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    Re: Hummer... I almost cried.

    Well, mine DID work (talking about the two wheel variety), and would've had significantly more than 6 miles and not a lot of original equipment, thus unlikely to yield 13.8% annual return. I just...
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    Re: Hummer... I almost cried.

    Depends. If that Hummer is still on the shop floor months from now... yeah. If it sells for the asking price, NO!

    The one is the shop doesn't run either, BTW. Obviously not a criteria for...
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    Re: Hummer... I almost cried.

    Hmmm... could be why all my threads sink like a cannon ball! ;)
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    Hummer... I almost cried.

    Had one when I was 14 years old. Dad sold it for fifty bucks while I was off doing a water ski show one weekend.

    Saw this in a pawn shop. Has all of six miles on it, all original stuff... tires,...
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    Re: Student Pilot Falls From Plane

    I've landed at that airport many times. I flew into nearby Chattanooga one day, just happened to be taping all communications on the flight. Somewhere I still have that tape, which includes ATC...
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    Re: Questions about background checks

    Not only assault weapons, but frequently legally owned guns are taken from licensed owners during traffic stops. Policy is they aren't returned without a court order, which is more costly than just...
  7. Re: How often do the police helicopters pass over your home?

    I haven't seen them at Oak Island... I don't see much but my computer, the inside of an airliner, and the badlands of Texas... not necessarily in that order.
  8. Thread: Paladin

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    Re: Paladin

    Commissioned my sister to do this drawing. I miss him.

    He and Mike Fonville have been enormously generous to me.
  9. Re: How often do the police helicopters pass over your home?

    Few helios, but a lot of Ospreys from the Marine base.

    Very little trouble in my neighborhood. Up and down the road, all gun owners and hunters and we practice frequently in our back yards. ...
  10. Re: Can this Floridan claim "stand your ground" defense.

    She certainly has a broad taste for men of varied ages.
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    Re: Questions about background checks

    It's because we really don't know yet, John. That's why there's so much resistance in the pro gun community... lack of specifics about UBC leaves too much discretion with lawmakers. I can't support...
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    Re: Claudia needs your kind thoughts

    Dear.... Oh dear!

    Prayers, and lots of them, Claudia.
  13. Re: Traditional, heavy, big hp. fuel guzzler, no glits, beach cruiser planing boat p

    Awesome, Mike.
  14. Re: Diesel aviation propulsion like you REALLY mean it.

    The Deltahawk looks so promising, but I'm beginning to doubt their ability to get the engine certified and marketed. They've been promising a certified engine for many years, and still have only one...
  15. Re: best sounding engines, cars, boats, motorcycles and airplanes

    The Prowler Jaguar

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75C16fz3qnc
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    Re: Low horsepower planing boats?

    I'm late the the party here haven't read this entire thread.. but this http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5649e/y5649e00.htm little boat has long been on my radar. Very seaworthy looking, displacement...
  17. Re: Traditional, heavy, big hp. fuel guzzler, no glits, beach cruiser planing boat p

    This guy never ceases to amaze me!
  18. Thread: Hi, Ya'll

    by Tar Devil
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    Re: Hi, Ya'll

    Our pleasure, Rich! Hope your SIL.is doing ok!
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    Re: Hi, Ya'll

    And some say there's no such thing as evolution!
  20. Thread: Hi, Ya'll

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    Re: Hi, Ya'll

    And single. And sweet. And lots of fun.

    And I'm very protective of her!!!!

    (Send me your resume, investment portfolio, picture of you and your boat and I MIGHT give you her email address!! ...
  21. Thread: Hi, Ya'll

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    Re: Hi, Ya'll

    Yep
  22. Thread: Hi, Ya'll

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    Hi, Ya'll

    New look...

    Sis and I made a donation!

    http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff298/TarDevil/Firearms/Locks%20of%20Love/2012-11-24114515_zps2b7f614e.jpg
    ...
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    Re: Happy Birthday to Tar Devil....

    Thanks, everyone! It was a great day!
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    Re: Happy Birthday to Tar Devil....

