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  1. TwoBallScrewBall

    OK Who Cursed My Sable?

    Took the car to work tonight. Finally happened. <br /><br />About 10 miles into the drive a decent size doe comes shooting out of the woods to my left and runs head first into the driver side of my car as I've got the cruise set at 60. Knocked the ***** down but it got up and kept running...
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    Trooper Got Me

    Yup. <br /><br />76 in a 55. <br /><br />On the way home from work, 8:07am on Route 42 South. I had the pickup truck because I had to pickup a bathtub and it wouldn't fit on the back seat of the bike. <br /><br />Came over a hill, saw him, looked down, saw I was doing somewhere around 75, but...
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    Damn Ford Motor Product

    So I have a 2001 Mercury Sable I bought from my mother who bought it new. 110K and runs and drives like it was new. My mother is the proverbial little old lady when it comes to drving. <br /><br />I go to start it up Sunday night to put it in the driveway and it cranks slowly once, then just...
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    Transom Question, need advice (CPES)

    The boat in question is the boat in my signature, 1997 Wellcraft Excel 23 FISH. <br /><br />When I drilled the holes in the dransom for the fishfinder mounting hardware this spring, water dribbled out. <br /><br />The transom is very strong, I can hang my big *** off the motor and it does not...
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    The Old Lion Hunter

    Two new members of a hunting lodge get introduced to its oldest member. They ask him to tell his favorite hunting story, and he agrees. <br /><br />“Well, back in 1944 in Africa,” the old man starts, “we went big-game hunting. Didn’t have much luck at first, but on the third day I was resting by...
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    Hey JB - You're FAMOUS

    Did you know there is a tagged striped bass named after you? It was last picked up 6/1/2005 in the bay by me. Check it out.<br /><br /> http://www.stripertracker.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?id=f53&view=fish
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    Laptop Screen S.H.T.

    Been taking my motorcycle to work. <br /><br />I have a laptop (IBM R51) that I take to work with me. <br /><br />I have also been overloading the lapotp bag with things lately. Game controller, cd cases, Ac adapter, mouse, meds, etc,etc...<br /><br />Anyway, Apparently the laptop bag has...
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    $3.89 for Regular

    Yup. Philadelphia, PA. $3.89 for regular. <br /><br />Kill me now. <br /><br />Please.
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    Motorcycle (CBR1100XX) question.

    Hi,<br /><br />I've been riding motorcycles for about a decade now. Started on an 81 Honda Magna 750, then a 98 Honda shadow 1100 tourer, then a 99 Suzuki Katana 750, then a 2000 Kawi Ninja ZX11, then a 2002 Honda Shadow 1100 Aero, and now here I am. I sold the aero last year to help buy the...
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    My butt hurts - Rant

    Filled the boat today.<br /><br />$249.00<br /><br />And that was using 5 gallon jerry cans and carrying them down to the dock at $2.51/gal. Gas dock was $2.89 so I figured the two hours of trips to the gas station and the dock were worth the $40 I saved. <br /><br />remember when $1.49/gallon...
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    Almost blew my motor

    So I'm putting out of the lagoons where my boat is, taking a 'new' way which is shorter mileage wise. Gotta save that gas. Anyway I get about 40 feet past where I am supposed to make the turn out of the lagoons into the creek (they all look the same) and I notice that the previous track on my...
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    Need to cut a STRAIGHT line in 1/4" acrylic

    Hey,<br /><br />I need to cut two perfectly straight and clean lines through 48" of 1/4" thick acrylic (not lexan). What's the best way?<br /><br />I was thinking clamping a straightedge to the acrylic as a guide then running the jigsaw slowly down it with a fine blade. This is too thick to...
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    Marine Aquarium

    Say, Hypothetically, someone wanted to set up a 75 gallon aquarium with a few black sea bass, sea robins, stuff like that. What would they, hypothetically, need to do to the water to keep them alive? Other than a sufficient filter that is. <br /><br />Just wondering, hypothetically....
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    Home AC

    My house AC seems like it's starting to fail. <br /><br />House and AC unit are both 4 years old. <br /><br />During the day (it's been hot this summer) the temp in the house will rise to 78-80 by the time late afternoon arrives. Overnight the temp will go back down to 72 where the thermostat...
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    Stupid Human Trick while not boating.

    I'm working on the PC here. I need to burn a bootable CD to do some HD diagnostics. So I grab a blank from the spindle and load in in the CD/DVD burner. I start clicking away and the next thing I hear is a weird click from the PC. I look down and it starts to make this horrible grinding...
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    Caught my first Brown Shark!!!

    Link to the saltwater fishing post I made...<br /><br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=39&t=000211
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    Caught my first brown shark!

    Fought for 25 minutes, would not come near the boat. <br /><br />Then it wouldn't fit in the net when it finally did get tired.<br /><br />Didn't want to kill it with the gaff so I grabbed it by the steel leader and the tail and brought it in. <br /><br />Then I couldn't get the scale to stay...
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    Windlass / Anchor retrieve

    OK maybe a dumb question. <br /><br />I've got a pulpit with a roller on my boat. There is a hole about a foot to the rear and 6" to the stbd side of the anchor opening where the rope drops down into the rope locker.<br /><br />I know nothing about windlasses. Other than the fact that I would...
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    Look what I did! (Ok a little bragging)

    Gotta admit I'm pretty proud of this. My dad and I built it over 3 weeks. Biggest delays were waiting for the inspections. <br /><br />Not too bad for a first timer eh?<br /><br /> <br />
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    Gas Mileage

    I have a 2004 Chevy Silverado 1/2 ton 2WD extended cab pickup. Has the 5.3L 295HP V8. <br /><br />I've been getting a consistent 19-20MPG with it. I have a free flowing gibson exhaust and also have modified the air intake by removing the silencer chamber on the runner as well as opening up...
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