart race, heycods was neither first nor last. <br /><br />Techno came in after heycods.<br /><br />12Footer beat MrLF.<br /><br />MrLF beat JB.<br /><br />Heycods beat JB but not MrLF.<br /><br />In what order did they finish?
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    Saturday brain teaser: Spelling and vocabulary.

    How many common, correctly spelled English words can you make from the following 5 letters. You must use all 5 letters once in each word.<br /><br />AEGLR<br /><br />What are the words?<br /><br />(202)
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    Well, I was thinking about boating.

    Last Thanksgiving a kitten showed up on my front porch and laid claim to same. Very friendly. Loooong black fur. It appointed me as chief slave. Because I couldn't see her in the dark I named her Spook.<br /><br />Grew a lot. Last week I took her in to be spayed and vaccinated.<br /><br />Picked...
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    Friday brainteaser: Vocabulary/spelling

    Fill in the blanks to complete the word below:<br /><br />_X_I_G_ _S_ _D<br /><br />These math teasers are too easy. :) <br /><br />(220)
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    Cat respiration rate?

    Catzilla seems better. She is eating a lot, but gaining no weight that I can detect.<br /><br />What is a normal resting respiration rate for a 12 year old cat? Her respiration rate is about 68/min, which seems very fast to me.<br /><br />(232)
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    Thursday Brainteaser: Bassy's blooms

    Bassy has three vases in her living room. Each has the same number of blossoms.<br /><br />Bassy adds three fresh flowers to one vase, which now has two more that the average.<br /><br />How many were in each vase before she did that?<br /><br />(242)
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    Brainteaser for Wed: heycods goes shopping

    heycods made the long trip to Cabelas. <br /><br />He spent half of what he had plus $8 for lures.<br /><br />He spent half of what was left plus $2 for a new reel.<br /><br />He spent half of what was left plus $1 for hooks.<br /><br />He had $4 left.<br /><br />How much did he start with?<br...
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    Biggest non-story of 2006

    Is there some law that requires the Administration to have a press conference to announce that the VP, on private recreation, private property, had an accident?<br /><br />The media are outraged that they didn't get the word before a small city newspaper.<br /><br />NBC is treating the "who knew...
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    Easy brain teaser.

    For Valentines Day, there was a contest to see who could guess the number of candy hearts in a jar.<br /><br />OBJ guessed 129, SBN guessed 138, Bassy guessed 133 and LF guessed 135.<br /><br />One was off by 6, one was off by 2 and one was off by 3.<br /><br />Who won, and how many hearts were...
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    How do you navigate?

    In a Service Station today I overheard a young couple trying to give directions to an elderly couple.<br /><br />The wife said, "Go down this road here until you pass the Baptist Church, then you will come to an intersection with a big tree by it and a big white house across the street. Turn...
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    Grumman semi-Vee?

    I've been offered an '88 Grumman 16' semi-vee with a bad deck. Suzi DT55 that hasn't been run in about 10 years but starts on premix sprayed into the carbs. Around $1100.<br /><br />Really want to find a Boaton Whaler project boat, but everything I have looked at is waaaaay overpriced.<br /><br...
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