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05-21-2013, 10:17 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

It is inappropriate to use the actions of one organization to smear the entire country. Perhaps you all move in lock-step, but we do not. That is...

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05-21-2013, 09:16 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Interesting Email crossed my inbox in The Bilge

The Racial Civil Rights movement turned to be a great benefit to the Women's Movement, as white guys were getting antsy that black chicks were...

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05-21-2013, 07:39 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Older water for your whisky, 2.6 billion years old....... in The Bilge

Whiskey. Corn.

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05-21-2013, 07:35 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Naff car names in The Bilge

I was told that the name Mercedes was the name of the daughter of the company's sales representative in Nice in the year that the new model came out....

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05-21-2013, 07:28 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Do you wear a watch? in The Bilge

Watches are a source of sentiment to me. I have a Omega Chronometer that my Mother brought from Switzerland, a wafer-thin Seiko that The Boy found...

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05-21-2013, 07:18 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread How Much Will a Legal Marijuana Habit Cost You? in The Bilge

There was an expression from the early 70's, 'I'm not as thinked as you stone I am'. Did not seem too hard to figure out. My mistake.

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05-20-2013, 03:09 PM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Question for the people in Scotland in The Bilge

So, hows come it's swivel-eyed loon or statesman? I reckon that these two qualities are not mutually exclusive.

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05-20-2013, 03:07 PM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Eleanor Goes Goes for 1 Million in The Bilge

That's not a cool million. That's a stupid million.

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05-20-2013, 03:03 PM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread How Much Will a Legal Marijuana Habit Cost You? in The Bilge

This is all mindless speculation. What is this 'How much will a legal marijuana Habit Cost You' holier than I don't never touch the stuff attitude...

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05-20-2013, 01:23 PM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread How Much Will a Legal Marijuana Habit Cost You? in The Bilge

For those who pay for it, I would say the price has gone up. I remember when a nickle bag costs only five bux.

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05-20-2013, 10:27 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Cleaning in The Bilge

If it is mineral deposits, go to your fave restaurant and ask them for 4 or 5 packettes of coffee urn cleaner. make a liquid and sponge it on. Wear...

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05-20-2013, 09:35 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Automotive eye-candy in The Bilge

This Museum has a nice layout. large singular exhibits (cars, small water craft, etc) pose a special problem, in that walk-around room is necessary...

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05-20-2013, 09:29 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread "fAMOUS" INTERNET QUOTES in The Bilge

Shakespeare is often the source of quotes attributed to the Bible. Or Mark Twain.

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05-20-2013, 09:27 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread So I was feeling like the boatbuilding Tom Jones... in The Bilge

I saw him on the tube last week. Glad he can still get work.

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05-20-2013, 09:25 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread The curse of plastic in The Bilge

Sure. A certain amount well come to the surface when the top stuff is harvested. Imagine the amount of dacron that litters the bottom, and, being...

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05-20-2013, 09:20 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Comedy of errors? How is your weekend starting? in The Bilge

Well, I write every day. Comedy is the hardest.

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05-20-2013, 08:11 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Comedy of errors? How is your weekend starting? in The Bilge

What a great story, post #1. I wish that i could write stuff like that. BTW: The Baby is a livin doll. My very best to child & entire fam.

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05-20-2013, 08:06 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Baked beans in The Bilge

Good baked beans, canned even, with fried onions, eggs, bacon and (hold your breadth) cottage cheese comprise one of The Boys' greatest inventions,...

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05-20-2013, 07:58 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread The curse of plastic in The Bilge

so little consumer plastic is reused that it is not re-cycled; it is lucky to be cycled only once. I suggest money being spent on r & d to develop...

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05-20-2013, 07:39 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Grease guns ... I confess my ignorance in The Bilge

In the 70's I ran a project constructing a 2 mile rail line during the winter. I would add, based upon that experience, warm grease flows easier. ...

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05-18-2013, 09:01 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Dave Hadfield your brother is my hero. in The Bilge

Hey, he starred on NPR this morning.

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05-18-2013, 09:00 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Karl Kortum in The Bilge

Well, I took your advice and called the Porter Library, spoke to a very pleasant woman, who told me that my memory was on this topic, at least, not...

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05-17-2013, 10:40 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread Workboots in The Bilge

Yeah, like Earth Shoes

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05-17-2013, 10:29 AM

Michael D. Storey replied to a thread What to do when you're mad at your Maserati dealer in The Bilge

These guys don't know what they are doin! Three hits to break the windshield? What, usin a chinese maul?

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