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    The Midwest is NOT Monotonous

    My wife and I are on vacation, having travelled from the DFW area to Cincinatti and northern Indiana. I have spent plenty of time in the Nashville, Tennessee area, but had never been through Kentucky or to Cincinatti.<br /><br />We came up I-65 and went through Kentucky to Louisville, and I...
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    Bush support for logging in national forrests to reduce wildfire risk..?

    The title was lifted right out of a post by snapperbait, and I want to address this but did not want to hijack the thread.<br /><br />What many people do not understand is that forests need to be actively managed, and that does not mean prohibiting all human activity. Man must manage the...
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    MoveOn.Org Needs to Move On!

    These cretins' latest television ad features a US soldier in what appears to be a surrender position, and the narration is the usual marxist tripe.<br /><br />I, for one, and getting more irrate by the day with these people who are doing all they can to undermine this country's fight for...
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    Ooops, We Made a Mistake!

    "CBSNEWS LAUNCHES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER SUSPICIOUS BUSH DOCS AIRED<br /><br />**Exclusive**<br /><br />CBS NEWS executives have launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the...
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    You Might Laugh at This...

    My sister and brother-in-law were givin a "present" by one of his friends several years back---an old Ford pickup that had no title. It sat in back of their shed until recently when a migrant laborer expressed an interest in it. They told him if he would take the thing away, he could have it. He...
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    Briggs & Stratton 16.5 HP Tractor: It's Possessed. Arrrggghhhhhh!

    I have a "Yard Machine" lawn tractor powered by the above mentioned motor.<br /><br />Cutting the grass today, I was just finishing up when suddenly the tractor felt as though it had lost about 25% of its power. Then it died, and it wouldn't start. Evidently, I had the throttle wide-open at that...
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    "Neighbor's Pig"

    We moved into this house last April. We'd been here a couple of weeks before we realized the neighbors have a rather large pig that hangs out on their front deck. I thought it was just a very odd looking dog when I first saw it. <br /><br />My wife wants me to go get my eyes checked.<br /><br...
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    OEM Towing Info, Available On-Line?

    Does anyone know of a website where you can find out just exactly how a vehicle is equipped from the factory?<br /><br />I have a '98 GMC Sierra 1500, with the 5.0 Liter V-8 and the Automatic Trans w/OD. I bought it used in 2000, so it's been four years in my possession and it's been a great...
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    My Weirdly Behaving Computer (you may not believe this)

    I have been using a certain model of modem in my computer for a few months, though I am on the third one now. I've taken them back to Walmart for exchange due to malfuntions.<br /><br />The first one worked fine at first. But after a while, we started noticing that it would not release the phone...
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    Rodbolt, Are You Around?

    I'd like to pick your brain on some stuff. I know you won't steer me wrong.<br /><br />-dd-
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    My Turn to Rant: INCOMPETENCE

    Think about this: how much time do you spend on the telephone trying to straighten out messes created by other people? How often do you have to go to someone (a perfect example is your friendy health insurance provider) to do something over again to get it right?<br /><br />I'll tell ya what...
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    Regulator, and Electrical System in General

    My motor is a 1991 135-horse with a 16-amp stator. I think my question is probably applicable to others as well, though.<br /><br />I'm an electronics tech and have been for a long, long time, and I like to try and apply what I know when and where I can make use of it. Due to some misadventures...
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    Boat Weight

    I started nosing around in Searay's archives on-line, and found the specs on my 1990 Searay 180. Mine has a 135-horse Merc outboard. The specs say the boat weighs in at about 1760 pounds dry, which seems surprisingly light. Does this include the motor or not? The inboard model's weight was...
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    Stator Outputs to Rectifier, 1991 135-HP

    Okay, back for more...<br /><br />I think I fried my rectifier by not paying attention to the polarity of the battery terminals when I was absent-mindedly installing the battery the other day. Duuuuhhh!<br /><br />Anyway, after that I noticed my voltmeter on the instrument panel saying 12 volts...
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    SURVEY: Cylinder Head Temps Taken w/Laser-Infra Red Thermometer

    I'd like to know the readings folks have gotten when measuring the cylinder head temperatures with a laser/IR thermometer.<br /><br />My motor is a 1991 135-Horse Mercury Black Max. I have been questioning the reliability of my temp gauge on the dash, so I took a reading the other day. I ran the...
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    Tachometer, Temp Gauge, and the Like

    1991 Merc 135 V-6, Ser. No. 0D007523<br /><br />Since I replaced my switchbox and impeller, I am having a few issues with my motor I would like to resolve. I posted about the water temp in another thread because it seems to be an independent problem, but maybe all this is inter-related.<br /><br...
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    Path of Water Flow Through Cooling System?

    Motor: Merc 135 V-6, 1991. Ser. No. 0D007523<br /><br />I've had my boat back out on the lake a couple of times since I destroyed the impeller due to ignorance one hot day in August. I replaced the impeller and ended up having to replace a switchbox too, which I think failed due to overheating...
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    IDEA! What Do You Guys Think?

    I have an idea---hey wait, come back! Don't run away!! :eek: <br /><br />Seriously though...it seems that so many people at one time or another forget to put the plug in their boats and end up in trouble, sometimes serious trouble. I have come up with an idea for an alarm that would sound...
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    Steering Problem on my Searay

    I have a 1990 Searay 180 Bowrider which I am about to get back on the water, after a misadventure that occured last August. I guess you could say I'm still on the steep part of the learning curve...<br /><br />Anyway, my wife keeps complaining about the steering on the boat. It seems to kind of...
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    Thought I Was Hosed, but It's Not THAT Bad---RESOLVED!!!

    1990 Mercury 135-HP V-6, 2.0 Liter, s/n 0D007523, model no. 1135412LD<br /><br />Sometime back I posted the long sad tale about my 135-horse Mercury overheating. Here's the link to that thread which I cannot bear to look at: <br /><br />...
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