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06-18-2013, 05:12 PM

htom replied to a thread Snap! in Misc. Boat Related

It's too late, now, but could they have proceeded (slowly) if they'd tied the bow section to the stern section, like the barges and (pushing) tugs on...

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06-18-2013, 04:59 PM

htom replied to a thread Happy Birthday to ChaseKenyon.... in The Bilge

Happy birthday, Chase!

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06-18-2013, 12:26 PM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

It is both dishonest and a blood libel. Shooting in self-defense is to stop an attack, not to kill. Once the attack has stopped, to continue to...

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06-18-2013, 12:10 PM

htom replied to a thread Happy Birthday to Paul Scheuer.... in People & Places

Happy birthday, Paul!

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06-18-2013, 12:09 PM

htom replied to a thread Snap! in Misc. Boat Related

I want to make a funny reference to Bolger's Folding Schooner.

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06-17-2013, 10:15 PM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

There's a newspaper columnist who decided to get a gun and wrote about it. She managed to do this in Washington, D.C. and it's a great telling of...

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06-17-2013, 10:05 PM

htom replied to a thread Ahoy, Sooty Tern builders. . . in Building / Repair

I'm kinda surprised you don't have an elastic mesh covering those bins, to retain things if there are sudden movements.

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06-17-2013, 04:21 PM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

And here comes that blood libel again.

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06-17-2013, 04:14 PM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

No."Concealed" is a term-of-art, and what is concealed in one state is openly carried in another. I have been told by law officers that a race...

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06-17-2013, 11:40 AM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

NRA funding. There are really three different organizations -- NRA of America, NRA/ILA, and NRA Foundation. factcheck.org does your homework for...

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06-17-2013, 11:36 AM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

You'd rather I ignored police department notifications that criminal gang members had again sworn to kill me because of their feelings of anger...

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06-16-2013, 11:12 PM

htom replied to a thread Okay, I need some help, please don't laugh in Building / Repair

The only suggestion I have is don't. The flex of the poly hull and the stiffness of the veneer ... I don't think that works.

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06-16-2013, 10:56 PM

htom replied to a thread Our Student Killed Today on a Ride for Cancer in The Bilge

My prayers, for his family, friends, and community. So so sad.

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06-16-2013, 09:17 PM

htom replied to a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

Shush. She's telling her Truth!

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06-16-2013, 05:57 PM

htom replied to a thread Remembering Paladin in People & Places

To Chuck!

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06-16-2013, 05:50 PM

htom started a thread "My Month With a Gun:" in The Bilge

Oh, my. It's been said that in the USA everyone has a right to be an idiot, but I've rarely seen it better demonstrated. Ms Magazine: My Month...

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06-16-2013, 08:47 AM

htom replied to a thread Happy birthday to Thad.... in People & Places

Happy birthday, Thad!

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06-15-2013, 03:01 PM

htom replied to a thread kiel probes and pitot tube arrays in The Bilge

Trying to find the body shape with the least airflow drag, I suspect.

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06-15-2013, 02:55 PM

htom replied to a thread Anyone bought pix from boatpix.com? in Misc. Boat Related

I suspect small helicopter drones will put them out of business soon.

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06-14-2013, 06:27 PM

htom replied to a thread Secret Courts in The Bilge

What's even more astonishing is how many are Democrats when the President is a Democrat! There may be hope for this country.

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06-14-2013, 06:24 PM

htom replied to a thread $27,500 Gun Hits Targets at 1,000 Yards in The Bilge

The system measures wind velocities and directions, relative elevation, cant, ..., time of flight, I forget how many variables. Seventeen? You put...

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06-14-2013, 01:01 PM

htom replied to a thread Converting Scarf joint to butt joint in Building / Repair

I think that Ian in post #3, second paragraph, meant to say that "... making scarfs is incredibly easy ..." ; it's one of those things that looks...

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06-14-2013, 11:07 AM

htom replied to a thread Happy Birthday to Carlg.... in The Bilge

Happy birthday, Carlg!

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06-13-2013, 11:48 PM

htom replied to a poll Hot pants in The Bilge

Some of these seem shorter than "Hot pants".

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06-13-2013, 05:50 PM

htom replied to a thread $27,500 Gun Hits Targets at 1,000 Yards in The Bilge

Five rounds is probably four more than the user would fire before moving anyway.

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06-13-2013, 05:44 PM

htom replied to a thread ZZTop Legs - some light distraction in The Bilge

GrrrrrRRRRRrrrr.

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06-12-2013, 08:47 PM

htom replied to a thread S/S or silicon bronze annular nails? in Tools / Materials / Techniques / Products

The nails might be slightly faster than the other methods for building. Screws or clamps would be how I'd go.

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06-10-2013, 06:33 PM

htom replied to a thread Could this be Raw Faith II? in Misc. Boat Related

Onto page 28 at Sailing Anarchy. sailinganarchy.com

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06-09-2013, 01:32 PM

htom started a thread RIP, Iain (M.) Banks. in The Bilge

Fiction and science fiction author, died yesterday of the cancers he'd announced at the beginning of April. guardian.co.uk/books One of many. I...

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