    Indeed you do! Hope you and Kathryn are doing well!!!
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    Re: Happy Birthday to Tar Devil....

    Spinner... you don't miss a one. Good photo... the ole "Whistling Death," "Hose Nose," "Bent Wing." Such a machine! If I were borne a decade or two earlier, I might have had the chance to be the...
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    Re: The PUB light's ON! :D

    Still here?
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    Re: Just three more nights....

    It was a mahhattan, and yes! I made one myself!
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    Just three more nights....

    ... in Texas!!!

    God is good !!
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    Re: The PUB light's ON! :D

    Where can a man find a good Perfect Manhattan?

    If not, a black and tan will do.
  30. Thread: I give up...

    by Tar Devil
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    Re: I give up...

    I repeat... I've tried local bars and dives as well as well known chains. All the same.
  31. Thread: I give up...

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    Re: I give up...

    Headed into Fort Worth this weekend to do just that!!
  32. Thread: I give up...

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    Re: I give up...

    It's all they know, and just doesn't float my boat!



    Mansfield. Working all month at my office in Midlothian (hitching posts and all)



    Puleaze!! Had to tell one bartender TWICE that...
  33. Thread: I give up...

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    I give up...

    There's just no place in Texas south of I20 where a soul can get a decent manhattan.
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    Re: Please complete the following...

    And then...
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    Re: Please complete the following...

    THAT I can tolerate. Texas, on the other hand...
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    Please complete the following...

    "A month in Texas is like..."
  37. Re: What do you do for a living and is the business doing well?

    I'm Director of Planning Services for a small software company based in Texas. We have maintained healthy sustained growth for 20 years and not even a hiccup during the recession.
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    Re: Kayak fishing

    LOL!! The link would help...

    http://jacksonkayak.com/jk-kayaks/kayak-fishing/coosa/
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    Re: Kayak fishing

    Paul, this boat was designed by a friend of mine (pro kayak fisherman) from clean sheet just for fishing. VERY stable, plenty of storage/rodholders. Might be worth a look. One of the guides I used...
  40. Re: Rescuing the original Mark V 39 " Heart of Gold II"

    There's a place nearby, sounds exactly as you describe... 'bout 75 yards offshore from a quaint little restaurant I frequent. There's a big old dog that loves to swim out to the bar at low tide, I...
  41. Re: Rescuing the original Mark V 39 " Heart of Gold II"

    One of several reasons why I begged and begged Mark to design the Mark V 28 with a flat bottom (shallow draft and beaching the other reasons). It every other way the 28 is my perfect semi-retirement...
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    Re: Now they hate me!!

    Glad the water was unseasonably warm. There were some nice creeks with good scenery. I just hate spending more time paddling than fishing. Didn't get to go this year due to work.
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    Re: Now they hate me!!

    Nothing particularly different about diet. Meds all the same. I do drink a lot less.

    Fishing wasn't too great. Smallmouth out of season (catch and release not even allowed, though I haven't...
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    Now they hate me!!

    My entire life... for 56 years I had never been bitten by a mosquito, much less anything else. Then May of 2011 I went to Canada for a week of pike and walleye fishing. Was warned ahead of time...
  45. Re: Those days when you've just had ENOUGH of computers!!

    Norm, you haven't tried it!! Especially as long nuttin' but computers get hurt!
  46. Re: Those days when you've just had ENOUGH of computers!!

    Ruger reliability! Never fails to eject properly!

    Actually, my daugher is bad to limp-wrist.. she's taken one casing down the shirt and another in the forehead. She needs to stick with revolvers!
  47. Those days when you've just had ENOUGH of computers!!

    Feels much better...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0leruXwRI&feature=plcp
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    Re: Graduation Day!

    Awesome!
  49. Re: Prayers, please for those who do and kind thoughts from those who don't

    Prayers. Sounds like you have good memories. It is never easy to lose a mother.
  50. Thread: Jason Bourne

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    Re: Jason Bourne

    Saw the trailer... I'll pass.
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