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  1. dwco5051

    How to Visit a Bunch of States in a Few Days

    As someone who can go for six months at a time without going more than 25 miles from my home I finally got to see a lot of the country in the last five days. Got hotel rooms in Las Vegas, Amtrack tickets in Wisconsin, bus tickets in Illinois, flight tickets on Spirit Airlines in California...
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    Weatherman's April Fool joke.

    Went to bed last night when news was calling for a dusting to one inch on untreated surfaces. Woke up to this.
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    Satellite Internet

    Anyone out there using satellite internet? I don't have much choice, only DSL or satellite where I live out in the boonies. Specifically Hughsnet, pro and cons.
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    My Latest Snake Story

    A couple of days ago I left my skidsteer sit down besides my woodshed. The next morning I go down, start it and proceed to go down my lane to where I had some wood split ready to bring back to the shed. Out of the corner of my eye I catch something hanging down from the overhead. I think it...
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    NTSB Safety Recommendation Report

    Interesting reading on shared use on regulated waterways. They are recommending making operator education/licensing for all including non-powered on Federal Navigable Waters. www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MSR1701.pdf
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    Growing Older

    Anyone else remember a turning point in your life when you realize that you are getting older? I reached another one this morning. Left the house with my 12 year old grand daughter and headed up the mountain to reach our tree stand. For the first time I had to tell her to wait up as I was...
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    New Addition to the Family

    After going three years without a dog we decided it was time for another one even though it might outlive me. This is 13 week old Ella Garde Jade, almost 20 pounds already. I have discovered that training a Doberman puppy should not be undertaken by someone taking blood thinners. Can’t...
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    Happy Birthday to USN

    It was just 59 years ago when I decided to join a group that would change my life forever. They told me they would give me about $85 a month and they would see I was well taken care of. The result was I got to see a lot of places in the world I would never have been able to visit on my own. I...
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    Spun Prop ???

    Last week I took my grand daughters ages 8 and 10 out for an afternoon of fishing. Temperature in the 90?s so we went down to the end of the lake to fish close to the bank where the trees would provide some shade. I have been meaning to set my idle up a little bit so I decided to do it while...
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    Recall of Flares

    Take a minute and check your flares to see if they are part of the recall. This action was taken because the chemical makeup of the signal was changed in October 2013 without Coast Guard approval and the signal that was manufactured is at risk of spontaneous combustion when dropped...
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    Some thoughts on VJ Day

    I was looking at some old pictures with my youngest bunch of grand daughters the other evening and ran across a picture of my father and two uncles together with my uncles in uniform. My one uncle was a naval aviator who flew carrier missions in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. The...
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    Johnson Tilt/Trim Motor

    It worked when put away in the Fall, went to raise motor this Spring and it no go. Took apart to check for a stuck brush since it did not have continuity and found the connection to the brush from the spade terminal in the bottom of the picture is open. It the little black box the connection a...
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    Wireless Intercom Systems

    Have just about completed building my new shop and it has just about everything I thought I would need. Ten foot garage doors to make it easier to back a boat in at night, 20 amp receptacles no more than 5 feet apart along every wall, enough lighting that it could be a movie set, etc. Well just...
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    Onyx Inflatable PFD

    Am about to replace my Mustang PFD and have been looking at the Onyx auto inflatable. Since I am now on a fixed income as us old folks like to say instead of just calling ourselves cheap I am thinking of the Onyx. Any suggestions good or bad before I purchase?
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    Easy way to title a trailer

    i need a papered boat trailer Steal a trailer, buy a title:cool:
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    No more getting paid to boat

    From this month on I have joined the ranks of the fully retired and all my boating will be with me paying for the gas. After 34 plus years as a deputy Waterways Conservation Officer I have hung up my spurs in a manner of speaking. My wife said that now I can be out fishing on weekends rather...
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    Weather Forecast for Friday, 12/21

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    A Cure for Loneliness

    Make a small donation to the political party of your choice. Last week I was receiving about 3 or 4 robo-calls calls a day. Yesterday at least 10. So far today it has been one every half hour or so. Add to that the e-mails (20 or so a day) and a full mail box of literature from all over the...
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    Navy Birthday, 237 years old

    Best wishes to all the Navy Veterans on this list on the 237th anniversary of the founding of the United States Navy, 13OCT12.
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    Recall of Mustang Inflatable PFD's

    Mustang Survival recently issued a recall notice on several personal flotation devices. We wanted to pass along this important message in case you or your friends use these products. Mustang is voluntarily recalling all model number MD2010 and MD2012 inflatable personal flotation devices...
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