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    Bowrider I/O Trolling/Kicker suggestions

    I am looking for some input from this knowledgable community. I am a Noob! 1990 Welcraft, primary use is pulling the offsprings around on a tube. The wife also considers this a mobile sunbathing platform. The catch: I recently began fishing and would really like to be able to troll; and I had...
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    Fantasy football advice

    I could use some advice. I'm new to the world of fantasy football, and two of my players are listed as "questionable" this week. Would you guys play Terrell Owens @Tenn. or B. Berrian vs. Seattle? I'm still trying to get the hang of the whole fantasy football thing, and figured this was as...
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    Starter problem /89' Alpha One 3.7

    It was a beautiful day here today. Mid 80's won't happen again for months. Clear skys and beautiful views of Mt. Hood, from the Columbia river could vanish for months at any given time, so I loaded up the family and we put the boat in. First time I stopped, the fun was over. The starter turns...
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    The more things change, the more they stay the same

    An eerily prescient article concerning Islamic countries…. Assessing the Islamist Threat, Circa 1946 http://www.meforum.org/pf.php?id=997
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    Only allowed to vote for one party's candidates?

    My wife and I received out ballots in the mail a few days back. Apparently, in the state of Washington (how wide spread is this?) you can only vote for candidates within the party you choose to affiliate with. My wife is a Democrat and I like to consider myself more of an independent with a...
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    In The Name Of Patriotism C&P

    We all know that it is a sin for an Islamic male to see any woman other than his wife naked, and that he must commit suicide if he does. So next Sunday at 4:00 PM Eastern time, all American women are asked to walk out of their house completely naked to help weed out any neighborhood...
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    Redefining terrorism

    Spend some time carefully reading this article: http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/July-August-2005/feature_burgess_julaug05.msp It is long, but important. The author argues that the world should take the model of piracy and adapt it to terrorism. Under international conventions, any entity...
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    Cartoon: superficial starlets vs. Colbert

    http://www.campchaos.com/blog-archives/2006/07/the_superficial_friends.html
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    Strike 3 for Pluto - And it is OUT!

    Today, after 76 years of deep consideration, astronomers have finally ruled to correct a mistake of their predecessors, kicking Pluto out of the Planetary Club. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/5282440.stm Now Pluto can finally rest with his likes, be they from the Kuiper Belt or elsewhere...
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    China outlaws funeral strippers!

    Dang it! And to think, I pre-paid for my own (wife's) service. :devil: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5280312.stm?ls
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    Republicans: Are you loyal to the man, or to the principle? C&P

    This is a direct C&P from Bill Maher's blog. Love him of hate him, he asks a valid question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Maher is the host of HBO’s “Real Time with...
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    trim tabs = no foil?

    When I bought my boat, it already had the hydrofoil mounted above the prop. My boat was listing hard to port on plane. Installing Smart Tabs fixed me problems, while helping my extremely stern-heavy boat plane faster as an additional benefit. My question is, should I remove the hydrofoil? I...
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    Losing our Democracy

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-green/losing-our-democracy-to-t_b_27486.html I know some of the people who drank the administrations punch (or had it force fed to them when they were growing up) won’t even read this; I hope I’m wrong. I don’t agree with everything this guy says, but I do...
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    Chinese envoy tells U.S. to 'shut up'

    Wow. Much better for who? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_CHINA_US?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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    3.7 Alpha One, running rich

    I've got the Clymer shop manual and the mercruiser maintenance manual, and I can not find a diagram or directions for leaning out my mixture. I know there's a screw or something that needs to be turned... Any help?
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    Portland, Or.

    I've had my little boat for a year now and have been wanting to take a trip from the Vancouver side of I-5, up the Willamette, to downtown Portland. I'd love to take my kids down to the Waterfront Park area, tie up, and grab some lunch. Anyone here have experience with that part of the river...
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    I pulled a good one today

    It happens to the best of us. /me runs out to make sure he picked up all of his tools from working on his boat today.
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    Battery charge gauge

    After replacing a battery that wouldn't hold a charge (and not finding out until I was at the dock) I have decided to but an in-dash gauge that shows the level of my new battery's charge. I figure this way, if I'm listening to tuns or whatever I'll know when it's time to stop.... Likewise, when...
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    Wow! Cool trick w/Legos

    http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969 I can only imagine what this weighs. Can you believe the level of detail? Click on "Next page" and go a few to see the level of detail this guy even put into the inside of this thing.
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    Prop question...is this working as it should?

    I have no idea what size/pitch my prop is. It's an older Michigan Wheel alum is all I know. The boat is a 1990 17' Wellcraft with a 3.7L Alpha-One (1st gen). I was on the lake yesterday with my wife and opened it up as far as it would go. The boat (this is a little less than normal load) hit...
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