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    Bimini tops - how effective?

    Some shade on the boat would be awesome - Just how effective is a 5' bimini top on a 15ft boat? Between, say, noon and 5pm in the summer? Is the height adjustable - can it be raised or lowered, or you have to decide on the height in advance. Are bimini tops ok on small fishing boats, or is...
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    Bigger is always better, right?

    An actual post, in its entirety, from my local fishing board: the poster has been advised to inspect his fire extinguishers............
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    Baseball: whoever said "good defense beats good offense"......

    .......never had to face the TEXAS RANGERS http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/08/22/rangers.orioles.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
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    ** updated ** re-threading a bolt hole - need some ideas, please.....

    I have an out-of-production prestolite starter motor with a problem. The housing is held together by 2 long bolts running the length of the motor, screwing into threaded holes on the top end. Starter failed yesterday, one of the bolts was loose, on disassembly found the inside threads broke...
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    Who's up for a Mythbusters email campaign?

    I have got it in my head that it would be fun to get the iboats forum mentioned on Mythbusters, any suggestions for a good topic - it should be somewhat interesting to the general public, and have a good pretext for a big explosion. I was thinking maybe something about lightening and metal vs...
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    Outfished by a great blue heron

    Ok, I know it's his lively-hood whereas it's just a hobby for me, but still..... After sitting in the car at Lake Ray Hubbard for an hour or so this morning thinking the lightening would stop any minute now, we decided to proceed the 65 miles up to Ray Roberts instead (seems like anybody named...
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    hi-speed miss

    Just got in after spending most of the day *not* catching fish in the rain, had an interesting situation with my '79 70, involving a high-speed miss which consistently begins 25 seconds after going to WOT. She'll cruise all day at 75-80%, but firewall the throttle and count to 25, it starts to...
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    Does this look like a schematic for a DVA --

    this was suggested to me for measuring low peak voltage - the LF353 is a dual op amp http://www.national.com/ds/LF/LF353.pdf or this - obviously you would need to add a capacitor any comments?
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    Do I fuse the tach IGN wire?

    Should the IGN wire (12V switched) to the tachometer be on a fused circuit?
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    Tach wiring harness for a 1979

    Got a tach, too cheap to spend $30 on the harness, lost one ebay auction already. Just thought I'd ask if anybody's got an old one laying around they'd let go cheap? Regular old three-wire (purple, gray & black) harness plugs into the standard control box. thanks.
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    sticky discharge from ignition coils? '79 70hp

    1979 rude 70. Not trying to buy trouble or anything but...I have a clear, slightly sticky substance, not a lot, just a thin coating - a little bit splattered on the powerpack, a little more on the wiring terminal block, a little bit on the rectifier. Quite a bit on the underside of the top...
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    Who certifies?

    Just out of curiosity, what is the board, panel, committee or other authority that certifies a Certified Marine Technician? Is there a renewal or continuing ed requirement to stay certified, or is it "once-certified, always certified?" thx
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    HELP!! Need Mothers Day Ideas

    Greetings, long time no post! At work we had a bit of a crackdown on internet useage, which I anticipated in time to withdraw cold turkey. Couple people in my department lost their jobs over it. Why no posts at all? Frankly, I had to make a complete break; found I couldn't participate in...
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    Interesting symptoms, and what caused it...

    No question here, just wanted to share an interesting experience. '79 rude 70, sometimes would die on acceleration, but could be coaxed up to WOT, as if the throttle cam wasn't hitting the mark, but I checked that and double checked it. Thought I might have a carb issue, but it was a...
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    Happy Cinco de Mayo!

    anybody else go fishing today? caught 45, kept 12 for the freezer.........
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    is there a DOS batch file guru in the house?

    accountant needs a little programming guidance... I'm using an excel visual basic program to open a dos window to upload and/or download mainframe files using the FTP command. I want to capture the mainframe response, completion codes, error codes, that sort of thing. this is the batch file...
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    Observation about Iraq and a couple questions

    It seems to me like the sunnis and the shias are going at it tooth and nail, and you almost get the feeling that U.S. casualties are almost like collateral damage, almost as though the insurgents are trying not to do enough damage to really pi55 us off enough to come in and finish 'em off...
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    Is this stupid or what

    any yall have one of these hand blenders? on/off switch integrated into the handle? If so, make sure its unplugged when you clean it. Imagine about a 1" dull stainless steel blade spinning about 9000 rpms, contacting your index finger. I'm lucky to still have all ten fingerprints. No...
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    how stupid can you get?

    michael vick, miami airport, water bottle with a secret compartment containing marijuana. Trying to smuggle drugs through the Miami airport? How stupid can you get? Trying to hide a banned substance in a banned substance? How stupid can you get? Man has a $137 million contract, won't throw...
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    stupid weather

    I could fish in the rain. I could fish in the 37º temp. But I just don't feel like fishing in 37º and raining. That don't make me a weenie, do it?
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