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If the issue for you is the gaff swinging about and knocking your head run a topping lift from the masthead to the end of the boom on ech side. Cleat them about midway along the boom toward the...

A new term for me. Never heard of it before.

https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/HH.5.07163 or see drawing #14 here: https://herreshoff.info/Menu/index.htm?/Docs/S00605_Reliance.htm
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The GOP gets just as worked up about BLM, etc. rallies as those who object to their Waco one.

One of the last times us sibs visited my mom in the retirement home I noticed that there were a couple of new dents on the passenger side of her car. She had no real explanation and we shortly...

I agree about a Poulsbo boat. This organization may give you more to think about regarding them: https://poulsbohistory.com/poulsbo-maritime-museum/

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3917990-idaho-governor-signs-legislation-allowing-execution-by-firing-squad/

"Firing squad" is such a euphemism. A South Korean roommate in school had been...

I am okay with driving in the right lane as much as possible on the highway right at the speed limit... or even below when it's 65 or 70. My truck gets better mileage at about 62. Some get annoyed at...

https://youtu.be/QGHPySarXR4

Per Loki above: Regardless of age I now look for drivers on cellphones, whether oncoming or behind (tailgating is often a sign that they are). I'd say around twenty percent of drivers are from my...

Comparative Religion shelf

^^^ They've been suckered and many may have figured it out but have also been deceptively enrolled in monthly auto-donations. GOP fined for it:...

They're really dependant on the obscenely wealthy now. Tail wagging the dog....https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/22/national-republicans-senate-candidates-rich-00088199

It's been done before in DC: https://www.deseret.com/2002/3/2/19640880/nude-or-barely-covered-statues-are-often-the-butt-of-jokes-in-d-c

The historical ignorance of this is stunning and shows that some should have no sway over education or at least know something about what they are so concerned about.

There WERE pornographic...

Fox and their guest bloviators are bitchin' about 'The Alphabet Boys' like the FBI, ATF, TSA, IRS, LGBTQ+, etc., as terms used to denote 'dangerous organizations and groups'.

Yet they are...

I hope it's not the bus drivers doing that. ;)

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=187769139234280

Margo,

The article is paywalled for me but it's one of those cases where a pol says of another's scandals/weaknesses/gaffes, etc., "I didn't want to mention this but..." and then repeats it over...

Not to make light of the incident but these quotes are so Irish:

"He said one worker he sees every morning had put down his bag to "nip to the toilet", and when he came back the ship was over...

If he is indicted his claim is "It's a witch hunt!".

If he isn't he'll say "I TOLD you it was a witch hunt . And now that I've called them out and am free, I win. They are such LOSERS!!"

Homer's Odysseus:
“And what if one of the gods does wreck me out on the wine-dark sea? I have a heart that is inured to suffering and I shall steel it to endure that too. For in my day I have had...

No, not surprised for ourselves but definitely for our following generations.

Had to rip out the engines they wanted in the dead of night. "Let's just sawzall the bottom out and drag 'em home behind the pick 'em up truck! That'll work!" Y>

Similar objections were leveled against the Social Security Act in 1935 onwards until it was adopted. Those who don't get a benefit at the same time as others will always object. In 1983 Reagan...

We watched 'The Aviator' with Leonardo Whosis the other night. No idea how accurate it was re aviation. Comments?

This one might be free in Hull, Massachusetts: https://capecod.craigslist.org/boa/d/hull-alden-boat-dory-rowboat-trailer/7600695294.html

I agree, Mickey. Chine-built medium size sailboats are good ones for DIY and daysailing: Windmills, Rhodes Bantams, Goat Island skiffs, etc.

It can depend on your time of life, where, how well apartments are managed, maintained, etc. My daughter lived in NYC for fifteen years in her 20s-30s, married and then 'got a house' in the NC...

The worldview of 'The Handmaid's Tale' is developing and being implemented faster than we want to think.

When will there be a specialty food for Mexican-American Day? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc

Here's a thorough review of the decades of political considerations and progress toward recognition of Japanese-Americans internees and the reparation negotiation and decision process:...

Speaking of college athletes who behave normally and well, Ralph Sampson the giant of a UVA basketball player in the 80s rode the same bus I did every day. He was fun, joking with everyone on the...

Had 'Bangers and Mash' for lunch and dinner. "MM-MMM, good." And my daughter learned to pour Guinness from a master when she was in Ireland:
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Jeezus kid, don't be such an a$$hole. Drunk, stupid, juvenile and thoughtless is no excuse:...

I read that water-use restrictions have been eased in some sections of CA.

A premise of many of the comments here is that only white people will be involved with any proposed reparations. If it's to be done monetarily (and it may not) all tax payers are likely to...

The title promises more than it delivers but... "Win every argument : the art of debating, persuading, and public speaking" by Mehdi Hasan.

More and more reparations discussions and considerations are underway nationwide. They will be more like to be resolved when the slavery aspect becomes secondary to the history of redlining,...

Interesting notes about the Chrysler: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2016/07/23/the-chrysler-building-once-had-apartments/

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/just-because-im-a-bank-doesnt-mean-im-good-with-money

Also this SNL skit: Jim Downey was a college classmate and my roommate and his wife's last names were...

https://goodoldboat.com/the-prospect-and-reality-of-a-free-boat/

The current MAGA/Fox claim that the recent bank failures are due to 'woke' directors is pretty humorous. How many of the largest corporate bankruptcies do you think had boards entirely made up of...

And Jennifer Connolly is the one at the helm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXuszu8V1Xc

Meanwhile: ...

Thank you! It was especially interesting to watch and I've passed the Youtube link on to my siblings. Our uncle flew Hurricanes out of Malta during WWII and was lost at sea in 1942, so we never knew...

Garret- We've gone to estate auctions here over the years and bought almost all of our furniture at them. I bid and won a chain hoist once and the auctioneer, a friend, wanted to make sure that...

After the Savannah Olympic sailing events in 1996 I went to the auction conducted to sell off all equipment and outboard boats no longer needed. I had my eye on a trailer for our boat. I was outbid...

The stock markets so far have taken Biden/Feds response as reassuring and correct.

My exercise 'coach' has a thirteen year old daughter who goes to a ski-racing oriented school. She's on the slopes four hours a day five days a week followed by weight training, balance and...

Too funny that he missed seeing this and posed with his crap-eatin' grin: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/11/iowa-desantis-gets-snowflake-gift-with-fascist-hidden-it/

At her level the advantages she has over other skiiers are substantial: extensive long-term sponsorship as mentioned, trainers and camps, nutritionists, coaches, technicians, travel budgets...

Wait. A taxpayer funded military. It's an expensive 'social program'. Isn't that ironically hypocritical!