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  1. dwco5051

    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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    Hearing aid...

    If you really want to save some money this may be the answer.
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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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    Odds and Ends

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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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    Technically Speaking

    Not like this
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    Random

    There was only one female in majoring in mechanical engineering when I started in 1957 so to get hugs I had to find elementary ed majors.
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    Tools, Old - New and Uses

    Here is another one. One clue is the Patent Date of 1874.
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    Shot another trespasser trying to sneak on my property to harass the does.

    Hope to put this one in the freezer this year. It has become a nusiance and the last straw was when my wife went out on the front porch to smoke and met it about four feet away as it was backing down off the porch steps. We figure it was on its way to the deck to check out the smell of the gas...
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    Shot another trespasser trying to sneak on my property to harass the does.

    It better not be bigger than this one. It was the biggest one I took off the mountain so far. Notice the funny looking boot on my right foot. I had just had that foot operated on a few weeks before hunting season and took the right boot of an old set of pacs and removed the felt liner so I...
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    Shot another trespasser trying to sneak on my property to harass the does.

    This one was too nice to not have a full size picture. Its body size matched the rack.
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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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    1987 Johnston 150GT wont turn off

    I found a wiring diagram I hand wrote many years ago and attached it as a PDF file. I believe you have one of three possible choices. No continuity between point A and B. Check plug between yellow/black and yellow/blue wires. Bad diode, it is open. If it was shorted both sides would...
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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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    65 hp driveshaft collar?

    I have the '76 650 factory manual in front of me and it does not show anything on top of the driveshaft like you describe. It almost sounds the way you describe it that someone made a drive shaft extension for some reason. What is the history of the motor? Do you know of any repairs made before...
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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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    Lets see who you are?

    Re: Lets see who you are? This is not one of my most recent pictures and I have aged slightly since then. The car in the background I think was my grandfathers 1942 Olds. Not many of those were made as GM stopped making them to gear up for war production.
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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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