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    The Greening Of Mars

    Anybody been keeping up with this? Very interesting. Making Mars livable by injecting green house gases. I have seen a program on the dish about it and googled it. Of course, we will all be dead by the time it happens. I believe it will happen. Some scientist say life came from Mars. Asteroids...
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    Laws For the rich and the rest of us

    A business software company owner in Greenville SC was speeding down a road at 90mph in a 35 mph zone. He leaves the road and travels through a field the length of a football field. Goes off an embankment and flies threw this mans nice home and kills him. Now this guy already has been issued 20...
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    Southeast Lakes Drying up? NOT!!

    What a difference a year makes. Last year Lake Hartwell reached 24' below full pool. Leading to many grounded docks and 100s of miles of muddy lake beds. The same with Lake Lanier. Stayed this way all last winter. 2 to 3 years of very low water levels. Heavy rains in the spring and flooding...
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    Aging not so Fun

    Well I am approaching 50 year old and the mind is full of landmines I try to avoid. How come you forget where your keys are but can remember what happened to you 45 years ago? Like it happened yesterday?. Lots of terrible things have happened to me and I bet plenty of you. Lots of loved ones and...
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    Problems with Coors Lite?

    They now have these cans that change color when they reach a certain temp in the fridge. Well I have been drinking CL for quite some time and all of a sudden my teeth fillings started aching like I had a toothache. Even one back tooth(without a filling) started bothering me like it was a sweet...
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    Canadian Geese Bomb Boat!!

    I saw them(Flock) take off and they reached about 15 or 20' above us. I yelled don't s*** on us!!. They must have thought I said go ahead and s*** on us. Must have been French Canadian and lost in the translation :D Like one big torpedo splattering everywhere. What a bummer :(
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    Deadliest Catch TV Show

    Ok, so that Captain of the boat in the last show plans to put a Ice preventing tarp over the pods while he is at sea. He does this instead of taking much fewer pods like all the rest of the Captains do. Seems it will colder than usual and more ice will form on the pods creating a wall of ice and...
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    Summertime "Only" Friends--GRRR!

    Oh yea, you got a boat maybe a home on the lake or a home with a pool. Suddenly you are VERY popular with neighbors and people you hardly know. People who could have these amenities but for whatever reason choose to free load off others who do. I really hate those who are just too lazy to work...
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    Save Our Lakes! SC and GA Area

    EDIT: Sorry, Cruiser. Soliciting is not allowed. Good luck, though. :) JB
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    Boating In Drought Stricken Waters

    I admit, I ran over some land on a point that went out in the middle of the lake due to drought and the Corp continued release of water out of the dam. I also saw another boat do the same thing in the same area. But then yesterday there were 2 other boats that made careless mistakes. They did...
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    Power Steering Pump Or Pulley?

    Just got boat out of shop.3.0 89 mercruiser, Alpha 1 Forgot to mention to the mechanic one of my problems. Power Steering pump area groans a bit just after start up. Now when throttling down you here a grinding sound .25 % from neutral. Boat steers fine and mechanic just changed the fluid. So...
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    Overheating 3.0 Merc..

    3.0 Merc Cruiser 1989 engine. On top of my other problem. After about 30 minutes of the maiden voyage of the new season, the boat started runner hotter than usual. The first 30 minutes it would reach the thermostat 160 degree temp and then drop back to 158. So I could see the thermostat was...
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    Shifter Cable Broke?

    We put the boat in the water for the first time yesterday and it will stay in. When docking I went to put it in reverse and something gave and there was no reverse. I looked at the reverse shifter cable and at the end it is exposed and not moving the reverse lever gear. Looks to me like one of...
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    Out Drive Drain Plug Question

    Ok might have gotten the plugs mixed up. 1990 mercruiser 3.0 Alpha 1 out drive upper and lower. You have 2 drain plug screws. One looks like a regular screw and the other is a screw with a point on the end. Which on goes where? Out of curiosity, why does it matter?. I laid them both down...
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    Gas Usuage--EFI vs Regular?

    I figure I use 2.5 gallons of gas an hour putt putting along at 2000 rpms. 1990/89 engine Don tells me, 3.0, 130 hp 4cyl Mercruiser i/o with a merc carb. This is not scientific because I try not to think of gas usage while boating--real bummer lol How much improvement if it were a EFI? estimate...
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    Fuel Over Flow Valve?

    On the outside of the boat. If fuel can flow out then why can't water get back in; ie rain and/or waves from other boats while tied up at a dock? Is there a check valve?
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    Good News Its Raining!! Bad News Its Raining!!

    On a Sunday lol. How can I reconcile this moral dilemma? We are in a serious drought and the lakes are low, grass is on life support and farmers need the rain. Lightening and thundering all day. Great day on the lake yesterday, so you would think I would be just happy with that but noooooooooo...
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    Need New Switches

    I need the running light and the bildge switch in a 1990 Mercruiser 3.0. Can the exact same switches be ordered? I called a dealer and they said they had an assortment of switches on the sales floor and I would need to know what wires are in use. All I want is the same type switches so I can...
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    Cracking The Hull?

    I have a 18 foot Celebrity. I was just wondering has anyone ever cracked the hull of a boat with wave action? Just curious about how thick the hull is and how much punishment one can take?(fiberglass). I have had boats most of my life and never had one to crack. Lucky or they are built to never...
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    Caught In A Storm

    I am wondering if we did the right thing? Listening to the weather radio after seeing a storm way off in the distance. Weather guesser says on a 20% chance of isolated storms. Does not mention the storm I see and it looks far away and not menacing. So we continue on our journey far up the lake...
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