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  1. rolmops

    How about a cup of coffee?

    Why not celebrate the fact that we did have an election and we were free to vote.The outcome may or may not be to your liking,but to be able to go to a polling station without fear is a celebration of freedom. So please stop crowing victory or whining defeat. We all won. The next thing should...
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    Now they got my attention.

    This morning at 05.15 the phone goes off and I thought Oh Shid,something happened to my daughter. It turned out to be a robot canvasser call,implying to give me a democrat message,so I hung up.2 minutes later,the phone goes off again,same robot,I hung up again.I am wide awake now and get...
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    Evangelical Ted Haggard

    He preaches against gay marriage and then goes to a male prostitute. Why is it that religion and hypocrisy go hand in hand?(mind you,I do not say faith) If these are the people who are supposed to lead their flock,where will their flock end up?
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    commercial striper license.

    Next year we plan to take our 19 footer which is registered in Mass. And do 1 week of commercial fishing for finfish.Our targets will be striped bass,haddock and possibly some tuna. This trip will probably cost us an arm and a leg,but we want to try to cover at least some of the expense with our...
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    Election fallout with Folie?

    NPR did a poll mostly aimed at listeners who call themselves conservative religious voters. Only one question was asked:Does this Folie thing in any way influence which candidate you will vote for? The overwhelming majority answered that all politicians are crooks and most have skeletons in the...
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    Yet another next line, From the album "piper at the gates of dawn"

    A moment is divided in six stages
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    Another dark side of Iraq.

    This from a family member who currently trains Kurdish troops. Turkish and Iranian special forces are currently deployed in the Quandil Mountains about 5 miles inside Iraqi territory and are fighting Kurdish troops. The Turks and the Iranians are chasing Kurdish rebels from the PKK and PJAK who...
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    Ben Laden dead??

    French papers came out this morning with a leaked report from the French security services that, according to Saudi intelligence, Ben Laden died on August 23.The report said that he died of typhoid fever. Maybe we hear more about this in the near future.
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    GMT minus 1?

    Looking at the time that messages are typed in ,I realize that the Iboats yacht must be off the Azores.Why else would iboats use GMT minus one hour as its forum clock.
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    The pope's point,update

    This morning,the pope said that he was "deeply sorry" for the anger caused by his remarks on islam and said a quote he used from a medieval text about holy wars did not reflect his personal thoughts. In a reaction to the Pope's statement,the Egyptian moslem brotherhood said that the apology is...
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    changing a 1964 9.5 from tiller to remote

    Is there a way to do it? Do I need a special kit? Or is it just easier to sell this little longshaft and buy an engine with a remote setup? As always,thank you for your comments.
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    trolling plate

    Did any of you replace a kicker for a trolling plate? Please share your experience,thank you
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    trolling plate instead of trolling motor

    Does anybody have experience with using a trolling plate instead of a trolling motor? Please share it with us.
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    An interesting thought on the war in Irak.

    We have been in Irak for a few years now and things are not shaping up the way people hoped for.In fact things are changing on the ground in a frightening way.It started with removing Sadam,restarting the oil industry and bringing democracy to the middle east.Of those 3 goals only the first was...
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    long shaft conversion kit for 9.5 evinrude

    I am looking for a shaft conversion kit for a 1964 9.5 evinrude.I need to go from short to long.Has anyone seen one or heard of one ? What do they go for? thanks for any advice and leads.
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    Israel Lebanon

    Two of my Israeli nephews were called up to report to their units within 6 hours.They both serve in paratrooper units.One is an officer,the other an NCO. When they get called up,it means that it is about to get real ugly. Missiles have hit population centers up to 30 miles away from the northern...
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    Fishing Cape Cod

    The yearly pilgrimage to fisherman's paradise is over again and after 3 days on the water I can say that the fishing deities were well disposed towards this fisherman and his son. The first day out on Billings Gate shoals the Bluefish schools were so heavy that it was impossible to fish live...
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    thank you iboats

    Thank you iboats and moderator 5 for investing your time and money just so we can enjoy this site. You really did not have to do it,but not only did you try to improve this service ,you even continued trying after a bunch of whiners complained about this free fun place. Thank you and thank you...
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    nationality

    How many nationalities do you claim and how many passports of different countries do you have?If you have more than one ,how did you get them?<br />I sometimes wonder if having three is very exceptional.
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    Getting ready for Cape Cod trip.

    Around this time of year we check our wirelining gear we use on the cape to go after stripers and blues.For the fun of it we took it out to Keuka lake and over a hundred feet we started trolling 3 ounce bucktails with about 600 feet of wire line out.<br />After jigging for about fifteen minutes...
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