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  1. Old Ironmaker

    Minimum MPH Boat/Motor?

    We fish Bows and Salmon in the Great Lakes. We have caught them at 1.8 MPH and at 2.8 MPH. The fish will tell you what speed to troll at that day and what time of that day. With the currents and winds here the speed of the cannon ball is not the speed of the boat. I can't explain it simpler...
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    Open Bow Boat Sleeping ideas

    It all depends on how much you like snakes. More than a few times I pulled the cover off my boat in the morning to find a herd of snakes all tied together in the corner. I was with my kid cousin and I dare not let on I hate snakes or I would find one in my sleeping bag in the cabin. I calmly...
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    Home security

    Our system includes a number of cameras and specific Gigs of storage then everything above that is an add on to bese cost. Pretty simple really. Now they are offering underground electrical perimetter dog zappers. What a difference between home security between our 2 societies, Canadian and...
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    Landlocked salmon fishing questions

    I haven't read all the responces. Something that can be dangerous to do is ask another angler what is the best way to catch a fish. Fake news comes to mind. Spring, piers and shinny spoons also comes to mind when it comes to salmonoids, many species of salmon and trout included in tis bunch. I...
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    Smokercraft 14

    Yep, paddling, and it is slow and difficult to do. If you don't have oar pin receivers then you are paddling not rowing. Most 14' tinnies have a middle seat for support as well as comfort.
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    2021 NFL/NCAAF News and Nonsense

    For some reason I glanced at your number of posts, over 45,000. That's over a full year working monday to friday 9 to 5 if you only spent 3 minutes per. Thank you for your time and wealth of knowledge. Johnny D. Selkirk Ont. Canada. Southwest of Buffalo NY.
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    2021 NFL/NCAAF News and Nonsense

    Have you ever looked at the salaries of the other Football players? The ones that actually use their feet to play. Many more than a few with those types of contracts. Selling Mens parfume makes them even more Euros.
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    Battery replacement?

    I have learned one very important thing when it comes to marine and automotive batteries. Of all the batteries sold in the US and Canada 80% to 90% of those batteries are or were at least 10 years ago manufactured by the same company. China probably supplies them now. Even Interstate that I...
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    Chevy Silverado shifter seized.

    You know what Scott? After I typed 180K kilometers is high I thought about it for a second and though no way. It depends on who you are talking to I guess Scott. I asked one of our maintenance guys that does the work on our vehicles why my wifes Kia was having so many things fail lately*. He...
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    Chevy Silverado shifter seized.

    Where's the edit feature folks, please. Text should say I love the truck because my wife bought and paid for it. But with 180,000 KMS it may be time to swap it for a new Silverado. And it will be a Silverado, if you see me in a Ford run me down, same goes for that God awfull Ram thing. I get the...
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    Chevy Silverado shifter seized.

    It had been a year almost exactly since I used 4 wheel drive. Besides the other 8 billion plus people dealing with this pandemic I had a bad health year and didn't even get the bottom of the boat wet. I regularly, not always but regularly put her in 4 high and 4 low launching and retreiving the...
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    The world has lost the appreciation for hard work

    Every generation berates the previous for being lazy louts that will be the end of civilization as we know it. It was Aristotle or Plato that said that. I've quoted the text here on Dockside Chat a few times. I'm too lazy to simplly Google it as to who it was that said it. Take my word for it...
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    Chevy Silverado shifter seized.

    To say I am mechanically challenged is an understatment. You lost me at "soak the linkage points." What's a linkage point? I'm all out at "righty tighty." Not as challenged as in lectrsitee.
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    Chevy Silverado shifter seized.

    I have a 2011 Chevy Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4 pickup, my wife bought for me brand new, oh what a gal she is. The 4 wheel drive shifter is on the floor not a selector on the dash. Last month when we got some snow and that snow turned to ice my wheel was spinning hard in 2 wheel (1 wheel actually)...
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    Super Bowl LV

    Guests, 40 guests last years, 4 this year. Maybe 2 too many. 1" thick KC "T" bones and fried Grouper sticks. Rediculous amount of food. We do appreciate it though and realize our blessing.
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    2020 NFL/NCAAF News and Nonsense

    I had a freind that was an oldtimer in the prize fighting biz out of Youngtown Ohio. He always said without the prize fighters they had nothing and the prize fighters got the same.
  17. Old Ironmaker

    Super Bowl LV

    Had 40 over last year, 4 this year. I'll watch the game tommorow to under stand what the hell happened.
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    Super Bowl LV

    Every great civilzation, society, nation or person must and will eventually come to an end. One year of sitting on a throne is a blip in history. I don't know the guy but there is something about Mahones that never sat well with me. At least he had a year and many athletes can't even say that...
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    2020 NFL/NCAAF News and Nonsense

    Every great civilzation, society or nation must and will eventually come to an end. One year of sitting on a throne isn't a blip in history. I don't know the guy but there was something about Mahones that never sat well with me. At least he had a year and many athletes can't even say that. If...
  20. Old Ironmaker

    2021 Divisional Weekend

    For a California kid the G.O.A.T. has done pretty good playing in Michigan and New England winters his entire adult life. It's the 42 year old body that must hurt real bad when a 22 year old defender hits you no matter what the temperature is.
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