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  1. Bob_VT

    Actual 911 Calls

    1. Dispatcher: "9-1-1, what's your emergency?" Caller: "I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner." Dispatcher: "Do you have an address?" Caller: "No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?" 2. Dispatcher: "9-1-1, what's the nature of your emergency?"...
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    Hey Indymike

    I just looked over your restoration in your link..... Real nice work!
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    Thousands killed in New Hampshire!!!

    I wish I could say this was a joke...... but, this is close to home!! Teddy bear slaughters 2,500 troutThey look cute, but they can kill Published Tuesday 26th September 2006 15:22 GMT A teddy bear dropped into a pool in a New Hampshire fish farm managed to kill 2,500 trout. The killer...
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    Where Nagging Gets You

    For weeks, Charlie's wife, Lucy, had been nagging him to paint the toilet seat. He finally got around to it while Lucy was out. She returned while he was cleaning his brushes, got undressed to take a shower and then sat on the commode. When she tried to stand, the epoxy paint had glued...
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    Photo Image Posting Simplified (I Hope)

    Greetings! We are photo addicted (even if you do not admit it in public) on iboats. Too often we see NOTHING or the dreaded "Little Red X" Hopefully, I will try to clear up some photo woes. I am not a technical writer but, I will give it a shot at staying simple. I use: Photobucket.com...
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    Hailing JB

    Please shoot me an e-mail .... address in profile. Thanks, Bob
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    Birthday

    Bondo... today I caught up with you! Bob
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    A gift to gearheads!

    I went to a great Hot Rod Show yesterday in Burlington, VT. Over 1500 cars built up with every ounce of horsepower that you could imagine, Blowers, turbos, nitrous and every trick in the book. Ton's of horsepower, ton's of $$$$$$$$ and spectacular paint jobs with attention to detail. While...
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    The Bathtub Test

    It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and this should help get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we...
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    Garmin Mapsource Topo help

    Okay, as I near my BD I purchased a gift for myself. I had been using a Garmin 12 for about 10-11 years and still works like a champ. I upgraded to a Garmin 76C and now I have memory space (115MB). GRRRRRRrrrrrrrr it will not accept my Maptech Terrain Navigator maps. :( I am slighly...
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    I know I am pushing this...

    Broke out the plow truck today!! She is a big old beast 1978 Frod Bronco with a fisher plow and 3/4 ton springs all around. It is due for it's annual maintenance. Minor tune up, fix the new leaks (yup, had a leaking transmisssion line), adjust all the belts and hook up the plow. I know I...
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    Do you watch Larry King???

    Well this is just a newsworthy tidbit. I did the special effescts for a movie with Anna Nicole Smith in Vermont. It has been pending release and then I read this in today's paper. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060915/NEWS/609150335/1002/NEWS01 If you read the...
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    3 blade SS to 4 blade SS Testing and results

    I have an 18' Fisher w/115 inline Mariner that had a 3 blade 19" SS prop. Top end was 40.5 MPH @ 5100. Hole shot good. I was given a 4 blade to test and I was on a mission. Here are my results verified by GPS: Test prop 18P 4 blade SS lot's of rake 1. Motor mounted on center hole Turned...
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    FBI Terrorist tracking

    http://users.chartertn.net/tonytemplin/FBI_eyes/
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    Here is an ironic twist (Vet's will laugh)

    We have been getting letters about the laptop theft and the identity theft during the past few months. Today in my mail I received an envelope from Department of Veterans Affairs and there is a box outlined on the face of the envelope that states "ENCLOSED IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE...
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    Where were you???

    On 9-11? At work glued to the radio (no tv available). When Reagan was shot? Teaching a class and I was notified by a friend. When the Pope was shot? Once again teaching and told by a co-worker. When President Kennedy was shot? In Catholic school and we were led into group prayer.
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    Hard frost

    Hard frost! First one has come and another one scheduled for tomorrow. Our grass cutting season is getting shorter...... the leaves are changing. BRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr.... yuck! Time to fill the hot tub! :)
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    Sea Foam success story

    Someone gave me a pair of craftsman chainsaws (actually made by McCulloch) that were in sad shape. That was 5 years ago. The guy said one ran and would not stay running and the other would not run at all. I tossed them into the shed and forgot about them until yesterday. I took them apart...
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    Botanist Needed

    I was cutting my grass this evening and I say a lone plant on my hillside. I am in the woods alot and have a great deal of time looking at plants in the woods and fields. This one has me stumped. It is the only one I found. Very rich violet/purple color. Anyone a Botanist ?? The individual...
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    Look what I found!!! Yipppeeee!

    I have a 89 Fisher SV 18GT... an original one that is all aluminum. No wood. Now I even have a place!
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