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    UMMM, one for you sky watchers

    So, about ten minutes ago we watched the space station cross above our area, it was super reflective of the setting sun as it flew east and we noticed that over the 4-5 minutes it was visible that there was a tail gaiter just behind it. Anyone follow what's docking or undocking with it today?
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    Alberta and BC members Heavy rainfall

    To all you guys in the mid to lower part of Alberta and BC, I hope your not flooded out. That was one heck of a dump you took in 60 hours, 200 mm +-. (7.8 inches +-) Why Alberta's floods hit so hard and fast - Calgary - CBC News And Calgary Stampede is coming up, so I hope she dries up fast...
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    Lipp, are you fighting wild fires?

    If you are, Watch your back bud!
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    OOHHHHH that was fun!!

    So got the call from the neighbour there's a cougar on my front yard!!!! 200 YARDS from my front door. Call other neighbours to let them know, 5 minutes later farmer neighbour shows up in his golf cart- cougar hunting time OH YA. Well here we go 20 ga S/G, Swedish 6.5mm, half a pack of ciggys...
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    1998 merc mystique

    It looks like we can get a great deal on a small car for the wife from her Brother. Its a 1998 merc Mystique sport with the 195hp v6. Only issues that I see is it runs hot (needle runs on the L in "normal") and it surges a bit at HWY speeds. Has anyone had one of these cars before, and what...
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    Kicking starting low batteries till they would take a charge?

    A few batteries around here have sat over the winter, and sadly trying to kick start them to take a charge is not working. Anyone have some good pointers? (Here is what I have tried- 40 amps for 30-60 minutes to kick start it, if it jumps up to taking any kinda amps, drop it to 10 amps and...
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    Pulse battery chargers

    Who has got/used one of the pulsing type battery chargers that DE-sulfide the plates? And how well do they work?
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    lack of proper RFQ and or RFP

    So, still bang my head against the wall trying to put together a proposal and I have only 2 pieces of info. I do not fully understand what they want (no terms and conditions) , but have a good idea, it seems to me they are fishing to see who can put together the best proposal. Is this a "BLIND"...
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    $600 so far worth of education

    IF your diesel keeps sucking in air check lines for pin holes first!!!! Intermitent problem since last oct, the truck would get air in system. Crack the injectors, pump up the filters away it would go. Last week it died and would not restart, went through the motions and determined it was the...
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    Compatibillity views kickinging in?

    So now the things about to go DOA on me! Windows does not start unless you go into the asus mother board splash screen and into the bios where it just hangs, and when it does start it is so slow Could this be a hard drive issue or a power supply issue or software issue? Previous issue I have...
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    Rebuild porch this year.

    Its that time, porch and its roof has to be replaced. The origanal wood used for the floor is 3/4 inch plywood non T+G and it is very weathered, the floor joists and the roof joists are 24 on center and need to be 16 by my estimate. Before I rip the old beast down and start new I will seal all...
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    And the fire goes out!

    Well we have been burning wood non stop since Oct 15 to keep the house warm and we finally let it go out yesterday. We have been able to clean the chimney twice and keep the fire box clean and still keep the fire burning, and I am pretty impressed that we only went through 2.5-3 cord of wood...
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    Happy Easter weekend

    So this weekend marks the begining of spring for us. This year the snows 80% gone and we did our annual spring big bonfire in the field last night. Tonight over to the neighbours for some Swiss/Dutch cuisine and tomorrow a ham, MMMMM. Wife got solid chocolate easter bunnys this year, (I always...
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    Sandwich, wrap??

    So while I choked back lunch today I had a flashback of something I tried years back, but can not put my finger on exactly what it was. Ham/proshuto (SP) meat thing cream cheese spinnich onion ETC Whipped together with who knows what. Served on a folded, toasted pita style bread with lettuce...
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    At the end of the day, talk, walk or run!

    Just throwing this out to see what sticks. It does not seem that long ago when your job was a bit of a social group, so at the end of the day you would shoot the breeze or go for a drink ETC before you headed home. Now people seem to walk or run out the door at quiting time, there is very...
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    Osha and a forklift?

    We need to send a forklift to the US/Wash state for a yard down there, any osha requirements for operators?
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    Slammed!

    Monday I can see the driveway, the paths are green grass and I am throwing snow on to the bare patches to melt faster. Tuesday, get a foot of wet snow! Ma nature can be a real #$%## at times. :grumpy:
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    Hydraulic valves?

    A holding valve is a separate entity from the control valve, right??? So if the machines rams are leaking down overnight and there is no holding valve, you must replace the O-rings on the control valve?
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    Trades employed scale 1-10

    If you took a look who stays employed the most in the trades who would you think. Health care all aspects, employed I bet. 1) carpenter 2) plumber 3) electrician 4) computer tech 5) auto mechanic 5) cook 6) ? welder fabricator 7) Bartender (thats a trade EH??) 8) ? 9) ? 10) ? Just my...
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    This should work out just right!!

    As a few guys have been saying, their cell calls keep getting dropped due to lousy reception in their area. And since I only get good reception out the back of the house I bought this dockntalk unit for remoting my cell phone to an analog phone (POTS) pick up the phone, get a dial tone, dial the...
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