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  1. rolmops

    New England Iboats gathering?

    How would you good people feel about 30 or 40 of us together on a head boat out of Gloucester,MA?<br />Do you think a social gathering on while fishing Stellwagen bank could possibly be in the books sometime this year?
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    Hailing Flyrod.

    Hello Flyrod.The date of our fishing trip with Kevin has changed.It will be on March 31.I am not really happy with this change.The weather tends to get a bit unruly during the change from winter to spring,but things happen.Will you be back from the Bahamas by then?Let me know.
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    impact theories.

    When I was still in the armed forces (airborne naval demolition)we talked a lot about pinging.We also talked about the physics of pinging and came up with the theory that a bullet of a certain mass, fired at a certain velocity and hitting the water at a certain angle,will produce a shockwave on...
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    rigging for cod

    We( me and my 14 year old) and some friends chartered a boat for March 10th and we are starting to prepare our gear.So far we have 2 20 to 40 pound 6.6' ugly sticks with tidewater reels on them.These would be for bait fishing because the tips are not too stiff.For jigging we have an 8' ugly...
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    outboard bloopers.

    While asking for help with flywheel removal,somebody suggested a "hormonic balance puller".<br />I read it, started laughing and thought :"a what :confused: , my wife could use one of those :D :D ". <br />Please add any bloopers that can cause a good laugh.
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    outboard bloopers.

    While asking for help with flywheel removal,somebody suggested a "hormonic balance puller".<br />I read it, started laughing and thought :"a what :confused: , my wife could use one of those :D :D ". <br />Please add any bloopers that can cause a good laugh.
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    1993 9.9 johnson flywheel trouble

    Good morning guys.<br />Just got back from my garage,where last night, I set my outboard flywheel puller nice and tight on the flywheel of this little project engine.I doused it in penetrating oil and waited all night for the magic to happen.Except,it didn't.<br />My manual for this one is still...
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    9.9 johnson rebuild.

    I am currently rebuilding a 1975 Johnson 9.9 hp.<br />While searching for replacement pistons I found a conflict between different manuals.Where Seloc implies that the pistons are the same from 1974 and on,other books claim that a change was made in 1981,appearently with the thickness of the...
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    Hailing Flyrod.

    I must be a complete nut case,but I chartered Kevin Twomble's boat for March 10 to go out to Stellwagen.<br />If you see a couple of icicles stumbling through Gloucester on friday afternoon march 10th,It will be me and my buddies.<br />We will need some serious clamchowder.Where in Gloucester...
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    Health insurance.

    As I was reading about the medicaid /medicare budget cuts,I got to thinking about my own health care.<br />Heaven thanks,me and my family are completely covered so in a way I am a spectator and as such inclined to think that everybody should get as much as I get.<br />Health care in the USA is a...
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    promotions.

    It never rains,but it pours.<br />In the past month,both my wife and I were promoted.My wife is now the development administrator of the chemistry department of the University of Rochester.I went up an additional rung on the stepladder of civil service.Between the two of us that means a yearly...
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    promotions

    Finally.<br />This is our good luck year.The wife got promoted to administrator of development at the U of R(ochester),I got promoted at work.Her raise is $10000 and mine is $10000.<br />Now as cream on the pie,The University of Rochester announced that it will pay full tuition benefits for...
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    Do you still have a boat?

    It used to be that almost everybody on this board came here because of some connection to boating.Now it seems to me that the board has lost that boat connection uniqueness.How many of you posters actually own a boat and how many stumbled upon the board without being a boater?
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    ebay problem.

    About 2 months ago I sold a nice 1967 50 horse merc on ebay with the condition that the buyer will take care of transport.I would take it to the transport company for him.The guy paid for the engine,I crated it and sent him the dimensions so he can make arrangements.Then,no more contact.I...
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    Is limbaugh preparing for the big times??

    I followed a few threads about a certain radio talk host and it seems that some people take his words very serious.<br />Could it be that with all the publicity Rush is creating for himself,he is actually preparing a spring board to launch himself into the political arena?He certainly has enough...
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    Is history repeating itself?

    Just the other day as I was rummaging through my old news paper clippings,I came upon some old library of congress notes.The subject discussed was colonialism and then secretary of state Foster Dulles.<br />It described how the USA championed the struggle of colonies against their colonial...
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    Barley wine

    Does anybody here have a good way to make your own barley wine?
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    red neck joke

    What does it mean when a redneck drools beer from both sides of his mouth?<br />It means that his trailer stands level.
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    Cross-over lures.

    I am not sure whether to post this in fresh or salt water fishing.<br />Lately I started experimenting a bit with salt water lures in fresh water.Using 3 and 5 ounce bucktail lures in red ,purple and white, and green ones.So far I have come up with Ontario kings and Cohos on the buck tail.Same...
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    Potential wage cuts for rebuilding workers.

    President Bush removed the Davis-Bacon wage protections for construction workers on gulf coast rebuilding projects.Those protections are supposed to ensure that these workers earn a prevailing wage.Not a union wage,not a high wage.The prevailing wage for construction specialists down there is...
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