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    Rememberance Day / Veterans Day

    To all those who enjoy freedom in these great countries...a very respectful and heartfeft Remembrance Day (Canada) and Veteran's Day (U.S). This is the Canadian War Memorial erected in France to commemorate and remember all those who died serving in both WW1 and WW2....it is a very inspiring...
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    Anyone Else Watching this Ebola thing?

    I was just wondering if anyone else had been watching this slow, creeping problem called Ebola? It now appears to have picked up a few North American candidates...Texas way I believe. I heard some interesting and valid comments regarding the opportunities for this kind of disease to spread...
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    How do your choices compare to your Parents?

    Ok....how do your life choices compare to your parents or what do you do better than your generation before you...ie: your Parents or particularly your Dad? By this I mean....do you live a healthier life? are you more educated? are you as 'handy'? do you excercise more? smoke less? drink less...
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    1990 90hp Force- No Spark

    Guys, been a while since I've had to post in the ol' Force section. However I have an issue with a 'no start' situation on my 1990/90hp Force. This has the light blue (prestolite) coils, etc in it. It turns over fine and it seems to have fuel but it isn't sparking anything at the moment. Any...
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    NHL Playoff Hockey Anyone?

    ...just wondering if anyone has been watching any of the NHL playoffs? There are some good series going at the moment....and some great hockey. Luckily a lot of my favorite teams are still in there...ie: Pittsburgh, Chicago and of course Montreal. The Boston vs. Montreal series is going to be a...
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    Olympic Wrap Up

    Anyone watching (watched?) the closing ceremonies?.....wow, pretty amazing. These opening and closing ceremonies for these games and the venues they are held in are pretty spectacular. The Olympics is probably the only event in the world that you can plan out and afford this kind of live...
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    SOCHI Olympics anyone?

    ......pretty interesting lead up to the Olympics, between the cost...the security issues, LGBT community issues, you name it. Apparently the corruption going on with respect to the construction is pretty darn funny but it wouldn't be the Olympics if it wasn't shrouded in problems and corruption...
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    When or what age to pitch in and pay room and board....or not.

    Well, there was a recently released statistic in Canada...and I assume its pretty similar in the states, that over 40% of adults under 30 years old still live at home. So whether you have kids or not, do you think that adult children (over 18) living at home should pay room and board? I guess...
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    Successful Piston Replacement!! 1990/90hp

    Well after a year or so 'off the water' with my 90hp, it looks like we are ready to go again. Many thanks again to Frank and JerryJ for their excellent tech info on how to change out a piston without a complete engine teardown. We had the boat out last night for a quick run on a local lake and...
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    Boat Value Opinions or info wanted

    Guys, quick backstory A buddy of mine bought a 2000 Four Winns a few years ago in parternship with another buddy of ours. Unfortunately that buddy died of cancer this past year....awful stuff. Well, his wife/widow would like my buddy to buy out the remaining share on this boat and he is trying...
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    Lost my Dad Last night

    Well, after a bad bout of pneumonia followed by a bad fall that broke his hip my Dad (80+ yrs old) passed away last night. He was surrounded by my sisters and me so I'm pretty sure that even in a state of heavily supported semi-consciousness (respirators, etc) that he knew we were all there as...
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    Lets talk some 'Armstrong'

    ....anyone a big fan of his? Personally I'm not...and I didn't watch his talk show confession but I did hear and read about some of the results. I don't think the guy should be allowed to compete in anything but charity events from here on in...but thats just me. I'm pretty sure the 'Livestrong...
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    Latest Mass Shooting

    Geez guys....hopefully none of you had any kids in that school today? My heart really goes out to the parents that must be completely spiralling down with this latest incident. I think they said 18 kids are dead so far, awful stuff man. Take care guys. BP here is a local news link...
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    Mitre Saw Opinions please

    Guys I'm in the market for a good used Compound Mitre Saw...and there tons of them out there right now for some reason. So, here are a few of the choices in terms of brand: Dewalt / Makita / Craftsman / Ryobi / Rigid / Delta Do you have any experience with any of these and are or were you...
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    4.3L V-6 (cracked block) Questions: Options?

    Ok I've got a buddy (no I'm serious here!) who found out at the beginning of August that his boat (2000 Four winns- 17ft'er) has a motor with a cracked block. Its a 4.3 litre V-6 with the Volvo outdrive and he was told by his local Merc/Volvo mechanic guy-shop that the full Re&Re was going to be...
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