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  1. Bob_VT

    Saturday morning Zen

    More Zen for People Who Take Life Too Seriously 1. I just got lost in thought. It wasn't familiar territory. 2. Support bacteria! They're the only culture some people have. 3. How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 4. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now...
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    LOG IN acting up AGAIN!! MOD's FYI

    Mods - FYI Okay, here we go again. I had becomed logged out of iboats again. I re-logged in and re-saved it in my favorites.
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    OMG The Carnage!!!!! w/ Picture

    A C & P from today's news!!! Doberman on guard duty whacks 100 teddy bears LONDON For these teddy bears, it was no picnic. On Tuesday night, at a tourist attraction called Wookey Hall Caves in western England, Barney, a Doberman pinscher guard dog, briefly ran amok among a collection of...
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    Watch the last few minutes of Entertainment Tonight

    Watch the last few minutes of Entertainment Tonight They are doing a few minutes on Anna Nicole Smith in the movie Illegal Alians Yes, that is one of my movies where I did the special effects and weapons supply. Bob_VT
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    Mercury Black Max 150 What Year?

    Mercury Black Max 150 What Year? 6010144 is the serial #? Just curious looking at one.
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    walleyehed DHadley and our local prop experts

    RIght now I have a 1988 115 (I-6) Mariner on my Fisher aluminum bass boat equipped with a 19" QSS prop #48 72762 A5 19. 13.25 diameter. Who makes this type prop in 17" (new manufacture) and who make a good cupped 17" ? All the props on the market are getting confusing. Between Apollo...
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    Instant garages

    Is anyone using instant garages? I have been considering a double wide one from northerntool. Any opinions? Thanks!
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    Yet another flying fish video

    http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=4053b7970ed852f0df1d6e5e84ed54a9.568554 LOL Wow!
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    Clams, Laddies What is the mercury switch?

    Clams, Laddies What is the mercury switch? What is it's use? How should it be adjusted? Thanks, Bob
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    Sink your teeth into this

    http://www.klbk13.tv/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=1688 Interesting catch.
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    DH, Joe R, Laddies, Djohns, Paul M- De-carb Idea/Opinions

    To all our resident pro's - I could not list them all! I have a can of OMC tuner that attaches to a schrader valve. Could I make a T fitting and put it inline after the fuel pump? OR I could put it inline before the pump? This would get all 3 carbs at once instead of jumping around. I could...
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    I wish I had my camera

    Yesterday while trying out my new to me boat my son and I watched some young men (20's) go under a bridge at our local lake. They were doing the no wake idle thing when all of a sudden the kid at the throttle nails it. I guess he was trying to show off to his female passengers and male friend...
  13. Bob_VT

    An open apology

    Everytime I open iboats I glace at our Total Members and Total Posts. Wow! A fantastic growth rate and the wealth of knowledge is endless. I want to extend an open apology to any member of iboats that has been offended, insulted, or attacked directly or indirectly from topics that we discuss...
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    We need some humor today!!

    A big shot executive had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. He was a royal pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just like he did his staff. None of the hospital staff wanted to have anything to do with him. The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came...
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    F N R on my lower unit? REVISED

    Okay, changed the impellar and housing all is/was going okay. Now I am stumped. Mariner inline 6 1989 115hp I can not find neutral at all. I have turned the driveshaft clockwise and played with the shifting gear shaft and no neutral. I did notice that the differance between FNR is very...
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    115 inline mariner lower unit nevermind

    Okay this is not my first impeller change but the first on a Mariner. I pulled all the bolts and the lower unit will not drop?? Am I missing something or is there a trick? Is there any linkage to disconnect if so where? NOTE TO SELF: EMIAL previous owner and ask who the mechanic was that...
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    Stacking the deck Wildcard 20

    A friend of mine is in a competition for a Wildcard Spot as a race car driver. I guess you can stack this deck because you can vote more than once. http://www.racinforalivin.com/index.html I'll be fair but he is the only driver from Vermont in the Wildcard 20. I would like to see him make...
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    I'm looking at this

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fisher-SV-18GT-dual-console-bass-boat_W0QQitemZ230006403337QQihZ013QQcategoryZ63724QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Any opinions? I am going to see it in person tomorrow. Any advice?
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    Need old experienced Mariner I-6 Advice

    Looking at a 1988 I-6 Mariner. I will check the compression and it has not been started this season. I will be checking for old gas. Lower unit oil. Tilt and Trim Any advice? What else should I check?
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    Got bored today

    Got bored today and painted the interior of my 14' Starcraft. Wow talk about nooks and crannies! I used my leftover brightside that I tinted to a light grey and my leftover chromate primer. Came out okay. Before After Actually I was waiting for a motor part and needed to be occupied.
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