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  1. JB

    Dallas Boat Show 2/1-2/2

    Anyone going? If my eyes are sufficiently healed to drive the 80-90 miles I will be there 2/1.<br /><br />Maybe a few of us can get together for a beer or other beverage of your choice.
  2. JB

    Capital "punishment"?

    The Governor of Illinois has pardoned a few condemned convicts and commuted all other death sentences to life sentences.<br /><br />I support death for certain crimes, proven beyond doubt, but I have recently been shocked by the number of condemned persons proven to be innocent by new...
  3. JB

    Email viruses

    Because I am being blitzed with KLEZ in a hundred different disguises I have changed my Email address and it is no longer available.<br /><br />Because the perp is selecting boating related return addresses I have to accept the possibility that it is someone here.<br /><br />If you need to...
  4. JB

    Wild sounds

    Put yourself in this picture: <br /><br />You are on a Northwoods wilderness lake. The sun has just set and the horizon still glows with gold, orange, red, purple and blue. The water is like glass.<br /><br />There is no sound or sight of man or his works.<br /><br />A loon cries. <br /><br...
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    I want avocado trees on my windowsill

    When I was a youngster I used to grow avocado trees in my bedroom, sprouted from seeds of Grocery store avocados. :) <br /><br />As I recall, the procedure was to put three toothpicks into the seed and suspend it from the rim of a cup,half in water on a sunny windowsill. In a few days to a few...
  6. JB

    December 7, 1941

    My friends, let us take a moment to honor the memory of the thousands who died at Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />
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    Yamaha 40 4 stroke vs. Johnson 40 4 stroke. (By Colson)

    This question was posted by Colson and some glitch made it go away.<br /><br />He needs to decide on a boat purchase, whether to select a Yammy 40 4 stroke or a Johnson 40 4 stroke.<br /><br />He got a reply from me that the Johnson is EFI and the Yammy, though an excellent engine, is not. I...
  8. JB

    Forum for Boston Whaler owners

    There is a new forum for Boston Whaler owners.<br /><br />It does not deal with the same things our iboats fora do.<br /><br /> http://www.whalerforum.com <br /><br />There is no rule against visiting here as well. :)
  9. JB

    Are fishing tournaments good or bad for recreational sport fishing?

    Fishing sure has changed since I was a barefoot boy with a willow pole over my shoulder and a can of self-dug chicken yard worms, strolling down a dirt road to my favorite bluegill pond.<br /><br />For one thing, I think fishing is better. Easier to catch more fish and more varieties of fish...
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    Is security worth giving up some freedom?

    I hope we can compare our ideas on this without starting a war.<br /><br />I saw a "report" on th NOW show the other night that had me foaming at the mouth. I will try to avoid name calling.<br /><br />This report attacked our Attorney General because he refused to allow gun purchase records to...
  11. JB

    Calling Boston Whaler owners!

    The Classic Whaler forum has been shut down. :( <br /><br />Is there another site dedicated to Boston Whaler issues? :confused:
  12. JB

    Trailer Brakes required!!

    I am concerned by how many members don't seem to know their state laws regarding trailer brakes. At least that's the impression I get reading statements of how much weight they tow without brakes, and what vehicles they are towing with. The following are from Rand McNally, 2001 edition.<br /><br...
  13. JB

    I'll be back.

    If you don't hear from me for a week or so, don't worry. Leaving in the morning for sunny CA.<br /><br />Going to go give away one of my surrogate daughters. Don't know if I will have access to a 'puter. :)
  14. JB

    Number four thousand, and thanks.

    I just noticed that my last post was 3999.<br /><br />This would be a good time to thank my colleagues for what I have learned here.<br /><br />Thanks to 12Footer, ODDD1, DHadley, Schematic (where is he, by the way??), Joe Reeves, Bob_VT, and at least a dozen more that I can't think of right now...
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    Off topic nuisance threads.

    These trolls are beginning to irritate me. They contribute nothing to knowledge about boats, engines, etc. and start a lot of uneccesary wars.<br /><br />I wish they would go to Forum X, where such nonsense is standard practice and leave us to deal with nautical questions and problems.<br /><br...
  16. JB

    Attwood fuel line alert!

    Just had a new fuel line/bulb leak. Leaked at the clamp on the input side of the bulb.<br /><br />No fun to walk into the garage and find 6 gallons of fuel sloshing about in the bottom of the boat.<br /><br />Came from Wal-Mart. :(
  17. JB

    Sloopy and Greg

    Your silliness and clowning around is really interfering with members getting useful answers to their questions.. :mad: <br /><br />If you insist on playing stupid games, do it here, not in threads about serious questions.<br /><br />Maybe we need to ask Admin 5 to open a new Forum called The...
  18. JB

    Stove-top hot smoker beef jerky

    My children gave me one of these last fall. It is wonderful!<br /><br />I am now learning to make smoked beef jerky and am having a problem.<br /><br />I want to use very lean beef, without fat or marbeling. My lean jerky turns out great. If there is fat it is less great.<br /><br />What cut of...
  19. JB

    Say, Sloopy.

    Please don't be offended, but I am not into idle chit-chat. <br /><br />When I am online I have tasks to do and am usually busy doing them.<br /><br />If you have a question that isn't suitable for the forum, or if you want to give me some useful info I am glad to hear from you.<br /><br...
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    JB is back.

    Had a good week. One Musky, a couple of BIG snakes (northern pike), a few hard fighting smallies and enough walleyes to have a walleye broil for my daughter's 46th birthday. And, ahh, a sunburned neck.<br /><br />Lake Of The Woods is still the Best Danged Fishin' Hole (BDFH) on the planet.<br...
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