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  1. Tail_Gunner

    Some things that dont change.....Even in times like this

    A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it."Impossible!" says the doctor. "Show me."The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left breast and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed in even more. She pushed her knee and...
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    Very close to a cancer cure...If not there already

    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breakthrough-cancer-docs-abuzz-lymphoma-treatment/story?id=14283544 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system#Killer_T_cells Notice the body it self kills off the cancer in such volume that one becomes ill just from the body flushing out the dead cancer...That...
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    Bottom Paint...long term

    Im going to put a boat in the water long term...Fresh water. What paints can anyone recomend or application type.
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    Splicing Transducer Wire

    Pinched my transducer wire and now it arcing ...Zappy Little thing... never new they carried that much current..Is it possible to splice this type of line back together or is a new one the way to go..
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    Marriage and communication

    Wife's Diary: Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I...
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    1993 3.0 merc with merc carb

    I seem to having one hell of time with this merc carb. It strated with the venturi cluster dripping so a rebuilt the thing. I had to increase the float height from 9/16 to 11/16 in order to get the drip turned off. Now the electric choke is crazy i cannot rely on any setting i set it at....aka i...
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    Aplha One gen 2 bleeding trim system

    Tried the search fuction worked pretty good...:D
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    Float adjustment made easy

    I had to clean up a old merc car recently....Took me three attempts to get the float right. Pretty disgusting in the end......But i have found a vid that adjusted my thinking towards old carbs and floats...:cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZryvtjCPQ
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    Syntheic Gear lube change

    My gear lube has 100 hrs on it syn of course...Its a clear as a glass of water no particulates...God i just hate to throw out good oil...Is this something that is done regularly with synthetic seems wasteful
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    Diameter questions and how meaningless it is or is it????

    Over the years i cannot tell you how many people have asked this question. Diameter in a prop has only one dynamaic that is is it flush with your gear hub. If it is not "flush" it will create a huge disturbance and or a loss of adhesion with the water stream resulting in huge slip results...
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    Situational ethics

    WIFE: What would you do if I died? Would you get married again? HUSBAND: Definitely not! WIFE: Why not - don't you like being married? HUSBAND: Of course I do. WIFE: Then why wouldn't you remarry? HUSBAND: Okay, I'd get married again.. WIFE: You would? (With a hurtful...
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    Hmm it never ends

    A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small town in Oklahoma. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes. Suddenly, a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting, 'I've heard enough of your...
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    UPS Shipping a word to the wize

    Recently i have had a very eye opening experience with ups. It is in regards to there shipping policy's. When you send a package it is advisable to have your local ups store pack it and insure it. If you do not do this and the package takes damage you will NOT recieve your ins preium.....the...
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    Time for a polotical warning beware of this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWs2Chp62e4&feature=player_embedded The season of BS is upon us beware of the bamboozerls.....;) PS only a weak mind would try to play this off as to left or right leaners...:D
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    Building a lift pad

    Well the season is over and its time for a ambitous tinkering job. This winter i will be doing some engine work and ecm reprogramming. It has taken me a yr or so to get where i am comfortable with this. Along the way ive read to much and have concluded that build a pad would be quite...
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    painting a outdrive

    :confused:..Im refinshing a merc outdrive heres a question....I used a stripper on it and it took the paint off only on certain parts of the drive..It has been repainted or a new lower half was put on..what ever. So do i shoot a zinc on the whole drive..Thats a zinc coating on top of the...
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    Truing lifting strakes: Ondarvr

    Ive lost 3-4 mph this year..And a close look at the bottom i have found the inside lifting strakes have hooked about 2to3/16" in the last 12-14 inches..or bowed...The hull under the motor is a true as it can be..:confused: Truing these strakes is short job very easy to me anyway....Heres my...
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    Plug Confusion

    Engine 2001 4.3 volvo TB injected...vortec heads PEFS Change plugs the other day went from a short plug to a long plug..(406 to 708)... Lost 4 mph and heat went up 7-8 degrees (168-170)....Ran all day on the river no damage and ran consitent temp and speeds The old short plugs were...
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    Volvo part help unusal situation

    Got my self into a bit of a pickle..Having a trim cyclinder replaced and the guy wants to charge 550...for the part..now the highest retail is 496 i can find on the net... Our Price: $496.13 Power Trimming CYLINDER Part # 3857470 No Reviews | Write Review Umm is this possible the guy wants...
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    Out drive hydraulics question (Volvo)

    Dewinterized the boat today, and she sprung a leak in one of the hydraulic cylinders...But the fluid was pink not red...:(....To me that is a water intrusion issue..Now is it possible that the hydraulic system is somehow connected to the water cooling system..:confused:....How does it turn...
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