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  1. Old Ironmaker

    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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    Carbon Monoxide Co2 is Co2

    I've brought this up more than a few times in my day. We are well into storm season in the east of North America and with those storms comes electrical failures. Someone is going to die because people refuse to heed the warnings not to use a gas BBQ indoors to keep warm or cook. OK, anything...
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    I experienced a "Road Rage" incident.

    I'm going into the grocery store the other day and a older model black Toyota Camry is parked near me. I see the licence plate frame has the name of a car dealership I recognize but not why I recognize it. I also notice the back seat of this heap that hasn't been washed in a decade has crap...
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    Robot lawnmower. Anyone?

    I went to our local farm supply outlet to pick up a new BBQ curbside and they handed me a brochure for the Huquavarna automower 310. Does anyone have one of the robot lawnmowers? Do they work or are they a gimmick until all the kinks are engineered. I do know Husquavarna makes quality products...
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    Tragic death of Canadian Snowbird air team

    https://twitter.com/supermario_47/status/1262101139966750720 The air acrobatic Canadian Airforce Snowbird team lost a member during a fly by in western Canada on the weekend. They are our version of the US Blue Angels. They were on a country wide tour doing flybys in support of 1st responders...
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    Not a puff of tar in over a month.

    We are both doing well with the smokes. With all that's going on in the World I figured that the stress we are all fighting we might as well give it a shot. Did use Nicorette gum and spray for those urges for a while but down to zero now.. I haven't been on my forums for a few weeks. My habit...
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    StarCraft bilge pumps, where are they?

    1994 StarCraft Superfisherman 190. The 3 bilge pumps, 1 baitwell and 2 live wells aren't working. Strange all 3 at the same time. I can't see the fuse box for the life of me. Mechanics must have a trick, the fuse box is buried under the driver scouncil facing inwards, rediculous. Where are...
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    Do you think you will change after this Corona thing has been defeated?

    I am sure I will be more diligent in public as far as little things like sneezing into my arm not into my hands as I was taught many years ago to do. I am always reaching out my hand to greet or meet someone. If you are femaleand you are a close freind or relative you get the 2 cheek kiss from...
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    XFL anyone?

    I watched a bit of a game last weekend and am watching Tampa Bay vs. Houston right now. I kinda' like it. Quick action with a 25 second play clock, no extra point attempts, 1 point if you score from the 2 yd line, 2 points from the 5 and 3 points from the 10. Kick off team can't advance until...
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    9 year old lost under the ice while playing on it Lake Erie

    A tragic story that hits close to home. Peacock Point on the Canadian side of the lake isn't 10 minutes by boat from us. 3 children were playing on what little ice we have here in the area and the 9 year old and another went through it. The article explains the rest. We are on the next point...
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    Today is a statutory holiday in Ontario Canada

    I don't know about the rest of the country but today is something called "Family Day" a paid holiday in Ontario. When it first came out about 20 years ago it was called "Heritage Day" for some reason they changed it. Probably because we don't have much heritage I dunno. But there isn a hockey...
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    I pushed the wrong key on this thing, need help please.

    I pushed a key on this laptop keyboard. Now if I need to go in and change it e following letter of the next word gets eaten if you know what in heck I'm talking about. It has happened before n no way I can remember how to get it to normal. Notice in my 1st sentence the "t" and "h" of the word...
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    How did they do it before 4X4's.

    My Uncle that still lives in North Tonawanda NY next to the Erie Barge Canal towed, launched and retrieved his big heavy 18' cedar strip with a huge 80HP Johnson strapped to it on The Niagara River, The Great Lakes and the canal in the 60's and early 70's with an AMC Rambler, rear wheel drive...
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    Ice fishing anyone

    Ice Fishing anyone? A new year, new challenges. I actually posted pics!!! Heee Haaa.
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    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Dad passes at 75

    The Rocks father has passed at age 75. When I was a kid my brother and my pals would attend tapings of "Maple Leaf Wrestling" in Hamilton Ontario at the Channel 11, CHCH studios on Saturdays. Had to be the mid 60's. If there were 30 people there it was full. He was my favorite amongst all the...
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    East/West Shrine Bowl

    I just found it on The NFL network, almost 1/2 time. I like this game and the other All Star game of which I am having a sometimer's moment. Senior Bowl!!!! Every year I jot down the names of the kids that I think stood out during the games. Then pull out the list during the NFL draft. Some get...
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    What is a traqditional New Years for you all?

    t was tradition for a few of us kids to visit the EMERG in Hamilton every New Years day. We would try and ski down the ungroomed hill that we Hamiltonians call a mountain, it's actually The Niagara Escarpment. Not a smart thing to try. Then when we got older hanging around 1000 other Italians...
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    If you had a NFL MVP vote today who gets it?

    The NFL has a MVP, most valuable player. The CFL here in Canada has MOP, most outstanding player. The definitions of each are different in my mind. MVP is impact for his team, MOP is numbers. Jackson of the Ravens gets my MVP vote. He is the most valuable player on his team. His talent this...
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    Documentary film about former heavywieght Champ Sonny Liston

    This past Friday evening we watched the documentary "Pariah, The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston" on the Showtime network. I had been anticipating it since I saw a preview as a life long Boxing fan and former amateur boxer when I was a kid. My wife wasn't too interseted and I told her if you...
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    Julio Torres. millenial comic

    I watched some of his HBO special last night. I thought I had dropped Acid rather than took my nightly Metformin. For any old Hippies here you might think you are having an Acid flashback. Check him out. I guess this is considered comedy in 2019. I actually chuckled at some of his takes. edit...
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