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    pre-election polls

    So what happened with all the polls which said Kerry was leading? Come on now, do the pollsters really have so much more integrity than the media?<br /><br />I feel a bit ashamed, I was actually starting to believe what they were saying. Now I know better, and should have before. What a relief!!!
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    Why is it that the young and arrogant know everything? ( somewhat long)

    I was once an idealistic and passionately opinionated kid. My parents must have really wondered about me while I was in my late teens. But life happened to me. You know- having a job, paying bills, getting married, having my own kids, thinking about their future, etc. I'm still a bit idealistic...
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    Hot air ballon and the boater (cute political joke)

    A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. Spotting a man in a boat on the river below, she lowered her altitude and shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." <br /><br />The man consulted his portable...
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    "A new birth for freedom" ????

    Mr. Kerry sure knows how to use some nice patriotic words doesn't he? Only problem is he doesn't mean the same thing as most people when he uses them! His voting record in the senate conclusively proves that.<br /><br />How can a "new birth for freedom" possibly be construed to be more...
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    Heli coil in impeller housing? (pre-Alpha mercruiser 120)

    Changing the impeller in my dad-in-law's Mercruiser 120 was going too well. As I was putting the impeller cover on, I noticed the one bolt in the back of the cover would never snug up. Now I know why part of the gasket was missing before and why it ran warm at lower RPM's. Now what? Will a...
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    1970 mercruiser 120 lower unit oil leak (Pre-Alpha)

    1970 mercruiser 120 lower unit oil leak (Pre-Alpha) Got my dad-in-laws pre-Alpha lower unit off to change water pump. For the most part going better than expected, but have 90 wt dripping from the upper housing. I drained lower unit, not upper. Don't have manual (yeah, I know... :rolleyes: )...
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    Mercruiser 120 impeller change?

    I've never had an I/O apart. Would changing the impeller on a Mercruiser 120 be just about like doing the same for an outboard? There are still rubber impellers, right? Always wise to have a manual, though I don't expect to ever do much to this rig (father-in-law's boat), can I get away without...
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    Virus activity!

    Anybody else getting virus filled e-mail from folks on this board? Now before anyone thinks I'm on a witch hunt or anything- I'm not. Fact is I'm a computer tech and spend hours every week undoing damage from viruses. I see that in nearly every case these days the e-mail in question is spoofing...
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    $3 gas and how did we get into this mess anyway?

    Some may give the President blame for how things are going. True, our President is not perfect. The main problem this President has, however, is that the whole Washington bureaucracy is too massive and we keep on electing legislators who do not have as much common sense as an average housewife...
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    Foam in hull?

    I've see a lot of posts with folks asking advice about putting foam under the floor, etc. Is this desired mostly from a structural/soundproofing point of view or for flotation? If flotation, is there actually enough bouyancy to keep the boat from going down if totally swamped? I know Boston...
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