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  1. dwco5051

    Wondering if I can add power trim to my 82 mercury

    If my memory serves me right that there is no head gasket or removable head on those old Mercs. That leak is from the cylinder block cover which is basically a water jacket. If just a few drops now and then I would leave it alone as removing the cover to replace the cover gasket on a motor...
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    daily music fix

    For some reason this song had been stuck in my head all day.
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    Cigarettes, shocked!

    I think they were $1.50 carton in port, Ninety cents at sea but don't remember what year. I quit years ago when they went up to forty cents a pack from the machine. I said someday they will be a half a buck a pack and I will never pay that. One of the best decisions I ever made.
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    Another boring winter day in northern Wisconsin

    You have to remember that one half of all the people is this country are below average intelligence.
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    Going on 87 and still cutting and splitting my own wood. Have a log home of about 3400 sq ft but don't heat two bedrooms and a bath on the third floor. We have a geothermal heat pump system but mostly depend on a wood stove on one floor and a circulating fireplace on the other. We don't work...
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    Boat gets stuck in tunnel near Los Angeles International Airport.

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    Difference between U.S. & Cdn. capacity plates

    The dispatchers figure it out along with needed fuel, etc, using a standard weight per person. I did read once that there are times they have to calculate more like for a charter of a pro football team. Dispatchers do all the planning for a flight, All an airline pilot has to do is fly the...
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    Difference between U.S. & Cdn. capacity plates

    The question came up on another site about why the difference between 2 or 3 persons. Being forty or so years since I was involved on the administrative end of such things I had no idea. I tried to bluff my way through it and told them metric people are heavier but they saw through it.
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    1994 Evinrude 50 HP Not Charging

    If you are truly getting high voltage as measured with a known good meter check all your ground connections including at the battery terminal for loose or corrosion.
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    Random

    Do any of you younger people on the forum know that the first Vettes had inline 6 cylinders motors and a 2 speed Powerglide auto tranny?
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    A Good Night to be on Lake Erie

    What a difference from a couple of days ago.
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    A Good Night to be on Lake Erie

    I did see the captain of the HEERENGRACHT left a post that it was his decision and not the company's to remain out while waiting to get into the Welland and with the size and freeboard of his bulk freighter they were not in danger. That was the boat out west of Buffalo in my original post.
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    A Good Night to be on Lake Erie

    Yes. High winds across the length of Erie has not only record waves but a seiche of around 7 feet. A lot of pictures of the lake bottom on the internet taken on the Western part of the lake. Nine boats hiding out behind Long Point. The Salty near Buffalo is showing under engine power at .2...
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    A Good Night to be on Lake Erie

    A Good Night to be on Lake Erie, you will have the whole lake to yourself. One salty just West of Buffalo, a couple hiding out behind Long Point, Ont. And every one else tucked in close to shore.
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    Reminder to check gear before towing.

    I am from the generation where the kids piled in the bed of the pickup with the only safety warning "don't lean against the tailgate, you know the latches are rusted and it pops open."
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    Random

    Many years ago when my father was in his late 60's he dropped his rod off the boat over on Speck's home lake. The water was clear enough he could see it laying on the bottom in what he figured was about 12' of water. Now my Father was a good swimmer back in his college days but now many years...
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    Random

    Had a 1955 Plymouth in the early 60's. Last vehicle I owned with dual points.
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    I would venture a guess that anyone on this list over 65 has at least one offset wrench that has been bent or cut and welded to be used as a distributor wrench. If you haven't seen it in a while it is probably sitting on a shelf behind that dusty dwell meter that you may never use again but...
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    Random

    I think at one time or another all of us have done something close to this. Those times when it is necessary to use two of the same size socket on each end of a fastener and you can only find a 3/8" and a 1/2" drive and half your tools are still scattered in another building and it is raining...
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