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    Sad Day For the SS United States

    SS United States leaving Philly under tow on it's way to become a reef. I remember when it was moored in Norfolk over by the firefighting school. Used to look over at her rusting away and remember when it set the record for the fastest trans-Atlantic crossing. The vessel broke the...
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    Got Ripped Off

    These were only a buck each at my local dollar discount store so I bought five. Now they don't seem to work right.
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    80th Anniversary of the Battle of The Bulge

    It was 80 years ago on 12.16.44 that Germans attracted the front were the Pennsylvania 28th and the newly arrived green 106th held a line that was twice as long as one normally protected my that number of troops. I was staying at my grandparents over Christmas vacation when the telegram came...
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    Car Hood Boats

    Got talking with a young fellow (I don't think he was a day over 50) about homemade boats. I mentioned the metal boats constructed of two pre1949 car hoods welded together and he never heard of such a thing. There used to be quite a few around and there was a guy who used one on a regular...
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    Does Anyone Know Any Halloween Songs?

    I play at a show once a month that consists of several groups that play classic country, bluegrass, gospel or any combination thereof. Most all the players come early and we get together in a back room to jam, get to play with people we normally don’t see that often, make sure we all don’t have...
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    Proper Nomenclature of Various Retaining Rings

    Having tinkered with things mechanical over the better part of 85 years the were some on here I had no idea what they were really called. There is a misprint on the lower right hand side . It should read "constant section ring."
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    How boats were launched 100 years ago.

    Never gave it much thought but an interesting aspect of boating before trailers. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=916328380303321&set=a.154384629831037
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    The special toolbox drawer

    How many of you have more than a few of these in your tool box drawers. It can be a trip down memory lane remembering for what vehicle each one was for. Picture is not my stuff but have a lot similar including home made sockets made from 2 1/2" pipe for nuts on floating axles.
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    Chainsaw Carving

    This has been sitting in the parking lot of a public park a few miles up the road for a few weeks now. Finally took the time to stop and get some pics today. Paddles are marked Lewis and Clark.
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    Had to send a FAX or "Back in the 20th Century."

    Had to send a FAX yesterday to a company I have an investment with. Either snail mail or FAX, no email address. Realized that it has been years since I FAXed anybody and my main desktop doesn't even have the capability to do so. Have a twenty some year old desktop as a back up that I can...
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    Who needs freeboard?

    Found this on another site. My wife watches all those Alaskan shows and I often wonder about some of the boating. Barge Powered By 35 hp Outboard Mike Kerry, Anchorage, Alaska: "We have a place on a 160-acre island near Anchorage, Alaska. I wanted to take my Deere 790 loader tractor out there...
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    Trouble Below

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    Can anyone on this site read Japanese

    I have had this wooden box with a tin lining for years. It probably came from my uncle who lived in Japan for many years until he retired and moved back to the States. Any guesses what the writing on the label or the letters say? What it's original use was? is a sturdy constructed box and I...
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    Columbus Discovers America

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    Break out the dramamine.

    Fort Eustis, Va. – More pieces of the extensive Pentagon effort to build a pier and establish a sea route for humanitarian aid to Gaza departed from the East Coast this week. On Tuesday, four Army watercraft left the pier at Fort Eustis, Va., sailing down the James River, to the Chesapeake Bay...
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    Not What I Expected

    As you go through life you often run into things that don't turn out as expected. Such as sneaking under the tent to see the circus for free and realizing you are in the middle of a revival meeting. My turn to make dinner tonight so I thought I would try something new. Here is the box and...
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    A I Music

    Just found this artificial Intelligence done song of Canadian Pacific as if Gordon Lightfoot sang it. This is scary because it is just the beginning. Imagine when pros and real computer companies get into this. My wife who is the world's biggest Lightfoot fan (She played in a group that...
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    84 Days Without a Fish

    Was just updating my boat maintenance record today and realized that Oct 17th was the last day I was able to have my boat out and that was 84 days ago. Thought maybe I could turn my losing battles with Lady Luck last year into a book. The story would start out like this; He was an old man...
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    Moving 275 Tons w/two Chrysler Outboards

    The RHF or the "Rhino Ferry" as it was better known was designed by the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps to bridge the gap between ship and shore, or for short cross channel operations like that of the Normandy invasion. They were pontoons powered by two Chrysler outboard engines of 143 horsepower...
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    Precious Cargo??

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