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We do too and they do a fine job of keeping the squirrels and chippies from climbing the poles. Problem is the birds toss as much seed on the ground as they eat. Each species seem to prefer one type...

My wife like the birds, so we wind up with a lot of chippies running around too. The hawks are doing a decent job keeping it all in check, but there are times I sure would like a big-ass rat snake to...

And finally, here is the essential Mike Cooley DBT song, Zip City. He claims it's about 90% true, and I think it pretty well captures what it's like to be a sullen 17-year old in rural north Alabama....

One of my favorite Uncle Tupelo songs:


http://youtu.be/di7ojryNFVs

(wish the system would let post more than one clip per message)

Another:

http://youtu.be/e_HXBivLUYo

http://youtu.be/f1XrTzVzbJY

I'm a huge UT fan, and saw the latest iteration of Jay Farrar's Son Volt live a couple of years ago. Jay's got some great songs, but he can be a bit morose at times. I will say that he's not a...

Mid-tempo "dad-rock" -- Wilco

You can't really build for an F5 anyway without making something like a bank vault. The most efficient solution is to insure for the loss and rebuild.

Also, you can't equate tornadoes with...

Since you live in a hurricane zone can I presume you live in a house on stilts high enough for a 20' storm surge and designed to withstand sustained winds of well over 100 mph? Coastal GA hasn't had...

You are a very bad man! :D

(I don't recall, was that idea from the same source as this?)

If we evacuated everywhere in the US that is tornado prone, as defined by having more than 0.75 tornado days per year, you'd have to evacuate all of Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas,...

People who don't live where there are tornadoes don't seem to understand the risk compared to living in hurricane or flood-prone areas. A typical tornado is only on the ground for a few miles and...

As an unashamedly apostate Presbyterian universalist, I like this guy's approach.

In the old days, functional objects seemed to have bit more art in them. I can recall visiting a paper machine in Maine that was over 100 years old. The framework on the dryer section was all cast...

Listening the BBC World Service on my satellite radio, I'm surprised by how little airplay this has been getting. If this had occurred in the US, it would have been wall to wall coverage of this...

Why call it terror?

I started wearing watches when I was about 10 or 11 years old and have worn them ever since. It drives me crazy not to have one on. It comes off only for the shower and bedroom calisthenics.

I've...

My buddy has one of these, but built to plan. I like it very much. It's the biggest 15'er ever. Here is a video of him I shot last week.


http://youtu.be/sfKYvfuG3r8

He gets something like...

Can you cite an example of this that you are Ok with? I'm having a hard time seeing the difference. Officials from the executive branch soliciting optional donations from those they are charged with...

Going sailing next week Tuesday to Sunday on my wooden boat. The hi-rez graphics aren't so good any more, especially close up. Thank goodness for $2 readers from Walmart!

I've got two of these exact models. I like them very much. You can't do too much with them other than basic word processing and offline email if you don't have an internet connection, but in practice...

Norm, you have to claim this!


http://worcester.craigslist.org/boa/3768032630.html

http://images.craigslist.org/3E53Ib3Le5Nb5Lf5H2d4qb9bd10fe8bd2126f.jpg


My next boat is so going to have...

There's no need to tape the seams if you build it correctly. I've built several boats this way over the years and never had a leak. On one boat I used thickened epoxy before nailing the bottom to the...

St. Joseph's Bay, Florida, November 2012
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/936194_10151599367948809_197455582_n.jpg

And Tampa Bay, Florida, March 2012. Photo by Gary...

Sounds like our boats are twins. Mine is assymetrical at the gunwales, but pretty straight at the water line. It has kevlar patch where a tree fell on it poked a hole in the bilge. I bought it for...

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I have one of those Colemans. Dreadful canoes, pigs to paddle. I also have a 30 year old real Royales Blue Hole OCA in the back yard. It's too brittle for whitewater, but we still paddle it on...

I don't see it. That woman would have to be well over six feet tall. I'll buy three feet, but not four. That's a HEAVY little boat, though.

I've got one like that. At 14, he's 5'11". He's got a chance to be five foot eighteen or taller. Eating me out of house and home. I'm thinking of getting a cow to keep us in milk!

Is that figure correct? 4 feet of draft makes sense for a sailboat that size, but not a little motor launch like that one. I'm seeing maybe 2.5 feet there.

I count a lot of wooden boats in here, mine included. I just painted over all the bright finished stuff, but it's wood.

Yes. A leaky MSR Whisperlite backpacking stove. We didn't set the boat on fire or anything! Made a pot of hot water for coffee, hot chocolate for the boy and oatmeal and went sailing. Sleeping in...

Thirty years is a long time. Lots of things have changed WRT people's attitudes towards race and ethnicity in that time. The Wilcox County thing aside (which has most Georgians asking ""WTF?"),...

Yep.

http://img0.etsystatic.com/003/0/6791581/il_570xN.364160596_d7fh.jpg

http://www.glitterazi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/spanish-yacht-11.jpg

What's wrong with cars and airplanes? And motorcycles. Bicycles, too. And beer, don't forget beer. And whisky... Oh yeah there's lots to talk about. Perhaps easing the restriction on cheesecake...

You can at least see he finally put the helm down in the last shot. I guess he got tired of yelling "ease, dammit, I said EASE!"

Although with out winches, I don't see how the mainsheet trimmer...

I think "A" is kind of cool.


This thread needs some wood:

http://images.craigslist.org/3Ga3F23H95Ie5G75J5d4lc0a6efbfc474153b.jpg

Craigslist: Custom 1974 wood boat project for sale. 80'...

I guess it's different outside the US. If you were here, you could walk on to a dealer lot and test drive practically any car they had in inventory. My buddy (who is currently the sales manager of...

I bought a new chainsaw in 1991. At the same time time I bought a 2.5 gallon gas can and filled it with a 40:1 gas : oil mixture. I ran that saw a couple of times a year for 20 years on that same can...

I've got a set of rail grabber Yakimas that work on mine, albeit not very far apart. They don't have a 2013 Landing Pad yet, but once it's available I will buy a set. I did see a thread where a guy...

I had a '71 240Z that was fun and sounded fantastic until I stuffed it under a schoolbus and knocked out all my teeth. That kind of ended the party... Still paying for it 30 years later: I wrote a...

If you have weak or intermittent cell signal, your phone will burn a lot of battery searching for a connection.

WHat's really bad is leaving it on where there is no signal at all.

The only guy I know who camps old school with canvas tents, etcetera is former WBF regular Ironmule.

We camp a lot with our little pop-up camper. Last year we drove it out to Colorado and enjoyed...

The American market hated the soft suspension on the 2010-2012 OBs, so they stiffened it up quite a bit for 2013. I also think all markets are the same dimensions. I rode in one as a taxi in Israel...

This is the most pornographic thread ever!

Paul, you are terrible man for starting it. I'm telling your sweetums to smack you.

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The man, nay, the prophet speaketh the truth!

Well the Suzuki Motors USA office that was down the street here in Kennesaw has closed it's doors and sent everyone home. They filed bankruptcy and are have wound down all their US operations....

The only reason I donate blood is these little nuggets of joy.

I give you the Little Debbie Nutty Bar in return.

http://candyaddict.com/blog/candy_images/nutty_bar.jpg

Suzuki has exited the US market for autos. I feel sorry for the guy who has a both a Suzuki and Saab in his garage who also just took delivery of his new Fisker.

Well, maybe not sorry....

The 13's fixed the soft handling that was a common complaint on the 10-12 models. I drove a 12 and a 13 before buying and the difference was pretty striking between the two. No need to go to the...