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  1. JB

    Sears makes many points with me!!

    Just saw a story on the NBC Evening News about how Sears treats its employees on active duty and deployed. What a great program!! Pays them the difference between their military pay and their Sears pay. Continues all employee benefits, including seniority, bonuses and health insurance...
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    TD closes in on JB

    Less than 200 posts behind.:eek: Should JB pad??:p
  3. JB

    67 Years ago. . . .

    On a Sunday evening I was gathered with my siblings around the family radio, listening the The Jack Benny Show. A voice interrupted to announce that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. 54 years ago I stood on a small platform above the USS Arizona while a friend who had been in the tower...
  4. JB

    Sack Lunches

    My #2 daughter is a Medical Officer in the Navy Reserve. She has mentioned to me that on drill weekends she has often gone to lunch in uniform and had people come up to her to thank her for her service and even buy her lunch. I got this in an Email from her today. It is C&P. The Sack Lunches >...
  5. JB

    SpinnerBait_Nut's Frapper

    In loving memory of our friend, Lester Wright. http://www.frappr.com/iboats
  6. JB

    Welcome to our newest moderator! :)

    Bob_VT has been invited and accepted membership in out Moderator team. Bob has been around here a long time (even longer than JB and DJ!!!:eek: ). It was a post by Bob that caused the origination of the "Stupid Human Tricks" forum, so you know he has a sense of humor. Please welcome Bob to the...
  7. JB

    Congratulations, Oracle by the Sea

    Because of overload on our software guru it has taken a while but Don S has his new and well earned title of Oracle by the Sea. Members who have exceeded 20,000 posts and are primarily helpers (not padders) may be awarded opportunity to select a unique title by iboats management...
  8. JB

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Water in the fuel!!

    Closing in on the big three oh! :) Enjoy your youth while you still have it, Amigo.
  9. JB

    Ike report: LF and family are safe.

    Ladyfish and Mr. Ladyfish have gone inland in their travel trailer and are safe.:) Can't say the same for their home or LF's business. . .they will probably be wiped off the map.:( If you have access to supernatural power ask for some help for them. They are really nice people.
  10. JB

    Congratulations to Don S. 20,000 posts!

    Don is one of the greatest helpers and moderators on iboats.:) At 20,000 posts, he is now eligible to select a title for himself that only he will ever have. Really glad to have you here, Don. What is your selection for your exclusive title?
  11. JB

    What is your priority in vehicles?

    This topic suggested a poll, but those things always leave out the selection somebody prefers. I am of the opinion that motorheads are attracted by different features in their dream vehicle. Some are style lovers, others brute force or macho image; some by utility, technical sophistication...
  12. JB

    What was that??

    Out walking fence this morning. Haven't done that in a while. As I approached the dam on one of my smaller tanks I flushed a. . . .something.:eek: Saw it for only about a second. Appeared to be a lizard, about 9" to a foot long. Cream or pale tan colored. Ran quickly with the squirming motion...
  13. JB

    RIP Phil Hill

    When I was a budding racecar driver in the 50s Phil Hill was my hero. He won everything he tried in open wheel and "sports" cars. . . The first American F1 Champion, LeMans several times, all the local SCCA races of that era. A gentleman of the first class and a role model for racers...
  14. JB

    Welcome aboard, "Chief of the Boat"

    Bob_VT started the idea. Thanks, Bob. tashasdaddy now has the exclusive title of "Chief of the Boat". For those non-Navy types, Chief of the Boat is the senior enlisted person on a ship, primary consultant to the Captain on crew matters and the guy who trains Ensigns how to deal with "white...
  15. JB

    Whine, whine, snivel, snivel

    I bought a news outside A/C unit 4 years and 5 months ago. My checkbook stub says I wrote a big check to appliance dealer A. Yesterday the compressor went POW!!. My files and other places I stuff paper fail to produce a receipt, dealer A says they never heard of me and they don't sell that...
  16. JB

    Firefox dropped all my bookmarks!!

    One day they were there but this morning they are gone. . .all bazillion of them. IE still has some, but does not include the ones I want to find this morning. I did cold boot my 'puter this morning. Does that do it? :confused:I have cold booted before without losing my bookmarks.:( Any...
  17. JB

    Dear TV Advertizers:

    I like my hair white. I like it to be very thin on top. I like having wrinkles. I like having a modest belly hiding my soft abs. I like being able to smile without blinding everyone in the vicinity with unnaturally white teeth. I don't like being told that there is something wrong with...
  18. JB

    Happy Birthday, Spinnerbait Nut!!

    You don't look that old, Matey!! Have the best one ever. :)
  19. JB

    Ratzakratza!!

    Pill bottles. :mad: Old people take more pills in a week than they (we) ever did in a year when we were younger and had small children in our home. Most of us live alone or with other old people anyway. A three year old can open a modern pill bottle quicker than a 70 year old. It is all I can...
  20. JB

    Guidelines for threads in this forum.

    There is still some clarifying to be done of what we want here. For now, these guidelines should guide you. Completed boat restoration/build projects only. Must be clearly written explanations; correctly composed, spelled, punctuated and capitalized. Must be thoroughly illustrated. Must not...
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